Hey, EGALITAIRE!
I know you're a lot like me in the sense that you like to keep things simple... and it looks like you're already eating most of the best healthy options.
Have you considered eating fat with fat... sort of simple recipes? I do things like:
* drizzle my avocado with olive oil and a splash of lime juice
* coconut or avocado 'cheesecake' (marscapone is so lovely... or camembert... I sweeten with minimal raw honey... I'm still looking for coconut nectar) with a nut crust
* crusting fish with nuts, and frying in butter
* fatty fish... salmon, sardines, sable, shrimp... and these make wonderful 'pates' with mayo, cream cheese, and herbs
* I fry all of our meat/fish now (in butter or bacon drippings) and make simple gravies with the brownings (thickened with tapioca starch) so we don't waste any of the fat
* nut butters (love almond, pumpkin seed or cashew... I've found a Canadian brand in the healthy lifestyle isle of Superstore) on crunchy veggies (or eat it with a spoon... or your fingers, lol)
* olives
* goat cheese topped with a tapenade of olives, olive oil, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper, and a splash of balsamic vinegar... spread on cucumber rounds, celery, or peppers (or eat it with a spoon... or your fingers, lol)
* pate, liver and liver sausage... spread on cucumber rounds, celery, or peppers (or eat it with a spoon... or your fingers, lol)
* pemican (I haven't made this YET... there are some interesting recipes on the web... and I'm really tempted to try)
As for making something to spread stuff on, I've come across a really GOOD (tasty, Primal) 'bread' recipe. One of the things my daughter misses A LOT is toast, or a sandwhich now and again. I've found a really good recipe that allows her to have this. It isn't a loaf, and it bakes in a cookie sheet, but it is SO tasty and does have a genuine bread-like texture... my girl would eat it for every meal if I let her. Give it a try!
~ PRIMAL FLAX BREAD ~
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
You will need:
1/2 cup water
1-2 tbsp sweetener (I only use 1 tbsp of honey)
1 tbsp. chia seeds
5 eggs
1/3 cup olive oil (I've also used coconut oil and walnut oil)
2 cups ground flax (you can grind your own in a coffee grinder)
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Line a regular cookie sheet (10" X 15") with parchment paper (for easy clean-up).
Mix your dry ingredients together in a large bowl, and set aside.
Dissolve honey in warm water and stir in chia seeds. You need to let this sit for 20 minutes to allow the gel to develop, stirring it a few times to keep it from clumping. Beat your eggs until foamy and lemony in colour. Beat in oil (or freggies) and chia mixture. Add to your dry ingredients and stir hard until all the egg/liquid is incorporated.
Immediately pour it onto your cookie sheet and spread evenly... if it sits too long it will get harder to spread out nicely. Pop into the oven and bake for 20 minutes. You'll know it's done when it springs back to the touch. This recipe will make exactly one regular sized cookie sheet of flax bread: 12 - 16 servings... for ease, I just trim the edges and then cut into 12 3" X 3" (approximately) pieces .
For added deliciousness with this recipe throw in raisins and cinnamon, or nuts or other dried fruit (but of course it raises the carbs significantly)... see below for other great combos!
PER PIECE: 148 Calories, 15 g Total Fat, 1.8 g Net Carbs (7.1 total carbs - 5.3 g Fibre), 6.5 g Protein... pretty decent for 'bread'!
Okay... I've been playing with this recipe, and have discovered that if I use some freggies instead of the oil, the mouth feel is more bread-like, the texture is lighter, and it's less crumbly, so here are the adjusted ingredients:
You will need:
1/2 cup water
1-2 tbsp sweetener (I only use 1 tbsp of honey... or if I want a 'sweet' bread - like banana - I use finely chopped dates instead - about 10)
1 tbsp. chia seeds
6 eggs
3/4 cup freggies (cooked or grated pumpkin, mashed banana, avocado, grated pear or apple, sweet potatoe, applesauce) - beaten into the eggs
2 cups ground flax (you can grind your own in a coffee grinder)
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
optional spices to taste (1 tsp cinnamon/vanilla, 1/2 tsp. chipotle pepper, Italian spices for a focaccia flavour)
optional nuts or seeds (1/2 cup chopped walnuts - with banana, pumpkin seeds - with pumpkin, sunflower seeds - with avocado, almonds - with apples)
...in a house where nobody has actually ever liked banana bread, the banana/walnut/date is a hands-down favourite!
Looking forward to see what anyone else is able to add!
...and yeah, I'm the queen of fat, LOL!
Edited by: _RAMONA at: 11/17/2012 (09:33)
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