Convenience Food

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There was a novel a while back, " An Inconvenient Woman. "

Poor SCD, a wonderful diet that has healed so many and most of them had

a real struggle at first.

Yes indeed, an " Inconvenient Diet " :-( because while you're waiting at

the checkout counter there isn't a single impulse snack you can grab

unless there are some mini boxes of raisins or unmixed nuts. if you

were GFCF before there were so many quickie munchies loaded with SCD

illegals to keep children happy and quiet and even use as ABA rewards.

I too was thrilled to find someone in my area bakes treats with the

SCD seal of approval and yet I rarely use them right now.

One piece of Biscotti (a rusk like cookie treat 2.5 inches long) costs

over one dollar. I can never stop at one so swallow $4.00 worth of

goodies in a single swipe.

Bars__ I thought I located some legal ones and thought I'd try one and

see if it could be recommended to our local group. It cost 90¢ at the

warehouse outlet, expensive gas miles away and $1.69 at the franchise

retailer. Thank goodness I wasn't ordering from the U.S. paying

shipping and excise taxes to appease my sweet tooth!

One poster here is very enthused about convenience foods and suggests

them in almost every message. I tried some and found them stale and

tasteless. They had also broken in shipping. I do understand how

someone who is Kosher might appreciate the turkey bacon but fortunately

I can use legal pork bacon.

Maybe you were never much of a cook or baker before. It takes very

little effort to have delicious treats on hand especially with a food

processor or hand blender or old fashioned electric mixer. Lass,

co-author of Grain-Free Gourmet mixed her cookie dough and muffin and

cake batters in a bowl with a wooden spoon.

Years ago as a young mom I did family style cooking and had guests

often. When I retired and got past sixty I pretty well stopped. Since

SCD, my confidence at coming up with something to bring to a family

gathering or Potluck is better than before because the home made food

is far superior and fresher than " store bought. " (Remember, we don't

have preservatives in SCD convenience foods)

I can also tell you that when Elaine was alive it was an ongoing

struggle to make sure the " approved " SCD suppliers conformed to

standards and did not advertise illegal foods. They did do that and it

made Elaine very upset.

There must be over one thousand SCD legal recipes on the Internet.

Because legal ingredients are simple and wholesome, most of these

recipes are so easy some of the children could make them.

The real convenience lies in having a child that is healed.

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years