High Fat Thread

[simplykate]

It would be cool to start a thread for high fat eating ideas and experiences.
We recently went gluten free and I've been increasing my fat intake, and I feel wonderful!
I'm EBF'ing a two month old and have about 35 lbs to lose, but I don't want to feel crappy while I do it.
I'm working on the book Good Calories, Bad Calories and also want to read Primal Body Primal Mind.
Anybody in????

[Brown Lioness]

I love threads like this because i definitely need to up my fat!

Im going to lurk, but there were great ideas in this thread from a while back:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=813762

[simplykate]

ooh, good ideas in that thread! thanks!

[Lilcrunchie]

GCBC is a great book!!! Definitely science heavy but great. I wish there was a different title on it though...the title bugs me.

I eat lowish carb for PCOS/insulin resistance. I'm not overweight but do much better (feel better, get more normal cycles) with lower carbs, higher fat, moderate protein.

Hyperlipid's blog is always thought provoking (sometimes makes me think more than I want to!!)
http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/

I like recipes from this blog (not necessarily high fat, but a more holistic lower carb approach to goodies LOL-coconut milk, coconut flour, etc. are common ingredients)
http://healthyindulgences.blogspot.com/

eta: the healthy indulgences blog also has some recipes for things like coconut milk custards, ice cream, chocolate pots de creme, etc. that are nice and fatty and yummy.

[Holiztic]

Last post before bed, very tired! Just wanted to say I'm in!

Figured if anyone would get a kick out of 28 month old DS' before bed snack tonight it'd be you all, so:

a "vanillamon" shake (egg yolk, whole raw milk, teensy bit of honey, vanilla, cinnamon)

1/2 avocado

few lard-fried potato chips

1.5 tablespoons butter

.5 ounce swiss cheese

Mostly this was b/c he barely ate dinner, but he is an eater and loves him some fat!!

I just hope he sleeps okay doing all that digesting!

[Vaquitita]

subbing for ideas!

[dogmom327]

Subbing!

I'm on a high fat paleo diet for candida and to address my newborn's allergies (dairy, gluten, sugar). I feel great! I have about 20 lbs. to lose but it's coming off very very slowly.

My favorite dinner right now...

Grassfed burger topped with caramelized onions (cooked in lots of ghee) and a whole avocado. Occasionally I put some pastured bacon on there too for good measure

[Zenzero]

Ooh yeah, this is just what I need! After a couple of weeks of going slightly off track I'm trying to get back to gluten-free, low grain and really want to up the fats.

Tonight dinner is going to be chilli (with bone broth and beef liver in it) topped with cheese, creme fraiche and I was thinking some onions fried in butter and beef dripping too...all that's missing is some avocado!

[Purple Sage]

Subbing

My favorite way to eat fat these days is to buy a whole brisket and smoke it all day without trimming any of the fat off. Then for leftovers I fry slices of the meat and fat in a cast iron skillet with bacon grease.

I've been eating very high fat (meat, fat, goat cheese, and a little fermented dairy and veg) for the last few weeks with great results. I was diagnosed with hypothyroid a month ago, so I'm trying to heal that and lose the weight I gained from it. I'm slowly losing the weight, but the most exciting thing that's happened in the last week or so is that my hair is not falling out like crazy anymore! : I have high hopes that it will regrow and be as thick as it used to be.

It's also so nice to not have to eat so often. The fat is definitely keeping me satisfied and my blood sugar/insulin levels steady.

[momofmine]

Originally Posted by Zenzero

Ooh yeah, this is just what I need! After a couple of weeks of going slightly off track I'm trying to get back to gluten-free, low grain and really want to up the fats.

Tonight dinner is going to be chilli (with bone broth and beef liver in it) topped with cheese, creme fraiche and I was thinking some onions fried in butter and beef dripping too...all that's missing is some avocado!

How are you adding the beef liver in your chili? Would you be willing to share your recipe? Sounds yummy!

Originally Posted by Purple Sage

Subbing

My favorite way to eat fat these days is to buy a whole brisket and smoke it all day without trimming any of the fat off. Then for leftovers I fry slices of the meat and fat in a cast iron skillet with bacon grease.

How do you smoke it all day? Do you have an outdoor smoker?

My mom used to make brisket all the time, but I haven't in years because I haven't found a clean source.

[kjbrown92]

After doing FitDay.com for a couple weeks, I found out I'm getting 50-65% of my calories from fat, so apparently I'm in.

Carnitas are good (don't trim the pork, put liquid in, then as it cooks down, the fat is rendered). We also fry in bacon grease. The coconut milk and egg yolk creme brulee I made the other day was pretty good. I put pine nuts on my salad every day for more fat. We're gluten free too (and soy, corn, dairy as well as some others). We do a lot of coconut milk (smoothies, baking), coconut milk yogurt, coconut oil (for frying). Potato pancakes fried in bacon grease. When you roast the chicken, eat the skin, then take the fat-filled drippings and turn it into gravy (I use sweet potato flour to thicken it). That's what I had tonight. Coconut milk ice cream. I thought I was full from dinner, but I think I'm getting hungry again!

[Brown Lioness]

lots of fat-filled gravies....check! *taking notes*

[farmerjess]

I'm so in! My fav dessert which I am about to have: a few TB of coconut oil, a few tb of almond meal, a little honey, salt, and cinnamon with some frozen black berries or blueberries thrown it. It's get a hard with the frozen berries and kinda tastes like cookie dough.

[tulip4me]

Bee's candida website is based on a high fat diet, and she has a ton of recipes as well as a lot of great information on how to heal your body. Her website is http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/

[simplykate]

That website looks great, thanks!
I wanted to take coconut oil, but I couldn't gag it down plain so I've started melting coconut oil with rapadura and cocoa powder and hardening it in the fridge. I'm actually really loving it!
And the other day my fat content was up over 60%. Yay!

[Holiztic]

Originally Posted by simplykate

That website looks great, thanks!
I wanted to take coconut oil, but I couldn't gag it down plain so I've started melting coconut oil with rapadura and cocoa powder and hardening it in the fridge. I'm actually really loving it!
And the other day my fat content was up over 60%. Yay!

Flavoring and hardening in the fridge!!! OMG that is such a great idea!!!! I can't gag it down either, and it's not the taste but the oiliness. I LOVE fat, but not oil, ugh!!! I just hope the month of gagging it down hasn't ruined the taste for me! So do you put it into a mold to harden it? What do you use (specifically what size?)

[Holiztic]

So what do you guys do when having company over? Add to this the fact that DH's sister is vegetarian bordering on vegan and MIL is pretty hook-line-and-sinker for the low fat stuff. She'll eat something with fat, but just a little and with tons of veggies on the side.

We're having bunless burgers with mushrooms (in butter), carmelized onions (in butter) and swiss. I am making a big tomato/cucumber/red onion/dill salad on the side. I have a (non-soy) veggie burger in the freezer for SIL.

But DH wants to start having a family dinner a few times a month and I am going to have to find some other ideas. I prefer not to make a carby/grainy meal and just eat around the carbs, you know? I don't want 2 yo DS to feast on carbs all evening and then crash/"act up". So a meal like above with one half high fat and the other half low fat (but not grainy/starchy) so the various people and pick their proportions. I can have a burger and a little salad, MIL can have half a burger and a huge salad. Any ideas of other such pairings?

NOTE: DH's family is Italian, so no "zucchini pasta" suggestions, please, they'd flip! I tried brown rice pasta once, and though they gave a sincere nod to the nutrition, the taste/texture issue was a real problem!

[fruitfulmomma]

NOTE: DH's family is Italian, so no "zucchini pasta" suggestions, please, they'd flip! I tried brown rice pasta once, and though they gave a sincere nod to the nutrition, the taste/texture issue was a real problem!

Not to stray too far but Quinoa pasta (Ancient Harvest) is far better and pretty close in texture to other pastas. I will not buy Rice pasta again, especially De Boles. Don't know the nutritional differences but we are gf so that is what I buy.

For guests... I made a picnic for my family last week and really just cooked the way I normally do but had everything separate so people could pick and choose from what they wanted. I had a pork butt roast cooked in the crock pot, a quiche*, some sausages grilled and cut up and lots of fruit and veggies on the side.

*Quiche was made from about a cup of kefir-soaked shredded potatoes as the base and then 4 eggs, a package of cream cheese, and 4 1/2 cups of shredded cheese. Yummy!

[Brown Lioness]

Originally Posted by simplykate

That website looks great, thanks!
I wanted to take coconut oil, but I couldn't gag it down plain so I've started melting coconut oil with rapadura and cocoa powder and hardening it in the fridge. I'm actually really loving it!
And the other day my fat content was up over 60%. Yay!

Mmmm, i wanna try that!

Ok, im going to take the page from tulip4me and also post one of my favorite blogs and her suggestions for high fat eating, check it out!:

http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/07/1...-eat-more-fat/

1. Homemade ice cream made with cream and egg yolks
2. French fries cooked in beef tallow or duck fat
3. Extra butter on your bread
4. Popcorn popped in coconut oil, topped with melted butter
5. Coconut cream pie made with coconut milk and real whipped cream
6. Pasta with Alfredo sauce made with cream and butter
7. Cream instead of milk in your coffee
8. Whole milk instead of 2% or (gasp) skim
9. Buttermilk ranch dressing
10. Baked oatmeal made with coconut oil
11. A little coconut oil in your coffee
12. Mayonnaise made with olive oil
13. Eggs Benedict with extra Hollandaise sauce
14. Deviled eggs made with homemade mayonnaise, topped with salmon roe
15. Pie crust made with lard or beef tallow
16. Homemade pesto with real olive oil, pine nuts, and Parmesan cheese
17. Bacon-wrapped dates, shrimp, scallops or aspargus
18. Chicken nuggets fried in lard, beef tallow, or expeller-pressed coconut oil
19. Lobster or crab dipped in melted butter
20. Potato chips fried in beef tallow or lard
21. Steak with melted butter on top
22. Bacon cheeseburgers
23. Chili cheese fries
24. Granola made with coconut oil
25. Grilled cheese sandwiches cooked in butter
26. Potatoes au gratin
27. Buttermilk fried chicken, fried in beef tallow, lard or expeller-pressed coconut oil
28. Coconut milk ice cream
29. Kefir smoothies with cream, coconut oil and egg yolks
30. Doughnuts deep fried in lard or palm oil
31. Oatmeal (soaked overnight) with butter, cream and maple syrup
32. Egg sandwiches with eggs fried in butter, bacon, and melted cheese on sprouted toast
33. Tamales made with lard added to homemade masa
34. Won tons fried in lard
35. Nachos with chicken cooked in bacon grease and topped with cheese, sour cream and guacamole
36. Thai soup with coconut milk, lemongrass and shrimp
37. Egg salad sandwiches made with homemade mayonnaise
38. Homemade egg nog
39. Egg rolls fried in lard
40. Refried beans made with lard
41. Risotto made with cream and Parmesan cheese
42. Milkshakes made with whole milk and ice cream
43. Tzatziki - Greek yogurt with cucumbers
44. Sugo all’amatriciana (pasta sauce, originating in Rome, made with bacon or pork and Parmesan)
45. Potato salad made with homemade mayonnaise and sour cream
46. Whipped cream on anything (ideally on chocolate cream pie)
47. Risotto fried in bacon grease or duck fat
48. Gougeres - French cheese puffs
49. Epoisse - my favorite French raw milk cheese
50. Steak with Béarnaise sauce
51. Enchiladas made with ground beef, cheese, sour cream and homemade corn tortillas fried in lard
52. Quiche Lorraine
53 Artichokes dipped in melted butter
54. Seared foie gras
55. Liverwurst
56. Brussels sprouts braised in cream with freshly grated nutmeg
57. Moules frites - mussels sauteed in butter and cream, served with French fries
58. A good British breakfast with fried eggs, sausage or bacon and toast with butter
59. Vegetable soup with crème fraîche
60. Scottish haggis made with sheep’s liver, heart and suet (fat)
61. Russian blini (crepes) with sour cream and caviar
62. British fish and chips, fried in beef tallow or lard
63. Potato latkes fried in lard or expeller-pressed coconut oil, served with sour cream
64. Clam chowder
65. Cantaloupe wrapped with Prosciutto
66. Hot chocolate with whipped cream
67. Salad with blue cheese dressing
68. Scones with clotted cream
69. Baked potatoes topped with butter, cheese and sour cream
70. Indian samosas deep fried in ghee
71. Spanish/South American empanadas fried in lard
72. Tuna melt (made with homemade mayonnaise)
73. Texas chicken fried steak - breaded steak pan fried in lard or tallow
74. Chicken or eggplant Parmigiana
75. Japanese tempura - breaded fish and vegetables fried in lard
76. Japanese tonkatsu — breaded pork, deep fried in lard
77. Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches with homemade mayonnaise.
78. Italian gelato
79. French creme brulee
80. Baked beans cooked with bacon and a ham hock
81. Swiss chard fried in bacon grease
82. Spanish Serrano ham
83. Cobb salad with homemade blue cheese dressing
84. Sloppy Joes
85. Did I mention bacon?
86. Welsh rarebit - cheddar cheese on toasted bread
87. Thai curry with coconut milk
88. Spanish flan
89. Pizza with mozzarella, Parmesan, sausage and pepperoni
90. Corn on the cob with butter
91. Anything with crème anglaise
92. Hot buttered rum
93. Spätzle - dumplings made with flour and egg yolks
94. Cheesecake
95. Swiss fondue
96. Anything with a beurre blanc sauce
97. Huevos rancheros
98. Migas
99. Matzah brei - Jewish matzo fried with eggs in schmaltz (chicken fat) or butter
100. Croissants

[mom61508]

Subbing...don't have time to read the thread now but great idea!!!!

I really need ways to up fat especially since we will be going dairy free for awhile.