Paleo diet?

[GLC1968]

If you whisk 2 eggs in hot broth it makes a very good small meal.

Oooh, that sounds like a great idea for a quick snack for my husband (who works from home all day and wants to eat when he gets bored)! Thanks for sharing that, I bet he'd love it!

[westtexas]

Since a couple of y'all asked about the bones thing -

Bones are generally not recommended for dogs because of 1) obstruction and 2) injury. Chicken bones in particular like to splinter and get lodged in funny places like mouths, esophaguses, stomachs and intestines. Although stomach acid theoretically can break down a bone into it's components, too much trouble happens along the way. Large marrow bones like the kind I'm using from buffalo femurs to make broth are very very very hard. These kinds of things break teeth. Also, have you ever met the dog who swallowed rocks or tennis balls? These guys chomp down and swallow all kinds of things that seem like they shouldn't "fit" or go down, but they totally do. Bones just smack of impaction.

Either way, if you break a tooth or get a bone lodged somewhere it shouldn't, you're looking at a lot of money that could be spent elsewhere by simply not giving bones. At my practice, to pull a carnassial tooth (the big molar on top and bottom, commonly fractured from chewing on hard substances) is around $250. This doesn't include the medicine, the anesthesia or the dental cleaning before/after hand. An exploratory laparotomy is going to be about $800, for resection and anastomosis (meaning I have to remove intestinal pieces and put your pet's guts back together in one piece) $1200, minimum.

It's not that bones are "bad". They generally just cause more trouble than they are worth. And in a profession where people consider euthanasia due to financial burdens, us vets strongly recommend prevention when possible.

As far as Paleo being BARF for people - Paleo isn't raw. I'm cooking all my meats (except sushi) and these bones are stewed for 24 hours (they're still hard as a rock, just slightly more porous now from the vinegar I add to the broth). I think raw feeding is actually fine for dogs, if you can get the vitamins/minerals right AND the food safety. Too me, in this crappy food system, nothing is safe and everything should be cooked. That's why foods like EVO (evopet.com - I'm biased, I used to work for the company) exist. It's raw food that isn't raw and it's safe to feed your pet.

[Catrin]

Tried something quite yummy as a replacement for ice cream

Frozen blueberries
pour a small amount of coconut cream over them
Mix with spoon, the coconut cream gets thick after contact with frozen berries.

Eat.

YUMMY!

I used only a quarter cup of berries and 3 tablespoons of coconut cream - VERY high in calories. I don't think I would use anything other than small berries for this.

[Blueberry]

Apparently you can whip coconut cream too - bet that would be nice with the berries.

[Tri Girl]

Apparently you can whip coconut cream too - bet that would be nice with the berries.

coconut milk (after sitting in the fridge overnight) makes a FAB whipped cream!
I love to put that on berries for a sweet treat!!

[Blueberry]

coconut milk (after sitting in the fridge overnight) makes a FAB whipped cream!
I love to put that on berries for a sweet treat!!

Isn't coconut cream just the "solid" part of the regular (not lite) coconut milk after it's chilled? Or do you use the clear stuff too?

[Tri Girl]

Isn't coconut cream just the "solid" part of the regular (not lite) coconut milk after it's chilled? Or do you use the clear stuff too?

I don't know. I just put the whole can in the fridge and use it all when making the whipped cream. The kind I've bought (Thai Kitchen) doesn't separate- it's all solid (no clear stuff). I don't get the lite version.

[Chile Pepper]

Isn't coconut cream just the "solid" part of the regular (not lite) coconut milk after it's chilled?

In Thai cooking, the top, thick layer of coconut milk is called cream, but that is different from cans of coconut cream. Coconut cream (in a can) is very, very sweet, like sweetened condensed milk, and is mostly used for cocktails and desserts. Coconut milk is unsweetened, and that is what is used for cooking (curries and such).

[Owlie]

Where do you find this stuff? Is it terribly expensive? I've got a tea or two that it might be tasty in.

[Catrin]

Coconut Cream is canned, and is a combination of coconut milk and meat. Trader Joe's sells a can for just a bit over $1. It is richer/thicker than coconut milk and it is just awesome in coffee, useful for cooking/etc. It is quite high in calories, so it is good to be aware of how it fits into your overall caloric goals. Coconut oil is very stable at high temps and great for cooking as well

If I thought I had the hand strength to pry my way into a coconut I would One of these days I will try it, but I don't have a cleaver!

[Owlie]

Amazingly, I can find coconut oil at Kroger. I might get some if I choose to venture further into Goan cooking, since coconut is a huge component. I can't get too used to keeping coconut products around, though. DBF hates coconut in most forms. The only one he'll willingly eat it in is this soup, which isn't terribly paleo because it uses beer as the base, but it's so good.

We do have a Trader Joe's that isn't all that far away from the bike shop. I might have to go look. And pick up some of that toffee, if they still make it.