RE: Morning Sickness and need some recipes for old non gfcf faves!

[Guest guest]

Some Progresso soups are GF - I think NE Clam Chowder is one - check it out to

be sure.

There are many GF soups at Whole Foods.

You can make your own fish and chips at home. Use corn meal/flour to coat the

fish.

Whole Foods now has GF pizza crust in many stores - makes it easy to make a

pizza to your liking. Not same as french bread, but helps to satisfy a pizza

craving.

Good luck,

Roy

[Guest guest]

Good morning, Susan ~

 

First of all, how wonderful that a new baby is on the way! Congratulations!

 

I remember those days of morning sickness when it seems that you cannot

cope. . .move an inch. . .function at all. I lived on soda crackers ---

strawberry milkshakes --- and poached eggs on toast. None of those things

are vegan, nor gluten-free. In those days we were not a vegan nor gluten

free family. Thus said. . .I wonder what ideas we can come up with to help

you through this.

 

Most of your cravings are for commercially prepared foods. Does it help to

pass them by if you stop to think that most of them contain additives and

chemicals that might not be best for growing a baby? I know, that doesn't

help much, does it! After all, it's all " food " , right? But sometimes that

type of analysis did help me stay on the healthy track.

 

>>>I am hanging my head in shame, I am truly

vegan, but something about pregnancy......

 

Susan, don't do this. . .you have nothing to be ashamed of. Your hormones

are all mixed up and your body is craving things you've given up long ago.

I'm not one who believes that if our body craves a specific food. . .that we

must have a nutritional deficiency that the food contains. Let's see if we

can come up with some helpful alternatives for you.

 

Your cravings are:

 

1. -New England Clam Chowder (chunky campbells)

 

Could you substitute:

 

A.) a homemade corn and potato chowder? Chunks of potatoes, chopped onions

sauteed in olive oil, cooked in some water until potatoes are soft. Add

plain soy milk (or non soy alternative if needed) and frozen corn. Season

with garlic powder and salt. I add raw cashews that I rinse and roast in

the oven for depth of flavor (blend well in a blender with some of the soup

mixture). Put soup in small containers and freeze until you have a craving.

I also use the raw cashew technique for thickening other kinds of homemade

soups (corn chowder; fresh broccoli soup; carrot soup; etc. . .use the same

technique but change the veggies in the recipe).

 

B.) Progresso Lentil Soup

 

C.) Corn Chowder

 

Corn Chowder Recipe

 

1/2 cup of finely chopped onion

2 cups of diced raw potatoes

1 1/2 cups of water

2 teaspoons of salt

1/8 teaspoon of pepper

2 cup of cream style corn

2 tablespoons vegan margarine, melted

2 tablespoons of gf flour (I use fava/garbanzo flour to thicken soups)

3 cups of milk alternative of choice (I use soy)

Parsley

 

Saute onion in 2 tablespoons olive oil until transparent, not brown. Cook

potatoes in the water with salt and sauteed onion in covered pan until

tender. Add pepper and corn. Blend the margarine and the gluten free

flour, stir in milk alternative and cook until slightly thickened. Add to

corn mixture: sprinkle parsley over top. Enjoy.

 

If you'd like, add Soy Curls for a meaty texture. They are gf.

 

2. -the old cheap 49 cents pot pies

 

How about a Shepherd's Pie. . .a thick vegan gravy filled with chunks of

potatoes, soy curls, and mixed vegetables. Season well and then spoon into

a pie shell. Add a topping of mashed potatoes and paprika. . .or a gluten

free pie crust (use a mix for ease).

 

3. -chi chi's chimichangas

 

I believe Chili Man's Chili is both vegan and gluten free (it does contain

soy). Make chimichangas using the Chili Man Chili, Tofutti Sour Cream, and

corn tortillas. We purchase the corn tortillas that are fresh off the

production line at our local supermarket. They are tender, soft, and fresh

(not like the prepared packaged ones). Delicious!!!!!

 

4. -fish and chips

 

This one's abit more difficult. French fries with. . .a rice vinegar. .

..and a pate' of some sort. Would that help the craving? How about french

fries and Tofu Pups? It's not fish, but it's meaty.

 

5. -campbells tomato soup with milk

 

Think about the high sodium content of pre-made soups. . .and of retaining

water. . .and maybe you'll change your mind about the craving <grin>. You

can make tomato soup by blending canned tomatoes and cooking on the stove

with sweet basil, sauteed onion, and a small amount of thickener

(fava/garbanzo bean flour). Serve with soy milk. OR make a white sauce

using fava/garbanzo flour and a milk alternative. In another saucepan heat

blended canned tomatoes. Then combine the two slowly (add tomatoes slowly

to the white sauce rather than the other way around to avoid curdling).

 

6. -chicken soup (homestyle campbells)

 

My recipe is to cook gluten free noodles (the wider the better). Use alot

of water, as this becomes the liquid for the soup. Add a can of garbanzos.

Season well with McKay's Chicken-style seasoning or Bill's Best Seasonings.

Add onion powder, garlic powder, and Bragg's Liquid Aminos. If you like,

add " Soy Curls " (they give the chicken-like texture). This is a family

favorite and only gets better with age.

 

 

7. -stouffer's french bread pizza (vegetable)

 

This is another difficult one. . .how about: your favorite gluten free

bread, sliced and toasted. Add a layer of pizza sauce, your favorite

veggies (mushrooms, green pepper, none at all?), and a slice of vegan cheese

[Rella]. Heat in microwave. Or toast with a tomato sauce/pizza sauce

smothered in Melty Cheese (see our files).

 

In our family we serve Nachos instead of Pizza (easier). Corn chips, melty

cheese, and all your favorite pizza toppings. Olives, green peppers, fresh

diced tomatoes, chopped green onions, whatever your tummy can tolerate.

Serve with Tofutti Sour Cream.

 

>>>I can't stomach veggies and fruit and crave all these

things I can't eat. I keep down food so rarely that I really need

some help,

 

Sue, how are you handling whole grains? Can you keep brown rice, millet,

and quinoa down? If you prepared those in advance and pre-packaged them

they would be available for easy use. I try to keep cooked whole grains

ready in the fridge for easy meals. I also freeze them in 1 cup amounts in

zip-locks. How does a creamy brown rice pudding sound? Or a thick brown

rice and pinto bean soup? Are you able to keep fruits down if they are

blended in a smoothy? Does that sound appetizing? Can you tolerate

nutritional yeast right now? It's high in B vitamins and B6 is very helpful

in keeping morning sickness at bay. I also ate alot of dried papaya when

pregnant, as it was supposed to help nausea (it did. ..somewhat. . .nothing

really helps except for the passage of time). Also, check the

archives/files for recipes for gluten free crackers. I posted some cracker

recipes that our family really likes and they are high in protein and might

provide the " starch " you are craving. Can you eat nuts right now? They are

high in protein and will help baby grow.

 

Please let us know how you are doing and if we can support you in any way.

Hang in there! The morning sickness will pass and you'll be feeling better

soon. I remember my first pregnancy. I was teaching school and had to be

to work by 7:30 am. In addition to morning sickness, I had strep throat and

my doctor didn't want me on antibiotics. I was doubly miserable. I taught

home ec and my students would cook all these awful smelling foods and I was

miserable!!!! Of course the students thought everything smelled delicious!

The end result is worth the misery now. . .but I know, the misery is

sometimes unbearable!

 

Hang in there!

LaDonna

[Guest guest]

For the pizza, just take a piece of bread, top w/ sauce and fixin's (we love

peppers and mushrooms) and top w/ a few slices of vegan cheese..Broil until

it looks done:-) I live on these during busy times.

 

 

 

Happy, healthy pregnancy to you!

 

 

 

Lisa

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Well the clam chowder I can't help you with, but Imagine Foods makes a lovely

tomato soup you could try. Chicken flavoured soup with tvp pieces or tofu

slices might work as well, and Noah's Bread makes acceptable pizza dough, as

does Tom's White Bread Recipe.

 

Fish and Chips might be accomodated by purchasing something like Mo's fish style

fillet but whether or not you can batter it with a GF batter and deep fry or not

I don't know.

 

My thought to you would be to get a really good vegan supplement because these

craves are telling me your body is missing something it needs to support you and

the baby through this time. Don't let that cause you shame, but instead do what

your are doing and look for ways to help those cravings. Most times when we get

cravings it's because we aren't getting enough protein. That doesn't make you

weak at all - smile.

 

Plus, since you have morning sickness, I think it is essential you find a good B

complex you can tolerate which is vegan and start taking it. When I was

expecting and had baaaaad morning sickness my doctor recommend 300 mg of

sustained release B complex taken 100 mg three times per day. Check with your

own physician about that but b6 is especially helpful in morning sickness.

 

BL

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, I wasn't thinking about the cheese. Have you tried Rose's Melty Cheese.

Works great for pizza and even mac and cheez.

 

BL

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sue-

 

I am so sorry your having so much sickness. If you are up to cooking,

you could easly make pot pies. We have some recipes in the files I

believe. Also for chicken soup, you can make that with mckays chicken

style seasoning then freeze and thaw some tofu and rip it up in the

soup, give the texure of meat. You could use some soy, rice. almond

milk with tomato soup. We have a recipe I posted in the files for

making tortillas, you can use these add beans and what not and fry up

for chimichanga. I hope this helps.. I also posted a recipe for GF

french bread that my family loves, you could make that and slice it and

make a pizza out of it.

 

I hope these sugestions help.

Amy Lovelace

 

susanlizme wrote:

 

>

> I am totally very sick with morning sickness, and am having non gfcf,

> non-veggie cravings.

>

> I am not going to follow my cravings, I would like help in getting a

> reasonable substitute. I am hanging my head in shame, I am truly

> vegan, but something about pregnancy......

>

> My cravings are:

>

> -New England Clam Chowder (chunky campbells)

> -the old cheap 49 cents pot pies

> -chi chi's chimichangas

> -fish and chips

> -campbells tomato soup with milk

> -chicken soup (homestyle campbells)

> -stouffer's french bread pizza (vegetable)

>

> I'm sorry, these are so not gfcf, and so not veggie, but if someone

> has any hints. I can't stomach veggies and fruit and crave all these

> things I can't eat. I keep down food so rarely that I really need

> some help,

>

> Sue

Check out these affiliated vegan lists ~

>

> http://www.Christian-Vegan-Cooking

> http://www.VintageVeganTea

> http://www.VeganFoods4HealthyLiving

>

>

> ------

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure how mucn you can keep down.

 

I like to use no-chicken broth to make soup. I saute a small amount of

onion and garlic in olive oil. Sometimes I add carrots and mushrooms.

When those are all soft, I pour in some no-chicken broth. When the

broth comes to a boil, I add mochi (rice cake, it's dried and comes

packedin plastic) for " dumplings " . These are the closest thing to

dumplings or egg noodles I've found and oh-so-yummy. If I'm being

lazy, I add in dried " just veggies " , too. I use quorn's " tenders " ,

which are gluten-free sometimes, too. The other quorn products are not

GF. After 15 minutes, I have a great and filling soup.

 

I alo make miso soup with chickpea miso (Miso Master and Red River

Runners have soy-free, GF miso pastes--they don't feed the soy-free

miso koji with barley). I add in plenty of ginger for my nausea. (Not

preggers, just nauseated all the time.) Very yummy.

 

ygg

[Guest guest]

Susan,

 

 

 

There have been some very helpful replies come through already.

 

 

 

I had terrible morning sickness with all three of my babies. I actually

weighed less the day the babies were born than the day I got pregnant - but

I've always had weight issues to deal with as well.

 

 

 

The worst thing is that I had no desire to cook. Just walking into the

kitchen made me ill. I'm hoping there is someone who can help you out with

that.

 

 

 

Protein was the key for me. If I didn't eat enough protein (and that is a

challenge being vegan) the vomiting was much worse. Peanut butter, tofu,

beans were all helpful. I loved hummus when I was pregnant (still love the

stuff but it was sometimes the only thing I could keep down). Sometimes I

just ate Tahini out of the jar. I would eat all day long. small meals. Three

or four rice crackers spread with peanut butter or a bean spread of some

sort, a half an orange or banana. If I was craving salty things I ate them.

If I was craving sweet I ate sweet.

 

 

 

Whole nuts did not sit well on my stomach.

 

 

 

Soybeans really didn't like me. But I could eat the tofu and the soy based

yogurts.

 

 

 

Do not beat yourself up if for your health and the health of the baby you

must eat something outside of the vegan lifestyle. You can always return to

it later. Be careful of the gluten though. it will just make you sicker if

you have Celiac.

 

 

 

Keep us posted.

 

 

 

Cate

 

 

 

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susanlizme [mommymail]

Friday, April 01, 2005 5:31 AM

 

Morning Sickness and need some recipes for

old non gfcf faves!

 

 

 

 

I am totally very sick with morning sickness, and am having non gfcf,

non-veggie cravings.

 

I am not going to follow my cravings, I would like help in getting a

reasonable substitute. I am hanging my head in shame, I am truly

vegan, but something about pregnancy......

 

My cravings are:

 

-New England Clam Chowder (chunky campbells)

-the old cheap 49 cents pot pies

-chi chi's chimichangas

-fish and chips

-campbells tomato soup with milk

-chicken soup (homestyle campbells)

-stouffer's french bread pizza (vegetable)

 

I'm sorry, these are so not gfcf, and so not veggie, but if someone

has any hints. I can't stomach veggies and fruit and crave all these

things I can't eat. I keep down food so rarely that I really need

some help,

 

Sue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out these affiliated vegan lists ~

 

http://www.Christian-Vegan-Cooking

http://www.VintageVeganTea

http://www.VeganFoods4HealthyLiving

 

 

 

 

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