I'm a snacker, so knowing that I can't have chips or crackers has been killing me! It keeps me up at night. I stay awake staring at the ceiling having an internal dialogue about bingeing on Doritos and telling myself how awful my body will feel afterwards. To be honest, my saving grace has pretty much been laziness. Finally, I found a simple recipe for paleo friendly crackers and severely modified it to be even simpler. When I can whittle a recipe down to three ingredients I'm pretty proud of myself.
Ingredients:
1 cup almond flour
1 egg white
Your choice of herbs for flavor
Supplies:
Cookie sheet
Parchment paper
Rolling pin
Preheat oven to 350F. Mix together all ingredients. Roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment paper - try to roll it to fill the cookie sheet - paper thin! Remove the top layer of parchment paper. This part is important: score the dough into the cracker shapes/sizes you want to make. Place cookie sheet on middle rack - bake about 10 minutes. Crackers should turn golden. The edges might finish faster than the center - since you've scored them you can break off the edge crackers that are done and put the rest back. Check every couple of minutes to avoid burning the crackers (that almond flour can be expensive!).
That's it. The crackers are tasty and can be used to dip in guacamole or by themselves. The almond flour is more expensive than regular flour so this isn't meant to be a daily thing. But sometimes you just need a crunchy snack!
What is better food, better health?
Am I a paleo blogger? No. Do I believe health starts with nutrition? Absolutely. If you're looking for a manifesto on clean eating and arguments in favor of a paleo lifestyle, you won't find it here. Check out The Whole9. In fact even if you're not looking for something radical check that site out anyway. It's a great starting point. It's got links and articles and a whole bunch of science - data - about nutrition and how our bodies use macronutrients. I'm not a licensed expert but I listen to experts who back up their claims with real compelling data. And I've tried a few different things to "eat healthier" over the years - Weight Watchers, Zone, starvation (that was a brilliant one) to name a few. Nothing has been better for me and yielded better results than eating low glycemic with a paleo foundation (it's actually similar to Zone too, but with less precision). I have a busy schedule, a two year old, a husband, a full time job, I work out and I have a closet for a kitchen. I figure there must be a few people out there who can relate to some of that. I used to think eating healthy and making time for regular meaningful exercise was "hard." It really just takes some guidance, awareness, and enthusiasm. So here's a start - here's what I cook and eat (and sometimes what I read).
Sunday, March 10, 2013
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