- Wait until you try this nut bar recipe from my friend, Amy – it’s my new favorite snack! (I love them too much and can’t make them again for a while…if ya know what I mean.)
- Ann Marie posted a couple good Sally Fallon interviews recently. By the way, I know it looks like I’m a big fat copy-cat, but last week when I changed the tag-line at my site, I promise I didn’t know that the words “Vibrant Health” were in the title of the Sally Fallon’s DVD! (“Nourishing Traditional Diets: The Key to Vibrant Health”.) However, when I started this blog on 1-1-08, I did know that the “politically correct nutrition” phrase was on the Nourishing Traditions Cookbook, and was a bit of a copy-cat on that one…
- We’re finally getting more participants in Real Food Wednesdays, so that means it has even more potential to drive traffic to your blog if you join in, too! Not to mention that some really awesome posts are featured each week – I learn so much on RFW’s!
- Jendeis was sweet enough to nominate me for a couple Blogger’s Choice Awards. If you feel like it, at these links you can vote for “best health blog” or “best food blog”. (You’ll need to sign up there first, sorry.)
- I’m not sure if it’s because I don’t sleep like I should or what, but I’m a bigger ditz than I thought. Recently I tried the Nourishing Traditions recipe for mayo, and while it tasted good (and I LOVE knowing how nutrient-dense it is compared to store-bought), it looked and tasted more like mustard than mayo. I was going to ask for your suggestions, then I came across this post I wrote on healthy condiments only a month ago, but I’d completely forgotten about it…scary, huh? All your comments answered most of my questions, but if you have even more info about a homemade mayo recipe that tastes like Helmans (sorry, I love that crap!), and not too olive oil tasting, will you post it in the comments at that healthy condiment post please? Thanks!
- Have you ever wished someone would plan out your healthy meals for you, write out your grocery list, and even give you adaptations for special diets? For a fee, this site will do that for you, and I’ve gotten a peak at the recipes. I can’t wait to try them, they are Nourishing Traditions-friendly, easy, and look delicious.
- Favorite quote of the week from Michael Pollan: “Don’t buy any food you’ve ever seen advertised.” (Here’s why.) Others have said it this way, “Don’t buy any food with a barcode.”
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Jen 05.18.09 at 3:35 am
I love Helmann’s too Kelly… UGH! I have tried two different recipes for homemade mayo, and I just don’t like either of them. I haven’t figured out this dilemma either. I know it’s good for you, and I use pastured, organic, farm fresh eggs; but I just don’t like the taste of the raw yolks, or coconut in my mayo. I’m on the hunt for an organic commercial mayo, made with healthy fats, and non-GMO that tastes good. I’ll let you know if I find one, and I know you will post for your readers if you find a great substitute.
I’ve been thinking of trying the Wilderness Naturals. Can anyone recommend it for the flavor?
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damaged justice 05.18.09 at 7:58 am
Jen, you could use expeller pressed coconut oil — personally I love the taste and smell, so I just use regular. Or try Mary Enig and Sally Fallon’s oil blend — equal parts liquid coconut oil, olive oil, and unrefined sesame oil. I’m sure if you find an oil you like, those pastured eggs will taste as fabulous as you think they should! Even in the organic health food stores I can’t find “commercial mayo made with healthy fats” (ew, canola!). So hurrah for my immersion blender — one of the best presents ever, that makes mayonnaise easier than pie!
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Kelly 05.18.09 at 9:35 am
Jen, be sure to read the comments at the “healthy condiments” post that I linked to above, there’s good scoop there on that mayo you asked about. I’m going to try making it again soon!
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CHEESESLAVE 05.18.09 at 10:40 am
Kel – I could never get the NT mayo to come out right. I used Julia Child’s recipe and it came out great. There are a few little tricks she employs that make all the difference.
I am planning to post the recipe soon on my blog.
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Nancy 05.18.09 at 11:17 am
I have been using sour cream instead of mayo and am pleasantly surprised how well it works. I’ve used it on sandwiches and in tuna/salmon/chicken salad. When I don’t have time to make mayo, this is super easy and I get the benefit of adding more cultured food to my diet.
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Kathy 05.18.09 at 11:21 am
Jen, I have tried and am a repeat customer for the Wilderness Family Naturals mayo. In fact, it is made with Mary’s Oil Blend as described in damaged justice’s comment. It most certainly does NOT taste like Hellman’s, but I like it better than homemade with just olive oil. It has a sweet-and-tangy flavor — hard to describe, but as I said, I like it! It would be worth a try if you are willing to go with something not like the stuff we have grown up calling mayonnaise. Which is, I think, the mindset to adopt for changing to healthy eating!
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Kyrie 05.18.09 at 12:24 pm
There is a recipe in the NYT (Bittman’s?) for mayo made with bacon fat. It’s excellent.
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Motherhen68 05.18.09 at 1:48 pm
Cheeseslave, I have the Mastering the Art of French cooking and Julia’s recipe for mayo says “salad oil”. What is that? Vegetable oil?
We were in Whole Foods two weeks ago (it’s an hour from us) and I looked at every mayo. Each one of them had soybean or canola oil. Does that Wilderness Family Naturals mayo taste really good?
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Jen 05.18.09 at 3:21 pm
Thanks everyone for the helpful info. I will give Wilderness Family Naturals mayo a try. I will also try homemade again, with Dr. Enig’s oil blend. Great info on the Healthy Condiments post too, Kelly. Thanks.
I know I’m not going to find anything healthy that tastes like Helmanns. I’ve just been going without mayo, but I miss chicken salad, egg salad, and mayo on sandwiches. I’m completely willing to adapt to a different tasting mayo… I just have to find one I actually like.
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CHEESESLAVE 05.18.09 at 4:16 pm
Motherhen, when I made Julia’s recipe I used olive oil.
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Rebecca in Michigan 05.18.09 at 4:19 pm
I just made the cocomayo and it is okay. I think I used too much coconut oil. A question, when it states 3/4 coconut does that mean 3/4 solid or 3/4 liquid?. My mayo looks more like coconut oil (solid) than mayo (smooth).
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Kelli 05.21.09 at 1:25 am
While Wilderness Family Naturals mayo tastes good, it costs a lot for a small bottle. With 4 kid, small bottles that cost a lot don’t work around here. In Eat Fat Lose Fat, they recommend Hain’s safflower mayo, so I buy that, but isn’t that a veg oil?
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Kelly the Kitchen Kop 05.23.09 at 8:17 am
Hi Kelli, that’s odd that it says that in EFLF, because I’m pretty sure I’ve seen in other areas on the Weston Price site before NOT to eat safflower oil. I don’t use it at all.
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Lee the Marriage Seminar Man 05.28.09 at 8:11 pm
So safflower oil is bad? Ok. I remember when coconut oil was vilinized and now it’s considered healthy again. It’s hard keeping up with all this stuff! I wonder why almond oil isn’t used for cooking.
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Kelly 05.29.09 at 12:37 am
Hi Lee, yes it’s bad because it’s high in the wrong omegas that you were talking about at the other post. Not only that, it’s a NEW oil – remember the criteria that Jenny spoke of at the other post (about rendering fat), think of what our great great great grandparents cooked with. If you look at everything like that, then it’s not AS confusing.
Read more about healthy fats here: http://kellythekitchenkop.com/category/fatsoils.
Thanks for reading!
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