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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭danlen


    You just blend up the almonds or did you add oil/water to it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    danlen wrote: »
    You just blend up the almonds or did you add oil/water to it?

    Only almonds nothing else added.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    Orla K wrote: »
    Only almonds nothing else added.

    Fair dues ... i nearly cry or throw a tantrum every time I do it. I always promise to upgrade my food processor before I do it again but haven't yet! Mine is ancient!


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/12edbj/im_gary_taubes_science_writer_and_author_of_sweet/

    Gary Taubes is doing a Q&A on reddit right now.

    I don't know if you are familiar with reddit but to my surprise it's currently on the front page.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    He's holding his own it seems..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭doctorwhogirl


    Is it awful to admit...

    when I'm shopping, and being particularly healthy, I do feel an inner sense of smugness as my lovely, fresh items slowly move their way along the conveyor belt. Maybe it's because I was so long nearly hiding the crap and sugary junk I was buying, almost pretending to myself I was buying it for someone else or a party....

    There's something nice about looking at the veg and nuts and fish etc... and knowing I've come a long way!

    Next time I'm in and I'm buying sweets I'm going to hide them under the spinach...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    I feel like such a hypocrite being in this forum when the only thing I can eat to stop feeling like I'm going to puke is sugar:(


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Orla K wrote: »
    I feel like such a hypocrite being in this forum when the only thing I can eat to stop feeling like I'm going to puke is sugar:(

    Hey, don't beat yourself up! Sugar can be healthy in an otherwise nutritious diet. Especially if it's just a temporary thing.

    Why the nausea?

    Other really gentle things to eat when nauseous are:

    white rice
    bananas
    grapes
    Clear soup

    also smelling fresh cut ginger really helps!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Hey, don't beat yourself up! Sugar can be healthy in an otherwise nutritious diet. Especially if it's just a temporary thing.

    Why the nausea?

    Other really gentle things to eat when nauseous are:

    white rice
    bananas
    grapes
    Clear soup

    also smelling fresh cut ginger really helps!

    Every now and again I get a bad period and I feel lightheaded, sick and can't stomach healthy food. That coupled with upping I've started glandular thyroid which doesn't seem to be working for me which probably means estrogen dominance or adrenal issues.

    I also pretty much fainted in the post office today. I was at the counter (in front of the guy everyone thinks is hot) and everything started fading so I decided to sit down the only place available was the floor. And everyone in the queue being me just stood there and stared. They did bring me in the back and give me a cup of sweet tea and a mini roll.

    I've got chocolate and dried figs to eat and I'm going to go for some chicken pieces when I finish this.

    As long as I don't move much and have a steady supply of sugar I feel fine as soon as I get up and move about I start to feel light headed and weak, I was planning on going to the gym and all today, it's bed, a crap film and some knitting for me tonight!


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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Ah jaysus, you poor thing!

    Broccolli and cabbage contain a chemical called DIM that converts 'bad' estrogen. to 'good estrogen' so maybe upping that would help after a month or two? There's also supplements of it if you need something stronger, they sell them on iherb.

    In terms of the blood sugar issues, a good hack to stop the sugar hypo rollercoaster is to take glycerin diluted in water with a little lemon juice. One tablespoon in a big glass of water. You get glycerin in the baking section of the supermarket, it is a special type of sugar that doesn't need any pancreatic intervention to be absorbed.

    It also helps with panic/anxiety that can sometimes come with low blood sugar.

    Edited to say: Forgot with the hypothyroid that broccoli may be out, in which case you can try a raw carrot every day, it sort of does the same thing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Ah jaysus, you poor thing!

    Broccolli and cabbage contain a chemical called DIM that converts 'bad' estrogen. to 'good estrogen' so maybe upping that would help after a month or two? There's also supplements of it if you need something stronger, they sell them on iherb.

    In terms of the blood sugar issues, a good hack to stop the sugar hypo rollercoaster is to take glycerin diluted in water with a little lemon juice. One tablespoon in a big glass of water. You get glycerin in the baking section of the supermarket, it is a special type of sugar that doesn't need any pancreatic intervention to be absorbed.

    It also helps with panic/anxiety that can sometimes come with low blood sugar.

    Edited to say: Forgot with the hypothyroid that broccoli may be out, in which case you can try a raw carrot every day, it sort of does the same thing.

    That's good to know, there's a load of things that can go wrong along with thyroid issues there's iron, vit d and a few other things. I'd need to test for them but I'm finding getting tests awkward. I had cortisol tested with a morning blood test, everywhere I read seems to think that the 24hr saliva test is much better but I don't think they even test that in this country. I had my antibodies tested too but the lab didn't bother to test it since my TSH was in the lab range, it was still high.

    I really think my adrenals are a bit buggered, I think I've been hypo since childhood and prolonged hypothyroidism can make them work extra hard and with the past 5 years I've I'd be surprised if they were working properly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭doctorwhogirl


    Orla, I suffer from same and seriously, this is like a magic cure

    Warm milk (skimmed is what I had) and ground ginger and a tiny bit of stevia. Absolutely delish and it settled my stomach that was in RIBBONS.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭rocky


    Orla K wrote: »
    ...
    I really think my adrenals are a bit buggered, I think I've been hypo since childhood and prolonged hypothyroidism can make them work extra hard and with the past 5 years I've I'd be surprised if they were working properly.


    And the low carb diet didn't help...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    rocky wrote: »
    And the low carb diet didn't help...

    How so?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    rocky wrote: »
    And the low carb diet didn't help...

    What makes you think I'm eating low carb now?
    For most of that time I wasn't low carb
    Before and during the worst of it I wasn't low carb
    and lowering the carbs did help.


    Seriously low or high carb doesn't seem to matter that as much as things like exercise (1hr medium or high intensity) or something like dieting. I only notice the thyroid symptoms getting worse when it's ketosis kind of low. Other than that from the test results I've gotten low carb seems to have more of an impact on TSH which isn't one of the thyroid hormones. When I was doing a higher carb(with gluten) my FT4 dropped way down which has much more of an impact on the body.

    But as I said I don't know how my other hormones are getting on, so for the moment I can only go by how things make me feel.
    Now off to buy some oat cakes because I got some fancy looking pate!(I'm also feeling a little better now, lets hope I don't faint in the health shop!)


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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Clearspring organic oatcakes are my favourites. Only ones not made with veg oil!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Clearspring organic oatcakes are my favourites. Only ones not made with veg oil!

    How do nairns fair? They're the only ones I can get in this town, I also go for the gluten free ones.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Orla K wrote: »
    How do nairns fair? They're the only ones I can get in this town, I also go for the gluten free ones.

    Made with sunflower oil AFAIK. :(

    Won't kill you for a once off but wouldn't be making them a staple.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Made with sunflower oil AFAIK. :(

    Won't kill you for a once off but wouldn't be making them a staple.

    I got them, I don't tend to get them that often because I find them easy to overeat on, for the calories in them they don't fill me up one bit.

    They probably changed since last you looked but they have palm oil in them now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Was looking to see if people make danish pastries with coconut oil and found this.

    http://ucap.org.ph/news-and-events/danish-government-scrapts-fat-tax
    November 15th, 2012
    Danish Government Scrapts Fat Tax

    The Danish government has officially scrapped its tax on saturated fat after it was put in place in October 2011 in a bid to reduce the amount of saturated fat in Danish diets. The tax was applied at the rate of £1.70 (16 Krone) per kilogram of saturated fat on a range of food products including butter, milk, pizzas, oils, meats and pre-cooked foods. The government also revoked plans to introduce a sugar tax in January 2013.

    Terry Jones, director of communications at the Food and Drink Federation said “It seems that the Danish government’s decision to remove its additional taxation on food is due to concerns about food affordability and the impacts on the industry. That the Danes have decided to abolish the measure after only a year also suggests that the measure has not delivered any discernible public health benefit.” Jones added that the complex problem of obesity needed to be addressed through a range of interventions by many different players and manufacturers were keen to play their part. “Instead of imposing arbitrary taxes, we have empowered consumers to make healthier choices that will lead to a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle by providing clear nutrition labeling, developing healthier choice and changing recipes to reduce the saturated fat, salt and energy content of many much loved brands.”

    Meanwhile, the Danish Food & Allied Workers Union welcomed the government decision saying that the tax did not work as intended. However, the European Public Health Alliance disagreed with claims that the fat tax did not work saying that the tax was not allowed to remain in place long enough to see its effect on health.

    Back when it came out there were arguments about it, many citing coconut oil

    http://shamaniceconomist.blogspot.ie/2011/10/denmarks-coconut-oil-tax-is-just-tax.html
    Over the weekend, Denmark became one of the few countries to specifically tax food. The new “coconut oil” tax is based on the saturated fat content of food. The government says the new tax may encourage citizens to eat more healthy food, but the tax falls most heavily on coconut oil, a very healthy food, and lard, a very unhealthy food, with no distinction between them.

    And the fact is, saturated fat is an essential nutrient. It forms cell walls and other essential parts of the body and carries three of the best-known vitamins. Most people eat more saturated fat than they ideally should, but when scientists experiment with diets that attempt to eliminate saturated fat, the result is an increase in cardiovascular disease and other degenerative diseases as cell walls begin to break down. That is, a no-saturated fat diet (actually having 1 or 2 percent of food energy from saturated fat, because it isn’t possible to eliminate all saturated fat) is more harmful to health than a high-saturated fat diet. The latest scientific evidence suggests that saturated fat does little harm in itself, and that most of the problems associated with saturated fat come from the absence of fruits and vegetables, which generally have high nutritional value and exceptionally low levels of saturated fat.

    The tax won’t particularly shape consumer behavior either. It may sound shocking that coconut oil will now cost $30 per kilogram, but a chef doesn’t really use coconut oil by the kilogram, and if you are determined to eat healthy, an extra $2 in the price of an ingredient is not likely to stop you. On the other side, the people who don’t really pay attention to what they eat probably also won’t notice that a donut now costs 25¢ more. So the new tax is really just a tax, a way to transfer money from citizens to the government by making them pay more for their food.

    Food taxes are rare for a reason. Everyone needs about the same amount of food. Food taxes push poor people deeper into poverty while having minimal impact on rich people. This makes food taxes an unpopular and morally questionable revenue device. The “coconut oil” tax has other failings, including administrative difficulties and a suspicion that it falls more heavily on domestic producers than on importers. In Denmark, political observers are betting the new “coconut oil” tax will be repealed within a year. If the government cannot repeal the tax, it must at least revise it to make some kind of distinction between health food and junk food. A more sensible version of a food tax, for example, would simply tax all foods other than fruits and vegetables.


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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Yeah, heard about that. Completely unworkable in a country where you can easily drive some where else to get your butter.

    In other news, vegetables make you happy and sexy:

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121009102003.htm

    I know correlation and causation and all that malarky but we know that giving colourful veg to people made them appear more attractive to others in pictures:

    http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/12/beauty-in-a-bowl-eating-fruits-and-veggies-may-improve-skin-tone/

    Today so far I have had an apple and some beetroot. Want to see if I can make it to 7 today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,023 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Just wondering what everyones favourite source of iron is in their diet? I`ve been using myfitnesspal for the last few weeks and the one glaring deficiancy in my diet seems to be iron. I usually only seem to consume less than half the RDA. :)


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    I wouldn't overly stress about it, your body only usually absorbs 10% of Iron from food, if you need more you will absorbs more, vitamin C helps here.

    But if you are truly deficient you just can't beat liver. It has all the co-factors necessary to absorb and utilise iron correctly.

    Other good ones are leafy green veg, sardines and steak!


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Speaking of liver (kind of obsessed with it at the moment), today I learned that on the original Weight Watcher's program, dieters were required to eat 8 ounces, uncooked weight, of liver every week.

    How awesome would it be if that were still the case?

    Liver is easily the best weight loss supplement out there IMO. If you have 100g of it you cease all cravings for food. (though that could be because it's sort of gnarly tasting, currently trying to find ways around that..)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭doctorwhogirl


    Any suggestions for cooking liver? I have never tasted it? And ideas for accompaniments? If it fills me up/is good for me/tasty I'm in there like swimwear


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Speaking of liver (kind of obsessed with it at the moment), today I learned that on the original Weight Watcher's program, dieters were required to eat 8 ounces, uncooked weight, of liver every week.

    How awesome would it be if that were still the case?

    Liver is easily the best weight loss supplement out there IMO. If you have 100g of it you cease all cravings for food. (though that could be because it's sort of gnarly tasting, currently trying to find ways around that..)

    Would pate work for cravings too, cos I f*cking love pate! I've been slightly obsessed with liver this year too, and other organ meats but I haven't been brave enough to try other things, I tend to buy them for the cat(and the butcher cuts it up into little cat bite sized pieces for me because I'm not fond of handling that meat. I must root out some recipes for organ meat.

    I was going to ask why did weightwatchers change that but I'm guessing it's because very few people actually ate it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Any suggestions for cooking liver? I have never tasted it? And ideas for accompaniments? If it fills me up/is good for me/tasty I'm in there like swimwear

    It can taste like someone else's vomit for the first while eating it. It's normally fried liver and onion in gravy.

    Oh and do not reheat! It can only be eaten freshly cooked!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Any suggestions for cooking liver? I have never tasted it? And ideas for accompaniments? If it fills me up/is good for me/tasty I'm in there like swimwear

    Oh I LOVE liver...

    Cut your liver into thinish lengths, maybe half a centimeter thick.
    Fry lots of onions in butter on a medium heat until soft and sticky, set onions aside and increase the heat in the pan until it is smoking hot. Put in the liver and cook for about 30 seconds, until brownish on the outside and still pink in the centre. Put the onions back into the pan to reheat then spoon the whole lot over mashed potato. In the meantime deglaze the frying pan with a couple of tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. Give the pan a good stir with a wooden spoon to get all the sticky stuff off it and pour the resulting juice over the liver and mashed potato.

    Heaven on a plate!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 787 ✭✭✭Emeraldy Pebbles


    Speaking of liver (kind of obsessed with it at the moment), today I learned that on the original Weight Watcher's program, dieters were required to eat 8 ounces, uncooked weight, of liver every week.

    Lordie, I misread this as "eat 8 ounces of uncooked liver a week"! :eek::o


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,749 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Speaking of liver (kind of obsessed with it at the moment), today I learned that on the original Weight Watcher's program, dieters were required to eat 8 ounces, uncooked weight, of liver every week.

    How awesome would it be if that were still the case?

    Liver is easily the best weight loss supplement out there IMO. If you have 100g of it you cease all cravings for food. (though that could be because it's sort of gnarly tasting, currently trying to find ways around that..)

    I love a bit of liver myself. Only lamb liver for me though. Pig or cow is too strong.

    Google devilled liver. It's liver coated in flour and paprika. A Victorian delight.

    they/them/theirs


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    There was a program on about how many ice creams have little or no dairy fat in them nowadays. In the program he was using coconut oil. Now I remember whey powder is a common item in cheapo ice creams. So I am going to have a go making high protein coconut oil ice cream with no sugar just a strawberry flavoured sucralose based powder.

    I have made a sort of mousse a few times before with jelly & whey powder, I froze some by mistake the other night and it was OK.

    Seems to be a few hits on google for protein powder & coconut oil ice cream. Some are using coconut flour which can be got in some asian supermarkets. Coconut ice cream is probably pretty nice and might be cheaper than using the oil.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭Redisle


    Made a good batch of stock using the Turkey Carcass yesterday. Storing and freezing today. Part way through the process here!

    It has the consistency of jelly so contains tons of lovely gelatin. I simmered carcass for 3 hrs + veg for last hour then removed & strained and reduced by about a half. Shame to think of the amount of lovely turkey bones being thrown out without further use like this!

    2012_12_27_17_32_34.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Anyone know where i can buy hummus, I tried some the other day at work and it was very nice but Tesco or SuperValu didnt have any when I popped in, the girl told me its not a big seller. I am willing to get it online or in a health store if anyone has any idead? Thanks.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    Everywhere has hummus, try dunnes or you can make your own pretty easy.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Eggs still not associated with stroke or heart attacks says largest meta-analysis done to date:

    http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8539

    Tell us something we don't already know..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Redisle wrote: »
    Storing and freezing today.
    2012_12_27_17_32_34.jpg
    Those tapered jam jars on the right are great for freezing. You can partially defrost them by sitting them in lukewarm water (hot might crack the glass) and because of the taper the contents just slides out while still rock solid. With regular jars the contents are held in by the shoulder at the top.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Really old study but I never saw it before:

    Aspartame makes depression worse:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8373935


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,685 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Really old study but I never saw it before:

    Aspartame makes depression worse:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8373935

    30 mg/kg/day, so about 2.4g for a average man. Sounds like quite a high dose? How much in a can I'd diet coke. (Asking for a point if reference, not to debunk it)


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Mellor wrote: »
    30 mg/kg/day, so about 2.4g for a average man. Sounds like quite a high dose? How much in a can I'd diet coke. (Asking for a point if reference, not to debunk it)

    Bout 250mg in a 500ml bottle. So yep, the doses were high, remember it is a short study though, so higher doses would need to be used to observe an effect. I'd love to see a longer term study with moderate to heavy usage over years.

    I totally take the point that it may not be relevant at lower doses. But if I had issues with depression I'd avoid to be on the safe side.

    (Former diet-coke addict here - :))


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    x post from H&F

    thought people here would into it also.
    http://www.sportsandfitnessshow.ie/

    Free tickets from the site so worth a check out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Anyone here a fan of Ryvita and if so what Ryvita product would you say is the best? Im cutting out bread and have tried a few oatcakes as a replacement recently and think they are lovely, really filling with a bit of hummus on them. If you like oatcakes would you like Ryvita? And also, what are the healthiest toppings for them? CHeers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Anyone here a fan of Ryvita and if so what Ryvita product would you say is the best?
    dunno what you mean by "best", but I find the tastiest is the sesame seed one. Probably one of the higher calorie ones though, not hugely more though.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    im sick to death of trying to salvage a few leaves from iceberg lettuce heads to use as wraps so I buckled today and went to superquinn to buy some flour tortillas

    on my way out of superquinn I decide I'll tip into the health food store that opened last week and ask futily if they had any coconut flour so I could make my own low calorie wraps

    turns out they do, and it's cheaper than amazon. which is pretty awesome.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    coconut flour so I could make my own low calorie wraps
    Coconut flour is relatively high calorie. Mine is 62% fat, not sure if it would make a wrap which would hold together.

    I got mine for €2.75 for 400g in the Asian shop in blackrock market in dublin. I asked them to get it in for me, but I still saw some there only a week or so ago. Not sure of the price now. They are open 7 days a week 10am-8pm everyday



    They are up the back of the market, where the green arrow is pointing here
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.300859,-6.178485&hl=en&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=19


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Let us know how the turn out Sir Digby


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    rubadub the recipes I saw online gave pretty low calorie counts for the coconut flour tortillas although it's hard to say exactly what size they made them I suppose

    even if they were almost equivelant in calories, or just a little bit less.. i'd assume the coconut flour would work in a similar way to coconut oil? high in fat so it'll keep me fuller for longer as opposed to flour wraps which are basically a sliced pan that's been jumped up and down on several times.


    I'll try make them on saturday stenchblossoms, hopefully they turn out ok.


    http://askgeorgie.com/coconut-flour-tortillas-grain-free-gfcf-paleo-gluten-free-younameit/

    i guess they are quite small but 46 calories per tortilla is pretty good. i think the small el paso ones are 137 each


    also 2 euro for 400g? wish there was an asian shop in carlow :/ 8 euro for 500g here although it is fairtrade and 100% organic so hooray for hippies I guess.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭connollys


    they look awesome, be sure to report back, pics preferably.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    I'm intrigued, though wonder if coconut flour is too high fibre for my IBS.:(

    I've spent years looking for a good bread replacement, I did have a little success with some tapioca/rice flour combo, but they were so calorie dense, I'd be hungry again within the hour.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    actually.. in that recipe (and others ive seen) they specify egg whites...

    maybe this should go in the cooking forum but i'll ask here, anyone know why only egg whites?


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    actually.. in that recipe (and others ive seen) they specify egg whites...

    maybe this should go in the cooking forum but i'll ask here, anyone know why only egg whites?

    Probably to stop it tasting 'eggy', as in more like an omlette.


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