Re: Organization help for diet?

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Michele,

As a veteran of 20 years of homeschooling one or more of my four kids, I do have

at least an inkling of the stress you're experiencing right now.

My first thought is that doing SCD right now, in your situation, WITHOUT ANY

HELP is just a HUGE undertaking. You probably didn't really know what you were

in for..... and you already had a lot on your plate.

My best advice to you is that you MUST get some outside help.... even if it's

hiring a local teenager or college student to come in for a few hours while

you're home, just to help you with the kids or with the cooking. Maybe even a

local grandma-type person who needs a few extra bucks..... to cook and lend you

a hand.

I know you might think that you can't afford to hire help.... but I think you

can't possibly afford NOT to. You're just taking on too much, and you'll end up

in a severe state of burn-out.

Contact a local homeschool support group and see if you can find a homeschooled

teenage girl who wants some experience working with special needs kids..... or

maybe call a local church for a reference. If there is a community college (or a

regular college) anywhere near you, you might post a help-wanted ad through

their employment advisor.

You've just got to get someone to help. All the recipe and time-saving cooking

ideas in the world will not be that helpful if you're doing this all by

yourself.

my two cents...

patti

Organization help for diet?

I know there were some folks on list who homeschool & do the diet,

so I'm appealing to you for help at the moment.

I have 4 kiddos, oldest is severely autistic, the others have some

form of sensory/developmental issues, baby is 14m. So I'm cooking

for 6 people (who eat like 15). I have epstein barr/chronic fatigue,

candida, hormonal issues etc; am still nursing. I homeschool

everyone & have no help with anything, even cleaning, & there are no

prospects anytime in the future for that.

I wonder how to get ahead. Dh said tonight there's no getting ahead

for me with this diet, becz I seem to overcook but before I know it

there's no food again. I can't buy the amount of food needed

to " mega cook " , because that would require enormous amounts of extra

besides what's needed for the regular week to 2 weeks that I try to

have in for. I buy so much organic that is expensive enough for the

2-3 weeks out I buy for.

I try recipes now & then, & most go over pretty well, but to

simplify sometimes I just want to have burgers every night. Dh &

everyone tires of it, but I'm tired!

I cook every meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, even snacks. Everything

is gone before I turn around it seems.

I have so many things I need to do & no time because all I do is

cook & barely keep up with school & chores. I don't even read books

to the kids anymore unless it's school related, never mind play or

spend time with them.

I really like the diet, & have nothing against SCD & want very much

to continue. I am barely hanging in there though; it's been very

tough. I'm always so tired too.

Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or various time

saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with me? I

look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I don't

like the way that is.

Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us as it's

early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me somehow.

May email me privately.

Thanks in advance,

Michele

[Guest guest]

Life with 4 kiddos is just busy *hugs*.

One of the things I've been doing is cooking a whole chicken on the

weekends. Then I have stock for making soups and the meat for when I

can't think of what to make... I made chicken salad for sandwiches for

my dh last week and shredded barbeque sandwiches for dinner (not scd

but I was able to work what I wanted to eat in with it easily) one

night. I used up the rest of the stock by making vegetable soup

tonight.

I'm seriously considering cooking two chickens and some beef this way

on the weekend so I have enough for the whole week and can work some

into muffins or what not for my 2 yo who won't eat anything.

Once I get some almond flour in, I'm going to cook enough " bread " to

last awhile... at least as much as I can get in the freezer.

I'd be up for suggestions too... I want to be successful with this.

Christa

> Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or various time

> saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with me? I

> look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I don't

> like the way that is.

>

> Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us as it's

> early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me somehow.

>

> May email me privately.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Michele

>

[Guest guest]

I've got more to add than this, but I've got to get breakfast on the table

because my kids are all complaining about dying of hunger. Forget hiring.

There is no way in the world that we could hire anyone to help with anything

in this house. Ask for volunteers. If you go to church anywhere, have it

announced. If you're in a home school co-op, put it in the newsletter. You

can often get volunteers through your local community or four year

college...if you have one...to help with various things. You could try to

get a special ed or elementary ed major to help with some of the school

work. You can try to get a home ec major to help with the cooking. Many of

the intructors would let the students count this as one of their semester

projects. Have you considered taking a month or so off of school? There is

no law that says that you must school from Sept. to May...just a required

number of days. Yes, that means tht you'd have to school into the summer,

but who cares...you need the time right now. I remember that you did buy

25lbs. of almond flour. One area that you could stock up on are baked

goods. You already have the nut flour, and that's the most expensive part.

Buy one or two dozen extra eggs one week. The next week, buy some extra

honey. See what I'm saying? Back to the volunteers, you should definitely

be able to get a few people. You know, you could even contact other

churches besides your own to ask for help. I'm sure you'll get a few

people. You can rotate them coming so they don't get burned out. I have a

couple of teenagers coming to take care of the kids while I get some work

done around the house. Each teenager comes every two weeks. That keeps

them from getting tired of coming. I hope this helps. I'll get back to you

on some other stuff later.

Meleah

Organization help for diet?

>

>

> I know there were some folks on list who homeschool & do the diet,

> so I'm appealing to you for help at the moment.

>

> I have 4 kiddos, oldest is severely autistic, the others have some

> form of sensory/developmental issues, baby is 14m. So I'm cooking

> for 6 people (who eat like 15). I have epstein barr/chronic fatigue,

> candida, hormonal issues etc; am still nursing. I homeschool

> everyone & have no help with anything, even cleaning, & there are no

> prospects anytime in the future for that.

>

> I wonder how to get ahead. Dh said tonight there's no getting ahead

> for me with this diet, becz I seem to overcook but before I know it

> there's no food again. I can't buy the amount of food needed

> to " mega cook " , because that would require enormous amounts of extra

> besides what's needed for the regular week to 2 weeks that I try to

> have in for. I buy so much organic that is expensive enough for the

> 2-3 weeks out I buy for.

>

> I try recipes now & then, & most go over pretty well, but to

> simplify sometimes I just want to have burgers every night. Dh &

> everyone tires of it, but I'm tired!

>

> I cook every meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, even snacks. Everything

> is gone before I turn around it seems.

>

> I have so many things I need to do & no time because all I do is

> cook & barely keep up with school & chores. I don't even read books

> to the kids anymore unless it's school related, never mind play or

> spend time with them.

>

> I really like the diet, & have nothing against SCD & want very much

> to continue. I am barely hanging in there though; it's been very

> tough. I'm always so tired too.

>

> Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or various time

> saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with me? I

> look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I don't

> like the way that is.

>

> Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us as it's

> early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me somehow.

>

> May email me privately.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Michele

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Cooking in bulk even to a lesser degree is very helpfu. You have the right

idea to cook a couple of chickens or roasts at one time. You can do the

same with muffins. I have an enormous pot of chile on the stove right now.

It has lentels, and that's too advanced for right now, but think

" cheap " and think " lots " . , we put ourselves in a very difficult

position the first couple of months by going organic scd. It put us in the

hole, and then with my husband losing his job unexpectedly, we're really in

trouble right now. Remember that if you can truely afford all organic,

that's great, but it's not necessary for scd to go all organic. You could

probably afford to stock up a bit more at the grocery if you left behind the

organic. We eat either scd muffins or eggs of various kinds every morning

for breakfast along with our yogurt. Eggs are fairly inexpensive even if

you're going free range. Just regular eggs are dirt cheap. You already

have the nut flour, so make several kinds of muffins at once. I made the

banana cake recipe in BTVC into muffins this week along with a double batch

of Marilyn apple-pecan cake(muffins) from scdrecipe.com. You could also do

the zucchini muffins from BTVC. I mixed up all of the batters, and then

started baking once I got everything ready. There's a great zucchini

casserole recipe or two in BTVC as well. Remember that if you're not doing

dairy, you can drip your yogurt in place of the dccc. Again, I'd try to

make two...one for this week, and one for the freezer. I really would

suggest that you consider giving up the organic foods...or at least some of

them...in exchange for a little sanity and organization. I hope that it

doesn't offend you. I'm just trying to give helpful suggestions. We do buy

free range, fertilized eggs from some friends down the road, and I do buy

organic cow milk. We have purchased organic, grass fed beef, and it tasted

so much better. I do plan to go back to that once my husband finds another

job because it really was pretty comparable to store bought. The producce,

cheese, and a lot of the other stuff is just too expensive for us. Maybe

one day God will bless us with an income to do that, but for now, we just

can't do all organic. Well, I hope this helps.

Meleah

Re: Organization help for diet?

>

> Life with 4 kiddos is just busy *hugs*.

>

> One of the things I've been doing is cooking a whole chicken on the

> weekends. Then I have stock for making soups and the meat for when I

> can't think of what to make... I made chicken salad for sandwiches for

> my dh last week and shredded barbeque sandwiches for dinner (not scd

> but I was able to work what I wanted to eat in with it easily) one

> night. I used up the rest of the stock by making vegetable soup

> tonight.

>

> I'm seriously considering cooking two chickens and some beef this way

> on the weekend so I have enough for the whole week and can work some

> into muffins or what not for my 2 yo who won't eat anything.

>

> Once I get some almond flour in, I'm going to cook enough " bread " to

> last awhile... at least as much as I can get in the freezer.

>

> I'd be up for suggestions too... I want to be successful with this.

>

> Christa

>

>

>> Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or various time

>> saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with me? I

>> look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I don't

>> like the way that is.

>>

>> Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us as it's

>> early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me somehow.

>>

>> May email me privately.

>>

>> Thanks in advance,

>> Michele

>>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

> _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

> websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

I do organic mostly because I've had hormonal issues & all the

antibiotics in foods & hormones & pesticides contributes to that

problem greatly, so I'd sacrifice other things, including bulk

shopping if I have to, to have the healthier option if & when I can.

So there are health reasons why I do this.

I'll look at those recipes & see what I can do. I do have almond

flour stocked up at the moment. We are buying 1/2 a cow from someone

so that should keep us for a while as well. I have 6 chickens frozen

downstairs from another farmer. I have to go to Whole Foods for lamb

& pork. organic veggies I can get locally when needed.

I'd like to use my slow cooker more too thinking maybe that would

help, but I have to find the appropriate recipes, or at least ones

that I can convert.

Thanks,

Michele

>

> Cooking in bulk even to a lesser degree is very helpfu. You have

the right

> idea to cook a couple of chickens or roasts at one time. You can

do the

> same with muffins. I have an enormous pot of chile on the stove

right now.

> It has lentels, and that's too advanced for right now,

but think

> " cheap " and think " lots " . , we put ourselves in a very

difficult

> position the first couple of months by going organic scd. It put

us in the

> hole, and then with my husband losing his job unexpectedly, we're

really in

> trouble right now. Remember that if you can truely afford all

organic,

> that's great, but it's not necessary for scd to go all organic.

You could

> probably afford to stock up a bit more at the grocery if you left

behind the

> organic. We eat either scd muffins or eggs of various kinds every

morning

> for breakfast along with our yogurt. Eggs are fairly inexpensive

even if

> you're going free range. Just regular eggs are dirt cheap. You

already

> have the nut flour, so make several kinds of muffins at once. I

made the

> banana cake recipe in BTVC into muffins this week along with a

double batch

> of Marilyn apple-pecan cake(muffins) from scdrecipe.com. You

could also do

> the zucchini muffins from BTVC. I mixed up all of the batters,

and then

> started baking once I got everything ready. There's a great

zucchini

> casserole recipe or two in BTVC as well. Remember that if you're

not doing

> dairy, you can drip your yogurt in place of the dccc. Again, I'd

try to

> make two...one for this week, and one for the freezer. I really

would

> suggest that you consider giving up the organic foods...or at

least some of

> them...in exchange for a little sanity and organization. I hope

that it

> doesn't offend you. I'm just trying to give helpful suggestions.

We do buy

> free range, fertilized eggs from some friends down the road, and I

do buy

> organic cow milk. We have purchased organic, grass fed beef, and

it tasted

> so much better. I do plan to go back to that once my husband

finds another

> job because it really was pretty comparable to store bought. The

producce,

> cheese, and a lot of the other stuff is just too expensive for

us. Maybe

> one day God will bless us with an income to do that, but for now,

we just

> can't do all organic. Well, I hope this helps.

> Meleah

>

> Re: Organization help for diet?

>

>

> >

> > Life with 4 kiddos is just busy *hugs*.

> >

> > One of the things I've been doing is cooking a whole chicken on

the

> > weekends. Then I have stock for making soups and the meat for

when I

> > can't think of what to make... I made chicken salad for

sandwiches for

> > my dh last week and shredded barbeque sandwiches for dinner (not

scd

> > but I was able to work what I wanted to eat in with it easily)

one

> > night. I used up the rest of the stock by making vegetable soup

> > tonight.

> >

> > I'm seriously considering cooking two chickens and some beef

this way

> > on the weekend so I have enough for the whole week and can work

some

> > into muffins or what not for my 2 yo who won't eat anything.

> >

> > Once I get some almond flour in, I'm going to cook

enough " bread " to

> > last awhile... at least as much as I can get in the freezer.

> >

> > I'd be up for suggestions too... I want to be successful with

this.

> >

> > Christa

> >

> >

> >> Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or various

time

> >> saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with me?

I

> >> look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I don't

> >> like the way that is.

> >>

> >> Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us as

it's

> >> early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me somehow.

> >>

> >> May email me privately.

> >>

> >> Thanks in advance,

> >> Michele

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read

the book

> > _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the

following

> > websites:

> > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> > and

> > http://www.pecanbread.com

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Go to message #27812 and you will finds tons of Slow Cooker Chicken

recipes. Hope these help you out.

Debbie, mom to Carson

> >

> > Cooking in bulk even to a lesser degree is very helpfu. You

have

> the right

> > idea to cook a couple of chickens or roasts at one time. You

can

> do the

> > same with muffins. I have an enormous pot of chile on the stove

> right now.

> > It has lentels, and that's too advanced for right now,

> but think

> > " cheap " and think " lots " . , we put ourselves in a very

> difficult

> > position the first couple of months by going organic scd. It

put

> us in the

> > hole, and then with my husband losing his job unexpectedly,

we're

> really in

> > trouble right now. Remember that if you can truely afford all

> organic,

> > that's great, but it's not necessary for scd to go all organic.

> You could

> > probably afford to stock up a bit more at the grocery if you

left

> behind the

> > organic. We eat either scd muffins or eggs of various kinds

every

> morning

> > for breakfast along with our yogurt. Eggs are fairly

inexpensive

> even if

> > you're going free range. Just regular eggs are dirt cheap. You

> already

> > have the nut flour, so make several kinds of muffins at once. I

> made the

> > banana cake recipe in BTVC into muffins this week along with a

> double batch

> > of Marilyn apple-pecan cake(muffins) from scdrecipe.com. You

> could also do

> > the zucchini muffins from BTVC. I mixed up all of the batters,

> and then

> > started baking once I got everything ready. There's a great

> zucchini

> > casserole recipe or two in BTVC as well. Remember that if

you're

> not doing

> > dairy, you can drip your yogurt in place of the dccc. Again,

I'd

> try to

> > make two...one for this week, and one for the freezer. I really

> would

> > suggest that you consider giving up the organic foods...or at

> least some of

> > them...in exchange for a little sanity and organization. I hope

> that it

> > doesn't offend you. I'm just trying to give helpful

suggestions.

> We do buy

> > free range, fertilized eggs from some friends down the road, and

I

> do buy

> > organic cow milk. We have purchased organic, grass fed beef,

and

> it tasted

> > so much better. I do plan to go back to that once my husband

> finds another

> > job because it really was pretty comparable to store bought.

The

> producce,

> > cheese, and a lot of the other stuff is just too expensive for

> us. Maybe

> > one day God will bless us with an income to do that, but for

now,

> we just

> > can't do all organic. Well, I hope this helps.

> > Meleah

> >

> > Re: Organization help for diet?

> >

> >

> > >

> > > Life with 4 kiddos is just busy *hugs*.

> > >

> > > One of the things I've been doing is cooking a whole chicken

on

> the

> > > weekends. Then I have stock for making soups and the meat for

> when I

> > > can't think of what to make... I made chicken salad for

> sandwiches for

> > > my dh last week and shredded barbeque sandwiches for dinner

(not

> scd

> > > but I was able to work what I wanted to eat in with it easily)

> one

> > > night. I used up the rest of the stock by making vegetable

soup

> > > tonight.

> > >

> > > I'm seriously considering cooking two chickens and some beef

> this way

> > > on the weekend so I have enough for the whole week and can

work

> some

> > > into muffins or what not for my 2 yo who won't eat anything.

> > >

> > > Once I get some almond flour in, I'm going to cook

> enough " bread " to

> > > last awhile... at least as much as I can get in the freezer.

> > >

> > > I'd be up for suggestions too... I want to be successful with

> this.

> > >

> > > Christa

> > >

> > >

> > >> Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or

various

> time

> > >> saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with

me?

> I

> > >> look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I

don't

> > >> like the way that is.

> > >>

> > >> Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us

as

> it's

> > >> early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me

somehow.

> > >>

> > >> May email me privately.

> > >>

> > >> Thanks in advance,

> > >> Michele

> > >>

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read

> the book

> > > _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read

the

> following

> > > websites:

> > > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> > > and

> > > http://www.pecanbread.com

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

I understand about the organic. You can always slow cook a chicken or

roast(when you get your cow). I believe that I have a couple of recipes

that would work for the slow cooker. I'll check, and get back to you. For

sure you can use this one in the oven or slow cooker. Pierce two whole

lemons about 20 times with a fork or scewer. Place them in the chicken

cavity. Mash several garlic cloves with 1 tsp. salt and a little pepper

until it forms a paste. Rub this all over the exterior of the chicken(can

also be rubbed in the chicken cavity. Roast or slow cook until done. This

is really delic. It was brought to me by a family who brought me a meal

when my first child was born. If you have chicken breasts, I'd highly

recommend slicing into strips, breading with almond flour, and either pan

frying or baking. These can be frozen on a lined baking sheet, and then

transferred to freezer bags to pull out whenever. You can use salt, pepper,

and various herbs and spices for the breading along with the almond flour.

Here is one that we absolutely love. We used to make it prescd all the

time, but the original recipe called for corn meal. Now, we use nut meal or

nut flour.

2 Tbsp. nut meal

2tsp. papprika

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. cumin

1/4 tsp. pepper

Mix all ingredients. Bread four chicken breasts, and pan fry in about 2

Tbsp. olive oil, butter, coconut oil, ect. about 4-5 minutes per side.

I always make way more breading, and make extra. I'll get back to you on

the slow cooker thing.

Meleah

Re: Organization help for diet?

>>

>>

>> >

>> > Life with 4 kiddos is just busy *hugs*.

>> >

>> > One of the things I've been doing is cooking a whole chicken on

> the

>> > weekends. Then I have stock for making soups and the meat for

> when I

>> > can't think of what to make... I made chicken salad for

> sandwiches for

>> > my dh last week and shredded barbeque sandwiches for dinner (not

> scd

>> > but I was able to work what I wanted to eat in with it easily)

> one

>> > night. I used up the rest of the stock by making vegetable soup

>> > tonight.

>> >

>> > I'm seriously considering cooking two chickens and some beef

> this way

>> > on the weekend so I have enough for the whole week and can work

> some

>> > into muffins or what not for my 2 yo who won't eat anything.

>> >

>> > Once I get some almond flour in, I'm going to cook

> enough " bread " to

>> > last awhile... at least as much as I can get in the freezer.

>> >

>> > I'd be up for suggestions too... I want to be successful with

> this.

>> >

>> > Christa

>> >

>> >

>> >> Has anyone figured out any organizational techniques or various

> time

>> >> saver tips for cooking or anything that they can share with me?

> I

>> >> look & feel a wreck & my life revolves around cooking, & I don't

>> >> like the way that is.

>> >>

>> >> Again, I like SCD, am waiting to see what will happen for us as

> it's

>> >> early yet, but I need to make this more workable for me somehow.

>> >>

>> >> May email me privately.

>> >>

>> >> Thanks in advance,

>> >> Michele

>> >>

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read

> the book

>> > _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the

> following

>> > websites:

>> > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

>> > and

>> > http://www.pecanbread.com

>> >

>> >

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Do make sure you're making your own garlic powder for this recipe, Michele and

Meleah..... commercially made garlic powder isn't legal.

Patti

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2 Tbsp. nut meal

2tsp. papprika

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. cumin

1/4 tsp. pepper

Mix all ingredients. Bread four chicken breasts, and pan

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Right. I thought about putting that is (), but figured everyone would know

that was what I meant. I will make sure to always include those types of

things in a recipe.

Meleah

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>

>

> 2 Tbsp. nut meal

> 2tsp. papprika

> 1 tsp. salt

> 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

> 1/2 tsp. cumin

> 1/4 tsp. pepper

> Mix all ingredients. Bread four chicken breasts, and pan

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