Low Carb Archive - Nuts!

For reasonably priced nuts and nut flours go to http://www.nuts4u.com/ . I just found the site tonite and plan to buy some nut flours to use for breading, etc. Does anybody have a piecrust recipe for nut flour?

I heard this site is very helpful to low carbers.

And nuts to you too, Jennifer. :D
I have seen a recipe for piecrust somewhere in my cookbooks and will try to find it.

WOW! It sure looks really good! I wonder how it will all translate out into Canadian dollars--maybe we could find it here, eh Ruth?

I know you can buy bean flour. I will try the big bulk food store in Kingston next time I am there. I might even phone them!

Thanks for posting that link!

~Becka

http://www.nuttyguys.com/

I am going to buy some nut flour...any one inparticular more used than others or should I just buy one of everything!? :)

I usually make my own almond flour by throwing raw almonds in my food processer. Been doing it for years, works great.

ThatGirl

How long do you grind yours for? I have heard that it is easy to make almond butter that way! :)

I really don't know how long I just watch them through the bowl and stop when they are a fine powder. I have never had them become butter or even clump together. Just a fine powder. It's really easy ;)

ThatGirl

Went into my local health food store and I was told by the owner that it isn't safe to buy already ground almond flour as it is very unstable and very likely it would be rancid due to the almond oils in it. She said the best way to go to ensure that you have fresh almond flour is to grind them yourself using a food processor. Just so you all know if you wanted to go and buy ready made almond flour from a website...:)

Jennifer,

I also grind my flour, nut and other kinds (i.e. oatmeal) for my pasta, breads and desserts. I have a small food processor (NOT the $350 kind that does everything) and it turns all seeds and nuts into a fine, dry, powder. I have even used it for BBQ and spicy pork rinds, which lend an interesting flavor to bread and add no carbs. You cannot taste the "pork rinds flavor".

I prefer to make my own, not only because it is economical but because at our health food stores people have a tendency to use little "etiquette" in regard to placing scoops in the right place (i.e. on the dirty shelves on EVEN the floor!)...ok so now you know about my idiosyncracies.

If you would like me to post a link for recipes (from an Atkins follower) I will do so. Since I am new here I was not sure if it is ok to offer other sites on this one. Do not wish to do anything that is inappropriate on this site.

ST