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Primal Kitchen Efficiency: 13 Tips for Daily Organization and Smooth Cooking

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Good cooking is art and science. You’re measuring, you’re tasting, you’re following recipes, you’re following intuition. You’re adding a dash of this, a level teaspoon of that. It’s clinical and sensual at once. For this kind of good cooking to occur, pleasurable cooking, the kitchen needs to disappear. It must get out of the way and become an extension of your body. You shouldn’t have to think about what to use or where to grab it; you just know it. A messy, disjointed lab or workspace is hell. The ideal kitchen is just that, of course, an ideal. It’s probably not attainable or maintainable. Something will always come up to mar the optimality, like a toddler hanging on your ankle or the dirty dishes from last night or that damn spatula that always blocks the drawer from opening. But we can aim for it and get as close as possible. These tips aren’t specific to Primal. They’re not specific at all; I won’t tell you which dishes to make. They are general guidelines that will increase

Primal Knowledge Point: FODMAP

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“Some people continue to suffer uncomfortable digestive problems despite omitting the foods they may be intolerant to. If there are no definite test results pointing at an allergy or intolerance, then you’ll most likely be diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Scientists Peter Gibson and Susan Shepherd at Moash University in Australia researched the reasons behind the vicious cycle of bloating, diarrhea, constipation, and discomfort. They came upon some evidence proving that certain sugars could actually be the cause of many of these ailments: ‘Fermentable Oligo-Di-Monosaccharides and Polyols,’ thus founding the term FODMAP. Fermentable: these types of sugar have the ability and tendency to ferment in our intestines, resulting in bloating and diarrhea. Oligosaccharides: fructans (FOS), wheat, rye, onions, garlic, galactans (GOS) (legumes), chickpeas. Disaccharide: sucrose, maltose, lactose. Monosaccharide: fructose, glucose, and galactose. Polyol: sorbitol, mannito

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Clean Eating Instant Pot Chicken Soup Recipe

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This clean eating Instant Pot chicken soup recipe is perfect for the chilly evenings we’ve been having lately. It’s also great when you have a sick kid at home and don’t have a ton of time to cook… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2ElYhyI