Re: Another question about travelling and SCD

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the ideas everyone! I just found out that our room WILL have a

microwave, so I will bring some individual servings of casseroles to heat up for

dinners too.

Liz

[Guest guest]

At 10:03 PM 2/25/2010, you wrote:

Thanks for the ideas everyone! I

just found out that our room WILL have a microwave, so I will bring some

individual servings of casseroles to heat up for dinners

too.

Yay!

Casseroles travel well and make a good and filling and warm meal at the

end of a long day!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Liz,Don't forget about boiled eggs! They (as well as deviled eggs) make a great snack or topping for a salad. Healthy fats are good too, like avocado. So a salad with boiled eggs, lettuce, and avocado would be really filling and sustaining. Some precooked crispy bacon is good too. Cold, but you wouldn't go hungry. What packing a blender? You could make fruit smoothies with added coconut oil/avocado and that would be filling as well. Also, if you want warmed boiled eggs, just pop them (still in their shells) into a container of really hot tap water for a few minutes to heat them.If you really want to cook, just take a camp stove! You could make omelets, your own hamburger patties, etc. or pre-make it all and just use the camp stove to warm your

food.AmeliaHusband UC 9 years, SCD 20 monthsLDN 3 mgTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, February 25, 2010 7:45:27 PMSubject: Another question about travelling and SCD

I haven't been on here for a while, but my son and I have been diligently sticking to SCD since August. He's doing pretty well with his UC. He's gained a little weight back after losing over 30 pounds, but still has some bleeding. He's not good about taking his medication (Lialda) or remembering to use the Rowasa, so I know that the diet is doing the work rather than the medication.

I coach HS basketball and our team (that my daughter plays on) is going to the state tournament next week - a 5-1/2 hour drive from home. The whole family will be going, so I will be doing a bunch of cooking over the weekend. My husband can bring a cooler with quite a bit of food, but I don't think that I can possibly make enough meals for my son and me for 4-5 days. I'm not as worried about myself - I'm just doing the diet for moral support - I just have to be gluten and soy free and dairy "light". I can also go without a meal here and there and it's not a big deal. But my son needs 3 meals and snacks every day.

Here's what I'm planning to take - blueberry and banana muffins, almond butter bars, almond-romano cheese crackers, SCD bread, sliced chicken and roast beef, fruit - canned pears, fresh bananas and apples, and Lara Bars. This will do for breakfasts, lunches and snacks, but is a bit deficient for dinner. We won't have a microwave or access to one where we're staying. I'm afraid that we're going to have to resort to going out to eat a couple of times(something we've never done much of because 3 of the 6 of us have been gluten free for years before SCD).

Does anyone have any other ideas for things I could make and take? I'm going to be busy scouting and coaching and supervising my team while we're there, so I can't spend time preparing meals.

Does anyone have any tips for emergency eating out? Our head coach is already planning to take the team to a big buffet restaurant, where I think that possibly some plain meat (I'll ask about seasonings ahead) and salad might be edible. My gluten free daughter often gets burgers from fast food places without the bun - maybe a plain burger, lettuce and tomato would work? Or in my son's case 3-4 burgers. I'll be looking online to see which places advertise 100% beef in their burgers, since I know most places use fillers, and chicken is injected with all kinds of nasty stuff.

Help?

Thanks!

Liz

[Guest guest]

Alyssa,Actually, the recipe in my Nourishing Traditions cookbook uses beef jerky, fat, and dried fruit (I think cranberries). I wonder too if one could use coconut oil instead of lard. AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, February 25, 2010 9:30:12 PMSubject: Re: Another question about travelling and SCD

BTW, if you have the opportunity to make pemmican (assuming he can tolerate high fats), it tastes weird, but it is packed put of calories to keep someone going, and doesn't take up much space. Doesn't need refrigeration, either. I want to get some made for hurricane season.I was thinking about this the other day, since one of my dreams is to be able to hike the appalachian trail (or at least part of it!) It seems like it would taste really funky though. Does it taste anything like meat, or does it just taste like you're

eating a nice brick of fat? Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 40 mg 1x per day

[Guest guest]

You may be surprised how many places do have microwaves. Four years ago

we made a mad dash from WA to TX for a deathbed visit to my brother. In

order to even have a chance to get me there, DH managed to find an RV at

the height of summer, so we had a potty and a frig/freezer. We stayed in

motels. All but one going and coming had microwaves and medium sized

frigs, so we just hauled in whatever we wanted and fixed out own

meals. The one that didn't, a funky little 50's motel with a funky

50's restaurant, that was a bit hard. I had a baked potato for dinner

plus some of my carrots and apple slices. (DH treated himself to a

chicken-fried steak, hashed browns with gravy, etc. I told him it was the

heart-attack special. But he survived and I guess it made a treat

for him as we certainly never have anything like that around

here!)

Your casseroles sound like a good idea. We also had separately

frozen pieces of chicken (for him) and slices (for me). Anything

quick and easy will work. Take oodles of paper towels. You'll use

them for placemats, cleanup, washing up, etc.

Thanks for the ideas everyone! I just found out that our room WILL

have a microwave, so I will bring some individual servings of casseroles

to heat up for dinners too.

Liz