I'm very fortunate in that I have a very health conscious sister who is also a pastry chief. I am forever grateful for her. She has been a vegetarian for 17 years and raw, meaning she eats foods in their natural state (and ya'll thought Paleo was hard) for the last 6 months. This requires a great deal of planning and patience and I immensely admire her for commitment to optimal health. It's a familiar scene at every family function; everyone eagerly awaits for their share of Arcelia's tasty desserts. Mmmmm....and boy is it worth the wait!
Aware of my enormous sweet tooth and my strict Paleo eating, this Thanksgiving Arcelia made a Paleo Pecan Pie. She didn't share the recipe but she did mention that the pie crust was made of almond meal and the meat of the pie was composed of pecans, dates and natural juices for sweetness. It was the first pie to go, followed by a non-Paleo Pecan Pie and a Pumpkin-Cherry Pie.
3 comments:
Dang, looks delicious. Too bad there's no more of that yummy-looking pie!
There is no compelling reason to eat a diet composed exclusively of raw foods. The primary justification given is that "enzymes" in raw foods are destroyed in the cooking process, however enzymes are just a form of protein and are digested like any other form of protein, hence, said enzymes are never absorbed by the body.
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