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-Paul

I hope you find things you like. You have quite a nice thing going on The Tasty Alternative – it’s a great blog.

-Paul

You’re welcome and thanks for your comment. I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe. I know the first time I made it I had the same reaction – I had several slices before I could cut myself off.

-Paul

I just found your site!! I’ve been looking for more SCD blogs, so just thrilled to find you! Off to explore your site…

Be Well,
–Amber

I used regular SCD yogurt, not w/ half and half. Im making another batch now, and used your recommendations. I also didn’t have poppy seeds, but I got them for the next try

Im very happy I stumbled across this, it inspires me to create my own blog, w/ stories and recipes of my SCD journey.

Although it didn’t turn out nearly as pretty, it tasted incredible. In fact, it was so good, it was hard to not eat the entire thing in one sitting.

Thanks again!

Andy

I find that restaurants, especially chain restaurants are the riskiest. See this post for more.

Fortunately, I don’t have to travel much, but when I do, I bring my own food as much as possible. This includes things like roast beef and chicken breast which are good cold as well as warm. I also will bring cheese, dried fruits, nuts, and seeds. On top of that I’ll bring some home made yonana bread. Sometimes I’ll slice it thin and dry it in my dehydrator so I don’t have to worry about keeping it cold. When possible, we stay in hotels that have a kitchenette. If nothing else, it helps to have a frige and a microwave.

Restaurants are like walking through a minefield. If he’s forced to eat at a restaurant, he’ll want to order foods that are as close to unprocessed as possible. These would include undressed salads that he’d still probably have to pick around illegals, steak that hasn’t been marinated in any way and steamed vegetables with no sauces. He should avoid chicken in any form as that almost certainly has illegals added. He’ll have to either avoid anything that is cooked in oil or specify that only olive oil be used. He’ll also have to specify that no spices except for salt or pepper be used. Perhaps seafood is okay if you account for things like how it’s cooked and what seasoning it has.

You see the problem with restaurants is that they are but the end of a long factory. The ingredients of your meal has passed through many corporate hands and the people at the restaurant most likely don’t realize what they don’t know about what’s actually in the foods they serve. To them “nothing added” is not what an SCD would consider as nothing added.

As far as convenience stores go, I can only imagine a couple of things that would be okay; fresh fruit, aged cheese and plain pork rinds.

-Paul

My husband is trying to start the SCD for his colitis. It’s been difficult for us so far due to the strict diet and we love our carbs. My question is, what do you do when you go out of town? He’s out of town almost every weekend. What are the best meal choices at restaurants, fast food chains and convenience stores?

Thanks!

I’m so glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know.

-Paul

I’m sorry that your daughter is dealing with this, but glad that the SCD is helping her feel better.

My recovery from Crohn’s was slow and gradual enough that I didn’t have a dramatic set back at the 3 month time. I also wasn’t aware of that common experience so I don’t have a memory of it.

I cannot predict how long your daughter’s setback will last. If she wont eat the intro diet, just return to eating what she was before the almond flour muffin. I think bone broth is helpful to sooth an irritated gut. You can find out more about bone broths here: http://pecanbread.com/new/elaine2/soup.html.

Good luck and even though I know it’s hard, try to be patient.

-Paul