Almond flour is a staple for gluten-free baking and probably one of the most popular gluten-free alternative flours available. (Probably in no small part because it's one of the lowest-carb flours available.) That said, it can be a little expensive, especially if you use it a lot. That’s why today, we will see if it can be easily made at home using much cheaper store brought almonds! What Kind Of Almonds Can I Use To Make [...]
Which Cooking Oils Are the Best for People With Allergies?
Having allergies can be a really scary thing, particularly if you are anaphylactic. It makes a lot of sense that you’d want to thoroughly vet your foods and all their ingredients to make sure they are free of the things that could cause a reaction. So what about fats and oils? Are they allergenic? Are there some that are better for you than others? As it turns out, most cooking oils are considered non-allergenic, even [...]
What Are the Best Paleo Cooking Oils and Fats?
Plenty of delicious fats and oils can be used in your paleo cooking. Some of the most widely used and loved include coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil and avocado oil, all in their unrefined forms. Animal fats such as beef tallow are also popular and can add great flavors to your food. Let’s look at the best oils on the paleo diet and why! The Role of Fats in the Paleo Diet Paleo or not, fats are crucial for [...]
The Best Way to Store Coconut Cream
Coconut cream. Just the sound of it is decadent and tropical and certainly more luxurious than its coconut milk counterpart, right? It’s a versatile ingredient, too, that can be used in a variety of recipes. But since coconut cream has a short shelf life, it's important to know the best way to store it so that you can get the most out of your purchase, especially as it can be a bit on the pricey side when compared [...]
What Are the Worst Cooking Oils and Fats for Paleo?
Unlike the keto diet, the paleo diet is a little more restrictive when it comes to what kinds of fats and oils you can include on the diet. Avoiding processed, genetically modified (GMO), and polyunsaturated vegetable oils is a key principle of the paleo diet, which includes A LOT of the more common cooking oils out there. This dietary plan does not allow legumes such as peanuts, beans, and lentils, which means [...]
Which Cooking Oils Have the Lowest Glycemic Indexes?
So, great news for anyone looking at which oils have a low GI. All of them do! That’s right, you can have any kind of oil without it messing with your blood sugars. Why? Because oil is a fat and not a carb, and only carbohydrates really rank on the GI scale. Let’s look into it a bit more. What is a Glycemic Index? In simple terms, the glycemic index tells us how fast a particular food will elevate our blood sugar [...]
