Real Food Kitchen

by Saṃsāran

In another post, I asked “What’s it really all about?”  but I gave no answers. Well, I am not one to leave people in suspense. What’s it all about? Simple.

live life as it comes

learn to observe your thoughts and quiet them

be kind to all sentient beings

flow by accepting change

do not be attached to things which are impermanent 

be compassionate to all sentient beings

forget about the “big” questions with no answers

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

learn what there is to be learned without pridefulness

forgive or if you can’t forgive then forget

sleep nine hours a night

cut out sugared soft drinks

eat smaller portions but sufficient calories

meditate for 5 minutes a day’

walk briskly 15 minutes a day

cut out fast food

do one small but kind thing for a stranger everyday

This is a scientific principle known as “fine tuning”.  This little known fact is what keeps the mind of the physicist open to ideas about an intelligence behind the universe.  It is just too incredibly improbable that the physical universe is EXACTLY as it needs to be for life to form. So, some mechanism is fine tuning it for this purpose.

Now, it gets even weirder. Our universe reproduces. Universes replicate and mutate just like any other life form. This happens in black holes. Here’s how it works. When a giant star burns out it collapses. It collapses into, you guessed it, a black hole then a singularity. Just as it is about to become infinitely dense a phenomena knows as “superfluidity” kicks in.  Hydrogen, by far the most common element in the universe when compressed becomes a superfluid. We can make it here on Earth. A superfluid will not be compressed or contained. So what happens? BANG! A new universe but one slightly different than its parent.

Natural selection kicks in. The most successful of these infant universes are those with the most black holes. So, they need to cool the expanding cosmic gasses so matter can form. How is this done? With carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is carbon and oxygen “coincidentally” the two most necessary components of life. It all fits together like a near impossible and intricate puzzle.

The universe has as its purpose the propagation and protection of life. Life has as its purpose the expansion of self awareness. Consciousness.

Paleo Pancakes!

I’ve seen a ton of paleo pancake recipes around the web, but they all left me quite unsatisfied with the results (especially the ones that just claimed eggs and bananas made up the miracle 2 ingredient recipe). So after a little experimenting, here’s the caveman’s take. 

Makes 3 nice sized pancakes (enough to share if you’re a light eater, or for one if you’re a fat bastard like me):

4 eggs

4 tablespoons of coconut oil

3 tablespoons of coconut flour

4 tablespoons of almond flour

1 tablespoon of psyllium seed powder

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

optional: a little cinnamon and nutmeg if you like those flavors, but I left them out

additional coconut oil for cooking the pancakes (and a dollop to top it off with instead of non-paleo butter)

Just like my latest bread recipe, I think the psyllium seed powder is the key to binding, like a paleo friendly gluten. And of course, the baking soda helps make them fluffy. I’ve come around on a lot of non-paleo things in the last few years as relatively harmless, and baking soda is one of those items. I’m coming around on yeast-based fermented food as well (in small amounts, like cap fulls of vinegar for instance).

If you want your pancakes sweeter, then add some raw organic honey to your recipes. Speaking of which, for my syrup, I heated up some honey in the same pancake pan (with the residue coconut oil in it), added a little water to thin it out, and added a tiny bit of lemon juice to cut the sweetness. Stir thoroughly to avoid burning. Don’t let it cook too long or you’ll increase the sugar, defeating your own healthy purpose. It’s bad enough we’re eating sugar, but we’re turning it into a mini-cheat by using local raw organic honey. Still, always remember, sugar is sugar once it enters the body, so this isn’t an every day meal, more of a special treat, like cooking paleo breakfast on Valentine’s Day for your special cave boy or cave girl (I’m still single, so I treated myself to breakfast for dinner this V-Day, otherwise known in my home as VD, which causes the same burning sensation as being single on Valentine’s Day).