Guest guest Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Please excuse my ignorance. I'm definitely not a cook and am still trying to figure this out. We have been successful so far with the exception of a huge set back of becoming allergic to egg. Yikes! That definitely took away lots of his food. Anyway, my questions... 1. Avocado: I do not eat avocado but wanted to try to introduce it to my son since he only has 4 foods. I just wanted to double check that it is to be served RAW on stage 2? I was surprised when I saw RAW. If so, I just peel it, cut it up and serve? 2. Pineapple: I have never heard of cooking pineapple? What is the best way to do this? Also, pineapple has tiny seeds in it that I'm not sure can be removed. Comments? Thanks, Crystal DS 22 months old on diet since Aug. 1, 2007 Possibly on autism spectrum Allergic to eggs GI issues w/ orange foods, green beans Still on stage 1 Currently eating only homemade pearsauce, natural bison, organic turkey and natural hamburger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Hi Crystal! We're very new ourselves (end of July) and only on Stage 1 & 2. But, I can help with the avocado a little. The boys are getting it now at snacktime and love it. We sometimes sprinkle salt on it for them if they want, but they'll eat it as is. To peel/open it what I do is use a small knife lengthwise to cut it basically in half working around the pit. It's so soft it's really easy to do without pressing hard. Then I twist the two halves a bit and pull them apart. After removing the pit from the one half (it always stays put!) I then cut each half in half again, so now I have quarters. Then I finally peel each quarter... usually the avocado slice comes right away from the skin in one piece. If it doesn't, it's easy to slide the small knife between the skin and the fruit and get the slice out whole. Our 6 yo eats it as is out of hand. For the 3 yo we cut it into chunks and he uses a spoon (doesn't like how it feels). They both gobble it up with no reactions! No idea on the pineapple... the younger gets hives from it so we've avoided that fruit. And maybe I can ask a general question of the board. Both our sons started complaining of stomach aches after eating eggs about 3 weeks into the diet. It seems Crystal's son is also reacting now. Is this common? Did we overdo at first and if we give it a break we'll be able to eat eggs again? Or maybe just eggs in baked goods? Right now we're doing nothing with the eggs but DH & I are eating them of course, having just stocked up when this became apparent. We were having eggs every morning for breakfast and often they would ask for eggs in the afternoon as a quick snack. I wondered if they'd always had problems with the eggs but since we ate them with less frequency it went unnoticed. Any thoughts? I'll search the board too of course but it has got me thinking! - Bronwyn SCD since July 27th, 2007 DS 6, also Feingold Stage 1, casein-free, soy-free DS 3, our target, also casein-free, soy-free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hi Bronwyn, Thanks for the avocado tips! I will definitely try it soon! Eggs: We experienced the exact same thing. My DS has had allergy tests and both times tested negative to egg. At that time he actually had never had an egg and we only just started them with him on Aug. 1st when we started the diet. Same with you...he loved them and ate them approx. 2 times per day. It didn't dawn on me when he started refusing them that he was allergic to them but after I looked back on my food log...I finally realized what he was trying to tell me when he refused them. I didn't figure it out until his face/mouth broke out. Very scary. He has since them started refusing chicken so I don't force it on him...just in case. I didn't really answer your question but totally understand where you are coming from. ;-) Crystal > > Hi Crystal! > > We're very new ourselves (end of July) and only on Stage 1 & 2. > > But, I can help with the avocado a little. The boys are getting it > now at snacktime and love it. We sometimes sprinkle salt on it for > them if they want, but they'll eat it as is. > > To peel/open it what I do is use a small knife lengthwise to cut it > basically in half working around the pit. It's so soft it's really > easy to do without pressing hard. Then I twist the two halves a bit > and pull them apart. After removing the pit from the one half (it > always stays put!) I then cut each half in half again, so now I have > quarters. > > Then I finally peel each quarter... usually the avocado slice comes > right away from the skin in one piece. If it doesn't, it's easy to > slide the small knife between the skin and the fruit and get the > slice out whole. Our 6 yo eats it as is out of hand. For the 3 yo > we cut it into chunks and he uses a spoon (doesn't like how it > feels). > > They both gobble it up with no reactions! > > No idea on the pineapple... the younger gets hives from it so we've > avoided that fruit. > > And maybe I can ask a general question of the board. Both our sons > started complaining of stomach aches after eating eggs about 3 weeks > into the diet. It seems Crystal's son is also reacting now. > > Is this common? Did we overdo at first and if we give it a break > we'll be able to eat eggs again? Or maybe just eggs in baked goods? > Right now we're doing nothing with the eggs but DH & I are eating > them of course, having just stocked up when this became apparent. > > We were having eggs every morning for breakfast and often they would > ask for eggs in the afternoon as a quick snack. > > I wondered if they'd always had problems with the eggs but since we > ate them with less frequency it went unnoticed. > > Any thoughts? I'll search the board too of course but it has got me > thinking! > > > - Bronwyn > SCD since July 27th, 2007 > DS 6, also Feingold Stage 1, casein-free, soy-free > DS 3, our target, also casein-free, soy-free > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hi Bronwyn, <<And maybe I can ask a general question of the board. Both our sons > started complaining of stomach aches after eating eggs about 3 weeks > into the diet. It seems Crystal's son is also reacting now. > > Is this common? Did we overdo at first and if we give it a break > we'll be able to eat eggs again? Or maybe just eggs in baked goods? > Right now we're doing nothing with the eggs but DH & I are eating > them of course, having just stocked up when this became apparent. > > We were having eggs every morning for breakfast and often they would > ask for eggs in the afternoon as a quick snack. > > I wondered if they'd always had problems with the eggs but since we > ate them with less frequency it went unnoticed. > > Any thoughts? I'll search the board too of course but it has got me > thinking!>> Last year I had massive inflammation in the gut. When released from the hospital I tried a boiled egg. It immediately caused stomach cramps. I decided to try a free range egg and there was no pain.. 'Course if you are already using free range chicken eggs this wouldn't apply. If they are free range chicken eggs you may need to avoid eggs for a while until more healing takes place. One other thing that has been posted by others is that different methods of cooking eggs helps with tolerance. Some do okay with scrambled but not hard boiled, others are okay when they are baked into foods. Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs mom of Em and Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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