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Old Sat, Feb-07-15, 21:03
tandemgirl tandemgirl is offline
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I have been doing low carb for about 5 weeks. I am reading recipes and changing my lifestyle. My problem is that I have a coconut allergy and so many recipes call for coconut oil and coconut flour. I do not know what to use as a substitute for the flour. I would need an epi-pen if I eat coconut. I am highly sensitive to it. Any good suggestions?
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Old Sat, Feb-07-15, 22:14
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I would certainly avoid coconut products in your situation. I've been LC for 11 years and have never felt the *need* for coconut products. There is almond flour if you feel the *need* for a flour-like substance (I don't). As far as coconut oil, you can substitute butter, lard, tallow, bacon grease or olive oil.

I stick to bacon + eggs at breakfast, a salad with chicken at lunch and a meat or fish (grilled or pan fried in butter and/or olive oil)+ 1 or 2 veggies at night. What sorts of recipes with coconut oil are your trying to avoid?
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Like Liz said, you can substitute any other fat for coconut oil. For coconut flour, though... as a general rule, there are no direct substitutes for one "flour" to another. They all have vastly different properties. Find a tried-and-true recipe with a different ingredient.

I also agree with Liz on the necessity of having coconut flour on a paleo eating plan. I buy a bit of coconut flour maybe once a year and I'll make a treat out of it a few times a year. It's certainly not a staple of a paleo diet unless you really want it to be indulgent and full of stuff that resembles the wheat-treats you left behind.

For breadings (and I'm too lazy to ever do this) - crushed pork rinds, nut flours, parmesan cheese if you're more primal than pure paleo

For breads: flax seed + egg

For baked goods: flax, nut flours, and if you don't have the need to be low-carb, other grain-free flours like rice flour, chick pea flour, teff flour, etc. These can be a blood sugar bomb, though.

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