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  1. Favabean

    Sour Dough Bread???

    Pre-diagnosis I baked sourdough bread, bagels, buns, biscuits, etc. all the time. Still have the sourdough culture at the back of my fridge! Post-diagnosis, no matter what I tried - long proofing time, all whole wheat flour, adding fat, fibre, and protein (e.g. eggs, butter, seeds) - it was...
  2. Favabean

    Pickling and Preserving

    I LOVE making pickles! I like the NCHFP site - all tested recipes. http://nchfp.uga.edu/ If you avoid all the sugar-y temptations, there's a helpful Facebook site about canning where people share recipe ideas and answer all sorts of how-to questions. It's just called "canning." Or if you'd...
  3. Favabean

    Drinking

    Try wine! Fewer carbs. Or a whisky neat or on the rocks. Tonic is full of sugar, so I'd stay away from that (or at least in Canada, tonic is full of sugar). Or if you want bubbles, alternate sipping alcohol with a glass of "soda bitters" - just unsweetened bubbly water with your choice of...
  4. Favabean

    Just how much fat in yogurt makes it full fat

    Not sure if this is helpful for you, but for the past few months, I've been making my own kefir yogurt. It's SOOOOO easy! I just got some milk kefir grains from a friend, and all you do is pour milk over the grains and let it sit on your counter overnight, then strain out the kefir grains and...