We Are Not Alone In Our Diet Trends

[tex]

Hi All,

Apparently we are not the only ones who are becoming disenchanted with the huge expansion in processed foods over the past few decades. You may find this article interesting:

Is grain-free the new gluten-free?

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[Erica P-G]

Well that is quite interesting, perhaps they will find a great way to make a bread that is fluffy and GF, DF, SF and EF too!

I have a few of those flours in my repertoire that I am waiting to use to make something as soon as my guts will allow

Cheers
Erica

[ldubois7]

What the author fails to mention is that although the banana flour is high in resistant starch, as soon as it is heated the resistant starch is gone.
I use green banana flour in my pancakes, but the only way I can benefit from the resistant starch is to eat it raw.
I dehydrate my own green bananas and eat a few of those to get some resistant starch in my diet....or just a teaspoon of potato starch works, too!

I like to use coconut flour, sunflower seed flour, or pumpkin seed flour. I make a walnut bread and coconut flour biscuits. It works for me!
I feel better being grain free.

[Erica P-G]

Hi Linda,

How do you go about making coconut biscuits? Just curious if it could be a safe food right now or not. Would be interested in how to make it regardless though.

Thanks
Erica

[ldubois7]

Erica,

I use this recipe. I form the dough into balls and flatten them to make biscuits. I can't eat eggs, so I sub 3 flax eggs. I also add a few drops of apple cider vinegar to the baking soda to give it some rise.

http://www.healthextremist.com/coconut- ... ich-bread/

There are many simple coconut flour recipes out there, but it's tricky to find ones that work with egg substitutes. I make coconut flour cookies, too. The trick is to only eat about couple of tablespoons of coconut flour a day, or the fiber content causes digestive distress.

Hope it works for you!

[Erica P-G]

Thank you Linda

I want to give it a try some time
Cheers
Erica