SCD Sweet French Waffles

Well folks we have a winner. I saw this recipe from Debbie on the BTVC-SCD listserv a year ago and filed it away. Then yesterday morning on a whim I decided to whip up a batch. All I can say is that these babies are delicious. I froze the remaining waffles and heated one up this morning with a little butter and honey.

From Debbie....

"These waffles filled the house with the most WONDERFUL smell! And they taste GREAT too.

They have a light, crepe-like texture, which makes removing them from the waffle iron a little tricky. Since they have a higher egg to flour ratio than other waffle recipes you have to be quick and have your cooling rack real handy. The extra effort is well worth it, believe me. I cover my racks with paper towels to absorb moisture.

To freeze, I cut waffle size squares of wax paper and layer the paper between individual waffles and freeze in gallon size zip-lock freezer bags." - Debbie


SWEET FRENCH WAFFLES:
-3 Large eggs
-1/4 c. SCD dripped yogurt
-1/4 c. Farmers cheese or DCCC (Debbie uses Farmers)
-2 Tbls. Melted butter
-1 Tbls. Honey
-1 teas. Vanilla extract
-1/4 c. Almond flour
-1/4 teas. Salt
-1/2 teas. Baking soda
-1/4-1/2 teas. Cinnamon
-2 Tbls. chopped pecans

In large bowl, mix first 6 ingredients until creamy. Add dry ingredients and mix until well blended and creamy. Prepare as usual for your waffle maker.

Here's the ingredients for a TRIPLE BATCH:
-9 Large eggs
-3/4 c. Dripped SCD yogurt
-3/4 c. Farmers cheese or DCCC
-6 Tbls. Melted butter
-Scant 1/4c. Honey
-3 teas. Vanilla
-3/4 c. Almond flour
-Scant 1/2 teas. salt
-1 1/2 teas. Baking soda
-1 teas. Cinnamon
-1/4 c. Chopped Pecans

First Days of Football

As a celebration of the first official football game we noshed on the following:

• Hot Crispy Buffalo Wings - sprinkle wings with paprika, salt and pepper then bake at 425 for an hour - flip half way through- finally, mix with your favorite SCD legal hot sauce and butter. Sinful
• Carrot and celery dippers with creamy blue cheese - process together crumbled blue cheese, SCD dripped yogurt and SCD legal mayo. Dip the veggies.

Clearly this recipe is NOT for beginners, or anyone who is symptomatic, but thankfully after 2 years on the diet it IS for me!

Go Pats! Go SCD!

SCD Movie Stars on You Tube

Check out the cool new SCD videos posted on You Tube. Thanks to you SCD movie stars for sharing them with all of us...

• SCD Sandwich Bread
• SCD Legal Almond Bread Loaf
• SCD Legal 24 Yogurt
• SCD Legal Peanut Butter Snacks
• SCD French Fries
  

Bottoms Up!

Thank you Kathy from the BTVC-SCD Listserve for these awesome SCD Mojito, Margarita, Strawberry Daiquiri, and Lemon Drop Recipes.

Make sure that your first toast is to Kathy for her creativity and generousity.

Cheers!


SCD Mojitos
- Place several (apx. 1T or more) mint leaves in a glass
- Squeeze in the juice from 1/2 Persian lime (regular lime, not an itty bitty key lime)
- Add honey to taste (I use about 1T, maybe a little less)
- Using a wooden spoon or muddler, smoosh the above ingredients together until the honey dissolves
- Add ice to fill the glass
- Add 1-2 oz. white rum
- Top off with soda water and stir
-Enjoy

SCD Margaritas (Mock Cadillac Margarita on the Rocks Serves 2)
Squeeze juice from the following into a container:
- 2 Persian (regular, not key) limes
- 1 lemon (Kathy likes Meyers if you can find them)
- 1/4 orange
- In a separate container mix 1/4 c. honey and 1/4 c. water to make a simple syrup
- Stir until the honey completely dissolves
- Add the honey syrup to the citrus juices
- Salt the rim of the glass (if you want salt)
- Add ice and 2-3 oz. tequila to your SCD-legal sweet and sour mix and stir
- Squeeze a slice of lime into the drink
- Enjoy!

SCD Strawberry Daiquiris (Serves 3-4)
In a blender combine the following:
- 1 c. fresh or frozen strawberries
- 4-8 oz. of white rum (depending on how strong you want them)
- Apx. 1/4c. honey to taste, and ice
- Blend and enjoy!
(Note that strawberries are generally considered an advanced food due to the seeds.)

SCD Lemon Drop (Serves 2)
- Squeeze the juice from 1/2 lemon into a cup
- Add apx. 1T honey and 1T water and mix thoroughly to ensure the honey dissolves
- Pour into a martini shaker filled with ice along with 3 oz. vodka
- Shake and pour into chilled martini glass
- Garnish with lemon slices
-Enjoy!

SCD Blog Sabatical

WOW. I cannot believe it has been over a month since I last posted. Let's just call it an unintended SCD Blog sabbatical. That said, I was certainly loyal to the diet throughout that time. Lots has happened since June. Here are some SCD highlights:

July 4th Party-

Several family and friends arrived for the 4th of July weekend to enjoy a parade and firework celebration. Here is the menu of SCD adapted recipes. If you are interested in any particular one please email me at jilluck@hotmail.com and I will let you know which SCD cookbook contains that recipe.

Appetizers:

• Artichoke Dip
• SCD Crackers, Brie, Cheddar cheese and Grapes
• Garlicky Humus
• Gazpacho
• Mexican Black Bean Soup (with melted cheese and "sour cream" aka SCD yogurt)

Meals:

• Cheese Burgers
• Spinach, Apple, Raisin Salad with Gorganzola
• Basil Pesto with Zucchini Spaghetti
• Pork Ribs with BBQ sauce
• Wings
• Mexican Meatballs

Cocktails & Dessert:

• Sangria
• Lemoncello
• Lemon Freeze Dessert

Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park-

The week after 4th of July my hubby and I headed to Bar Harbor, Maine where we spent a week strolling around the town and exploring Acadia National Park.

Lots of biking (14.5 miles), hiking (4 hours up and around a mountain), and kayaking (4 hours up the sound) called for refueling SCD style. Here are some meals that we enjoyed:

Breakfasts:

• Lots of SCD yogurt with fruit and honey
• Caramelized onion, mushroom and cheese omelet
• Poached eggs with sauteed mushrooms and tomatoes
• Cod wrapped in prosciutto with eggs over easy and spinach

Lunches:

• Cheese Burgers with avocado
• Salads
• Snacks packed for hiking/kayaking adventures e.g. nuts, cheese, dried fruit, SCD crackers

Dinners:

• Salad with grilled chicken (marinated in olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper) and dry white wine
• Filet Mignon and grilled shrimp with a garden salad
• Garlicky shrimp and NY Sirloin topped with caramelized onions
• Black Bean Soup with all the fixings e.g., salsa, melted cheese, SCD sour cream
• Maine Lobster with drawn butter
• Mussels
• Baked Brie with SCD crackers and apples

Thanks to the SCD I am having a happy and healthy summer and I hope you are too!

PS. I have lots of pictures but am having difficulty downloading them. Will work on that.

Menu for June 13, 14, 15 2008

• Friday night- Dinner on the porch with the family. Chicken salad with SCD mayo, grapes, and apples over Bibb lettuce. Summer squash, zucchini, and green beans simmered with tomatoes and garlic.
• Saturday - Cheese burger lunch and Cape Cod Lobster with butter and a side of green beans for dinner.
• Sunday - Bowling with the parents and then out with friends for a dinner of wild salmon with a lemon, thyme, butter sauce and a cucumber, olive, tomato salad.

Lemon Freezerific!

Holy Cow! You have to go out and buy the new Grainfree Gourmet Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner cookbook and make the Lemon Freeze. If you like dessert, Key Lime Pie, ice cream cake, and delicious food in general you will NOT be disappointed.

Your challenge will be keeping all of your non-SCD friends and family away from it! I would have taken a picture but we ate it too fast.

One of the best parts about it is that you can make it anytime, put it in your freezer and have it for whenever you want a little slice of deliciousness!

Strawberry Salad & A Dear Friend

Tonight I went to dinner with my oldest and dearest friend Amy. We met in elementary school and I have been fascinated by her ever since. She lives far away so we don't see each other very often but when we do it always seems like we are right back in Mrs. Ferrari's 4th grade class again. Amy is one of the smartest, friendliest, fashionable, creative, forgiving, independent, funniest people I have ever known. And best of all she has been anti bread and sugar forever! It is so great to go out with someone who is not SCD who says to the waiter "We don't do bread or potatoes at this table."

Dinner - Lovely strawberry salad with pine nuts, mescaline greens, blue cheese, red onion, and grilled shrimp.

We also enjoyed a nice after dinner glass of wine at a beautiful outside bar situated next to the Atlantic Ocean.

Love You Amy!

Dreaming of Paninis

Tonight's dinner was a summery chicken salad with chopped grapes and SCD mayo served over a bed of baby spinach with Gorgonzola cheese and pecans. Though the best part was the Olive Sandwich Bread from Raman's Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (page 41).

I made it on Sunday night and then put it in the fridge to cool off and firm up. I then sliced the loaf in the same shape as slices in a loaf of bread, toasted up a few pieces and then dipped them in an olive oil, garlic paste, rosemary concoction.

Scrumptious!

This bread may inspire me to break out my old Panini maker. Here are some Panini combinations that have me dreaming of making more Olive Bread:

- Prosciutto, Arugula, Havarti
- Tuscan Tuna and Navy Bean (SCD prepped of course)
- Artichoke and Tuna
- Chicken Salad
- Rosemary Roasted Chicken and Fontina
- Turkey and Brea
- Gruyere, Prosciutto and Dijon
- Tomato, Provolone and Prosciutto
- Turkey, Muenster and Cranberry Puree
- Roast Beef, Blue Cheese and Onion
- Baked Butternut Squash, Gruyere, Caramelized Onions, Sage
- Prosciutto, Vegetable Tapenade and Provolone
- Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and SCD Herbed Goat Cheese

* Many of these foods are for more advanced SCDers. Always do your research to ensure you are introducing foods at the correct stages. Also, it is important to find LEGAL Prosciutto (no sugar added). Finally, there are lots of recipes on the Internet for caramelizing onions without the use of sugar. Onions contain their own natural sugars.

A Very Napa Night

Last night we celebrated Uncle Bob's birthday (I won't say which one for fear of stiff penalties). Keith and Bruce hosted the event at their lovely home. Appetizers included chilled jumbo shrimp cocktail, fresh vegetables, my favorite roasted garlic with SCD crackers, and a very expensive goose pate that I was not sure I could eat (but Uncle Bob tells me it was superb). The main course was just as impressive with perfectly grilled vegetables marinated in red wine vinegar and olive oil, tender cuts of filet mignon, pork, and caramelized asparagus.

We also enjoyed several bottles of great wine which Bruce brought back from his trips to California. The Wisteria and grape leaves were in full bloom and I felt like I was sitting in a back yard in Napa Valley.

Thank you Keith and Bruce and Happy Birthday Uncle Bob.

It's Hot as Heaven in Here!

Why is it that I have fallen head over heals in love with roasting vegetables when the weather is finally starting to get warm? Caramelized garlic and asparagus are heaven but it is hot as ... (well, you know).... in here when I crank the oven up to 450 or 500 degrees.