Last year we attended a cooking class to learn some tips, tricks, and tactics to cook lo-pro style! In case you don't remember - Zay looked like this....
Well this year we attended another one, and it was nice because Zay actually is old enough to eat the food we were cooking. Plus, this year's speakers/presenters had much more kid-friendly recipes for us to cook.
We made everything from a basic fruit salad, to yummy pumpkin donuts (baked, not fried...a little bit better for ya, right! Ha!)
We also made a cranberry dish that will go along with our Thanksgiving meal, and a fabulous squash dish. Plus, garlic bread that was AMAZING! Every single one of the dishes we made was fantastic and could easily be made for the entire family, not just the PKUer in the family. Lastly, we sampled some strawberry-mango ice cream - yumo!
Shane and Zay...during the nutritionist's presentation.
Smiling after trying some tasty food!
We received a cookbook for free since we attended the Lo-Pro Cooking Day, and then we bought Gina's first cookbook as well.
Some other random notes I took during the dietitian's presentation...
-90% of PKUer's protein is from their medical food and formula
-Simple carbs, are less nutritious, however have low phe. Complex carbs which are better for most of us have higher phe, so not as common in the PKU diet.
-Fats provide more energy that any other food and protects the body from colds and illness. Fats aren't all bad!
-Canola oil is better than olive oil, because it contains both omega 6 and omega 3, whereas olive oil only contains omega 3. These oils also contain monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats which are the good fats...unlike saturated fats.
-Trans fat = BAD...ok, we already knew that!
-Phytochemicals - part of fruits and veggies that help protect against heart disease and cancer.
-Trace metals help the body run smoothly (found in soil, so these are found in fruits/veggies that grow in the soil)
-www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org - website to check out!
1 comment:
Sounds like it may be the same presentation we got at our class. I sure hope they do another for us because I really enjoyed it. You had better recipes than we did, I think! Would you mind sharing those if you have them? The only thing I liked that we made was pasta with pesto. It was all very "grown-up" food.
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