Jamaica Me Crazy SCD Jerked Chicken

Jamaica Me Crazy Jamaican Jerked Chicken

1/4 cup minced organic green onions
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp organic hot pepper sauce
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 large cloves garlic, minced
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 1 lb)

Mix first 7 ingredients in a large plastic bag. Add chicken, close bag and mix to coat chicken as evenly as possible. Refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight.

Grill or broil for 10 to 15 minutes or until done.

*** Please make sure all of these ingredients are OK for your specific diet. ***

Autism Mom's 'Make You Want to Slap Your Grandma' Roast (SCD, GFCF)

This one is super easy to make and has minimal ingredients.

You will need (please confirm that these are OK for your diet!!!) ...

• 1 Chuck Roast
• 2 Cloves of Garlic
• 2 Cups of Apple Cider
• Dried Rosemary
  

This recipe works best if you can marinate overnight, but 2 or 3 hours will do in a pinch. First, cut up the garlic. Next, cut slits into the meat and insert garlic pieces. The more the merrier. Put the roast in an oven friendly dish, sprinkle with rosemary, cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.

When you are ready to cook, pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees and bake (covered) for 1 hours.

*** When our oven was on the blink, I also cooked this one on the grill once also and it was GREAT! If you want to try that method, wrap the entire roast in aluminum foil (2 or 3 times) and throw on a HOT grill for 40 minutes! ***

SCD/GFCF Beefy Beef Strogonoff NOS

Please make sure all of these ingredients are OK for your diet.

• 1 pound of organic top sirloin or tenderloin.


• 1 Small Onion (chopped)


• 2 Cups Organic Tomato Juice


• 1/2 Cup Homemade Yogurt
  


• Fresh Mushrooms


• Salt


• Pepper



Tenderize the steak with a meat tenderizer. I just beat the fire out of it with the closest kitchen instrument. Cut steak into 1-inch wide by 2 1/2-inch long strips and brown with olive oil. Add onions and tomato juice. Saute for 5 minutes. Add in the mushrooms and yogurt then simmer for 5 more minutes. Serve with your favorite vegies and/or salad.

Special Diets for Special Kids

From Jenny McCarthy's Louder than Words ... page 104 ...

"Special Diets for Special Kids Two. I couldn't wait to read it and fill my eager heart with more knowledge. I was blown away when I read that mothers often noticed that their autistic children were malnourished because they couldn't absorb nutrients from food. After beginning a gluten- and casein-free diet (wheat- and dairy-free) with vitamin supplements, others reported huge changes in their children, sometimes even recovery from autism. I had to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, so I read that again. Could it really be true?"

Special Diets for Special Kids

Using a common-sense approach to a complex subject, Dr. Lewis, a mother of autistic children herself, offers specific examples of food allergies and intolerances which impact health and behavior in children with autism or related developmental disorders, and provides gluten/casein-free recipes; lists of vitamins, minerals, and supplements; and much more.

* Spiral-bound: 251 pages
* Publisher: Future Horizons; Spiral edition (January 1, 1998)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1885477449
* ISBN-13: 978-1885477446
* Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.2 x 1.1 inches

Special Diets for Special Kids Two

Dr. Lewis' "clarity and common-sense approach" to gluten-free and casein-free diets is expanded into a second volume, offering even more recipes, highly appreciated by the readers of her first book, Special Diets for Special Kids.

* Hardcover: 265 pages
* Publisher: Future Horizons (September 1, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1885477813
* ISBN-13: 978-1885477811
* Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.4 x 1.3 inches

Autism Dad's Carribean Candy Carrots Recipe

You've been there. Nothing to cook in the kitchen, but out of necessity you throw a couple of things together by accident and BAM ... a masterpiece. Now I know how Emeril Lagasse feels. I am calling this one, Carribean Candy Carrots around here for the simple reason that anything with the word "candy" in the title is more likely to be tried. You can use that approach on anything. The simple fact that you call it"candy" works great. Caroline loves "bacon candy" for breakfast. You get the point. You might want to even leave the word "carrot" out. In our house though, if carrots are good enough for Bugs Bunny,they are good enough for Caroline.



Since we are doing the Gluten Free / Casein Free (GFCF) diet, those are the kinds of things we have around the kitchen now days. Otherwise, Carrot Chips cooked in Coconut Oil would not be something I could have ever imagined cooking in my previous, pre-Autism, life.

You can use other types of oil and I plan to experiment, but for this one you need ...

• Organic Carrots


• Organic Extra Virgin Coconut (Cold Pressed and Unrefined; 100% Pure)

I used an iron skillet and about 5 fl oz. of Coconut Oil, but you basically just need enough oil to cover however many carrots you are making. The great thing about this recipe is that you can save the oil after it cools and use again. Normally, I wouldn't bother, but Coconut Oil is pricey these days. You can also whip up another batch when they go over well.

I don't know that this recipe is especially healthy, but the oil has 0% transfat. Around here, "is it allowed on the diet" sometimes takes precedents over "is it healthy", but Autism Mom has turned into Betty Crocker around here, cooking from scratch for us.

• Heat Coconut Oil on Medium until hot.


• Add sliced and washed carrot pieces. You can make these look like french fries too which works great around here. If you call it a french fry, it must be a french fry.


• Reduce heat and cook for 15 minutes.


• Place carrots on some paper towels to drain the grease.


• Let sit for 5 minutes.


• Serve.

Caroline ate these things up like there was no tomorrow (had to whip up a second batch) and it was AFTER she had already eaten lunch. I served with some organic ketchup. I know, I don't need to hear from the ketchup police. Ketchup makes life easier around here and sometimes you have to pick your battes. :-) These carrot chips are great for neuro-typical kids too, but I would never have eaten these in a million years when I was a kid.





Nature's Approved Gluten-Free Coconut Oil

SCD: Zucchini-Beef Bake

Zucchini-Beef Bake

* 3 medium zucchini, sliced
* 1 cup sliced mushrooms
* 2 tbs. oil
* 1 pound ground beef
* 1 small onion, chopped
* 2 cups tomato sauce
* 1/2 tsp. oregano
* 1/2 tsp. basil
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1 green pepper, diced
* 2 cups shredded cheese, your choice

Saute zucchini and mushrooms in oil until tender. Cook ground beef and onion until browned in separate pan; drain. Stir in tomato sauce and seasonings. Layer half each of zucchini mixture and diced green papper in a lightly greased 13x9 pan. Spoon half of ground beef mixture over vegetables. Sprinkle with half of cheese. Repeat leayers of vegetables and ground beef. Bake, uncovered, at 350 F for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese, and bake an additional 5 minutes.

EDUCATION: Autism One Culinary Day

The Mom, The Chef, and The Nutrition Consultant comprise this informative trio.

Betsy Hicks: Experienced ASD Diet Mom
Sueson Vess: Professional Cef w/Coeliac
Julie Matthews: ASD Nutrition Expert