I find raw cheesecake one of the easiest cake styles to make. There’s no baking, just soaking of raw cashews and some processing of nuts and in this case, berries. You will need a food processor or high-speed blender to get a creamy consistency. After that, layer all the ingredients in a spring-form pan or pie …
Doctor Pens SCD Book {and a giveaway}
I first heard about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) from a parent who’s son had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease a few years before. She mentioned SCD in passing, but warned that the food was atypical and the diet hard to follow. I somehow found my way to the Breaking the Vicious Cycle book, read it, and was still …
Almond Flour Waffles {visual recipe}
Here is an illustration of my recipe for almond flour waffles by a talented graphic designer. I am trying to claw my way back to posting recipes. It’s been a busy several months for me. And I have a SCD book review coming for you as well. Stay tuned. For now, check out this very cool …
Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook
Buy the book Paperback available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indie Bound, and other local and online stores. Internationally available at The Book Depository. About the book Coconut flour contains no gluten and no grain, and is naturally sweet and nut-free. It’s low in digestive carbs and high in fiber, making it a favorite choice when eating gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, and low-glycemic. In …
Comfy Belly Mobile
Do you use your phone to cook, shop or browse recipes? Comfy Belly is now optimized for mobile! Special thanks to August Elements.
Cooking for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Second Edition The second edition of Cooking for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet is now available! Over 25 new recipes, including new dairy-free favorites All recipes, tips, and substitutions from the First Edition Nutritional information for all recipes Redesigned layout, matte paper stock, lay-flat binding, and new cover Paperback available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indie Bound, Indigo, BAM, and …
Baking with Coconut Flour
Coconut flour is high in fiber and protein, low in carbohydrates, and it’s gluten-free, so you can understand why many folks who follow gluten-free, grain-free lifestyles love coconut flour. It also happens to be faintly sweet, nutritious, and filling. I use it for thickening soups, smoothies, and of course baking. Occasionally I’m asked if the …
How to Make Coconut Milk {quick & easy}
I much prefer making my own coconut milk. Here’s a quick, easy way to make coconut milk with hot water and unsweetened coconut flakes or shredded coconut. There are a few commercial sources of coconut milk on the market that don’t have any additives. That said, the safest bet, if you’re sensitive to additives, is …
Baking with Honey
Quite often you can replace sugar or agave syrup with honey when you’re baking or cooking. But not always. Honey is wetter than sugar, so it adds moisture to a recipe. This works well for a lot of baked goods, marinades, and sauces, but it’s not as reliable for recipes that you want to have …
How to Make Mayonnaise
I’m so proud when I manage to re-create the taste of something that I used to buy in a jar. And this is quite simple to make—it just requires a bit of patience as you slowly drizzle the oil into the processor. Homemade mayo is great because you choose the oil to use, and the …
Baking with Almond Flour
The first time I baked a recipe with almond flour it was not at all what I expected. And then I discovered that almond flour can mean a lot of things: almond meal, ground almonds, and blanched almond flour. Since then I’ve found that finely ground blanched almond flour works best in most cases. Blanched almond flour …
Belly Tricks
When your digestive system is a bit out of whack and you want a quick fix, try some of these techniques that work for us… Probiotics We store our probiotics in the refrigerator, and bring them on trips. The two probiotic strains that we keep on hand are Acidophilus and Saccharomyces Boulardii capsules (I order them …
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