Thursday, July 11, 2013

Strawberries...

You may, or may not have noticed, how much we I love strawberries.  Especially my all time Oregon favorite the Hood Strawberry!!! I am so happy to share my love for strawberries with my entire family. Well, why would I not, right?! Well, okay here it goes...

When Alena was first diagnosed with Classic Galactosemia as an infant, the nurse at the NICU was kind enough to have the librarian conduct a search about the disorder as it is quite rare. The nurse had the librarian send us pages, upon pages of information.  It also included - this is almost ten years ago - to the diet plan which at the time {maybe still?} most people with Classic Galactosemia follow{ed}in the United States.  The diet does not only exclude galactose from animal/human {you know as in breast milk} sources but also plant based galactose.  The list of disallowed items was - seemingly - endless and quite scary.  You know, no apples, tomatoes, and no strawberries. It was quite sad when we saw all the limitations of this plan...now roll forward a couple of years.  Our amazing metabolic physician had always told us, that plant based galactose is safe, but you know the over-worried mothership, right?! Then we met our friends in Europe and I asked them about plant based galactose.  The first question was "Do people still follow the Acosta diet? Our clinicians find it outdated and we only exclude animal/human sources" - Wow!!! Maybe, our physician had been right all along {duhhh!!!} and that is when we started introducing the varied diet we all now eat.  Because Mia Rose is our second child, we never restricted her diet besides the obvious animal/human galactose.  FYI - the management and diet of Classic Galactosemia is very controversial; this works for us and our children always double check with your clinicians...

Now back to the topic "Strawberries" yes - we all love them, and they disappear in no time.  Take a look at us going strawberry picking earlier this year on Sauvie Island...Oh, yes they are Hoods...


And the dishes - glad you are asking:
- Oregon Strawberry Sundae {Dairyfree}
- Strawberry Vinaigrette
- Strawberry-Mint Popsicle
- Fast Focaccia w/Strawberries  {so delicious - however mine was not as beautiful :)}
- Strawberry Ice Cubes {very easy - freeze the fresh strawberries and drop them in the drink}

What is your favorite berry?  Do you like strawberries as much as we do?

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