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I’ve been really enjoying this cookbook, “Cooking with Coconut Flour” by Bruce Fife. I just can’t believe how great all the recipes turn out. Coconut flour blueberry muffins, coconut flour bacon & cheese muffins, coconut flour pancakes. Everything has been delicious!
And as many of you know, coconut is so good for you. Coconut flour [...]

If you are on a low-carb diet, you probably miss baked goods every once in a while. Here’s a fast, easy, and very nutrient-dense recipe for Low-Carb Bacon, Egg & Cheese Muffins. These muffins are a delicious on-the-go breakfast — or a healthful snack.
They are made with coconut flour, which is low-carb. It also makes [...]

Kate turned 18 months old today. To celebrate, we sang Happy Birthday and lit a candle stuck in a bowl of homemade chocolate ice cream (made by Grandma Nancy — with raw cream, pastured eggs, cocoa powder and maple syrup).
Before the ice cream, we went out for Chinese food with her grandparents. She had [...]

We missed Shellfish Night last night because I didn’t make it to the farmer’s market yesterday. I took Kate to the gym instead. She played with her friends while I lifted weights, rode the exercise bike, and read the first chapter of Senator Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope”.
I was craving shellfish for dinner last [...]

I was thinking about my father-in-law yesterday. He has very severe GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). He lives with it and never complains. That’s just how he is — an upbeat optimist.
However, I was wondering if there was anything that could help him. I found this very interesting article by Dr. Thomas Cowan on [...]

I’ve been waiting to say anything about my weight until I could report more progress. Every day I step on the scale (okay, I’ll admit it, it’s several times a day) and sometimes I see a change, most times I don’t.
But I’m happy to tell you that I have lost two more pounds! I am [...]

Have you ever made kohlrabi before? I haven’t. But we got some in our CSA box this week so I need to make something with it.
This is the great thing about a CSA — it forces you to learn how to prepare all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
I thought about doing a kohlrabi au gratin [...]

Well I just weighed myself and I’m down to 150.
That’s down from 157 when I started this high-fat low-carb diet plan, just under a month ago on December 18.
Not bad!
I haven’t been hungry at all and haven’t had any cravings for refined sugar or starches. I think it’s due to the fact that I am [...]

It’s been two weeks since I started my high-fat low-carb diet.
I’ve lost 5 pounds.
Although we can’t really count the week and a half of Christmas/New Years because I wasn’t really following my diet exactly. We ate more grains than usual and had figgy pudding and some Christmas cookies and the like.
I still lost 5 pounds.
Not [...]

OK let me first post a disclaimer: Our scale is not the most reliable. I don’t trust it. That said, I am going to weigh myself at the gym today and see what it says.
Now, let’s go on to my news.
I just weighed myself and it looks like I lost 6 pounds since Tuesday.
All I [...]