Grain Free/Primal/Paleo in October!!! - Page 3

[rhianna813]

Originally Posted by harrietsmama

I'm planning on going to the farmer's market this weekend. I figured I'd get tons of onions, some beets, some carrots, some parsnips - but those last 3 are kind of no-nos for me.
I love kale, and turnips greens, what else can I get that is easy to process & freeze?

Mushrooms are in season right now and they freeze great if you saute them first. Broccoli also freezes well. Bell peppers freeze great but I think those are nightshades, right?

You might be able to get green beans. Just blanch and freeze. Look for asparagus too.

I've tried SO many ways to freeze summer squash with no luck. Always mushy and gross. Cucumbers can't be frozen either.

Also, fresh herbs can be dried or frozen in water in ice cube trays for later use. And don't forget garlic to hang in your kitchen

Rhianna

[Punchy Kaby]

Hello again ladies! I am back from a looong work trip and I am exhausted. I did pretty well in the eating area, got tons of exercise but I am still recovering from having to be around people 24 hrs a day for 3 weeks.

I need to get back on track: I let grains creep in a little, but I feel much better without them. I did quit eating so much chocolate and cut my coffee consumption in half. I'm going to try coconut milk in my coffee tomorrow morning, mmm sounds yummy. I think part of the reason I like coffee is that it is creamy and warm in the morning.

[cocobean]

My husband and I have been eating primal to different degrees for about a year and a half now. I have PCOS and a mild case of Hypothyroidism. I'm not losing hardly any weight. Just wondering if anyone else has had this experience. I don't work out as much as I should but I am sort of active. I take bike rides with my son and do yoga. I also do a some body weight exercises at least 1-2 times a week. I still feel much better eating this way but I'm just not losing much! Frustrating!!

[ihugtrees]

I wanted to share some recipe ideas with you all...
One of the recipes I've modified lately was originally from The South Beach Diet book. You bake tomatoes at 350 (15ish minutes? Till theyre done! ), topped with ultra processed Italian seasoned bread crumbs & moz cheese. I altered it a bit by mixing almond meal with Italian seasonings, garlic salt, & fresh ground pepper, and topping the tomatoes with that (and cheese, as I do dairy, but I think they'd be pretty good even without it!) Also, I created a kind of 'out there' recipe the other day...I used to LOVE smoked salmon on toast, but I took the same ingredients and put it over shredded romaine...smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, red onions, tomatoes diced up. It was sort of a salad, and was pretty good! And another good snack idea I saw somewhere...roll up good deli meat, around raw cucumbers or bell pepper, and stick with a toothpick. You can dip it in homemade salsa or guacamole or fancy mustard/mayo? My final recipe to share: http://cavemanfood.blogspot.com/2009...-crackers.html. These turned out GREAT for me! The ones that were thin enough were truly crispy crackers! Some were a bit thicker so not the right consistency but still good. So just roll 'em out really thin if you want crackers

Also, I saw further up we were talking about almond milk & coconut milk. I love the Silk brand of almond milk (this is my cheaper alternative to raw milk, for weeks when I can't afford $11/gallon.) I can't decide if I like coconuts or not. I'm not putting these milks in coffee, as I don't like coffee...I'm mostly adding them to recipes or drinking them straight. I have only tried the canned coconut milk in recipes...never bought the brand of coconut milk that's actually meant to be a dairy alternative.

What brand of coconut flour do you all use? The only kind I've found in my regular grocery store is Bob's Red Mill which is just soooo pricey. I need to take a look at my local health food's bulk section and see if it is cheaper. Also, does coconut flour lend a super coconut-y taste to anything you make with it?

[Punchy Kaby]

Ihugtrees-coconut flour is much cheaper online. Tropical traditions is the best I have found:http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/or...onut_flour.htm
It does have a coconut taste to it, it mixes well with almond flour in recipes. I do not use any flours on a regular basis partially because they are expensive but also it is easier for me to resist eating grain based breads if I am not eating almond and coconut breads.

I use the full fat coconut milk from the can in my coffee-it makes it rich and creamy. I love it, can't believe it took me so long to try. I may even start drinking tea in the afternoon now that its getting colder, I used to have a second cup of coffee in the afternoon-but I cut that out, I still crave a yummy drink at that time.

cocobean-are you taking any supplements for your hypothyroidism? there are some great thyroid threads on MDC with suggestions.

[2xshy]

paleo leg cramps

so i have been having aching legs at night for the past few nights. i read up on the and saw i may need a cal/mag supplement.
i was feeling really weak this morning after not sleeping from all the leg aching and i took a multi whole food vitamin, and emergen-C and 2 big glasses of unsweetened fortified soy milk, which is SO not paleo. but i think the soy milk helped since i started feeling better after i drank it. my reason drinking it was its high in cal/mag and potassium all which could contribute to leg cramps. i drank a ton of water too through the night but that didnt help.

i'm eating typically 3 eggs in the AM with some veggies cooked in Olive oil, then i eat some kind of meat with veggies later on, i have some fruit in the day not a lot, an orange or an apple or some banana. dinner is more meat with veggies.
the veg i use the most are broccoli, cauliflower, red and green peppers (fruits really) zucchini, onion, carrots. i eat kale on a regular basis and lots of romaine lettuce with salads fairly frequently. the meat i eat is usually chicken breasts or thighs, steak (rib eye or top striploin) i had some bacon which isnt 100% paleo but still, i have salmon regulalry, and i have some cold smoked salmon too which isnt 100% paleo but it's a treat from time to time.
i like seeds, not so into nuts though. though almonds are ok sometimes. i'm allergic to hazelnuts and i just dont like over doing the nuts in case i become sensitive to them.

any input would be great!

[cocobean]

Originally Posted by Punchy Kaby

cocobean-are you taking any supplements for your hypothyroidism? there are some great thyroid threads on MDC with suggestions.

I'm only taking supplements for fertility, evening primrose oil and raspberry leaf tea. I would love to hear more about supplements for pcos!

[farmerjess]

Originally Posted by 2xshy

so i have been having aching legs at night for the past few nights. i read up on the and saw i may need a cal/mag supplement.
i was feeling really weak this morning after not sleeping from all the leg aching and i took a multi whole food vitamin, and emergen-C and 2 big glasses of unsweetened fortified soy milk, which is SO not paleo. but i think the soy milk helped since i started feeling better after i drank it. my reason drinking it was its high in cal/mag and potassium all which could contribute to leg cramps. i drank a ton of water too through the night but that didnt help.

i'm eating typically 3 eggs in the AM with some veggies cooked in Olive oil, then i eat some kind of meat with veggies later on, i have some fruit in the day not a lot, an orange or an apple or some banana. dinner is more meat with veggies.
the veg i use the most are broccoli, cauliflower, red and green peppers (fruits really) zucchini, onion, carrots. i eat kale on a regular basis and lots of romaine lettuce with salads fairly frequently. the meat i eat is usually chicken breasts or thighs, steak (rib eye or top striploin) i had some bacon which isnt 100% paleo but still, i have salmon regulalry, and i have some cold smoked salmon too which isnt 100% paleo but it's a treat from time to time.
i like seeds, not so into nuts though. though almonds are ok sometimes. i'm allergic to hazelnuts and i just dont like over doing the nuts in case i become sensitive to them.

any input would be great!

Sounds like your body needs more minerals. Great sources are bone broths, stinging nettle infusions, and fresh juiced veggies.

For leg cramps magnesium always helps me the best. I have to take is separate from calcium (it doesn't absorb as well when you take them together.) I am using the glycinate form with good success. Other ways to get more magnesium are strong epsom salts baths or foot soaks, and magnesium oil (topical, ancient minerals).

[Punchy Kaby]

Originally Posted by cocobean

I'm only taking supplements for fertility, evening primrose oil and raspberry leaf tea. I would love to hear more about supplements for pcos!

Definitely check out the thyroid thread:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=946468

and the iodine thread:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ghlight=iodine

These threads are a good place to start. I would also check into HVCLO and a good b complex.

[stilllearning85]

Ok, so this is a bit off topic for this thread, but I just wanted to know what you paleo types thought.
My daughter has her first diaper rash (10 months old) and I am pretty sure it is a yeast/fungus one. It is soo red and sore looking. I am really trying to treat it naturally (yogurt as a diaper cream and a spray of GSE and Tea Tree Oil sprayed on regularly. I also leave her diaper off most the day and put her in the sun for a few minutes with direct sunlight on her rash daily) Sometimes it looks like it is drying up and going away sometimes it looks worse, but it has been there for about 1 1/2 weeks now. I don't know what to do. Should I keep trying to treat it naturally or give in to the medicated creams? I have never had a problem with yeast or been on antibiotics any time in the near past... what is going on? I cut out all forms of sugar and really limited our fruit intake and still nothing. What would you do/ what have you done?
She does eat a lot of cheese (dubliner and manchego) and I give her goat milk kefir for the probiotics... she won't eat her veggies right now at all and nothing with a meaty texture, although she loves chewing on lamb bones. So her diet is pretty much: cucumber, breast milk, cheese, poi, goat milk kefir and "go raw" ginger snaps.
HELP!

Oh, and she also likes egg yolk... maybe I should give her more egg yolk? She only gets it about 1-2 X a week.

[sapphire_chan]

Hey-o, went to stay with family in Sept. and blew the grain free/paleo-esque diet out of the water. Ye-eah. Hello, thrush.

A project I need to do is compiling all the paleo friendly recipes that I like into a binder or notebook so I can look through when I'm trying to find something to eat or grocery shopping.

What I've found is that in the fridge/freezer the meat and veggies just don't look good and I go for the borderline stuff like cheese and potatoes. But if I think about eating something like a taco salad (great in restaurants too cause you can just leave the huge shell bowl while at home you just don't use it) then I've got no problem pulling out the ground beef and cooking.

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by stilllearning85

Ok, so this is a bit off topic for this thread, but I just wanted to know what you paleo types thought.
My daughter has her first diaper rash (10 months old) and I am pretty sure it is a yeast/fungus one. It is soo red and sore looking. I am really trying to treat it naturally (yogurt as a diaper cream and a spray of GSE and Tea Tree Oil sprayed on regularly. I also leave her diaper off most the day and put her in the sun for a few minutes with direct sunlight on her rash daily) Sometimes it looks like it is drying up and going away sometimes it looks worse, but it has been there for about 1 1/2 weeks now. I don't know what to do. Should I keep trying to treat it naturally or give in to the medicated creams? I have never had a problem with yeast or been on antibiotics any time in the near past... what is going on? I cut out all forms of sugar and really limited our fruit intake and still nothing. What would you do/ what have you done?
She does eat a lot of cheese (dubliner and manchego) and I give her goat milk kefir for the probiotics... she won't eat her veggies right now at all and nothing with a meaty texture, although she loves chewing on lamb bones. So her diet is pretty much: cucumber, breast milk, cheese, poi, goat milk kefir and "go raw" ginger snaps.
HELP!
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Oh, and she also likes egg yolk... maybe I should give her more egg yolk? She only gets it about 1-2 X a week.

Have you boiled your diapers? (And/or run them a few times on a super hot load) I'd also disinfect your washer if you haven't already.

The three things I'd suspect with what you describe are either that she's getting reinfected from her diapers, she's actually reacting to a detergent build-up in the diaper, or a dairy sensitivity. I'd really only think the dairy sensitivity if you're sure your diapers are totally clear.

While you're sorting your old diapers out, can you get some new prefolds or some such?

[FairyRae]

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan

Have you boiled your diapers? (And/or run them a few times on a super hot load) I'd also disinfect your washer if you haven't already.

The three things I'd suspect with what you describe are either that she's getting reinfected from her diapers, she's actually reacting to a detergent build-up in the diaper, or a dairy sensitivity. I'd really only think the dairy sensitivity if you're sure your diapers are totally clear.

While you're sorting your old diapers out, can you get some new prefolds or some such?

That's my first thought. (My ds has a dairy sensitivity though.) If it were me, I'd drop the dairy for a few weeks and see if it makes any difference. Good luck mama--hope its not that! (I sure miss dairy... )

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by FairyRae

That's my first thought. (My ds has a dairy sensitivity though.) If it were me, I'd drop the dairy for a few weeks and see if it makes any difference. Good luck mama--hope its not that! (I sure miss dairy... )

See now, if she hasn't cleared her diapers, I'd start with that, because if it's that it'll be better in a few days. She can choose to start the dairy elimination at the same time to save time, but in a 10 month old with no previous history of rashes who has been having dairy all along (via mom at first ) the dairy sensitivity is my off chance thought.

It does sound like a dairy rash, but then it also sounds like a yeast rash or a detergent rash.

[sapphire_chan]

OMG I just realized why I was having such bad sugar cravings while on vacation. I started vacation off with getting my period and didn't have anything in place to support that healthily. And you know how it is with crackers. Let one in and you feel like having all their friends over for a party in your digestive system.


Anyway, now that I'm done realizing the obvious, what are your favorite sauces?

[stilllearning85]

Thanks!
I did wash her diapers in GSE and rinsed them twice with vinegar and left them in the sun to dry... but I didn't wash them on hot. Do you think I could try seventh gen disposables for a bit since they would be sterile? I sure hope it's not a sensitivity! My dh and I don't have any sensitivities, so that would stink! I am gonna try rubbing it with noni lotion and using disposables for a while and see if that helps (unless you all advise me not to do disposables... I guess I could get some pre-folds, but all we have here for that is Walmart and theirs can't be all that great, can they? Otherwise I would have to order them online...)

[harrietsmama]

Originally Posted by rhianna813

Mushrooms are in season right now and they freeze great if you saute them first. Broccoli also freezes well. Bell peppers freeze great but I think those are nightshades, right?

You might be able to get green beans. Just blanch and freeze. Look for asparagus too.

I've tried SO many ways to freeze summer squash with no luck. Always mushy and gross. Cucumbers can't be frozen either.

Also, fresh herbs can be dried or frozen in water in ice cube trays for later use. And don't forget garlic to hang in your kitchen

Rhianna

Thanks so much for the tips!!! I have found with squash though, if you keep it someplace cool and dark, it can last ok almost until spring!

[rhianna813]

I tend to eat breakfast at work – usually eggs – but instead brought what looked liked lunch. This is because we're out of food budget... and eggs.

So I brought tuna salad, sautéed beet greens and kraut. My coworker saw what I was eating and looked horrified. I just laughed and explained I was out of breakfast food. She tried to give me instant oatmeal or bread from her cabinet so I could eat that instead.

It’s so odd that someone would think that food is better than what I was eating?!?!

Rhianna

[cocobean]

Originally Posted by stilllearning85

Thanks!
I did wash her diapers in GSE and rinsed them twice with vinegar and left them in the sun to dry... but I didn't wash them on hot. Do you think I could try seventh gen disposables for a bit since they would be sterile? I sure hope it's not a sensitivity! My dh and I don't have any sensitivities, so that would stink! I am gonna try rubbing it with noni lotion and using disposables for a while and see if that helps (unless you all advise me not to do disposables... I guess I could get some pre-folds, but all we have here for that is Walmart and theirs can't be all that great, can they? Otherwise I would have to order them online...)

We have the same issue with DS. Try using coconut oil. We started with that and saw serious improvment but then it got bad again. So I maid a salve from beeswax and coconut oil. It has been working GREAT for about two months now. Just melt 2oz beeswax and let it cool a little (not so it hardens just so it doesn't damage the coconut oil) and add 14-16oz of coconut oil. I would also stop using tea tree. We were using that in our wipe solution and it was causing irritation. Good luck!

[neverdoingitagain]

Originally Posted by cocobean

We have the same issue with DS. Try using coconut oil. We started with that and saw serious improvment but then it got bad again. So I maid a salve from beeswax and coconut oil. It has been working GREAT for about two months now. Just melt 2oz beeswax and let it cool a little (not so it hardens just so it doesn't damage the coconut oil) and add 14-16oz of coconut oil. I would also stop using tea tree. We were using that in our wipe solution and it was causing irritation. Good luck!

Coconut oil...not just for coffee anymore
Seriously though, it works great for diaper rash.