Yesterday I got really sick. I had a horrible, horrible reaction to something I ate, and there for a while Marty was thinking he was going to have to take me to the hospital.
I am now more convinced than ever that The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is what we need to do. I had been eliminating things that I won't be able to eat and then yesterday we were out for lunch so I decided that I would eat something "one last time" and I can promise you that after last night, it will be the last time!
Marty, Christian and Ethan have decided they will follow the diet at home with us, so that we aren't tempted. (Marty doesn't care either way, Ethan will eat anything that you put in front of him and Christian said "You can take my bread but please don't take my cheese.") SCD requires a lot of cooking* so it will be so much easier to follow when I am not cooking two meals.
I packed up all of the non-legal SCD foods, and now our pantry is bare. We are taking it to Ohio to give to my mom and SIL. I just need to find someone to take the TVP, nutritional yeast and potato starch. (Dana? Cindy? Anyone??)
Yesterday I had to take some chicken back that I bought because I got it home and realized that it was injected with chicken broth. We can't have commercially prepared broth so that was out. I called our local meat market and they said that their chicken isn't injected, so I headed over there. Thankfully I asked again, because some of it is. The meat manager went into the back and read every package to see what was ok. The sad/funny thing is... the cheaper chicken is the best. It is all Amish raised, free range, no antibiotics or steroids and is quite a bit cheaper than the factory farmed stuff. How does that even make sense?? I grabbed 10lbs. of Amish thigh and leg pieces to make stock when we get home.
Right now the house smells like... well, something tasty! This morning I roasted 12 lbs. of beef bones and they are currently in our counter top roaster slowly making beef broth. I tossed a roast in to add flavor and make dinner. Am I good or what?!
*We can't have any convince foods, including but not limited to beef and chicken broth, ketchup, mayo, and even some mustards. All of these things can be eaten if they are homemade.
2 comments:
You sound like me at the grocery store! I have two kids allergic to corn, wheat, soy, peanuts, red dye, citrus and watermelon. We are always asking, because corn is in EVERYTHING these days! We ask are restaurants too because hubby is allergic to corn and onions!
Anne-
I was just so glad that I asked again, you know? The meat manager said that they get product in from different companies each week, so they can't guarantee from week to week what is in it... except for the Amish chicken.
Thankfully it seems that it is only chicken that is injected with nasties.
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