Tubies Unite: Blenderized Diet Recipe 30.1

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,  and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,  to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

Titus 2: 3-5 

I am not where I would say that I am an older and wiser woman.  I do, however, LOVE me some Titus 2!  As I grow and learn what the Lord has planned for me, I hope to pass on what I have learned to those that are searching.  My "Tubies Unite" posts are meant for that purpose. I have learned a lot since Augustus' beginning and I know first hand how little information is available for real hands on tube feeding. 

On that note, I have a new recipe for you! I am thrilled with this particular recipe because it is plum full of goodness and weighs in at a whopping 30.1 calories per ounce. Woo Hooo!

Let's begin shall we? 

Recipe:

3 eggs-225 

3T. Flax meal-90

2 whole Avocados-560

1/2 c.  Cranberries-30

1 c. Blueberries-84

1 c. sliced Banana-110

5 oz. Salmon-150

3 c. Greek Yogurt-690

2 c. Almond Milk-180 (Make sure you get the 90 Cal kind) 

2 c. Homemade Chicken stock-100

2 1/2 c. Sprouted Rice and Quinoa-500 (TruRoot brand at Costco)

1 c. Sweet potato and red potato mixture-114

 1 c. Raw Spinach-7

1/2 c. Carrots-26

just under 1/2 cup honey-450 ( I use honey and cinnamon for it it's healing properties.)  

1/2 t. Cinnamon

8 T.  Olive Oil-  1000

2 t. Apple Cider Vinegar- 0 

Total Calories- 4316

Total Volume- 148 Ounces

=30.1 Calories per ounce. 

Gussy currently gets 38.3 ounces daily. This means that his daily calorie intake on this recipe is 1153.8!!!! Nice! 

Even if you scale down his total intake for the day to 30.6 ounces (which we do sometimes) He would still be at 923 Calories daily! 

He's growing like a champ...

I know it's an already used picture but I just love it! 

    

  

Living In His Constant Mercy,

Melissa

Tubies Unite: Kombucha for Digestive Health

 

We recently had a run in with a month long diarrhea adventure. Oh boy.  No one else got sick, but all of a sudden we're in the middle diaper blow out city! This made us think one of two things was going on. 

1.) Gussy was having issues with dairy.

2.) We have some bacteria problems. 

So we went for it. We switched his milk to Almond milk first. Better, but not gone. Hmmmmmm

We use to make water Kefir and give it to him but laziness took over and I quit making it. I will make it again. When I do, I will blog about so you non-lazy folks can get in on the action.  

In my laziness I started buying Kombucha instead. It's expensive ($2.50- $3.50 a bottle), but it has 2.2 billion fantastic little organisms per bottle. All of my children love it, especially the Super Berry one by Brew Dr. You can buy it at most health food stores. Locally it is available at Yoke's as well.

I am happy to report that Gussy is now back to his normal self. Thank you Brew Dr.!  We are going to start making Kombucha ourselves next month. Don't worry, I'll blog on that too. 

Here's what we do...

Kombucha is fizzy. Fizzy+ Gussy tummy= No. 

Easy peazy resolution. 

1.) Take off the lid.

2.) Put it in your fridge over night.

3.) Stir it up a bit.

Voila'!  Fizzy reduction success.

We give Gussy about 2oz. per day. Some times in place of a water bolus, sometimes over several flushes throughout the day.


Operation Diaper blow out: Success!


Living in His Mercy,
Melissa


P.S. Great for any kiddo, not just a tubie. 

Tubies Unite: Upset Tummy Flush

Tubies Unite! Let's face it, information isn't exactly common place when it comes to feeding your G-Tube fed child. Yes, there is information out there but it takes a whole lot of research to figure everything out. So here we have it! "Tubies Unite" will be my new series.  Under this tag I will share recipes, ideas, and anything else that I come across. So let's jump right in shall we?

Upset tummies; If only we knew before having a CP child what that really meant. Throwing up at every meal. Explosive diapers from invasive surgeries. REFLUX, REFLUX, REFLUX. OH MY! Fact; Our babies tend to have tum-tum issues.

My new favorite flush...

Those of us in the tubie world know what a flush is, but for the rest of you reading for information's sake, it is a flush of water or other liquid to clear food from the G-tube after eating via G-tube.

Our Dietician and I came up with a little tea formula that has really helped with the tum-tum digestion.

Here's how you do it...

A Couple T. each of;

Coriander seed

Fennel seed

Tumeric

& Anice

1 Mint Tea Bag.

1 Quart of water

Boil all down for a while to really steep it well.

Strain it into jar or whatever you will be keeping it in.

Walla. Tummy Flush. Store in the refrigerator and flush as normal.

What to do with the strained content...


Put it in a jar in the refrigerator until the next time you make food for your little one. If you make rice, or any other grain, use it to season the rice while cooking.

There you have it. Upset Tum-tum flush.

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Living in His Mercy,

Melissa