several questions

October 8, 2006

rawfood , " Beth Mouser " <mouser4 wrote:

>

> I am wondering whether it is okay to eat the young Thai coconuts when

> the inside coconut meat is purplish-looking. I am thinking not, but am

> so disappointed to have to throw them away unused.

>

> Beth

>

I threw 2 away before someone told me that it is OK to eat when the meat is

purple. How I

judge them is I smell them, taste a little of the water, and taste a little of

the meat. If it

doesn't smell " bad " I use it & drink the water.

Melanie

September 7, 2009

First of all, thanks for the suggestions and comments about my daughter and her

weight/appetite. Very helpful.

I have another one for you. My husband has a number of food restrictions. He

cannot eat gluten, dairy, corn, onion, avocado, peanuts or tree nuts. Tomatoes

and citrus only in very small quanities. Same for flax and gf oats. Very little

(if any) garlic. No dried fruit. Beans give him not only gas, but the runs. I'm

going to work on the long soak, and a few spoonfuls a day, but for now, we can't

count on beans for anything. Garbanzos are the worst. Hemp is massive expensive,

but he can eat a little of it. Tofu is fine, but one can only eat so much of it,

ya know? Do you all have any ideas for good filling foods for him?

The other thing is that I'm having trouble finding lentils that aren't produced

on the same line as gluten grains. I'm in Canada. Any ideas?

And finally, not a question. A little happy story to relate: Last night a couple

we know came for supper. I always worry that people won't like our food and that

they'll ask where the main course, i.e. the meat, is. Last night, I was serving

wild mushroom stroganoff on herbed mashed potatoes with asparagus and sesame

oil. Just before we were to sit down for supper, my friend (who didn't know our

food restrictions except for gluten) said, " I'm glad I mentioned we're

vegetarian now " . I blinked and said, " Um, you didn't mention it! " He was

stunned. We're their only other veggie friends.

Shannon

September 7, 2009

Shannon-

With my allergies to rice, oats, dairy, eggs, soy, and peanuts, I can sympathize

with your husband. And then I figured out the gluten problem- it seems there's

nothing left to eat! I don't know what his allergies do, but I can have cooked

oats and rice-cooking in water neutralizes the toxins. Alas, I still react to

things with baked rice or oats.

Time, and soaking/cooking the dried fruit, might help with some of the food

reactions, along with probiotics- I swear that Jarro-dophilus is a wonder drug.

As for filling foods, what about good old potatoes and brown rice? And then

there's millet, quinoa, buckwheat, and teff. The latter can be hard to find,

and is awfully pricey.

Happy eating!

DDP

September 7, 2009

Potatoes, quinoa, sweet potato, fungis, seeds that you process

yourself (pumpkin and squash seeds, jackfruit seeds, etc. and coconut

if he is not allergic to coconut - commercial stuff may be

contaminated with nuts, but if you open and grate the coconut

yourself, you know it is not,) bnanas and plantains, rice, millet, and

wild rice if he can tolerate them, buckwheat/kasha,

Check to see if anyone at your farmer's market sells lentils, I know

there are some at mine (in Alberta) that sell small bags of lentils,

which maybe wouldn't be contaminated.

Pam

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Shannon West<shanwest wrote:

>

> First of all, thanks for the suggestions and comments about my daughter and

> her weight/appetite. Very helpful.

>

> I have another one for you. My husband has a number of food restrictions. He

> cannot eat gluten, dairy, corn, onion, avocado, peanuts or tree nuts.

> Tomatoes and citrus only in very small quanities. Same for flax and gf oats.

> Very little (if any) garlic. No dried fruit. Beans give him not only gas,

> but the runs. I'm going to work on the long soak, and a few spoonfuls a day,

> but for now, we can't count on beans for anything. Garbanzos are the worst.

> Hemp is massive expensive, but he can eat a little of it. Tofu is fine, but

> one can only eat so much of it, ya know? Do you all have any ideas for good

> filling foods for him?

>

> The other thing is that I'm having trouble finding lentils that aren't

> produced on the same line as gluten grains. I'm in Canada. Any ideas?

>

> And finally, not a question. A little happy story to relate: Last night a

> couple we know came for supper. I always worry that people won't like our

> food and that they'll ask where the main course, i.e. the meat, is. Last

> night, I was serving wild mushroom stroganoff on herbed mashed potatoes with

> asparagus and sesame oil. Just before we were to sit down for supper, my

> friend (who didn't know our food restrictions except for gluten) said, " I'm

> glad I mentioned we're vegetarian now " . I blinked and said, " Um, you didn't

> mention it! " He was stunned. We're their only other veggie friends.

>

> Shannon

>

September 7, 2009

Awesome story!

Have you tried tempeh? It's a little more " meatier " than tofu. There are

endless possibilities with tofu and tempeh that you wouldn't even know you

where eating tofu! One of my " I only eat meat " friends was complaining about

how horrible tofu is and how he could never be a vegetarian because he

couldn't see how anybody could eat that crap, and as he's going on about it

he's eating a tofu dish that I made! I didn't tell him it was tofu until

after he ranted and raved how wonderful it was and asked how I made it! The

look on his face was priceless! I've made Thai stir fry with tofu, roasted

red pepper dip, tofu turkey, tempeh sausage and bacon, curried rice &

veggies with either, and the list goes on! Experiment with ethnic herbs and

spices. Also eat frequent small meals as that will help keep ya going.

Quinoa and whole grain rice or pasta will help fill you up and quinoa

especially is high in protein so you could use that istead of tofu for

healthy and dence meal. Whole grains are full of nurishment and really help

fill you up so anything he can have in that catagory will help!

Can he eat sunflower seeds? You can get sunbutter and put on toast or rice

cakes as snacks to help keep energy up.

Good luck!

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Shannon West <shanwest wrote:

>

> First of all, thanks for the suggestions and comments about my daughter and

> her weight/appetite. Very helpful.

>

> I have another one for you. My husband has a number of food restrictions.

> He cannot eat gluten, dairy, corn, onion, avocado, peanuts or tree nuts.