Re: Has SCD made you a better cook?

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I'm just wondering -- and this is just a question -- has SCD sharpened your gourmet cooking skills in the kitchen, too?YES. Well, I guess it depends on what you consider gourmet. But I'm definitely a better cook than probably most other people my age, that's for sure! Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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It has for me, I always loved to cook and I was always good at it and enjoyed it. Now, with limited ingredients (i'm limited in my foods as well) it's a challenge to find new uses for the same food so it doesn't get old over time. Just think what we could do if we had access to everything?? I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work. Plus, you get to eat it when you're all finished. If I could find a way to not do the dishes afterwords that would be icing on the cake!-UC - 1+ yearsSCD - 11 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.Colazol - 9 pills a day Prednisone 25mg entocort With vit E mixed inBack to intro/stage 1 for now.To: BTVC-SCD From: scd.lady@...Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 12:57:35 +0000Subject: Has SCD made you a better cook?

I've always loved cooking/inventing recipes. In the past, I preferred cooking for others -- but, when it came to cooking for myself, I scoffed. IBS and BTVC have forced me to do the one thing I never really liked doing -- cooking for me.

Now, that I cannot eat out, I'm looking for ways to improve my cooking -- including buying a chef's book on how to properly make scrambled eggs and other gourmet items (and retrofit them so they're SCD-legal, of course). I just want to get better now, so that the food I eat is healthy, delicious and enjoyable in spite of my condition.

For example, my diet is limited still to zucchini, spinach, green beans, bananas, apples, pears, eggs, chicken, and other meats and the occasional cheese. I'm learning all the new ways I can fix eggs -- from zucchini and spinach fritattas, scrambled eggs, omelets, hard boiled eggs, (wants to make shirred eggs soon with yogurt). I've learned new ways to use chicken (from baking a bird, then turning around and using the leftovers to make a delicious soup for the week).

I'm just wondering -- and this is just a question -- has SCD sharpened your gourmet cooking skills in the kitchen, too?

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I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work. Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun, but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find another thing I can complain about to you guys =) Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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Does anyone else in your family cook? Maybe they can help out by making muffins, bread, and "rolls" for you?-UC - 1+ yearsSCD - 11 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.Colazol - 9 pills a day Prednisone 25mg entocort With vit E mixed inBack to intro/stage 1 for now.To: BTVC-SCD From: luckycharms@...Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 17:47:30 -0400Subject: Re: Has SCD made you a better cook?

I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work. Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun, but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find another thing I can complain about to you guys =) Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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Alyssa, you are young and I am sure you have other things you'd rather be doing.

I am sure you can out cook any person your age!

>

> > I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work.

>

>

> Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun,

> but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now

> I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and

> I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's

> just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find

> another thing I can complain about to you guys =)

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 16 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

>

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Yeah, if I had a son you're age i'd want him to date you because I already know there would be one amazing cook in the house at all times. I'd be over for meals every night.-UC - 1+ yearsSCD - 11 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.Colazol - 9 pills a day Prednisone 25mg entocort With vit E mixed inBack to intro/stage 1 for now.To: BTVC-SCD From: luckycharms@...Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 17:47:30 -0400Subject: Re: Has SCD made you a better cook?

I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work. Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun, but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find another thing I can complain about to you guys =) Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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Does anyone else in your family cook? Maybe they can help out by making muffins, bread, and "rolls" for you?Well, my mom's super busy all the time. She doesn't "work," but boy does she work =) We have an acre, and she's always gardening. My dad is pretty busy too, but he does make me pot roasts and soup sometimes, which is awesome. Also, now that the weather's nicer, he's been grilling fish and veggies about once a week so I don't have to cook on those nights. And they both help me with dishes, which is nice after a lot of cooking. The kitchen is pretty scary at the moment actually...anyone wanna come help?? =D Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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Yeah, if I had a son you're age i'd want him to date you because I already know there would be one amazing cook in the house at all times. I'd be over for meals every night.Lol =) I'm pretty sure if you had a son, he'd have SCD-everything coming out his ears already; the last thing he'd want is an SCD girlfriend! The blueberry muffins I made though are REALLY yummy =) They're the first nut flour goodie I've had since this time last year!! I made my own almond flour with soaked dehydrated blanched almonds. I guess that's one good thing about meds, they let you eat more of what you want! I hope they can at least get you out of your flare =( Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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he'd have SCD-everything coming out his ears already

LOL - my kids do - the 3 that aren't scd are like " enough with scd mom " and

" stop saying thyroid " LOL - thyroid I'm not saying as much as it's ok now - and

I think they're pretty aware that scd is awesome but they are happy they have

their gluten here/there :-) -maybe someday they'll realize it's not needed :-)

eileen

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In our house, I am the only one doing SCD .... affectionately referred to, by dh and ds, as "Silly Confusing Diet" (SCD) ... LOL.VivienSCD - 2yrs 4mths

he'd have SCD-everything coming out his ears already

LOL - my kids do - the 3 that aren't scd are like "enough with scd mom" and "stop saying thyroid" LOL - thyroid I'm not saying as much as it's ok now - and I think they're pretty aware that scd is awesome but they are happy they have their gluten here/there :-) -maybe someday they'll realize it's not needed :-)

eileen

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At 07:57 AM 5/8/2010, you wrote:

I'm just wondering -- and this

is just a question -- has SCD sharpened your gourmet cooking skills in

the kitchen, too?

Yes. I was a good cook before SCD, but had fallen into the bad habit of

using a lot of commercial short cuts. SCD forced me to drop the short

cuts and go back to fixing REAL FOOD.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

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I am the family cook and I always cooked pretty healthy meals, but SCD has made

me change a lot of the things I was doing. At first it was like starting over,

but now it is automatic, and yes, I am a much better cook.

I am more likely to try to make things from scratch, even non- scd foods. I

always was a baker, and now I can bake foods- scd and non- better than before.

PJ

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> > Does anyone else in your family cook? Maybe they can help out by

> > making muffins, bread, and " rolls " for you?

>

>

> Well, my mom's super busy all the time. She doesn't " work, " but boy

> does she work =) We have an acre, and she's always gardening. My dad

> is pretty busy too, but he does make me pot roasts and soup sometimes,

> which is awesome. Also, now that the weather's nicer, he's been

> grilling fish and veggies about once a week so I don't have to cook on

> those nights. And they both help me with dishes, which is nice after a

> lot of cooking. The kitchen is pretty scary at the moment

> actually...anyone wanna come help?? =D

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 16 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

>

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Alyssa,I know how you feel! I like to cook, but trying to feed the five of us means I am in the kitchen all the time. I want to plan ahead and freeze stuff, but since we are moving in less than 5 weeks, I don't want to store a lot of food that I will just have to throw away. I make 18 muffins at a time and that only lasts about 2 days. Maybe you should try making that many as well and then freezing them so that you aren't cooking all the time. If it just you eating it, you could make 18 muffins and 1 loaf of bread and it would go a full week I would think -- unless you are eating like my son Jonah. He is turning 14 next week and has grown more than 1/2 inch in the last 2 months --now officially taller than me! ;)AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 10:47:30 PMSubject: Re: Has SCD made you a better cook?

I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work. Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun, but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find another thing I can complain about to you guys =) Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009

(restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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Also, Alyssa, the fact that you are now doing the whole process at home - soaking and thendehydrating the nuts before turning them into flour, makes the process considerably worse.Are you reactive to all the various commercial almond flours? Or are you doing this nowthis way because you have the equipment at home (and have been convinced by NT)? Because if it is the latter, this might be a time to recall that Elaine didn't think it necessary todo this all by ourselves unless it was necessary because wtte of "SCD people have quite enoughto do in the kitchen in any case." Maybe just keep some commercial flour at home for thoseoccasions you just don't have the energy to do it all yourself. MaraAlyssa,I know how you feel! ;)AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 10:47:30 PMSubject: Re: Has SCD made you a better cook?I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work. Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun, but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find another thing I can complain about to you guys =)Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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I make 18 muffins at a time and that only lasts about 2 days. Maybe you should try making that many as well and then freezing them so that you aren't cooking all the time. If it just you eating it, you could make 18 muffins and 1 loaf of bread and it would go a full week I would thinkDefinitely =) That's one thing I have to remember when I feel bummed about having to cook, is that all of you have to cook for whole families! I only have to cook for myself, which is nice, because most recipes make more than one serving and then I have things to freeze! Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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Or are you doing this nowthis way because you have the equipment at home (and have been convinced by NT)? Yep =) I think if I start using commercial nut flour I will eat WAY to many nut flour goodies though! Also, its not actually too hard having the extra steps. The only time consuming part is blanching them, but it's actually kind of meditative =) Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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I do the same thing, but for me it's been a benefit, since it's helped me not to

eat so much and lose weight!

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> > I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work.

>

>

> Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun,

> but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now

> I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and

> I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's

> just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find

> another thing I can complain about to you guys =)

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 16 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

>

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Alyssa,

I don't dig cooking. I am a decent cook but perhaps its the anti authoritarian

in me that is rebelling against the " have to be in the kitchen " thing.

What has given me some respite is this idea that's it's ok to take care of

myself and cooking is just part of that.

I used to feel I had shackles in the kitchen.. better the shackles in the

kitchen than passing out on the toilet. Still, some of us are born loving to

eat but not loving the work! Heh.

For me as I really healed and started to feel loads and loads better- kitchen

time kinda became just part of what I do.

Those first two years though.. beh.

Jodi

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> > I make 18 muffins at a time and that only lasts about 2 days. Maybe

> > you should try making that many as well and then freezing them so

> > that you aren't cooking all the time. If it just you eating it, you

> > could make 18 muffins and 1 loaf of bread and it would go a full

> > week I would think

>

>

> Definitely =) That's one thing I have to remember when I feel bummed

> about having to cook, is that all of you have to cook for whole

> families! I only have to cook for myself, which is nice, because most

> recipes make more than one serving and then I have things to freeze!

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 16 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

>

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I like to cook lots of small things and have go-to's in the refrigerator.  Not so much into baking though.  I'm definitely not a good cook (I can still cook the old way better) but my chopping skills are awesome.  Multi-tasking skills have probably gone up 90% ime. 

 

It's a weird feeling (to me) to read about folks looking for ways to lose weight, etc. here but I weighed in about 10.5lbs over what I used to way pre-cd.  So I'm not sure if I should make that a goal to go back to 132 (probably) but maybe just by eating more vegetables and fruit.  Already cutting out honey.

 

A--I think the skills you are getting now will be helpful the rest of your life.  You'll have it all down so it'll be automatic to you.  There are very few gluten-free (much less SCD) chefs out there.  Hopefully you'll learn to love it.  A lot of it is 'meditative' which is kind of nice sometimes <g>.

 

I do the same thing, but for me it's been a benefit, since it's helped me not to eat so much and lose weight! >

> > I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work.> > > Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun, > but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now

> I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and > I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's > just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find

> another thing I can complain about to you guys =)> > Peace =)> Alyssa 16 yo> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008> SCD June 2009 (restarted)> Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day> Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

>

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The kitchen is pretty scary at the moment

actually...anyone wanna come help??

Ah, isn't that the thing? We'd all LOVE to figure out how to have a

small slave in the kitchen to do all the cleanup, wouldn't we? And

then when small slave is not cleaning up, he/she could be washing, chopping...

[Guest guest]

Debbie, I weighed alot more pre-SCD because I was continuously eating (mostly

unconsciously). Breakfast, lunch and dinner -- I used to eat out at fast food

restaurants -- especially at work. So much so, the fast food workers knew my

face and my order by heart! My stomach was already pretty much messed up before

I started this downhill cycle of eating, but it got much worse afterward.

At night, I was continuously munching on processed snack food (chips, crackers,

donuts, ice cream) and also sunflower seeds all the time pre-SCD. Now, that's

not much of a concern anymore. I cook on weekends for the week -- but I'm

cooking actual meals which are healthier.

I had gone on Weight Watchers and other programs and never had the discipline

until now (when I'm actually trying to live a healthier lifestyle) to eat

better. I think eating the soup, weekly and using it to replace some

high-calorie meals (I eat it during lunchtimes during the week, or for breakfast

to soothe my tummy) also helps with the weight. I'm thinking of replacing higher

calorie meals with stuff like the soups (I found a butternut squash soup recipe

in Elie Krieger's book that I'm anxious to try)...

Although I enjoyed watching cooking shows, I never cared about learning how to

cook a chicken right, shirring eggs, and the like -- and now that I started this

diet, I want to learn so I can eat really delicious meals without depending on a

restaurant...

I only wish my knife skills/cutting skills were up there with the professional

chefs.

I always

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> > > > I think it's fun, and it will never turn into work.

> > >

> > >

> > > Ugh. It's like torture for me. Well, not always. Sometimes it's fun,

> > > but I just finished forcing myself to make blueberry muffins. And now

> > > I don't even want to eat any because then they'll be gone sooner and

> > > I'll have to make more. Gosh, I sound like such a whiner. I guess it's

> > > just one of those days. I better get off the computer or I'll find

> > > another thing I can complain about to you guys =)

> > >

> > > Peace =)

> > > Alyssa 16 yo

> > > UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> > > SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> > > Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> > > Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

amen sister!! lol - Heaven used to be icecream and beaches now, no more cooking

-well it's actually the clean up that stinks!! any help would be awesome!!!!! or

a dishwasher -lol

eileen 2 years 4 months scd

>

> The kitchen is pretty scary at the moment

> actually...anyone wanna come help??

>

> Ah, isn't that the thing? We'd all LOVE to figure out how to have a

> small slave in the kitchen to do all the cleanup, wouldn't we? And

> then when small slave is not cleaning up, he/she could be washing, chopping...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 12:20 PM 5/9/2010, you wrote:

Ah, isn't that the thing? We'd

all LOVE to figure out how to have a

small slave in the kitchen to do all the cleanup, wouldn't we? And

then when small slave is not cleaning up, he/she could be washing,

chopping...

Well, actually, if I could get my kitchen cleaned up and organized in a

fashion that someone besides me could find things in it, I'd hire a

personal chef a couple times a year to make up a bunch of SCD entrees and

vegetables so that on those days when I don't feel well or am just tired

or busy, I'd still have a home-cooked meal to pull out of the

freezer!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Somewhat. The things I cook, I've pretty much perfected at this point ;-).

However, I eat almost the same exact thing everyday (even though I can eat stage

3 foods). Between my fatigue, and because I like the foods that I'm eating, I

just haven't been motivated to branch out and cook new things. I continue to

collect recipes though. Maybe someday I'll actually try them :-).

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

>

> I've always loved cooking/inventing recipes. In the past, I preferred cooking

for others -- but, when it came to cooking for myself, I scoffed. IBS and BTVC

have forced me to do the one thing I never really liked doing -- cooking for me.

>

> Now, that I cannot eat out, I'm looking for ways to improve my cooking --

including buying a chef's book on how to properly make scrambled eggs and other

gourmet items (and retrofit them so they're SCD-legal, of course). I just want

to get better now, so that the food I eat is healthy, delicious and enjoyable in

spite of my condition.

>

> For example, my diet is limited still to zucchini, spinach, green beans,

bananas, apples, pears, eggs, chicken, and other meats and the occasional

cheese. I'm learning all the new ways I can fix eggs -- from zucchini and

spinach fritattas, scrambled eggs, omelets, hard boiled eggs, (wants to make

shirred eggs soon with yogurt). I've learned new ways to use chicken (from

baking a bird, then turning around and using the leftovers to make a delicious

soup for the week).

>

> I'm just wondering -- and this is just a question -- has SCD sharpened your

gourmet cooking skills in the kitchen, too?

>

[Guest guest]

Gay posted some links recently to finding personal chefs around the country. The

ones I looked at said they brought all their own kitchen equipment with them. So

you can get a chef, and not have to worry a lick about organizing your kitchen

;-).

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> Well, actually, if I could get my kitchen cleaned

> up and organized in a fashion that someone

> besides me could find things in it, I'd hire a

> personal chef a couple times a year to make up a

> bunch of SCD entrees and vegetables so that on

> those days when I don't feel well or am just

> tired or busy, I'd still have a home-cooked meal to pull out of the freezer!

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>