#Paleo friendly hummus

As we're not supposed to eat chick peas, that means, no hummus; which for me, is not a good prospect.

So, imagine my delight when we found a recipe for hummus on the back of some cashews.

5 garlic cloves (peeled and crushed)

1 tbsp olive oil

juice of 1 lemon

salt and freshly ground pepper

30g cashew nuts

Blend the garlic, oil, lemon juice, seasoning and cashew nuts in a food processor until combined and smooth, adding extra oil if necessary.

I doubled the recipe, but I have to say, 10 raw garlic cloves is like eating a lemon while somebody sprays pepper spray directly into your mouth.

Maybe the original recipe would be tamer, but this I can tell you...go easy on the garlic!

The consistency and basic taste (once your face returns to its natural position) is actually really good, a viable alternative to 'normal' hummus. I WILL be trying it again.

Paleolithic diet

This week, Ashley and I have been following the Paleo Diet (Paleolithic diet). This diet is, in essence, the following of the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various human species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic—a period of about 2.5 million years duration that ended around 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture.

In other words, 'what the caveman ate'.

Centered around commonly available modern foods, the "contemporary" Paleolithic diet consists mainly of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts; and excludes grains, legumes (alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, and peanuts), dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.

There is a considerable amount of theory around the modern reliance on processed foods being our downfall. I don't know; I'm not a nutritionist (kind of makes sense though, right?).

I'm not sure if I understand the whole science behind the diet, there's a 266 page to read through, but a couple of things I have discovered in the last week -

1. I have lost 3kg in the last week, the diet in the only thing that I've changed, ergo, I attribute the weight loss to the diet.
2. Planning meals & cooking without the above mentioned food stuffs is harder than I ever though possible. I struggle with this all the time.
3. Even though by the end of the week I thought I'd be craving cakes & doughnuts etc. the reality is, I would kill someone for a sandwich right now.

We're going to keep on with it, see what happens; I don't know if I'll actually end up killing someone for the sandwich, but I'll Tweet about it if I do.

You should check with your physician before starting any new exercise or diet regime

Sections of this post are referenced from the Paleolithic diet article on Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia