Banting and Fat…

Got back to the farm yesterday and not two hours later I was preparing a Banting supper for a couple of friends. It turns out that my friend thought Banting was all about eating loads of fat, but when she saw what was on offer, she realised there was much more to it. She loved the food. Basically, we had left overs.

With some leftover mince mixture I made baby hamburger patties, with that a green leafy salad with yellow peppers, cherry tomatoes and a few mange tout, cold roast chicken breast chopped up and served with avocado and Greek yogurt dressing, and we had the reheated chicken liver dish from this morning. (Hubby kindly sent some home with me) Coffee with cream to finish.

It is very interesting to hear the perceptions people have of Banting. My friend did say she would have to get her head around the idea of eating fat. I would imagine that is likely for most people who have been duped by the propaganda around saturated fat, that of it being bad for your heart etc. Please read The Real Meal Revolution and watch some of Prof Tim Noakes’s YouTube lectures on Banting. The science is all there. We need fat. It is healthy for us. And no margarine please. Apparently it is only one molecule away from plastic! It is just plain unnatural. I render fat from the meats I use and love to cook with it.

It is misty and wet here on the farm. Of course the garden is loving it! The greens in my breakfast dish were picked from that garden minutes before cooking them. The breakfast was Green Eggs with Pink-stemmed Swiss Chard (grown from heirloom seeds) with Garlic, and it was cooked in coconut oil.

Snack lunch today was some mature cheddar cheese and half an avocado and coffee with cream. Good fats! At this point the carb count is about twenty, and since I am restricting my carbs to 25g a day for the first two weeks, I have five carbs left for supper or a snack.  Half a cup of zucchini is around 4 carbs, so that is what I will have tonight with the stir-fried hake that I am going to make. Easy peasy and not much fuss. My old laptop is playing up but I am hoping to have some pics of it tomorrow. Look out for the Spicy Stir-Fried Hake with Buttered Courgettes recipe and pic.

Enjoy this Banting ride…