Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I put it all in a bowl and mixed it with the back of a spoon. It was nice and bitter, a little sweet and creamy and salty.

My girlfriend thinks I'm nuts. But it was SO good!

How do I tell her that I'm not killing myself with the butter? Other people are starting to get worried about the amount of cholesterol they think I'm eating.

Also, I'm thinking about making a big batch and putting it in some little square molds or fancy ice cube trays and setting it in the freezer. MMmmmm...chocolate butter!

flag	asked Mar 15 2011 at 6:03 Futureboy 6,307●11●44

	Someone doesn't like chocolate. – Futureboy Mar 15 2011 at 16:25
	People, when you downvote, leave a comment. Upvoted therefore. – Ikco Mar 15 2011 at 17:11

bittykitty · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-15 12:20:32Z UTC

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I make that for a work snack on third shift(we don't get real breaks or lunches,and sometimes you just have to quickly eat something in between customers).Melt it all together,freeze on wax paper.Sometimes I put tahini on it, too.

answered Mar 15 2011 at 12:20

bittykitty
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	is there anything Paleo that you could add to mimic a rice-crispy? I've been wracking my brain, but can't come up with anything. Nuts I guess? Maybe walnuts? – Futureboy Mar 15 2011 at 18:16
	@Futureboy, maybe coconut, chopped nuts and a bit of honey, packed firm and baked for 10-15min? – W8liftinmom Mar 15 2011 at 18:24

Ikco · Answer 2 · 2011-03-15 10:44:38Z UTC

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I'm a little confused by this question.

Firstly "paleo" is a vast term therefore stucking some put into a certain frame might be counterproductive.

Secondly, if you are worried about cholesterol, here are all the PaleoHacks threads tagged "cholesterol".

http://paleohacks.com/questions/tagged/cholesterol#axzz1GfBk2Tij

And don't try to convert people to paleo by words/studies/etc. Lead by example. "Eat good, look good, feel good"*. People will/may follow but in any case I presume it will beat any meta analysis on "insert contraversial nutrition topic".

Or watch the movie Fathead with your girlfriend. Free on Hulu. Also on NetFlix

*Hopefully

answered Mar 15 2011 at 10:44

Ikco
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	You write like you're a little confused. That second sentence doesn't make all that much sense to an English speaker. I'm not worried about cholesterol. I've been reading alot of those threads. I know about tags. She tasted it...she liked it. I told her, "If you had a chocolate cake, and took out the flour and eggs, this is basically what you would have." How is that not by example? – Futureboy Mar 15 2011 at 16:54
	That second sentence doesn't make all that much sense to anyone. "put" should be "food". The reason I was/am a little confused because your thread title is impliying that you are asking if xxx is Paleo, while further you write "How do I tell her that I'm not killing myself with the butter?". That's also the only question in your text so well, what is actually your question ? Sharing a newly created dessert is nice but with PaleoHacks expanding daily, I believe it would be better, if those kind of inventions would be posted under already existing threads with more defined tags/titles/content – Ikco Mar 15 2011 at 17:04
	maybe I'm deviating from the "pure" purpose of the site...but as I've been reading I've been noticing that so do many other users. No room for multiple part questions here? I don't think what I wrote was all that confusing, I think you're just nitpicking me because it was my first question. No one else seemed to have a problem with it...well, except for the person that voted me down/doesn't like chocolate. – Futureboy Mar 15 2011 at 17:04
	e.g. "Paleo Desserts" or whatever. My answer about leading by example was related to "How to convience" for which I though was the main idea of your question. – Ikco Mar 15 2011 at 17:05
	I'll try to be as clear as possible. What is your question ? Or what is the purpose of your question ? To share a a dessert or ? This is not a newbie witchhunt despite me writing more or less exact thing in another thread which is, ironically, also someones first post. – Ikco Mar 15 2011 at 17:10

W8liftinmom · Answer 3 · 2011-03-15 06:28:45Z UTC

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I don't know the answer to your question, but that concoction might even be better than coconut oil, cocoa and honey. :-)

answered Mar 15 2011 at 6:28

W8liftinmom
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I think I see a taste-off in my near future. – KiwiRed May 11 2011 at 9:04

MarkHu · Answer 4 · 2012-02-24 22:00:22Z UTC

My wife and I do variations on this all the time. We mostly use coconut oil as the fat though instead of butter. Also, I like to add carob sometimes, and I've found that the carob is so much less bitter than cocoa that I don't even need honey. Ergo making the carob variant just that much lower in carbs. As far as calling it "paleo," or not--I don't worry about that because I'm more into pleasing my body's natural needs than catering to my brain's sense of historical aesthetic.

Dessert: 2TBsp Kerrygold,2tsp Cocoa powder,drizzle of honey…Paleo?

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