By Chris Kresser on
February 18, 2013 in Recipes |
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Today's recipe isn't quite a recipe - it's a useful trick in the kitchen. On a paleo/primal diet, it's difficult to find appropriate thickeners for sauces and soups. Today, your problem is solved! Try these squash thickener cubes for easy thickening of most recipes.
Note: this trick won't work very well with egg-based emulsions sauces like Hollandaise, but works very well with stock-based sauces and soups.
Ingredients:
2lbs squash (you can make a smaller or larger batch if necessary ...
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By Chris Kresser on
February 15, 2013 in Food & Nutrition, Heart Disease, Myths & Truths |
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I’ve written before about the dangers of omega-6 PUFAs in the diet, and how high intake of PUFAs in the Western diet may be a culprit in the significant increase in inflammatory diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancer, autoimmune disease, and more. (1, 2) We’ve known for a while now that a correlation exists between a rising intake of n-6 and increased mortality from heart disease. (3)
You may have already changed your diet ...
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