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What's for dinner?

“What’s for dinner, Mom?”

“Fennel Soup and Biscuits.” I’d just got my brand new copy of “Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat” by Bruce Fife and was dying to try out some new recipe. I figured biscuits would go well with my soup and started putting them together as the soup simmered away on the back burner.

Ah, but as with so many new ventures, I jumped right in with both feet. It would have been better if I’d read the handy, well-written and concise “Cooking Tips” section. When I pulled the baking sheet out of the oven, they were flat as pancakes. The child that I had told about biscuits wouldn’t even try one because they were “ruined.” Ah, but the rest of the family had flatbreads with their soup (the same ruined biscuits, just renamed) and thought they were wonderful!

We had Coconut Milk Pancakes from the same cookbook this morning and they were delicious. I’m off to verify the data presented in the book because it just seems too good to be true. I’m sure I will be posting more on this later.

I’ve got a big stockpot of chicken stock simmering today, and actually found beef soup bones at the store earlier this week! I’ll put some beef stock on at bedtime to simmer all night.

I bit the bullet and ordered some grassfed meat for next week. I’ll be getting a whole chicken, a pound of 80% ground beef and a top round roast, so I’ll be doing some research on the yummiest ways to prepare these. Kelly the Kitchen Kop has a guest post about cooking grassfed beef by Food Renegade. This is one time I will absolutely read the instructions before jumping in. Before I began my traditional food adventure, if meat was more than a dollar a pound, I just didn’t buy it. The least expensive grassfed meat I purchased this week was $5 a pound. Heart-stopping, that kind of risky investment. Makes junk bonds look like blue chip stock. But, it also encourages a new appreciation for my food and where it comes from.