Now, can anyone direct me to an almond meal cookie recipe that is not 1) macaroons (I don't want that egg white airiness) or 2) full of other low-carb, "primal", or "healthy" ingredients I am not likely to have in my house? My goal is to recreate cookies I ate in the village of Aidone in Sicily called Pasta di Mandorle, which were a almond-tasting cookie with the basic texture of American sugar cookies (i.e. not biscotti or macaroons.) But improvisational baking is the fastest route to disaster I know. Could I just make sugar cookies and sub in 50% almond meal?
Flea, one of my mom's Christmas cookie recipies is very much like this. Unfortunately, she is out of town at the moment, but when I talk to her tomorrow, I'll ask about a little sanctioned home invasion to dig through her recipes.
Bev, feel free to e me at any time. Because I wasn't kidding - I have never in my life been a veg eater until this past year. I don't know that I know how I did it, or that I can actually help, but I'm more than happy to talk it back and forth if that's something you want.
I doubt this is what Brenda had, but sometimes heartburn has referred pain in the back -- when I diet my heartburn always goes away.
but sometimes heartburn has referred pain in the back
Really? Huh. Man I love when I learn things from us.
I know when I'm having ick from too much beef or other stuff that's gotten harder for me to digest, it sometimes feels like lower back pressure.
Good advice, Hil. Now tell me how to develop an actual appreciation for the way vegetables taste?
I think the best suggestion I've got for that would be to try some recipes from a good vegan cookbook -- something that treats vegetables as the main event and not as a side. There's a huge difference between the way that vegetables are prepared when they're meant to complement meat and when they're meant to stand on their own. Also, try stuff you've never tried before -- my rule for myself when I go to the farmer's market is that each time I go, I've got to buy at least one thing that I've never eaten before, if at all possible. I've discovered all kinds of things with tastes that I never knew existed.
A high fat meal can make my gall bladder hurt, but that's more of a pain in the side than the back.
I still don't understand vegetables. I've been vegan, I've done good vegan restaurants. And if they're not soaked in meat juices, I don't usually bother. And with my currently reduced appetite, it always seems simpler to go for the dead animal first.
Yesterday I was in a foul mood, and I can't imagine trying to medicate that with anything far off from a steak.
A high fat meal can make my gall bladder hurt, but that's more of a pain in the side than the back.
Mine's been gone since I was 21, so I hope it's not that.
Oooh. I'm watching Food Network, and someone just served sweet potato fries. Now I really want sweet potato fries.
