Noah eats a very healthy diet. It is limited because there he has so many food allergies and sensitivities. If everyone ate the way Noah eats, we'd all be thin and much healthier than we are today (none of that SAD diet for Noah -- standard American diet). The problem is that he struggles so much with digestion that we still have a few issues with what he eats.
The main problem we are having is that Noah isn't digesting his grains -- particularly the rice and quinoa (pronounced KEEN-WA). But as we were eating turkey breast and rice the other night from the crock pot, I had an idea. The more broken down the grains are before he eats them, the better he will digest them. So the night before he eats rice, I put a cup of rice and four cups of water to cook all night in the crock pot. And the night before he eats quinoa, I do the same. So far we are seeing really good results.
He likes the texture better because it is softer, and I don't have to grind the grains at all, which saves a step. And best of all -- his breakfast is pretty much ready when we get up. I just add a little fruit and crushed nuts. For the rest of his meals I cook a meat and some veggies, which are pureed then added to the grain.
You can see from this picture of the crock pot cooked quinoa (if you've ever cooked it, that is) that instead of the quinoa being in the typical little round balls like couscous, it is much softer.
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