GOR & GORD
GOR and GORD are the two types of acid reflux that people can suffer with, and it is a lot more common in babies and children than I initially thought. So, here's where I find myself, I'm putting together a couple of recipes that rule out all the 'forbidden' food that could trigger reflux. Everyone's reflux has different triggers so to do something ruling out each one would have took forever! And as a busy mummy, I do not have forever, as I'm sure none of you lot do either! GOR is more common than GORD and can go on it's own. However, GORD is more serious and often needs monitoring and medication, even in babies. GORD is when the stomach acid leaks out of the stomach and into the oesophagus (the long tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the stomach).
What I have picked up on my personal research into GORD is that most sufferers should avoid a high fat diet, avoid fizzy drinks, citrus fruits and choose white lean meat such as chicken, fish and turkey over red meat such as pork, beef and lamb.
Picture taken from a post on the living with reflux facebook page.
Farmhouse Pasta
Tyler is chowing down.
Ingredients:
- 30g turkey breast (£1 per pack, Iceland)
- 50g frozen baby carrots (carrot batons may be better) (£1 per pack, Iceland)
- 4 baby spinach leaves (£1 large pack, Asda)
- 20g dried penne pasta (69p, Asda)
The Not So Nitty Gritty Bit
- Add the carrots and pasta to a pan of boiling water and leave for approximately 8 minutes.
- I used pre-cooked turkey breast (lazy mummy day) so I sliced the chunks and cut the spinach and added to Tyler's favourite bowl (the pink one of course).
- Drain pasta and carrots and add to the bowl.
- Mix the bowl round a bit so your little one can't just see one block colour, they need stimulation to keep them interested.
- Serve, too easy? Yeah I agree but Tyler liked it.
And what little monster thought.....
Yes mummy very nice but I personally would much prefer eating it off my legs right now.
Loved it, ate a bit of everything but had a lot left over, but this unfortunately is due to his health at the moment not the poor cooking standard, however, let me know how you get on with your little ones. No pasatta was included in this recipe as it's for GORD sufferers and tomato can aggravate reflux sometimes, so feel free to add it if your child is happy with the tomatoes.
Against the Grain Chicken and Roast Veg
It looks like a hot salad!
What You Will Need
- Quarter of a red pepper (on offer at 29p each, Lidl)
- Quarter of an aubergine (89p, Lidl)
- Quarter of a courgette (49p, Lidl)
- 5 green beans (99p for a large net bag, Lidl)
- 20g (can use less or non if vegetarian) of sliced chicken breast (£1 per pack, Iceland)
The Not-So Nitty Gritty Bit
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees, add a 1 calorie oil spray (as little fat as possible used for GORD sufferers) to a roasting tin or add oil if your baby is okay with it. Place the roasting tin in the oven to heat through. This allows the veg to cook quicker.
- Wash all your vegetables thoroughly. Slice the pepper into thin strips, leave the green beans as they are and slice the courgette and aubergine into rounds.
- Add to the roasting tin and leave in the oven for five to ten minutes, do not leave any longer as they can go very dry and if you wouldn't eat dry and hard veg, why give it to the little ones?
- Make sure the chicken is not in pieces that are over-sized, adjust to your baby's stage of eating.
- Add all to a plate and serve!
And What Did The Little Monster Think?
Well, as you can see from the pictures, orange squash was added to the recipe by Master Blakemore himself! I would not recommend.
Well, he liked what he actually ate but he is even more off his food today then he was yesterday. Although, he was not keen on green beans but he eats them in a stir fry? I don't understand my sons logic very much.
Other Recipe Ideas:
No pictures available for these, but when they are they will be on the feeding for the future facebook page.
- Little Hands Stir Fry: 20g chicken breast, 1 nest of plain dried noodles, 5 green beans, 2 tbsp. of peas, 2 tbsp. chopped carrots and 10g of chopped red pepper. All in one big wok. Takes 5 minutes to cook. Shouldn't cost more than £1 per portion!
- Moroccan Style Chicken: 40g chicken breast, 15g roasted courgette, 5g Red Pepper and 3 tbsp. sweetcorn. Chicken should be cooked at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes and always cover in foil to stop it going dry. This should cost no more than £1.50 per portion.
- Bread & Fish Dippers: white bread soldiers, white fish (cod, haddock, Pollock) steak cut into chunky strips (cooked according to instructions on packet or from fish monger) and a blended avocado dip (blend half an avocado with 1 tbsp. of butter).
Let me know how you get on with your little ones and send in the pictures, I like to know how you do yours differently too :)
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