Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to eat more fat. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps I have a few more weeks of Back to Basics Monday Missions for you, but this one just can’t be missed. I’m always tickled when a reader tells me they’ve been around since the Fat Full [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fats and oils'
Monday Mission: Embrace the Fat (But Not the Muffin Top)
January 29th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Monday Missions
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Monday Mission: Refocus on Healthy Fats
January 24th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Monday Missions, Science of Nutrition
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to check your pantry for industrial oils or trans fats and root out any remaining stragglers. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps? Maybe more! Choose your own adventure… Today we’ll review the basic structures of fats and why you want to stock up on some and [...]
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A Fat Full Fall: Baseline Fats Chart
November 17th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Fat Full Fall
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? For more on how to cook traditional foods and use traditional [...]
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Monday Mission: Finalize your Fat Vocabulary
November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Fat Full Fall, Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to increase your oil vocabulary. Impact Ratings: 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 [...]
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Recipe Connection: Lazy French Fries or Potato Chips in Beef Tallow or Coconut Oil
November 13th, 2009 · 18 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 · 21 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 · 4 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 [...]
