Guest guest Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in how I feel!! I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut flour be used too? Wanted to thank everyone for their help! Crohns 2 1/2 years SCD 4 days and counting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Almond flour is often kept refridgerated, so you will find it in a cooler usually at most grocery stores. Coconut flour is a way different beast - you can't substitue coconut flour for almond flour, as it's way too liquid absorbent, but you can use coconut flour in all sorts of recipes catered around it. http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/gluten_free_coconut_flour_recipes.htm I did pretty good with almond flour really early in the diet too -others though, wait up 6 to six months - I think really just depends on how sensitive/inflamed/damanged your insides are when you start the diet. Other scd foods were much harder for me to handle though - but almond flour has become one of my staples - but I always make my own ~ It's usually pretty $pendy in the stores. Glad you are feeling better!!! That is awesome! I haven't yet read Eat Well Feel Weel - but I will check it out. Good Luck! - SCD 4 Months > > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in how I feel!! > > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut flour be used too? > > Wanted to thank everyone for their help! > > > Crohns 2 1/2 years > SCD 4 days and counting. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Many of us order almond flour online. There are many sources. Coconut flour can be used too. It cooks a bit differently though. I have not used it myself yet. Some consider it advanced, and for others, they tolerate it the best. Trial and error. I don't think I would get into it by day 4 though. Many people try nut butters before the flours as they are more advanced foods. You can bake with the nut butters too, and there are recipes, by stages on pecanbread.com. ( a site for kids with ASD that are using SCD- they do not use cow milk products- but we can use legal ones if tolerated) PJ > > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in how I feel!! > > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut flour be used too? > > Wanted to thank everyone for their help! > > > Crohns 2 1/2 years > SCD 4 days and counting. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hey , How do you make your almond flour? Food processor? I just ordered a 5-lb. bag of the blanched almond flour from Honeyville, but I'm all about making the staples from scratch! No better quality control than your own quality control. =) Grace SCD Newbie CD, recently diagnosed > > > > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in how I feel!! > > > > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut flour be used too? > > > > Wanted to thank everyone for their help! > > > > > > Crohns 2 1/2 years > > SCD 4 days and counting. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hey , How do you make your almond flour? Food processor? I just ordered a 5-lb. bag of the blanched almond flour from Honeyville, but I'm all about making the staples from scratch! No better quality control than your own quality control. =) Grace SCD Newbie CD, recently diagnosed > > > > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in how I feel!! > > > > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut flour be used too? > > > > Wanted to thank everyone for their help! > > > > > > Crohns 2 1/2 years > > SCD 4 days and counting. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 > Hey ,>> How do you make your almond flour? Food processor? I just ordered a > 5-lb. bag of the blanched almond flour from Honeyville, but I'm all > about making the staples from scratch! No better quality control than > your own quality control. =)>> Grace> SCD Newbie> CD, recently diagnosed"No better quality control than your own quality control." That's often true -- but not always.Personally, I would not, and do not, make my own almond flour. For one thing, I use way too much of it. so it would be both terribly time-consuming and very expensive to buy enough almonds necessary, then grind them -- quite a bit more expensive than buying the already ground flour. When there's such good quality almond flour available from places like Honeyville, it's just not worth it to make your own, in my view. I buy at least 25 lbs at the time and freeze most of it, then gradually take it out and transfer a few pounds to the container I keep in the fridge. In addition, you'd need a pretty heavy-duty grinder, but one that grinds finely. A Â food processor isn't all that practical for such grinding; and I've found that "grinding" nuts in one pretty quickly turns the nuts to nut butter rather than nut flour. Â n>> >> >>> > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been >> and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has >> been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in >> how I feel!!>> >>> > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool >> experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut >> flour be used too?>> >>> > Wanted to thank everyone for their help!>> >>> > >> > Crohns 2 1/2 years>> > SCD 4 days and counting. >> >>>>>-- Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My Addictionby n Van Tilwww.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., reduced shipping elsewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 > Hey ,>> How do you make your almond flour? Food processor? I just ordered a > 5-lb. bag of the blanched almond flour from Honeyville, but I'm all > about making the staples from scratch! No better quality control than > your own quality control. =)>> Grace> SCD Newbie> CD, recently diagnosed"No better quality control than your own quality control." That's often true -- but not always.Personally, I would not, and do not, make my own almond flour. For one thing, I use way too much of it. so it would be both terribly time-consuming and very expensive to buy enough almonds necessary, then grind them -- quite a bit more expensive than buying the already ground flour. When there's such good quality almond flour available from places like Honeyville, it's just not worth it to make your own, in my view. I buy at least 25 lbs at the time and freeze most of it, then gradually take it out and transfer a few pounds to the container I keep in the fridge. In addition, you'd need a pretty heavy-duty grinder, but one that grinds finely. A Â food processor isn't all that practical for such grinding; and I've found that "grinding" nuts in one pretty quickly turns the nuts to nut butter rather than nut flour. Â n>> >> >>> > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all been >> and how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book has >> been. Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference in >> how I feel!!>> >>> > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool >> experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconut >> flour be used too?>> >>> > Wanted to thank everyone for their help!>> >>> > >> > Crohns 2 1/2 years>> > SCD 4 days and counting. >> >>>>>-- Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My Addictionby n Van Tilwww.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., reduced shipping elsewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Interesting...I did try to look up methods of making your own almond flour, but couldn't find any that ensured it wouldn't turn to butter. You'd also have to blanch the almonds yourself - I remember squeezing off each individual almond skin when I used to make tarts with almond paste - so it'd be quite a production. Glad to know honeyville almond flour is such high quality! I'm going to wait quite a few weeks to try the flour, but I can't wait. Grace > >> > > >> > On my 4th day of the SCD and I'm amazed how easy this has all beenand > >> how satisfying the recipes from the Eat Well Feel Well book hasbeen. > >> Maybe I'm just anxious but swear I already feel a difference inhow I > >> feel!! > >> > > >> > I made my first trip to a Whole Food store today (which was a cool > >> experience in itself) but could not find almond flour. Can coconutflour > >> be used too? > >> > > >> > Wanted to thank everyone for their help! > >> > > >> > > >> > Crohns 2 1/2 years > >> > SCD 4 days and counting. > >> > > >> > > > > > > > -- > Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers: > Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My > Addiction > by n Van Til > www.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., > reduced shipping elsewhere > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 *All of this is always personal opinion* But for me, wow, it's way to easy to make my own flour. I just buy big bags of bulk pre-skinned, slivered almonds at the grocery storey, like Winco, then toss them by the large handful into my Cusinart food processor, and two minutes later, I have almond flour. I usually then mix the whole muffin recipe in the food processor - so there is really no added mess at all. The food processor was a gift years ago, but now I don't know how I would live without it! When I was staying with my sister last week, I used her " spice gringer " (a coffee grinder dedicated to things besides coffee beans) and it also made the most amazing almond flour in a minute. When I first started the diet I ordered a bag of almond flour from Lucy's Kitchen (a great resource) but I found that I prefered my own ground nuts. Again, it's all personal. But since I can buy almonds at $3.50 a pound, already slivered, without skins - that's what I do. There is a hazelnut farm down the road too, where their nuts this time of year are only $1.50 a pound - gotta luv that! (although I will admit the hazelnuts when ground turn into butter pretty quick ~ probably cuz they are so fresh, and aren't dried or anything) - > > > > > Hey , > > > > > > How do you make your almond flour? Food processor? I just ordered a5-lb. > > > bag of the blanched almond flour from Honeyville, but I'm allabout > > > making the staples from scratch! No better quality control thanyour own > > > quality control. =) > > > > > > Grace > > > SCD Newbie > > > CD, recently diagnosed > > > > > > " No better quality control than your own quality control. " That's often > > true -- but not always. > > > > Personally, I would not, and do not, make my own almond flour. For one > > thing, I use way too much of it. so it would be both terribly > > time-consuming and very expensive to buy enough almonds necessary, then > > grind them -- quite a bit more expensive than buying the already ground > > flour. When there's such good quality almond flour available from places > > like Honeyville, it's just not worth it to make your own, in my view. I > > buy at least 25 lbs at the time and freeze most of it, then gradually take > > it out and transfer a few pounds to the container I keep in the fridge. In > > addition, you'd need a pretty heavy-duty grinder, but one that grinds > > finely. A food processor isn't all that practical for such grinding; and > > I've found that " grinding " nuts in one pretty quickly turns the nuts to > > nut butter rather than nut flour. > > > > n > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 *All of this is always personal opinion* But for me, wow, it's way to easy to make my own flour. I just buy big bags of bulk pre-skinned, slivered almonds at the grocery storey, like Winco, then toss them by the large handful into my Cusinart food processor, and two minutes later, I have almond flour. I usually then mix the whole muffin recipe in the food processor - so there is really no added mess at all. The food processor was a gift years ago, but now I don't know how I would live without it! When I was staying with my sister last week, I used her " spice gringer " (a coffee grinder dedicated to things besides coffee beans) and it also made the most amazing almond flour in a minute. When I first started the diet I ordered a bag of almond flour from Lucy's Kitchen (a great resource) but I found that I prefered my own ground nuts. Again, it's all personal. But since I can buy almonds at $3.50 a pound, already slivered, without skins - that's what I do. There is a hazelnut farm down the road too, where their nuts this time of year are only $1.50 a pound - gotta luv that! (although I will admit the hazelnuts when ground turn into butter pretty quick ~ probably cuz they are so fresh, and aren't dried or anything) - > > > > > Hey , > > > > > > How do you make your almond flour? Food processor? I just ordered a5-lb. > > > bag of the blanched almond flour from Honeyville, but I'm allabout > > > making the staples from scratch! No better quality control thanyour own > > > quality control. =) > > > > > > Grace > > > SCD Newbie > > > CD, recently diagnosed > > > > > > " No better quality control than your own quality control. " That's often > > true -- but not always. > > > > Personally, I would not, and do not, make my own almond flour. For one > > thing, I use way too much of it. so it would be both terribly > > time-consuming and very expensive to buy enough almonds necessary, then > > grind them -- quite a bit more expensive than buying the already ground > > flour. When there's such good quality almond flour available from places > > like Honeyville, it's just not worth it to make your own, in my view. I > > buy at least 25 lbs at the time and freeze most of it, then gradually take > > it out and transfer a few pounds to the container I keep in the fridge. In > > addition, you'd need a pretty heavy-duty grinder, but one that grinds > > finely. A food processor isn't all that practical for such grinding; and > > I've found that " grinding " nuts in one pretty quickly turns the nuts to > > nut butter rather than nut flour. > > > > n > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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