Review: Paleo treats for the health-conscious eaters...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2013
I love this little collection of Paleolithic dessert recipes. It can feel difficult, if not impossible, to eat nutritious low or no-sugar foods in our sugary, simple carbohydrate junk-food filled world. I love gourmet foods and sweet treats but my body does best with a Paleolithic and raw/sprouted diet with no sugar, no legumes, little or no fruits, or the like, whatsoever--so I generally avoid desserts--but I do like to include a dessert on the menu when entertaining. It can be tedious and time-consuming to hunt down and adapt or refine nutritious and delicious recipes on the internet so it is a joy to have discovered this beautiful collection of event friendly nutritious and delicious desserts. Have a softball team to provide a snack for? Try the 'Tropical Lemon Squares' served with lemonade. Have some die-hard chocoholics coming over? Make 'Fudge Brown Squares' or 'Dark Chocolate Truffle Cake' or 'Coconut Chocolate Pudding' and they will swoon (and never know that you just fed them a healthful dessert). This little recipe book is diverse. It has is a nifty 'Chocolate and Almond Macaroons' recipe and a 'Lebkuchen' (Jewish honey cake) for Jewish holidays or any time, 'Hawaiian Shortbread' for your next luau, and 'Italian Chocolate and Almond Biscotti' for your next coffee Klatch. You have options for Paleolithic ice cream, cookies, bars/brownies, cake/cupcakes, mousse/puddings, biscotti, doughnuts and more. Many of the recipes have a relatively small number of ingredients (4-8) and the prep is easy and quick. I will refer to this little recipe book any time that I entertain. Happy reading~*