More, more, more--as in--I bought some coconut butter and HOLY BALLS ALIVE that shit is freakin' good. I found it for a cheaper price at Hyvee versus my go-to store, Pomegranate. It was $11-ish at Hyvee and $14-ish at POM. So..I decided to buy some today. Because with all the various sugar detox/paleo blogs and forums I've been reading I've found quite a common thing that alot have been "oohing and ahhing" over and that's coconut butter. Most claim to eat it straight outta the jar with a spoon..so of course, this totally sounds like me..and that's why I bought it. I did my research on it though before I bought it. There are 2 different brands I was considering.. one is made by Artisana and the other is made by Nutiva. One is raw the other isn't. From what I've read the only difference is one feels "grainy-er" or more fibrous than the other. Do a google search for both brands, read up on it and choose. I will most likely end up buying the other brand when this jar is gone just to see if I can spot any differences. At any rate, coconut butter RULES. In fact, it may be downright dangerous. Tasty..as my almost 4yr old would say. :) But..there is a bit of work involved with said "butter." Its solid when you buy it. And then you need to warm it to be able to stir it and eat it. So--here I am, putting this jar of luscious coconut butter in a bowl of hot water. I don't know about you and how patient you are..but I'm not. At all. Especially not today when I got home after running errands and was freakin' starving. All I wanted was the damn coconut butter. After changing the water about 4 times and stabbing at the "butter" with a spoon and then a knife (butter knife..don't get all worried..I'm not gonna cut a bitch over some damn coconut butter. Ha!) but it was still solid. I didn't want to keep waiting so I filled up my teapot and got some REALLY hot water going. That did the trick. I think from what I read while I was impatiently waiting for the "warm" water to melt it was that it will melt at 80 degrees and solidify at 68 degrees..or 61 degrees..frick, I can't remember. Google it. (I'm obsessed with googling stuff. I could and probably should list it as one of my favorite things to do. No joke.) So after stirring this amazing smelling (I'm obsessed with all things coconut from way back..) stuff it's finally ready. I'm nervous to take a spoonful of anything that claims to be "butter" so I grabbed a kid-size spoon and dove in. Definitely needs to be eaten slowly, tasted and then tasted some more. It's not something you're going to sit (or in my case, stand!) there and shovel this stuff in your mouth like melting ice cream or anything. Trust me. I'm a former fatty and I could and have done things that would leave some people in complete awe, disgust or scared. Either way..you won't be able to cram tons in your mouth...hahaha..that's what she said (or he said!) I freakin' love The Office.
The texture is good, it's thick, but spreadable if you chose to go that route. Although with this detox I'm not sure what you'd spread it on. If I weren't detoxing and had no conscious I would get some sort of crunchy cookie, Nilla Wafers and eat my weight in coconut butter slathered cookies. But, my brain got the best of me after I took a few small bites--I looked in the jar and instead of seeing coconut butter, or better yet, yummy frosting..I pictured it to be lard. Ugh. Why in the H do I do that to myself? So..needless to say, the lid went back on and it was promptly put in the cupboard....until a few hours later. Ha! Seriously--I said at the beginning--more, more, more.
So yeah. Now that I've dedicated this entire blog to my newest love interest, coconut butter, and that I feel like Paula Deen because I was eating butter with a fricken spoon..I think I'm done talking about that.
I did get a shitload of veggies while I was out. I got cauliflower, brussels sprouts, romaine, green peppers, avocados (albeit technically a fruit), tomatoes, broccoli, squash, zucchini...can't remember what else.
So yeah..I made it through another day. I'm still not a fan of this. I wish that I was but I'm a sugar addict. I quit smoking cold turkey. I quit drinking for about 3yrs too. (Not that I was ever an alcoholic, but I did it for many reasons..) But sugar..man, it's something else. I swear I should start a support group that meets everyday, someone tells a story, we all listen and at the end pray together and each of us has a sponsor to call when we're about to crack. I was seriously whining like a big overgrown child about wanting a flavored fizzy water or some crystal light. I was quite the sight today. That fake sugar is a bitch to breakup with! Fake sugar and sugar monster are banding together and making this extremely difficult to do that. But I'm still chugging along. I did end up getting some different kinds of tea. I read about licorice root tea being really good and also peppermint tea. So I bought both..the peppermint tea was ok. Kinda like you dunked an altoid in hot water. I have yet to try the licorice root tea, but from the info that I found it's a great after dinner tea if you're used to something sweet. So..I'll report back on that..if I remember.
SWEET DREAMS.
ps..I bought the Artisana brand of coconut butter and the tea brands I'm trying out are from Stash. Google 'em if you want to find out more..and PS..I'm way sorry that I mentioned "naughties" like Nilla Wafers. But if you know me at all..I'm never really sorry..so I guess I'm sorry I'm not sorry.
Ok, seriously. That's enough.
UNSWEETENED DREAMS.
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