Ok, so I have been a bit lax! But as the diet becomes easier, and the sympotms slip away, and the drugs decrease, it all seems less relevant - I am very pleased to say.
Also, my law exams start tomorrow - so the days have been more than full!
But I thought I would give a quick update on how things are going.
I have got into the habit of baking a cinnamon cake (instead of bread for breakfast) and a coconut cake (for snacks during the day) every 3 days. This stops me from panicking about food. I will put up a recipe for these soon - added whizzed up dates to the cake the other day which really helped the consistency. I can eat some raw fruit now. Just the occassioanl groan from my gut but nothing really.
I cut off the steroids - but was then very tired, with all my studying. So rather naughtily Ihave gone onto 5mg Pred just to give me a bit of energy this week. But I have managed to come off Pentasa. SO now it's just asacol and a tiny bit of Pred.
I have mainly been at home studying - and I take a packed lunch of salad and cake to work, so no big challenges yet. I have had to turn down a few offerings from my lodgers of food - but other than that nothing exciting to report. I feel pretty wrecked - but that is from exam stuff. If my body can take this mental hammering and not relapse then I don't think stress is a trigger for me!
So, off to the shop now as I have run out of honey!!! I get through 2 jars a week. That must be keeping my weight up!
xxxxx love to all xxxx SCD rules!
Glad to hear you're doing ok despite all this stress from the exams.
ReplyDeleteHere's a nice recipe a made this week :
Cinnamon Cookie
Ingredients
• 1/3 cup of honey
• 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
• 2 cups of blanched almond flour
Preparation
1. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
2. Melt the butter.
3. Combine the butter with all the other ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend the ingredients until well combined.
4. With a spoon or your fingers, create small, balls of dough, about an inch in diameter, and place them on a buttered baking sheet (or a baking mat on a baking sheet).
5. Press each cookie to flatten it using either the palm of your hand or the back of a fork or knife. I criss-cross the top of the cookie with the back of a fork to get the hatch pattern. Optionally, you can sprinkle some cinnamon on the top of each cookie.
6. Bake for 15 minutes.
7. Turn the cookies over and lower the temperature of the oven to 175 degrees F.
8. Bake the cookies for another 10 minutes. (For a crunchier cookie, leave them in the oven at 175 degrees F for another 15 minutes or so).
Yum! This weekend they will def be in the oven! Did the kids eat them?
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I kept them all for myself LOL But I think they would've like them. Just baked a banana-cinnamon bread, the kids will get to taste this one tomorrow morning :)
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