Hope you all don’t mind another post on desserts, but I’m just like everyone else: “Tis the Season”, you know? I don’t mean to give the impression that I want everyone to have a sweet every day, but I know a lot of people do have a sweet everyday, and asking them to stop cold-turkey is rarely successful, especially at this time of year. Desserts seem to pull at our heart strings and our minds; sometimes, we just want them, and sometimes, we need them. Like sometimes I need chocolate.
The most recent issue of Time Magazine sites a study: according to Canadian researchers, putting foods on your do-not-eat list makes you crave them more. ( How much money did they spend to prove something so obvious?) Sounds like even more reason to bake homemade Paleo Desserts!
Here’s links to two recipes I made this week: Peanut Butter Cookies ( I used butter instead of coconut oil, and Swerve instead of honey), and Magic Cookie Bars (OMG – homemade sweetened condensed milk is from heaven.) The condensed milk takes a while, just like caramel. If you have a kid, maybe you can pay them to stir. Since I didn’t, I made it while I was in the kitchen cleaning.
I get a lot of comments on cooking: it’s hard, I’m not that good, my kids don’t eat the recipes I try, I’m too tired, my family’s picky…. Oh come on!!! Food’s IMPORTANT. Every cell in our body gets remade or repaired from the food we put in our mouth. Junk in is honestly junk out. It’s not immediately apparent, but that’s the truth. Cooking’s only hard when it’s not a habit. Everything’s an effort til it’s a habit, then it’s just normal. To all the mom’s out there, your kids deserve Real Whole Food: their minds, their body, their energy level, their ability to learn, it’s about the food. The same goes for you. Plan, shop, prep, cook, pack, and freeze; you can do it.
Check out the recipes, and if you want to see more ideas, check out my Pintrest page – I’m obsessed with Pintrest!! It’s so fun! Oh, and don’t forget this week’s Mantra: Grains and Sugars are deadly and fattening.