things come and go
this is also called death and resurrection.
what has gone is october. what has come is november and the promise of Christmas.
what has gone is the warmth of indian summer. what has come is rain. manna from heaven.
what has gone is the fair-weather wardrobe. what has come is wool sweaters and scarves and mittens.
and, gastronomically speaking, what has gone is my entire way of eating. what has come is healing.
that's right. the month of october began with delicious dreams of autumn fare. i even posted the recipes i was determined to make. but, in God's wisdom, what has come is a diet. not the kind of "oh, i'm going on a diet 'cause i've gotta lose some weight!" kind of diet. no, a real one - nutritionist's orders. a mild case of candida sounds, well, mild. but, in order to starve the bad and feed the good, the orders are high:
no carbs
no grains (exception: oats)
no gluten
no yeast
no sugar
no dairy (exception: raw goat)
no fruit (exception: lemon, grapefruit, and berry)
no underground veggies
i CAN have all meats and all surface-dwelling veggies. and i CAN take probiotics and vitamins and fiber and ...this is rather paradigm shifting.
but, in God's stories, with death there is always resurrection. and even here i am beginning to feel some blood in my veins. it would be tedious to list all the ways in which this diet is healing me, but let me just list this one: last night i slept for seven hours, in a row. that means i went to bed at midnight and didn't wake until 7:15. this is HUGE. and this is life-giving. if i receive no other benefit from this diet than that, it will have been worth every bread-y offering passed up and every dessert ignored.
my easy-going hubby has not complained a whit. i have, as was possible, made sure joe has something to eat that would stick to his bones. but, he has also at times been pleased with a simple main course and veggie dinner. he also has not balked that there has been no bread in the house, or that the milk has suddenly changed from cow to goat. and, can i just say, that at this minute, my sweet joe is in the kitchen making dinner. i asked him what he was doing and he said, "making something you can eat." he has seen the many little ways in which the Lord has given me progress in this endeavor and is greatly encouraged...and it seems to not be bothering him one bit that i'm also slimming up. :)
below are pics of a few things i have made this past month that have been on my diet, and have actually turned out delicious. it took me four tries to perfect the cookies. this culinary death has been very hard, not only because i can't eat stuff, but also because i can't cook stuff. i miss cooking! (to fix that, joe and i volunteered to make the Reformation banquet for our church - and it felt great to be bustling about the kitchen again with all the normal smells of bread and sugar and holiday goodness...and i made sure there was meat and veggies on the menu so i could eat too!). but, the resurrection, though slow, has begun and i am so grateful to the Lord for it. i pray for His grace to continue steadfast, and that He would grant me great health over the next months.
kobucha squash soup, with coconut milk and strawberry coulis
pumpkin oat cookies
roasting these crazy sqaushes as soup bowls
oh, and this isn't food...obviously. joe and i attended a bonfire at new brighton beach campground, about 20 minutes from our house. :) as you can see, we were standing on the edge of a cliff, with that fence as our border. the bonfire and tents and camper were about 20 feet from this edge. this was at the tail end of the sunset, but it was brilliant. and the fog was rolling in.
since there hasn't been a pic of us lately, here's one from last week. joe looks tired. and that was before he ate a huge plate of original joe's spaghetti and meatballs. their meatballs are the size of softballs. i of course had soup and meat and veggies. :)
what has gone is october. what has come is november and the promise of Christmas.
what has gone is the warmth of indian summer. what has come is rain. manna from heaven.
what has gone is the fair-weather wardrobe. what has come is wool sweaters and scarves and mittens.
and, gastronomically speaking, what has gone is my entire way of eating. what has come is healing.
that's right. the month of october began with delicious dreams of autumn fare. i even posted the recipes i was determined to make. but, in God's wisdom, what has come is a diet. not the kind of "oh, i'm going on a diet 'cause i've gotta lose some weight!" kind of diet. no, a real one - nutritionist's orders. a mild case of candida sounds, well, mild. but, in order to starve the bad and feed the good, the orders are high:
no carbs
no grains (exception: oats)
no gluten
no yeast
no sugar
no dairy (exception: raw goat)
no fruit (exception: lemon, grapefruit, and berry)
no underground veggies
i CAN have all meats and all surface-dwelling veggies. and i CAN take probiotics and vitamins and fiber and ...this is rather paradigm shifting.
but, in God's stories, with death there is always resurrection. and even here i am beginning to feel some blood in my veins. it would be tedious to list all the ways in which this diet is healing me, but let me just list this one: last night i slept for seven hours, in a row. that means i went to bed at midnight and didn't wake until 7:15. this is HUGE. and this is life-giving. if i receive no other benefit from this diet than that, it will have been worth every bread-y offering passed up and every dessert ignored.
my easy-going hubby has not complained a whit. i have, as was possible, made sure joe has something to eat that would stick to his bones. but, he has also at times been pleased with a simple main course and veggie dinner. he also has not balked that there has been no bread in the house, or that the milk has suddenly changed from cow to goat. and, can i just say, that at this minute, my sweet joe is in the kitchen making dinner. i asked him what he was doing and he said, "making something you can eat." he has seen the many little ways in which the Lord has given me progress in this endeavor and is greatly encouraged...and it seems to not be bothering him one bit that i'm also slimming up. :)
below are pics of a few things i have made this past month that have been on my diet, and have actually turned out delicious. it took me four tries to perfect the cookies. this culinary death has been very hard, not only because i can't eat stuff, but also because i can't cook stuff. i miss cooking! (to fix that, joe and i volunteered to make the Reformation banquet for our church - and it felt great to be bustling about the kitchen again with all the normal smells of bread and sugar and holiday goodness...and i made sure there was meat and veggies on the menu so i could eat too!). but, the resurrection, though slow, has begun and i am so grateful to the Lord for it. i pray for His grace to continue steadfast, and that He would grant me great health over the next months.
kobucha squash soup, with coconut milk and strawberry coulis 
pumpkin oat cookies
roasting these crazy sqaushes as soup bowls
oh, and this isn't food...obviously. joe and i attended a bonfire at new brighton beach campground, about 20 minutes from our house. :) as you can see, we were standing on the edge of a cliff, with that fence as our border. the bonfire and tents and camper were about 20 feet from this edge. this was at the tail end of the sunset, but it was brilliant. and the fog was rolling in.
since there hasn't been a pic of us lately, here's one from last week. joe looks tired. and that was before he ate a huge plate of original joe's spaghetti and meatballs. their meatballs are the size of softballs. i of course had soup and meat and veggies. :)
posted by jen at
3:28 PM
4 Comments:
What veggies grow above ground?
Jen- You look as beautiful as ever! This must have been a difficult transition, but wellness is the best kind of reward, isn't it? I pray that you continue to do well and that your health is the victor. HUGS :)
thank you for your sweet encouragement, christina! hugs back to you.
Sweet Jen, I love your writing hearing your heart and so impressed by your new menu. My sisterin law was daignosed as dairy gluten and lactose intolerant almost a ciliac. it makes cooking so crazy, but the food is amazing when one works so hard for it. Your photos show beautiful treats. Big hugs and know that I still pray for you ...
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