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[serene]

In the freezer now, in 3-cup containers, all LID-friendly*:

6 cups chicken stock
9 cups barley soup (made with beef bones, but I forgot to buy actual MEAT for the soup, so rather than feeding it to the family, I'm hoarding it for myself. The meat is always my least favorite part of the soup anyway.)

In the fridge, LID-friendly schmaltz.

someotherguy is buying me a new Sharpie so I can label everything. That will help him know how/what to feed me later on.

To make tomorrow: Tomato sauce, mashed potatoes, bread to slice and freeze.

Some of y'all have expressed interest in cooking for me for this. If you decide to, please let me know the ingredients first, so that I can grill you about them. Unfortunately, I can't eat anything with even a tiny amount of iodine-rich ingredients, and I don't want to put anyone out and then not eat their food (though it would be fine to have non-LID foods for the rest of the family, of course).



(*for those who can't see my cancer posts, LID is the Low-Iodine Diet I have to go on for a month before my radioactive iodine treatment)

Comments

[cerulean-me.livejournal.com]

What if someone wanted to cook for you, and was interested in making something specific for you... any suggestions?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not a picky eater, first off. :-) I love potatoes, but I can't have the skins. Soup is basically my favorite type of LID-acceptable food, and I plan to put LOTS of soup in the freezer. Nothing with bleached flour, so no pasta unless it's whole-wheat-no-salt, so I may not even bother with pasta, though if that weren't an issue, I'd probably have several noodle casseroles in the freezer, too.

Mostly, it's safe to stick with fresh fruits and veggies (but no potato skins or sea veggies), moderate amounts of meats, grains, and egg whites (but no yolks), and non-iodized salt. The only commercial "milk" that's acceptable is unsalted hemp milk. Anything in the store that has any salt in it at all is out, because there's no way of knowing if they used iodized or not.

Does that help?

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

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[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think I'll use it as a pointer, as well. Love you!

random thought about ingredients

[redbird]

Is it relevant here that much of the salt available at the supermarket explicitly states "does not contain iodine," or is even non-iodized salt a problem?

Re: random thought about ingredients

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Non-iodized salt is fine. Kosher salt that is NOT sea salt is fine.

[clever-doberman.livejournal.com]

thanks for translating "LID" cuz I kept wondering why the lids on the containers had to be a certain way in your freezer.

yes, I am a concrete thinker.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was seeing "LID" and imagining it must be somebody's (or some web site's, etc.) shorthand for making meals in advance and storing them in containers with lids.

Anyway, sounds like you (up to serenejournal) are making good progress here!

[loracs.livejournal.com]

Do you need extra freezer space? dbubley's freezer has plenty of room and I can bring stuff over as you need it. Do you have a date yet?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I might take you up on the freezer space. Maybe this weekend when I'm making casseroles for you I'll make some for me, too. :-)

I'll get a date tomorrow. The guy called today, but he called at 5:15pm, and he called my work number. I get the feeling he kinda wanted to talk tomorrow rather than today.

[berkeleyfarm.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of making butternut dal (http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/11/17/hilaries-favoritebutternut-dal/).

I saw lentils and butternut squash in the cookbook you linked me to. Not sure about the rice but you could eat it with bread.

I could also make you curried lentil soup. Kosher salt is my regular cooking salt anyway and I have some fleur de sel from Penzey's.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Rice is okay in moderation. If fleur de sel is sea salt, it's a big no-no. Nothing from the sea. Also, no butter, but everything else in there looks good, so long as there is no added salt in anything you might get from a package.

Thank you! And I know you have a lot going on yourself, so if you don't get to it, totally no problem.

*hughug*

[berkeleyfarm.livejournal.com]

Well, I figure I'll get to it some time in the month. ;) I have a lot of squash!

The fleur de sel says "no iodine" but I can pass on it.

Any tips on looking for low-iodine rice? Or get some Basmati?

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Fleur de Sel is sea salt. It contains iodine naturally and therefore has none added.

Is unbleached flour okay (she asked because she's too lazy to look it up herself!)? ETA: Oops, this bit was directed to Serene :).

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yep, unbleached flour is fine (iodides are used in bleaching).

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would pass on the fleur de sel, thanks.

Apparently, all rice is okay in moderation. They used to recommend basmati because it was grown elsewhere, with less iodine, but nowadays, most rice is domestic, so they just say not to eat tons of it just in case.