Paleo Bread

I am one happy bunny after successfully making this bread! I am definitely going to treat myself to a loaf of this every now and then.

I got inspiration from Elana's Pantry and decided to make my own changes and here is the result!

I am super chuffed and its delicious with melted butter. Food heaven!

1 1/2 cups of almond flour
1/4 cup milled organic flax seed
1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds (hold some back for the top)
1 tbsp of honey
1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 tsp sea salt
5 eggs beaten

Add flour, baking soda, salt and flax seed to a bowl and mix well
Slowly add the eggs to the mixture stirring well.
Add olive oil (you could use coconut oil either)
Add honey and mix.
Add the pumpkin seeds
Pour mixture into a bread tin and sprinkle with the seeds.
Place in a preheated oven at 175C for 30 - 35 minutes until cooked through.
Cool in the tin and serve with butter and fruit preserve.

Thanks Elana for the inspiration :)

Slow Roast Italian Chicken

I fancied Italian for lunch so I whipped together this dish. I made it using Chicken Drumsticks so it is a really cheap and easy meal. You can use any cut you have though.

Serves 4

4 x Chicken Drumsticks, with skins on.
3 x tbsp olive oil
4 x garlic cloves
2 x tins of plum tomatoes
2 tbsp of Italian Herbs
Glass of white wine (optional)
1 x onion, chopped
Handful of fresh basil, torn

Heat oil in bottom of Crock pot (I use a ceramic one in the oven)
Fry the chicken until skin is browned (do in batches if necessary) and set aside
Fry off garlic and onion until soft.
Add herbs and wine and fry off until the alcohol has burned off (about 3/4 mins)
Add tinned tomatoes, return the onion, basil and garlic and bring to simmer.
Add chicken and cover with lid.
Place in the oven at 160C for at least 2 hours, until the chicken is falling off the bone.

Serve with spinach or other green veg and garnish with basil.

Carbohydrates - The non essential nutrients

Carbohydrates are a complex set of foods that come in three forms:

Monosaccharides (Glucose), Disaccharides (Cane Sugar) and Polysaccharides (breads). All carbohydrates can be broken down in the body into sugars.

It doesn't make a lot of difference to your body in which form you consume these carbohydrates. 

The total calorific value is the same and all carbohydrates affect your blood sugar levels in a negative way.

Therefore the "healthy" grains like bread, pasta and rice we are all encouraged to eat actually eventually affect our blood sugars in a similar way to sweets and sugar - all the time contributing to diabetes, obesity and possibly even cancer. 

Contrary to what we are taught in nutrition or by our doctors, refined carbohydrates are not an essential part of our nutrition. The only carbs we need to eat are vegetables and fruit. 

They are not necessary "building blocks" and the body can survive very well on just protein and fats and these types of carbohydrates - even athletes! 

By limiting your carb intake to your fruit and vegetables means you get the minimum carbohydrate intake but with the maximum input of the important minerals and nutrients.