It had been probably 35 years since I had eaten Jello until I had to get on SCD Intro and gelatin was one of the few legal foods. Since that time I’ve eaten a LOT of homemade jello using organic grape juice and grass fed Great Lakes Gelatin. I usually eat two servings per day of it as a desert or snack. Initially I just assumed the jello was added to give you a decent snack but I’ve since learned that gelatin is a key part of the healing effect of SCD. While the GAPS diet uses lots of bone broth, SCD relies on jello for the same basic effect.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
The Zen of carrot prep
In the last five or six weeks pureed carrots have become my comfort food. They are one of a handful of “safe” foods that I have at this point. They are the only vegetable included in the SCD Intro Diet and are something I eat daily and go back to when my gut starts flaring up. Recently I’ve realized that preparing my carrots is also a good practice for me, it is very meditative.
I now start my carrot practice at the nook table overlooking the back yard and the river. I place my cutting board on the table, a big bowl to hold the peels, my peeler, knife and about five pounds of carrots. Step one is peeling al the carrots mindfully to remove all the peel and be able to use as much carrot as possible. Step two is cutting the smallest amount of ends off the carrots. Step three is chopping the carrots into 1″ pieces and placing them in a pressure cooker. Once all five pounds of carrots are in the cooker, I go to the stove, add water and pressure cook for one hour. After the pressure has dropped I open the cooker and proceed to puree the carrots in two batches in the food processor and transfer the puree to containers for the frig. Five pounds of carrots lasts me about 2-3 days so I quickly get to repeat the practice.
Finally, some variety in my diet
Real food for once
It has been a little over a month now on my baby food diet. It started out pretty basic but in the last few weeks has expanded somewhat and that has been great. First though, we moved in the middle of all this GI mess which is something I would not recommend. Between the general stress of moving and the amount of activity needed for the move I managed to drop three more precious pounds during the week of the move. Once we got through the big push I’ve been trying to take it easy, rest more, and shove in more calories than I’m expending each day. The rest and a bit of added fats have helped and I managed to put back on 1.5 pounds in the last three days.