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Comment by ladybug135 on March 3, 2013 at 4:17pm

I am investigating the GAPS connection to ADHD. Has anyone heard about it, or had success with it? It is Gastrointestinal and Psychological Syndrome which I have gathered is the newest connection added to the Leaky Gut Syndrome, which connects to the body, pains, symptoms etc. physically, and this Dr. is the discoverer of this connection. She says, it CURES many issues,like autism to skin conditions etc. by eating a certain way for a period of time, and then transitioning back to a Normal diet. I have not heard of anything that gets a person back on track if they have many of the syndromes in the spectrum of autism etc. like ADHD.

Comment by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, SCAC on December 10, 2012 at 1:07am

I too, love to cook, but the past decades have left little time for me to play in the kitchen very often - and this past year has been *unusually* full, with very little "me-time" at all.

I'm of the "crockpot and 'nuke" school primarily these days, aided and abetted by the apartment-sized freezer I purchased years ago in NYC (one of the best presents I ever gave myself).  I don't know how ANY ADDer gets by without those three tools.  Oh yeah, and more than a nodding acquantence with a rack of herbs and spices for variations on a few basic sauces.

I'm always watching where my shekels are spent, and the time/money line is a tight-rope.

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone who's seen the booklists on my blog to know that I read cookbooks for pleasure and that I have a kitchen library with more books than my tiny apartment kitchen has any business trying to accommodate. Fortunately, my mind's tongue is fairly acute - because I'm fairly certain nobody could live long enough to COOK their way through them.

Reading Sean's comments (marry me, Sean!), I want to add that I DO take the time to make my own chicken stock, so I don't buy butcher-prepared cuts of chicken, etc.  I WANT the skin and bones!  

I season, simmer, cool quickly in glass, defat, then freeze in stacks of sandwich-sized freezer bags in 1/2 to 1 cup portions, air squeezed out & marked with date.  (While I'm at it, I poach about 5# of quarters just for the meat, remove, then throw the bones etc. back into the pot to continue to simmer) Since I prefer the taste of DARK meat, this method brings the fat load pretty much in-line with white.

This ALL happens in a single day, whenever I have time or need the break (but approx. every 2-3 months, and ALWAYS whenever I have the occasional holiday turkey carcass!)   I freeze any "makings" until I have time and energy BOTH on the same day!

That's what I OFTEN use to saute, for low-fat sauce starters, and in place of water in many recipes.  The baggies defrost in a flash under hot water (great for last-second dinners), and add SO much more flavor than purchased stocks and broths (sans salt!).

Other than that, I'm with Sean on the grapeseed & olive oil comments - and I use butter more like a seasoning - to finish a dish - it freezes well too (most things do, btw, with notable exceptions).

Love the comments so far -- Ann Marie - ONLY fresh?  I'd starve to death, but my hat's off to you.

MILES to go before I sleep - gotta go - but thanks for the invite, Sarah.  I'm still playing catch-up (and then, of course, the holidays!), so may not have time to be active until after the ACO conference, but I'll jump over whenever I can. xx, mgh

Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CMC, SCAC, MCC
- ADD Coaching Field co-founder -
(blogs: ADDandSoMuchMore and ADDerWorld - dot com!)
"It takes a village to transform a world!"

Comment by Sean Higgins on May 23, 2012 at 12:47pm

Cooking is my passion. A few months ago I started using grapeseed oil for sauteeing vegetables, searing meats, even starting a baked mac n cheese mixed with creamer before melting the cheese and then adding pasta to bake. Also a quick sautee of crushed walnuts and topping over a spring mix salad with grilled chicken breast and vinaigrette dressing. So tasty! Three day a week martial arts workouts with a healthy diet consisting on good carbs, healthy oils, proteins, fruits and vegetables I have lost so much body fat and feel better than I ever have. I hardly ever use butter anymore but when I do I use the olive oil/ butter. At least the olive oil is a healthy fat. The little extra cost for healthy oils is well worth it.

Comment by jacqueline holmes on April 27, 2012 at 2:10pm

I think one of the challenges  of living a hectic life and having ADHD on top of this is to make sure one eats a healthy diet. One of the things I have found helpful lately is to take boneless, skinless, chicken breasts and flatten them and marinate them in soy sauce ( or tamari), sesame oil and ginger for the day and then grill them on a George Foreman grill (which takes very little time). Then serve it with vegetables that you buy frozen in steam bags and brown rice or add a salad. The clean up is easy ( wet paper towels you place on the grill after cooking the chicken and turning the grill off, place the wet paper towels on the grill and close it. This will make for easy clean up. The other benefit is if you make extra chicken, it can be used tomorrow in a salad or for another meal. Bon Apetit!

Comment by Ann Marie Nakata on April 10, 2012 at 9:45pm

I enjoy cooking with olive oil and sea salt. I only use fresh food no preservatives or artificial ingredients! My favorite dish is homemade organic lasagne with pasta ricotta cheese eggs, mozzarella diced organic chicken and spinach.  live in Florida so always have plenty of fresh fruit and veggies year round....

Comment by Augie Weiss on April 10, 2012 at 1:50pm

There are a lot of great protein bars and the like in the stores these days as well as places like Costco. You might consider beef jerkey or other dried product. Dried fruit is always good to have around. There are things like microwave burritos and other quick fix things. Remember lot's of protein for breakfast. 

If you can microwave at work that keep lean cuisines or other frozen food at work. I had a drawer that I kept things like soup, peanut butter or cheese crackers for refreshment during the day.

Comment by noa on April 10, 2012 at 1:20pm

I'm curious about what quick fix do you get when you rush under much stress and have to leave home soon, but you know your body needs some fuel to last the rest of the day ahead.

 

In a Pyrex or something that can serve as a small cookware and soup bowl, get oatmeal and leftover soup.  (Add some milk or soy milk or just water when soup is not enough.) 

While cooking or microwaving it, stir sometimes.  Find your favorite thickness with the amount of liquid and oat meal. 

Adding cheese - or whatever you like - would be nice too.  (What about a bit old or dry bread in place of oatmeal?)

Now take a spoon and eat.  (To avoid tongue burning, add some colder or cold milk etc. just before you finish cooking to bring it at a comfortable temperature.)

This meal does need constant watch, however, I don't have to think and collect all that you need, looking around the kitchen or checking the stock in the fridge.  Any way, I LOVE the taste.  : )

 

I like Indian food, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, some Korean, Thai...,

oh, am I hungry!

Comment by Iris Barton on April 6, 2012 at 8:44pm

Cooking disaster!  I put chicken breasts in the oven this afternoon at 400 and they should have been in at 300 degrees.  Hmmmm, maybe I should pay attention - go figure, they burned! Focus, focus, focus!  

 

Hope you all are having a wonderful evening.  I'm pooped since I just started taking medication for osteo-arthritis.  But at least I can move easily now and maybe even cook some things without burning them.  LOL!

 

Iris 

Comment by Sherry Powell on January 4, 2012 at 10:16am

I googled umami and it sounds good.  How about an easy sauce?  I have been trying Thai lately because of my nephews wife who is Thai.  Lots of veggies and little meat.

Comment by Sarah Christine Gogstetter on September 4, 2011 at 6:11pm

Stan,
can you tell me more about Umami? I like Italian food, i like Mexican, i like food with a lot of flavor. I like Persian food and I like soul food. I like a lot of Mediterranean and middle east cooking. i like Chinese food, Japanese food, Vietnamese food

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