Remember ranch dressing? Back when you could eat dairy? It made veggies worth eating. And salad.

You can have it again.

Coconut Ranch Dressing

Directions:
Place all the ingredients a food processor or blender and mix well.

Enjoy!

I created this last year for the holidays, and couldn’t stop drinking it. I was so happy to know if was fortifying for my body! Lauric acid in the coconut milk, great essential fatty acids in the pastured eggs – no guilt here. Just deep satisfaction.

I made it last weekend for the Holiday Paleo Potluck, and put in too much stevia. (Ew. Don’t do that.)
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Nutty Pie Crust

Ingredients:

Directions:
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A little crunch and a little sweet are often missed when you go low carb. This recipe quite satisfies. For GAPS/SCD, omit the chia and substitute a half cup of honey for the stevia. (Although, I have to say I do not understand that prohibition against stevia in GAPS/SCD. It doesn’t feed bacteria and I don’t believe it irritates the lining of the gut.)
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We were going to have roasted pork tenderloin. Really, we were.

Problem is, it was still partially frozen at 6 pm. You can’t really roast frozen meat – just doesn’t come out right.

So…. I sliced it up and found a few things lying around that sounded good.

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Eggplant is a funny vegetable. I love the color and the flavor, but I’m a little uncertain about the health factors. They’re nightshades with not too much going for them otherwise. The other nightshades I indulge in sometimes – tomatoes are rich in lycopene, a potent antioxidant. Potatoes I avoid anyway, as too starchy. Peppers are also rich in antioxidants, and I eat them occasionally. But eggplant I don’t generally seek out.

My husband put some in the garden this summer, though, and tonight brought in a couple of the last little purple teardrops still hanging.

No more babaganoush, he’d asked a few weeks ago. No more breaded and fried, I thought. The minted salad I’d made a couple weeks ago with fresh tomato, blanched green beans, walnuts, raw olives and sheep feta was wonderful, but I didn’t want to repeat it.

So, I did what I often do when I’m stuck for ideas. I googled eggplant.

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