Want to know what to do with coconut oil? How to substitute one kind of fat for another? Wish you always knew what to do with your fats and how to adapt recipes to avoid the industrial fats that you’re just not into anymore?
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Entries Tagged as 'fats and oils'
A Fat Full Fall: Baseline Fats Chart
November 17th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Fat Full Fall
Tags: fats and oils
Monday Mission: Finalize your Fat Vocabulary
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Fat Full Fall, Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to increase your oil vocabulary.
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Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
This is the final Fat Full Fall mission! I’ll share a baseline fats post this week breaking down what to use in what situation, and then we’re finished. Done. We’ve chewed the Fat. Now the [...]
Tags: Fat Full Fall·fats and oils
Recipe Connection: Lazy French Fries or Potato Chips in Beef Tallow or Coconut Oil
November 13th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Do It Yourself, Fat Full Fall, recipes
I’ve got a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder at times. For example: as a child, every week during the 45-minute drive on the way back from dance class , I would consume a small order of McDonald’s French fries. (That’s not the OCD yet.) It took nearly the entire time because I’d eat them like this: [...]
Food for Thought: Canola Oil, a Unique Omega-3…Thumbs up or Thumbs Down???
October 27th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Fat Full Fall, Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition
I used to use Canola oil almost exclusively as my liquid fat for baking. The popular press said it was the healthy oil. I felt really good – you know that feeling? – when I used it in quick breads, etc. I would even brag about my “healthy food”. Hmph. Now there’s a whole bunch [...]
Mental Mission: Why is Canola oil “Healthy?”
October 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Fat Full Fall
I was so proud of my Amish friendship bread that I was churning out like nobody’s business a few winters ago. Not only was I having fun experimenting with flavors (I will always love the chocolate-cherry-almond discovery!), but I thought I was making very healthy bread. Here’s why:
I put in half whole wheat flour
I subbed [...]
Food for Thought: Are Polyunsaturated Oils Healthy?
October 19th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Fat Full Fall, Science of Nutrition
Anyone want to disagree with me? Question my research? Please, do. Really. This may sound confrontational at first, but I truly appreciate and welcome those wiser than me helping me understand the science of nutrition and sharing other sources that I may not have discovered on my own. I’m not a researcher. I love reading [...]
Tags: fats·fats and oils·omega-3s·omega-6s·poly·polyunsaturated oils
Food for Thought: Fat and Your Body
September 29th, 2009 · 28 Comments · Fat Full Fall, Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition
Last week I asked you to examine how you feel about fat. Does the very word make you squirm and think of exercise and cellulite?
Today I’m practically begging you to release your fear of fat. Wonder why the change of heart from the pizza-grease-sopping-teenager? Read on for some Food for Thought on the basics of [...]
Tags: Fat Full Fall·fats·fats and oils·Food Pyramid·Nourishing Traditions
