Dinner

Drew really likes pizza, and I'm kind of a fan myself. As you can imagine, due to the dough, traditional pizza is off limits to me now. This is my first attempt at making pizza SCD style. I cured the ham myself. It's pretty good, but I could used a mandoline or something to cut it finer. Provolone cheese in replace of the typical Mozzarella (which has too much lactose in it), pesto sauce and for the pizza crust I used an almond flour dough.

The part that needs the most improvement is the dough. It had a great taste with some garlic and Italian spices, but it was really dry. So dry it was hard to swallow. Next time I think I'll make it with almond butter to see if I can get a softer texture, and if that doesn't work I'll add some yogurt and see if that helps.

This has to be my culinary master piece so far. To be honest, it wasn't my personal favorite dish, chili is good but it's not my idea of the best meal ever. Despite that, as soon as I took the first bite of this Chicken Chili I knew that I could do nothing but really appreciate this meal. It tasted like it was made by a real chef, someone who knows how to cook and wield the flavor of spices with deadly precision. But no! This chili was made by me. I did get the original recipe from a book, but I modified it so it suited my tastes better. Even my non-SCD husband ate this chili with me, went back for seconds he did.

• Ground Chicken
• Red Bell Pepper
• Onion
• Paprika
• Cayenne
• Cinnamon
• Cumin
• Salt
• Garlic Cloves
• Plum Tomatoes
• Tomato Juice

Served over broccoli (or rice for non-SCD people) and topped with cheese.

This meal made me appreciate how many different dishes I can make with the limited amount of foods I can eat. As long as I can work in a good amount of spices, I can make chicken in many different ways. This might be the key to feeling like I'm on a limited diet versus feeling well feed.

Oh boy, gravy is so amazing. That whole chicken I made only left 1/2 a cup of drippings in the bottom of the pan. I added 1 Tablespoon of homemade mayo to it and cooked it for about 1 or 2 minutes in a sauce pan. It's pretty salty so I might add some yogurt in next time. But it was REALLY good. I've used it to smother over my veggies to make them more interesting, and tomorrow I may just do an open face turkey sandwich.

For my reintroduction to tomatoes, this dish was perfect. I found the recipe here at SCD Recipe. Garlic and basil went great with the the veggies. Was nice as a side dish for BBQ chicken and was easy to make. Will definitely make again. The recipe doesn't say how fine to cut the zucchini, but I cut it just a bit bigger than the diced tomatoes and it was perfect.

Very meaty, this simple meat loaf was okay. I'll probably play around with the ingredient list a little bit, since it lacked some flavor my first try at making this. But the SCD katchup I baked on top was really a hit.

As an added note, I want to say how annoying I find it when people say "salt to taste" when talking about raw meat. I'm not going to taste raw meat to see if I've put enough salt in it. Just tell me approximately how much salt I need. Geez.