Re: Food Dehydrator

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> My son (he is 10 years old) was diagnosed a year ago with UC, I

decided

> to try SCD diet instead of steroids. Since I just started, it is very

> frustrating what to cook for the kid, who goes to school. I bought

Food

> Dehydrator hoping that I can make my own chips, but did not find any

> information about food dehydrating with SCD anywhere. So, did anybody

> tried to dehydrate fruits and veggies for snacks?

>

Hi, Yuliya,

Dehydrated fruits and veggies are advanced foods and should not be used

by people just starting the diet. Please take a look at this chart.

The stage one foods are the easiest to digest. Then we slowly progress

to the most difficult foods as healing occurs. Notice that dried fruit

is not even on the chart. It is not illegal, but it is very advanced.

http://www.pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html

Elaine writes:

I will direct my answer to the raisins and dried fruit. They are

extremely fibrous. The whole food, before it is dried has the same

amount of fiber but consists by weight of almost all water. Therefore,

the tendency is usually to eat a limited amount, for example, of

grapes. However,when the grape is dried into a raisin, you are nibbling

away and consuming pure fiber plus vitamins and minerals and the

tendency is to eat more. All that fiber supports certain bacteria. As

well, it is more apt not to be churned in the stomach content and to

mix with pancreatic digestive enzymes in the small intestine. This is

because of all the moisture being removed.

If you are new to SCD™, your personal experiences are worth more than

anything I can say. Early in the diet, none of us can eat dried fruit

to any great extent.

So, you're wondering, what can I send to school for snacks? During the

intro diet you can send soup in a thermos, hard-boiled eggs, homemade

firm gelatin squares, and Nut Free Dairy Free Bread made with carrots

instead of avocado.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/files/

Soon after the intro, you can send ripe bananas, squash buttons, banana

pancakes, sneaky veggie pancakes, applesauce, and pearsauce.

Here is the Squash Button recipe since the search server is " busy "

again.

from Debbie:

The Squash buttons recipe is as follows:

1 large baked acorn squash (about 1 1/2 to 2 cups)

or you can use butternut squash also

2-3 eggs

2 tbls. honey

Dash of cinnamon

Blend in the blender until smooth, then spoon into mini muffin pan.

Make sure the pan is well greased, and only fill about 1/2 full. Bake

at 300 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. You want them to be pulling away

from the sides of the pan and look dry and browned around the edges.

They will be delicate, so you will need to carefully remove them with a

knife by cutting around the edges and carefully lifting them out. They

make a good finger food and snack for school.

I hope this helps.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04