Comments on: Primal Pies: Fill ‘er Up

By: T-Day « radiant times

T-Day « radiant times — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:52:10 +0000

[...] Pumpkin and/or Sweet Potato Pie: I’m using a pie recipe from MDA for the pumpkin and a sweet potato recipe from Catalyst. For the sweet potato I’ll use the [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:15:56 +0000

I know this post comes a year late, but I’m hoping for some feedback anyway. I tried making the nut crust last night, and it was a bit of a disaster!

With 2/3rds cup of coconut oil, the mixture was so wet, it was impossible to form dough. We had to add twice as much almond flour just to make it somewhat solid, and even then, the crust is just dripping with oil. (Almost too heavy to eat!) Besides that, coconut oil dripped all over the oven and burned. Quite a toxic evening!

In any case, I wanted to check if the proportions were right, or if others might have had this problem. Because the pie came out quite nicely, otherwise!

(Incidentally, for our pie, we just used unsweetened pumpkin, spices, and some currants for sweetness. I don’t know why everyone else is all up in arms: I think the taste of unsweetened pumpkin is quite sweet, all on its own — I suppose some people are only comfortable eating what they’re used to…)

By: julie anne

julie anne — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:54:03 +0000

I recently ate a piece of fruit tart in Colorado Springs where the crust was made with almond meal, butter, sugar etc. The chef was kind enough to volunteer the ingredients but not the amounts. I certainly understand. But if any of you know the tart recipe, I would love to have it. Thanks! julie anne

By: Ultimate Low-Carb Thanksgiving Recipes | Mark's Daily Apple

Ultimate Low-Carb Thanksgiving Recipes | Mark's Daily Apple — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:22:17 +0000

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By: Coconut Oil Health Benefits | Mark's Daily Apple

Coconut Oil Health Benefits | Mark's Daily Apple — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:02:32 +0000

[...] for visiting!We’ve written about the nutritional benefits of coconut, shared recipes that include coconut milk, and discussed the merits of coconut flour, but we’ve never actually fully covered one of the [...]

By: Kristy Bachman

Kristy Bachman — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:54:34 +0000

Looking for a good Rhubarb and strawberry recipe

By: Weekend update | Balanced Eating and Exercise.

Weekend update | Balanced Eating and Exercise. — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:48:04 +0000

[...] went home and I made the apple pie from Mark’s Daily Apple- my first experiment with coconut oil and almond meal. Um, I have to [...]

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:34 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Kevin. Yes, working with almond meal for baking purposes can be pretty tricky. Sometimes it helps if the almond meal is ground to a very fine consistency. But be careful if you do it yourself. If you go too far you’ll end up with almond butter.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:19:23 +0000

I had some problem with the pie crust consistency. The 2nd time around I used 3/4 cup almond meal and 1/2 cup corn meal. Much better consistency. I’ll have to mess around more with pure almond meal and adding an egg or honey to make it stick better.