Tradiditonal eating and adhd
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CrimsonRose
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wow great info! Gluten is the stuff in flower right? so is whole wheat bread bad?
I ask because my kiddos do have issues with ADD (so do I!) and I'm slowly trying to switch us over to homemade foods when I can... I now make all our bread but try to add in some whole wheat to the recipe (sub in for the white flower) or oat flower... I tried 100% whole wheat and it was just too much so I'm slowly adding it in till we can get used to the taste...
I have mostly switched us over to real butter... (hubby won't let me give up the tubs because it spreads so much better and especially with homemade bread it tears it up fast with the hard real stuff) I did find a neat device that allows you to keep butter fresh at room temps called a butter bell... I have it on my wish list to order when I get a few extra dollars... and hope that will help with the spreading issue so we can toss the fake tubs of stuff...
I don't have access to raw milk yet either but have been buying milk at aldi's (whole milk) they say it's not ultra pasteurized and hormone free! and for now that's the best I can do... the kids do love yogurt (I need to make myself eat it more)
my worst thing is pop! no matter how hard I try I just can't give it up!
I love coffee but it hurts my stomach sometimes... especially in the mornings when I have an empty stomach... and no matter what I add to it or what type I try I just don't like the taste of tea... And mama needs her caffeine to get going in the mornings... 
a can of pop is so quick and easy...
my kiddos biggest thing is breakfast cereal! it's just so quick and easy and something they can make on their own... I did make homemade granola a few times and they LOVED it... But as kiddos they are wasteful (pour big bowls and only eat half ect...) and it was expensive to make! (maybe once I get our bees up and going and have free honey it won't be so bad) but I averaged the cost to be about 12 bucks a batch... that feeds us for about 3 mornings... while 4 bucks worth of cereal will do the same... and even though it upsets me when they waste a bowl of cereal... I would be devastated if they wasted my granola! money wise and the time and mess it took to make! hahaha They do like bagels from time to time and toast with homemade applebutter or pumpkinbutter on it... but their FAV is cereal... I just haven't found anything to replace it yet... :/
I ask because my kiddos do have issues with ADD (so do I!) and I'm slowly trying to switch us over to homemade foods when I can... I now make all our bread but try to add in some whole wheat to the recipe (sub in for the white flower) or oat flower... I tried 100% whole wheat and it was just too much so I'm slowly adding it in till we can get used to the taste...
I have mostly switched us over to real butter... (hubby won't let me give up the tubs because it spreads so much better and especially with homemade bread it tears it up fast with the hard real stuff) I did find a neat device that allows you to keep butter fresh at room temps called a butter bell... I have it on my wish list to order when I get a few extra dollars... and hope that will help with the spreading issue so we can toss the fake tubs of stuff...
I don't have access to raw milk yet either but have been buying milk at aldi's (whole milk) they say it's not ultra pasteurized and hormone free! and for now that's the best I can do... the kids do love yogurt (I need to make myself eat it more)
my worst thing is pop! no matter how hard I try I just can't give it up!
I love coffee but it hurts my stomach sometimes... especially in the mornings when I have an empty stomach... and no matter what I add to it or what type I try I just don't like the taste of tea... And mama needs her caffeine to get going in the mornings... a can of pop is so quick and easy... my kiddos biggest thing is breakfast cereal! it's just so quick and easy and something they can make on their own... I did make homemade granola a few times and they LOVED it... But as kiddos they are wasteful (pour big bowls and only eat half ect...) and it was expensive to make! (maybe once I get our bees up and going and have free honey it won't be so bad) but I averaged the cost to be about 12 bucks a batch... that feeds us for about 3 mornings... while 4 bucks worth of cereal will do the same... and even though it upsets me when they waste a bowl of cereal... I would be devastated if they wasted my granola! money wise and the time and mess it took to make! hahaha They do like bagels from time to time and toast with homemade applebutter or pumpkinbutter on it... but their FAV is cereal... I just haven't found anything to replace it yet... :/
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Whole Wheat Bread is not bad. Its how it is processed/made that causes issues today.CrimsonRose said:wow great info! Gluten is the stuff in flower right? so is whole wheat bread bad?
I ask because my kiddos do have issues with ADD (so do I!) and I'm slowly trying to switch us over to homemade foods when I can... I now make all our bread but try to add in some whole wheat to the recipe (sub in for the white flower) or oat flower... I tried 100% whole wheat and it was just too much so I'm slowly adding it in till we can get used to the taste...
I have mostly switched us over to real butter... (hubby won't let me give up the tubs because it spreads so much better and especially with homemade bread it tears it up fast with the hard real stuff) I did find a neat device that allows you to keep butter fresh at room temps called a butter bell... I have it on my wish list to order when I get a few extra dollars... and hope that will help with the spreading issue so we can toss the fake tubs of stuff...
I don't have access to raw milk yet either but have been buying milk at aldi's (whole milk) they say it's not ultra pasteurized and hormone free! and for now that's the best I can do... the kids do love yogurt (I need to make myself eat it more)
my worst thing is pop! no matter how hard I try I just can't give it up!
my kiddos biggest thing is breakfast cereal! it's just so quick and easy and something they can make on their own... I did make homemade granola a few times and they LOVED it... But as kiddos they are wasteful (pour big bowls and only eat half ect...) and it was expensive to make! (maybe once I get our bees up and going and have free honey it won't be so bad) but I averaged the cost to be about 12 bucks a batch... that feeds us for about 3 mornings... while 4 bucks worth of cereal will do the same... and even though it upsets me when they waste a bowl of cereal... I would be devastated if they wasted my granola! money wise and the time and mess it took to make! hahaha They do like bagels from time to time and toast with homemade applebutter or pumpkinbutter on it... but their FAV is cereal... I just haven't found anything to replace it yet... :/
If a person is allergic or intolerant, then they cannot have it at all.
But, for many people, returning to things like sprouted , soaked or sourdough breads is all that needs to happen.
If you want to work on the pop/soda issue, get yourself a Kombucha Scoby, and or learn to make homemade fermented sodas.
For cereal, we LOVE this recipe!
http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/07/homemade-granola.html
CrimsonRose
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I have made homemade soda before and finally found a recipe I like... but homemade soda is lacking the caffeine I crave in commercial crap...Bubblingbrooks said:
as for the Kombucha Scoby it sounds super interesting! if it really makes tea taste like apple cider then I'm all in... but where on earth would I find something like this? we only have one heathfood store around here and 95% of the store is all vitamins...
they have one set of shelves for a few sprout seeds and grains... and they charge the rights to your first born for it too 
That granola recipe is very similar to the one I used! Never tried to soak it in yogurt (don't like buttermilk and have no clue how to make keifer) but that sounds interesting and I might try it next time...
I tried to make a wheat sprout bread once and failed horribly at it... instead of bread it came out soggy and smelled like rotton cooked spinich... It SOOOO was NOT bread!Wifezilla said:
do you have a recipe or steps on how to make something like this?
Wifezilla
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Freemotion would be your contact for that. REAL sour dough is one example. There is also an excellent book you might want to look in to... Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.
Because of a wheat intolerance, I avoid all breads, pastas, etc.
I suspect the reason your sprouted bread did not work out is because you didn't dry and grind the sprouted wheat before trying to cook with it. I have seen many recipes that leave that important step out
Because of a wheat intolerance, I avoid all breads, pastas, etc.
I suspect the reason your sprouted bread did not work out is because you didn't dry and grind the sprouted wheat before trying to cook with it. I have seen many recipes that leave that important step out
freemotion
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Yep, you need to sprout the wheat berries slightly, then dry them, then grind them into flour, then use that flour to make bread. Whew. But much cheaper than buying sprouted grain flour.
I prefer a quicker method of soaking the flour. I'll post what I've been doing in my bread recipe thread today, although I'm still working on the recipe. We don't eat much bread so it is taking me a while...Also, the MEN artisan bread method lends itself well to this idea, as it sits for up to two weeks in the fridge (the dough) so it is quite fermented, without making a traditional sourdough. But it does NOT make a nice, light loaf like the method I used recently.
As for butter, just leave it out on a plate or in a bowl. It doesn't go bad in the short time it takes to use up a stick. Leave the amount you can use up in a couple of days out at room temp. I leave a small bowl of butter next to my cat's dishes and it has solved the problem of my cats going on my counters looking for butter to lick or any greasy pan I didn't wash yet.
Here is a link to another cereal recipe that is not as expensive to make as granola. Get rid of your current cereal bowls and get some smaller ones. Or pour the cereal for your kids yourself. http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-breakfast-cereal-435698
As for the pop, well, you'll just have to figure that one out. What if you made yourself something more like a latte in the morning, a large mug of warm milk with a smaller amount of coffee in it? I do hot chocolate in the morning.
Oh, and raw milk for pets only? Well, go buy some for your "puppies!" Just make sure the dairy animals did not just get some antibiotics. Say your "puppies" are sensitive to antibiotics.....and that they are very valuable and you need very clean milk for them.
ETA: forgot link!
I prefer a quicker method of soaking the flour. I'll post what I've been doing in my bread recipe thread today, although I'm still working on the recipe. We don't eat much bread so it is taking me a while...Also, the MEN artisan bread method lends itself well to this idea, as it sits for up to two weeks in the fridge (the dough) so it is quite fermented, without making a traditional sourdough. But it does NOT make a nice, light loaf like the method I used recently.
As for butter, just leave it out on a plate or in a bowl. It doesn't go bad in the short time it takes to use up a stick. Leave the amount you can use up in a couple of days out at room temp. I leave a small bowl of butter next to my cat's dishes and it has solved the problem of my cats going on my counters looking for butter to lick or any greasy pan I didn't wash yet.
Here is a link to another cereal recipe that is not as expensive to make as granola. Get rid of your current cereal bowls and get some smaller ones. Or pour the cereal for your kids yourself. http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-breakfast-cereal-435698
As for the pop, well, you'll just have to figure that one out. What if you made yourself something more like a latte in the morning, a large mug of warm milk with a smaller amount of coffee in it? I do hot chocolate in the morning.
Oh, and raw milk for pets only? Well, go buy some for your "puppies!" Just make sure the dairy animals did not just get some antibiotics. Say your "puppies" are sensitive to antibiotics.....and that they are very valuable and you need very clean milk for them.
ETA: forgot link!
CrimsonRose
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wow great info!!! Thanks so much!
Yes the recipe I used for the sprout bread left out the part about drying the sprouts... ROFL it simply said grind up spouts... so I did... made a horrible gummy mess and stunk up my kitchen when we cooked it...
Thanks so much for that cereal recipe I'll have to try that out in the next few days and see if they like it...
most recipe's I've seen for cereal call for a lot of honey (which we love honey!) but it's so expensive to by the good local raw stuff... this past month it went up 2 dollars for a quart jar! We also love the nuts in many of the recipes as well... and those have went up in price big time the last year as well... I've learned to start adding some whole flax seed in to give it more of a nutty flavor.
Yes the recipe I used for the sprout bread left out the part about drying the sprouts... ROFL it simply said grind up spouts... so I did... made a horrible gummy mess and stunk up my kitchen when we cooked it...
Thanks so much for that cereal recipe I'll have to try that out in the next few days and see if they like it...
most recipe's I've seen for cereal call for a lot of honey (which we love honey!) but it's so expensive to by the good local raw stuff... this past month it went up 2 dollars for a quart jar! We also love the nuts in many of the recipes as well... and those have went up in price big time the last year as well... I've learned to start adding some whole flax seed in to give it more of a nutty flavor.
Jen-pi
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I learned about the Feingold Diet years ago when my son was struggling to pay attention in school. We didnt want to put him on medication like the school recommended. It really did help him, it is just a little hard to stick to.
