Paleo/SCD/Whole 30 diet - safe recipes

I also do not tolerate fiber/roughage and/or fruit well either. Easy foods to eat with few problems are protein (meat, no seafood) and low fiber veggies. Chicken and turkey can be done 1,000 ways, never boring for me and potatoes are sooo good so many ways. SCD doesn't allow potatoes I think and some paleo are no-potatoes. My gut rules and it likes potatoes but not rice or other grains, no wheat or oatmeal.

I gave up on "name" diets and slowly figured out what my gut tolerates. I tried SCD twice with years between tries and didn't get good enough results. Took a while to nail my OK food list but well worth it. Some foods on my "out" list are now semi-tolerated. I was lactose-free for quite a while but now it's not that big a problem.

You need to keep a food journal with food eaten on one side and day's symptoms on the other side. It's not always a one-to-one connection. Bread and gluten took me a long time to see it was a negative.

Don't listen to me, listen to your gut.
Some people don't get positive results from diet modification but if you try it with no good results that is good information too.

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Try well-cooked spinach, baby carrots, green beans, bok choi (stir-fry) and (of course) potatoes. In past my gut didn't like sweet potatoes, maybe your will.

On SCD, you will learn to just keep it simple. I usually start out with a giant omelette of some kind, snack on a ripe banana, lunch will usually be leftovers from whatever I ate the night before, another snack of SCD yogurt with honey and fruit, dinner (see below), then dessert I usually have the peanut butter brownies in "Breaking the vicious cycle" on hand.

For dinners:

Over time I've just simplified things and stopped seeing food as an indulgence and more of a utility item. Most nights are meat, veggie, legal starch without much fanfare.

My favorite recipe involves chicken thighs, which I've learned to love. Bone-in and skin on. Though not necessary, I will usually brine them with salt, water, lemon and spices (I like rosemary and sage) mixed up in my blender. After brining for a few hours (or longer) I pat dry and place in a glass baking dish for about 40 minutes on 425 degrees f. On the side of that, I will make a mixture of sea salt, garlic, capers, wine and butter with a bit of sage and melt it all together in a pot for a few minutes until the flavors come together. about 15-20 minutes before the chicken is done, I will drain out all the liquid from the glass dish, then douse the chicken in the butter mixture and continue to cook until crispy.

Another go-to is whole chicken roasters because of the leftovers and the ability to make a big chicken soup when done. Boil the leftover carcass for a while then strip all the meat and save the broth. Add the meat back in with salt, rosemary, bay leaves, one clove garlic, a squeeze of lemon, pepper, onion, carrots, celery and leeks (leeks are a must). Boil for a few hours and you've got several more meals.

For allowable complex carbs I like butternut squash roasted or pan fried in olive oil and cinnamon. I'll add butter a few minutes before its done as well. I tolerate black beans well (prepared as outlined in the book) and find they are good when you're craving the heaviness of carbohydrates but can't have pasta or bread.

SCD legal chili recipes are great for making ahead of time and keeping on hand.

Finally, I think certain larabars are SCD legal but do your own research. They taste OK and work when you need a grab and go snack.

Its very important to have lots of ready made food on hand if you want to be successful in sticking to the diet. I will ALWAYS cook the entire family pack of meats when I cook so there are leftovers. Good luck.

Thank you for posting this. I've been flaring since September, diagnosed in October, and awaiting my first specialist appointment next week. (So brand new!)

I've been experimenting with SCD but discovering I'm very much in the denial/rebellion stage about what I can and cannot eat. (Yes, I know that is unhelpful and self-defeating, but, true.) I welcome the ideas here.

So far bone broth soup and cooked veggies work best for me...but like I said, I haven't committed 100% to SCD. What drives me back to broth is when I try to eat like I always have.