Sunday, December 6, 2009
This tasty, gluten-free recipe was found over at Paleo Mama’s Cave Chick Cuisine. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup pitted dates that you chop into chunks
- 3/4 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup macadamia nuts
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preparation:
- Put nuts, dates, coconut, oil, and cinnamon in the food processor with the S blade on it. Pulse until nuts and dates are broken down and it resembles loose crumbs.
- Pour into mixing bowl and add in egg and raisins. Use your hands to mix together.
- Use an ice cream scoop to get uniformly sized cookies. Form into patties like you would burger meat. You should be able to make about 6-8 cookies.
- Put on ungreased baking sheet into an oven that you have heated to 350. Space evenly on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for about 30 minutes. You will know they are done when they look golden brown and delicious.
- Cool on a wire rack and enjoy!
Workout
Complete as many rounds as you can in 5 minutes as you can of:
- Ring dips
rest5 minutes
Complete 5 rounds of:
- Bear Complex (increase weight each set)
rest 5 minutes
Complete 8 Tabata intervals for max distance of:
- Rowing
If you want to be a caveman that’s fine. Sounds a bit de-evolutionary to me. I generally trust that my body can handle what I put into it, and if it doesn’t kill me it will make me stronger. Bodies have adapted to a non-paleo diet since the paelozoic era ended. Without the dietary challege there would be no incentive for them to.
But even mainstream doctors admit there is maybe something to
paelo theory (second page):
http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/NutritionOther/Freed%20lectin.pdf
Still, since most people aren’t going to go to the extreme of exluding all lectins, minimize exposure by cooking starches and presoaking any legumes. And Mother was right when she said to chew your food before swallowing! This will mix in saliva containing enzymes that deactivate many lectins, including gluten.
Is this 100% protection? Perhaps not. But if you play it safe 100% of the time, are living fully either?