By Dr. Davis and April Duval
Sure, you’ll be able to have pumpkin pie . . . and biscuits and gravy, and cheesecake, and gravy along with your turkey and nonetheless keep on observe in your Dr. Davis Infinite Well being way of life!
Some folks fear that, by following a grain-free, sugar-free way of life, they must endure by way of a vacation dinner of dry turkey meat and lettuce leaves and miss out on all the normal tasty dishes. However that’s merely not true. You’ll be able to get pleasure from a wonderful, scrumptious, and wholesome Christmas dinner, for example, whereas dwelling the Wheat Stomach way of life, staying on observe and persevering with to reap the appreciable well being advantages together with ongoing weight reduction. However, with the intention to protect your well being and never achieve, say, 3 kilos from the vacation feasting, there are some straightforward swaps you need to use to switch unhealthy vacation staples with wholesome and suitable alternate options.
So here’s a checklist of straightforward swaps to make for elements and dishes that may provide help to navigate this vacation safely whereas not sacrificing something in style. And, as somebody who avoids all wheat and grains, you can’t eat any dish containing wheat or grains else re-exposure phenomena will present—diarrhea, bloating, joint ache, nervousness, anger, thoughts “fog,” return of irritation and autoimmune circumstances, and so forth.–sufficient to smash your vacation. However household and friends who aren’t wheat- and grain-free can safely eat your wheat/grain-free dishes with none downside in any way (aside from these with allergic reactions to our substitute elements, equivalent to nuts). By following such Wheat Stomach swaps, there may be subsequently no want to organize, say, a pumpkin pie for the grain-eaters and a pumpkin pie for the non-grain eaters. Simply serve the wheat/grain-free model and everybody will likely be pleased.
Along with the numerous vacation recipes within the Wheat Stomach Cookbook and Wheat Stomach 30-Minute Cookbook, listed here are some concepts for wholesome swaps and recipes. On the left discover the normal ingredient or dish; on the fitting is our Wheat Stomach swap:
Gravy thickened with wheat flour or cornstarch———-Gravy thickened with coconut milk (canned), cream/butter, pureed mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini, broccoli, pumpkin, squash. (Extra on Wheat Stomach suitable thickeners, savory and non-savory, may be discovered right here.) After all, use drippings as your gravy base.
Mashed potatoes———-Mashed steamed cauliflower. Recipe right here.
Biscuits and gravy———Biscuits and gravy made with almond flour and secure thickeners. Recipe right here.
Cranberry sauce———-Cranberry sauce made with natural cranberries and sweetened along with your selection of certainly one of our benign sweeteners. Recipe right here
Dressing/stuffing———-Dressing/stuffing with out breadcrumbs or bread. Recipe right here. (Observe that this dressing recipe is not meant to be cooked within the turkey, however made individually.)
Pumpkin pie———Pumpkin pie with a floor pecan or walnut crust and no-sugar-added filling. Recipe right here.
Cheesecake————Cheesecake made with a nut meal crust and no-added-sugar filling. Recipes for Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake, Double Chocolate Cheesecake, Blueberry Cheesecake Pie.
These scrumptious meals swaps let you have a secure and wholesome vacation with out weight achieve, with out the agony of wheat/grain re-exposure, with out rises in blood sugar, whereas taking part within the all the great consuming and enjoyable.
Blissful holidays to you from Dr. Davis and the Infinite Well being Workforce!
