shannonjoy wrote:Any suggestions where to find this whole grain bread with no oils? Would the whole-foods section of my grocery store have it? I will be running there tonight to stock up on many foods once my DH is home. What do you all use on your cereals or oatmeals?
The best place to find good bread is make your own! You might find some, but it is expensive to buy. I look for terms like glyceride, lecithin, and of course oil in the ingredients list.
I've had some doubts today (thinking about how I will make this work) but I think I can do it and I really believe this will work.
OK, you need to know, that at least for me, changing to this way of eating was the most difficult thing I had ever done up to that point. It was really hard for me to get over NOT feeding my children meat and milk, and we were doing this as a family. So just be aware that it is probably not going to be easy. Just keep it simple, very simple. Have the same thing for breakfast once you find something you like. Find two or three recipes or dishes that you like, and make a lot of those things to reheat when you're hungry. Bake up a 5 or 10 pound bag of potatoes, or sweet potatoes, to keep in the fridge. Also cook up some brown rice. Other things can go on top of the potatoes or rice, like thick soups or stews.
Don't make a 3 course meal every night. Find something to base your meal on, like potatoes, and think of something to put over the potatoes. If you feel you need more, have a salad or a plain vegetable side dish. Trying to be fancy and make recipes every night gets really exhausting and frustrating. Again, keep it simple! Sometimes I just cook a bag of lima beans with some chopped onion and eat it. Or, put tomato soup on brown rice.
I am not using anything with gluten in it these days, so I don't eat cereal. When I was eating it, I used apple juice or cider. Same with oatmeal, I cook mine with some cider and raisins and cinnamon. Also, there is the crock pot pie series of recipes over in the recipe section! Cherry pie crock pot oats is 2 cups oat groats or rolled oats, 4 cups tart frozen cherries, 6 cups or so of water, and some almond extract. Plop it in the crock pot overnight and in the morning you will have breakfast all ready. If it's just you eating, this will last all week! From there you go on to Apple Pie crockpot oats, pumpkin/apple pie, etc. Put in what you like and let it cook.
You can use the rice or almond or hazelnut milks, but they are expensive. I now only buy hazelnut milk because Mr. D likes it in his co**ee, and it's good in mashed potatoes believe it or not. Makes them taste real rich, but I only put it in when I'm not eating them, too high in fat for me to use and lose weight. I also use it in a soup that my younger son likes that has a small amount of fausage (fake sausage at our house) and KALE. This is the first green vegetable he will eat liberally so I make this often.
One supper we love is burritos. I have refried beans, either canned or I make some (I can find fat free refried beans canned in the store here) and corn tortillas warmed, with dishes of chopped onion, cooked frozen corn, salsa, mashed potatoes seasoned with chickn flavor and garlic powder, taco sauce, chopped lettuce, chopped tomatoes, and olives. Everyone eats just what they want, making their own burrito at the table. Same thing with sandwiches, sliced vegetables like onion and tomato, pickled beets, sometimes the sandwich spread made with garbanzos, or hummus, etc.
Oh, and one thing that I wish I had let myself do in the beginning. When you're hungry, EAT. Don't think about what to make, or that you have to wait for supper. It's too late, just grab a potato and eat it. Then fix supper for the family, whatever. I eat all day long now and back when we first started, I felt guilty about eating between meals.
by shannonjoy » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:35 am 
Thank you for the warm welcomes, yomom and Mrs. Doodlepunk! Thank you for the info too. I am praying this will work as I can't bear to lose the zest for life I normally have. My children are far to important for me to let them see me miserable all day! 
