We all like yummy food! So here is a quick cheat sheet to give you a few alternatives you can use to make your food work for you.
| Food | Alternative | Instructions |
| Pasta | Ribboned Zucchini | All you have to do is peel a raw zucchini. No need for cooking it, the heat from the sauce you put on the zucchini makes it go soft |
| Mashed Potato | Pureed cauliflower or pureed carrot. | Simply steam the vegies, place in a blender with a small amount of water and organic butter and puree |
| Binding agents for patties and fritters | Coconut Flour and Almond Flour | Coconut flour is pure coconut meat just ground up. It is perfect for chicken schnitzel and vegetable fritters.Almond Flour has a more plain flavour but just as good as coconut flour for binding together ingredients. |
| Tortillas | Egg White Crepes with Coconut Milk or Raw Cream | Be careful flipping the crepe over though as they are quite delicate |
| Cooking Oils and Butter | Organic Butter, Coconut Oil, Ghee or Palm Oil | Most oils when used fresh are good sources of Omega 3 and 6.It’s when they are heated and become unstable and oxidised, that they become toxic to our body.The butters and oils that I’ve listed have a high tolerance to heat, and resist oxidisation. |
| Sugars | Coconut Sugar,Xylitol
Stevia Raw Unheated Honey |
These sugars are low GI, which means they won’t affect your blood sugar levels as much but they still should be used as a special occasion.Coconut Sugar mimics the Raw Sugar flavour and is great in Carrot or Chocolate Cakes and can be used as a 1:1 substitute. Xylitol is similar to your white sugar and can be used in for Shortbread Cookies, Sponge Cakes etc.Stevia is quite difficult to measure. I use 1 teaspoon for one cup of sugar but I have found it turns out different every time. So it may take it bit of trial and error.
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Stay tuned for more cooking ideas to help give you plenty of variety in your food and keep you lean, strong and healthy all year round.
Happy and Healthy Eating 🙂
Kristine
