For the last few days, I have been easing my way to Intro Phase III. This includes eating avocado, yogurt, scrambled eggs cooked in ghee, pancakes (made of butternut squash, sunflower seed butter and eggs), and sauerkraut (instead of the juice only). The pancakes are my new favorite. Since I have not been able to have a peanut butter cookie in years, I told my husband I would pretend that's what my pancakes were. I even made them really small like the size of a cookie to further the belief! The other item I have truly missed is crepes, and these pancakes almost have the same consistency, so that became my other mental substitution, making them even more fun to eat.
I was out of town again this past weekend, and the increase in solid food choices made traveling much more desirable. I was able to pop over to the in-laws and borrow a saucepan, bowl and spoon to eat my chicken and veggies for lunch. Before driving back from Illinois, I even ate one of the pancakes chilled and it was actually really good that way too. This includes continuing to drink broth with each meal and to eat soups and stews made of meat, broth and vegetables.
This past week, I also purchased a roasting pan with a lid to prepare for Phase IV (when I will be able to make roasted meat with vegetables in the oven). My other new devices are an electric coffee grinder and a battery operated flour sifter which I will use to begin making my own flour out of sunflower seeds on a regular basis. I use sunflower seeds because I am allergic to all tree nuts and peanuts. Almonds or other nuts would work well for those without an allergy.
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