Guest guest Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 kt,I'm not sure about carrots, I don't really make them, I have enough carrots in my chicken soup....but I think if you have already cooked carrots, you probably can sautee them after they are cooked with oil or butter (I think carrots go really well with butter, I'm allergic to dairy so i'm not sure). The way I'm cooking vegetables is either making a soup out of them or sauteeing them in a frying pan with olive oil and onions, very low until they are almost cooked and then add homemade chicken broth, salt and pepper, and other spices and then covering them for about 5 minutes or until whenever they are cooked enough for you. And then I take the cover off and cook for another couple minutes. Take the onions out. I did this with zucchini and green beans. Also, if I have plain steamed veggies I sautee the already cooked ones in onions and olive oil to get some flavor. Its really good. If you can tolerate spices, I'd try experimenting with them, it definitely makes the vegetables more appetizing. Maybe you could also try some zucchini pasta. If you can't have tomatoes yet, you can make a pesto with olive oil, garlic, and basil. I haven't tried it yet, I get worried about the zucchini not being cooked enough and I don't think I have the right vegetable peeler for it.Are you still on stage 1 - because I have some stage 2 ideas that I can share with you. As for meat, one delicious way I've made chicken is to just bake a chicken breast in dry white wine and sprinkle a little rosemary. You can also experiment with marinades and grill fish or chicken - lemon or lime juice, spices, olive oil, maybe some honey to make it sweet. I haven't really done this...just throwing some ideas out there.Oh, I wanted to tell you I made one of the recipes from scdrecipe.com and it was really good. The turkey burgers with cooked apples. I actually altered the recipe a lot, I cooked (boiled) the apples in a little bit of water, with a couple pieces of onion, celery salt, sage, and salt and pepper. Removed the onions and then pureed the apples and mixed them with the ground meat. I had a couple of chunks of the apples and they were so good after cooking in the burgers, so maybe you just want to mash them a bit. I made it with ground chicken instead but it was really good. Be careful with the ground meat they sometimes put flavorings in them. I get mine from a local farm. But you should try it, I think both you and your husband would like it.This week, I'm gonna be trying some knew things out myself, I think i'm gonna try a squash and carrot soup and maybe a chicken or turkey stew or some other way to mix up the meat and veggies. Zucchini-basil soup is my staple I've made it the past couple weeks. Would you like the recipe?I hope this helps you. EllenTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 12:24:06 PMSubject: Re: Cookbooks or menus for different stages? Thanks Ellen! I hadn't seen a bunch of those links and somehow didn't see the stage recipes on Pecanbread. I do have the books: "Recipes for the SCD", "Everyday Grain Free Gourmet" and "Healing Foods - Cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohn's and IBS", however most of the recipes are for more advanced "stages" of the diet. Are you cooking your veges for hours and hours? I cooked some carrots yesterday (low simmer) for over 4 hours and they were pretty awful - well - compared to raw or lightly steamed, which is how I have always eaten them. I also steamed some zucchini until it was pretty soft. The thing is, I do all the cooking, so my husband has to pretty much eat what I eat. I just don't have time to make two separate meals. I usually make him a nice green salad in place of the well cooked veges. And I don't have lots of time to spend cooking, so I've been doing easy meats like broiling fish, chicken and occasionally some buffalo burger - but we're not much of red meat eaters, so it gets a little limiting.Any info you have on different kinds of veges would be welcome! I'm going to get some winter squash, since we both love those baked.Thanks for your help!kt >> Have you checked out the book, "Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet: The > Grain-Free, Lactose-Free, Sugar-Free Solution to IBD, Celiac Disease, Autism, > Cystic Fibrosis, and Other Health Conditions" - most of the stuff is too > advanced, but I found a really simple and yummy asparagus soup - and tomato-red > pepper soup when you are ready for those vegetables. I altered the tomato soup > recipe a bit, without the red peppers, and cooking the tomatoes with onions and > then removing them. Using garlic and onions to cook with and then removing them > has been a really useful trick for me. I also cook my vegetables with chicken > broth all the time. Cook your vegetables in chicken broth and blend them into > soups, its really easy.> > Also, blogs and websites have been EXTREMELY helpful for me to hone my cooking > skills, Have you checked out the recipes on pecanbread.com - > http://www.pecanbre ad.com/new/ recipes.html> > Also, Karianne has good early stages recipes on her blog - > http://scdandme. com/Startingscd/ Stage_1_recipes/ Stage_1_recipes. html> > SCD Girl is also awesome - there is a link on the side to her stage 1 and stage > 2 recipes - http://scdgirl. blogspot. com/2008/ 01/stage- one-recipes. html> > You also may be able to find some helpful recipes here: > http://www.scdrecip e.com/recipes/> > Hope this helps, and if you want more specifics let me know. What vegetables > are you eating now? I recently got some advice myself on some interesting stage > 1-2 vegetables because I was sooo bored of my repertoire, so maybe I can pass > the info on to you.> > Good luck > > Ellen> SCD 3 months> IBS 1.5 years> > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __> To: BTVC-SCD@yahoogroup s.com> Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 8:59:00 PM> Subject: Cookbooks or menus for different stages?> > > Hi, I am finishing the intro diet and have 3 nice SCD cookbooks in addition to > the BTVC book, but a lot of the recipes are for more advanced "stages". I need > some that have recipes for well cooked veges and fruits. Does anyone know of > any menu plans or recipes or books for the beginning stages of this diet?> > Thanks!> > kt> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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