Cheater Chicken Divan with veggies

http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/01/cheater-chicken-divan.html

You can omit the breadcrumbs or use approved ones, use approved cheese or (whole milk, white or annatto)
For the sauce you may use whole milk or approved rice milk.

Seasoned breadsticks

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/04/breadsticks.html

Do not use pan spray on the bowl...it might just stick a little, that's ok. Or use approved oil or spray.

Do not use parm. in the seasoning unless it's whole milk real parm. I think it's fine just with the garlic and salt.

YUMMY!

chinese beef and broccoli

Got that Chinese food craving? This doesn't have the yummy red dye I crave there but it'll do...

1 pound boneless sirloin or round steak, cut into thin two-inch strips
1 pound broccoli, cut into pieces and steamed until barely tender
1 pat butter or approved oil
Dash pepper
6 cloves garlic, pressed or 1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp pdrd ginger
1 cup mushrooms, sliced (optional)
1 teaspoon cornstarch or arrowroot
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/4 cup water

Start cooking your rice or noodles

While prepping the beef, steam the broccoli.
In a skillet or wok, heat 1 tablespoon butter or oil. Add beef and a dash of pepper, stir-frying until browned. Remove beef and keep warm. Next add garlic, ginger, and mushrooms. Stir-fry these for about 2 minutes. Add back the beef, and add the steamed broccoli.

In a separate cup, mix together cornstarch or arrowroot, soy sauce and cold water, mixing until lumpless. Stir cornstarch mixture into skillet; cook and stir about 30 seconds or until thickened. Serve and enjoy!

Serve over rice or noodles.

My own little brag

I don't talk a lot about Alyssa on here cause she's the kind of SID/ADD kid who floats by life. That's how I was. She's so smart but when on petroleum she spends all the time doodling in her head and can't concentrate for a second on an assignment.
FFWD to these days when she's a FEINGOLD girl...I'm pleased to announce that Alyssa won the Constitution Bowl because she studied hard AND memorized just about a whole book about the U.S. Constitution. She does just great as long as she's eating well. No head doodling anymore.
She won a gold medal, a banner, and $165 certificate to a Constitutional Convention simulation that she has been wanting to go to.
YAY ALYSSA!

p.s. I don't understand how to move pictures around...that's why they're skewed. She's cute anyway though, right?

easy crockpot dinner, I love coming home to food

So, today we had a basic meal in a crockpot because we have crazy orchestra days where we're gone for 4 hours and we come back home, have 15 minutes, then have to leave again for a church outing.
This morning I put on high in the crockpot a london broil roast ($1.99/lb sale), 2 lbs of cut carrots, 8 potatoes, cubed, filled it with water and 1 TBSP of salt, some garlic cloves, and a bay leaf.
It cooked all day and we came back to a wonderful meal.
We only eat a little meat, mostly the veggies, and then the broth will be used for potato soup another day this week, the meat will be used for sandwiches and the insides of tamales this week.
mmmmmmmmm, how much easier can dinner get?
oh, btw, my crockpot is huge. I always cook on high all day for tender meat, and I usually boil my water in the teapot first.

WARNING-"solution" in wal-mart meats

Well, I don't buy meat very often but I went to Walmart today and was going to do a price match on some London Broil. I started putting the meat in bags when I felt a strange prompting to check the label. Guess what? In teeny tiny letters in the corner it said that a 10% solution was added. I don't have any idea what the solution is but I would guess it would include red dye to make the meat look fresh and MSG to make it taste "good".
I was pretty mad as I left and I traveled the whole extra 5 minutes to get to Kents where the special originated. I double checked with their butcher and they definitely do not add a solution to their meats.

ADD drugs cause hallucinations

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482829,00.html

Drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can cause children to have hallucinations even when taken as directed, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers analyzed data from 49 clinical studies conducted by makers of the drugs and found they can cause psychosis and mania in some patients, including some with no obvious risk factors. In some cases, children hallucinated that worms, bugs or snakes were crawling on them.

"Patients and physicians should be aware of the possibility that psychiatric symptoms consistent with psychosis or mania" might arise in the course of treatment, Dr. Andrew Mosholder and colleagues wrote in the journal Pediatrics.

Their analysis provides fresh detail about known risks of the drugs, which include Novartis AG's Ritalin and Focalin XR, Shire Plc's Adderall XR and Daytrana patch, Johnson & Johnson's Concerta, Eli Lilly and Co's Strattera and Celltech Pharmaceuticals Inc's Metadate CD.

It also includes data on Cephalon Inc's modafinil, sold as Provigil, a narcolepsy drug that was rejected as an ADHD treatment in children.

FDA spokeswoman Sandy Walsh said the data formed the basis for recent warnings about psychiatric side effects that have been added to product labels in recent years.

Millions of children use drugs to treat symptoms of ADHD, which affects about three to seven percent of U.S. children.

ADHD is marked by restlessness, impulsiveness, inattention and distractibility that can interfere with a child's ability to pay attention in school and maintain social relationships.

"The numbers of cases of psychosis or mania in pediatric clinical trials were small," Mosholder and colleagues wrote. "However, we noted a complete absence of such events with placebo treatments."

In one account, they described a 7-year-old girl who took an 18 mg dose of Strattera or atomoxetine who started talking nonstop within hours of taking her first dose.

"Two hours after taking her second dose of atomoxetine, the patient started running very fast, stopped suddenly, and fell to the ground. The patient said she had 'run into a wall' (there was no wall there)," they wrote.

"These adverse side effects are rare," said Dr. Harold Koplewicz of New York University Child Study Center, who was not involved in the study, adding that they are reversible,

"Once you stop the medicine, the side effects go away," he said in a telephone interview.

He said children under age 10 are susceptible to negative drug side effects in the same way that older adults are.

"We know that medications that affect neurochemicals in your brain to increase your attention and make you less impulsive also can have an effect on other neurochemicals in your brain that affect mood," he said.

Both Koplewicz and FDA researchers urged doctors to discuss the potential side effects with parents and children to help ease their anxiety if such symptoms should occur.

A great day for Elizabeth

A great post from Eileen, a newbie, and in addition she said that this week she has also had 2 people comment on her daughter's intelligence...


I haven't posted since I introduced myself months ago. I have
procrastinated starting the program because I was a bit overwhelmed.
My target child had a horrible week at school last week (first grade)
so I felt I had no choice. I started Tuesday at dinner, and today
the teacher sent home a note commenting on Elizabeth's good behavior -
- two days in a row! -- and asking us if we were doing something
different. *grin* Here is my email to her:

"We saw the note today. I had debated whether or not to tell you and
decided not to. I figured it would be helpful to have an unbiased
observer! We started Elizabeth on the Feingold Program on Tuesday
with dinner. Clearly it is making a big difference already!

Last Thursday, her homework took 2 hours when it should have taken
maybe 20 minutes. It was because of her yelling, whining, and
crying. Even then the only reason it got done is because I told her
she if she didn't finish it, I was going to email you and explain why
it wasn't done. On Monday I forced her to sit down and do the
homework you sent home. Same scene. Yesterday she came home,
watched one TV show, and then got her homework out of her backpack
and sat down and got it done. I didn't have to say anything (beyond
suggesting and spelling words). I was amazed! She was so polite and
helpful at dinner time. I even asked her if aliens had abducted
Elizabeth and replaced her with such a delightful child, which she
found amusing. Today I asked her if she thought the diet was helping
her, to which she nodded vigorously and said she wanted to keep doing
it. She and her dad made that (Feingold-approved) cake this
afternoon. She made that goal, which I didn't think she'd have any
chance of making.

Anyway, I figured you'd share in our joy. It certainly hasn't
magically made her perfect, but if you're noticing a difference in
the classroom without knowing we made that change, it's working!"

We're so excited! I needed to share!!

Eileen

Taco Soup

1 can of any beans (plain or just with salt) or homemade beans

1 can of tomatoes (just tomatoes and possibly calcium chloride)

1 cup of frozen corn or 1 can of corn

1 lb of hamburger, cooked, optional

Cook all together and add water or approved chicken stock if needed. This is also good with a little whole milk added after it boils. Serve with real sour cream, approved cheese, and if you want, approved tortilla chips or fritos.

lunch ideas

There's a great discussion on lunchtime ideas on the Feingold board so I'll post a few here. Remember to look on the always acceptable list to see if you need a brand name or if it's always ok.

hummus with veggies, chips, crackers, or pretzels
to make hummus just blend up garbanzo beans, salt, and if desired garlic and tahini.

"jello" blocks with juice and gelatin

Chicken, turkey, shrimp, egg, macaroni, or ANY salad with some crackers or rolls.

Protein balls made with nut butter, agave, honey, carob, raisins, approved nuts, coconut shreds, etc. Combine them all, roll into balls, and roll in something to keep them from sticking like carob powder or more coconut.

Cook chicken legs in bulk and send it cold in a lunchbox. I think any chicken would work for this.

Hard boiled eggs with salt.

Salad with cold meat, hard boiled eggs, or olives

cut up fruit in a container

"trail mix" made from odds and ends of old cereal and crackers

apples and cheese

apples and p.b.

homemade soup in a thermos

any dinner heated and put in a thermos

crackers, cheese, lunchmeat, fruit, let the kids assemble like a lunchable