Showing posts with label vegetarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetarian. Show all posts

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Meat and Dairy Issues: 1

For the child/person who won't eat meat, I would not suggest hiding meat product in their food.

Some people do not have the proper enzymes to digest meat. Therefore, it ferments in their gut, rather than being digested, and leaves them feeling unwell.

Young children who are not eating meat, tend to do so because they don't like it and are acting on instinct about how the food makes them feel. There are many wonderful foods besides meat to feed her. Long time vegans, who are healthy, are usually happy to offer lots of help here. (Unfortunately that would not be me as I eat loads of meat.)

For toast/bread toppings, instead of margerine, try and oil, like grapeseed which is light in flavour and won't overpower a young palate (like olive oil sometimes does). Don't start with canola, soy or safflower as those oil can cause issues in children/people with guts that need to heal.

Of course, you can always skip the oils and load it up with other stuff too.

You can check all this stuff out at docguide.com for science abstracts on both general and case studies.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Breakfast Bar - Hazelnut Fig

Level Three

Breakfast Bar – Hazelnut Fig

For years, I have struggled with breakfast, as many people on a low grain or gluten free diet may do.

Finally, I decided that a breakfast bar was the way to go.

After many trials and errors, this was my first true success.

Ingredients:

1 cup coconut

1 cup figs, whole

1 cup hazelnuts

½ cup honey

¼ teaspoon sea salt

Instructions:

1) Process/chop coconut (if not already shredded), figs and hazelnuts in food processor until finely chopped.

2) Add sea salt.

3) Mix well.

4) Add honey.

5) Mix well.

6) Press into glass dish. (approximately 9”x7”)

7) Bake at 300F for approximately one hour.

8) Flip over and bake for another hour.

9) Cut, package, refrigerate or freeze.



Makes approximately 10 bars.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Food Study....................................................Section I
Menus...........................................................Section II
Recipes.......................................................Section III
Restaurant Reviews...................................Section IV
Zzzzzz.... Great Reads..................................Section V

Food Study
Food Studies - Introduction
Meat and Dairy Issues: 1
Pecking Apart Chicken Soup: Part 1: Use D'Em Bones



Menus
Menu for the Month: Spring 2007
Menu for the Month: Autumn 2007

Recipes
All recipes are absolutely gluten free!

Legend:
Dairy Free.............................DF
Egg Free................................EF
Grain Free.............................NG (gf is used to indicated gluten free)
Soy Free................................SF
Specific Carbohydrate Diet...SCD
Vegan.....................................VV
Vegetarian..............................V


Bread - Yeast (DF:EF:SF:VV:V)

Breakfast Bar - Hazelnut Fig NG, SCD, EF, MF,


Cheese Spread Replacement (NG:DF:SCD:SF:EF:V)

Coconut Pumpkin Custard(NG:DF:SCD:SF:V)

Custard (DF:NG:SF:SCD:V)

Deep Fry Batter (DF:MF)

Lard (only contains pork fat: includes benefits references)

Squashbread Tea Cake (NG:DF:SCD:V)

Tuna Salad Wraps (NG:SCD:SF:EF:MF)

Vanilla Extract (NG:DF:SF:EF:VV)

Waffles and Pancakes (DF; SF; V)

Restaurant Reviews
Only good restaurants. Only good reviews.


Canada

Oakville
Il Fornello's

Toronto
Il Fornello's