This week’s WTF is inspired by one of my lovely readers, Serafin, who has a few questions about cacao butter. I mention cacao butter in my popular No Bake Paleo Chocolate Protein Bar recipe; but it is a slightly tricky ingredient to find and use. So thanks Serafin for your email! WTF is cacao butter? […]
I used to think the spaghetti squash was a mythical vegetable; a part of paleo folklore that only appeared in minimalist-organic-farmers-market food blogs to taunt everyday folk like us who have to make our grain-free noodles with sweet potato and a peeler. And then I stumbled upon the elusive vegetable in – you guessed it […]
Man, do I love sweet potato. It definitely saved me during the Paleo Challenge last year. Being one of the few starchy vegetables on the ‘can eat’ list, it was a food I turned to during many a carb-craving moment. Whether paleo or not, you should definitely consider adding sweet potato to your diet – […]
I’m very proud of myself. I was going to record a podcast episode last night but I was so tired I decided to take the night off…and cook! I had high hopes for a shredded sweet potato pancake-thing, but – as often happens with my haphazard food experiments – it failed spectacularly, leaving me with […]
Why should I eat it? It contains GOOD FATS – the short-medium chain saturated variety. These medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) are easily digested, convert into energy instead of being stored as fat, plus they have anti-inflammatory properties. It can help with your sugar cravings – it tastes sweet but doesn’t give you the insulin […]
I know a lot of you really want to take your health and fitness to the next level. And part of this includes eating more wholesome, clean foods. Excellent decision, I say! However, I am aware that many recipes (including mine) require hard-to-find, unfamiliar or just plain weird ingredients. So I present to you: WTF […]
