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Welcome back to on the hunt I'm Jonathan Hunt as you well know I'm not -- slimmest fitness man on the well and I've tried many diets.
And you know the way you always get bored with a diet because it doesn't taste great well we have the fix for you right here in the studio and -- Amsterdam joins me now she's a renowned food -- And -- -- the -- -- I wanna talk about your recipes in a moment because there are some amazing ones but.
The first -- -- it's based around the pay Leo diet you know anybody who doesn't know what that is explain what that means it's open.
First thought despondent say it's great to be her thanks for -- -- and John Legend -- and the Helio diet is a hunter gatherer diet.
Does -- -- Leo comes from Caylee -- -- second.
And it mankind didn't eat grains until that happened to the agriculture 101000 years ago.
Before that we were hunter gatherers and we ate like keep that you so this diet is based on meat fruit vegetable seeds and not.
So it essentially he takes you back to any of -- to anything you could -- didn't -- exactly it's very simple and it's very very healthy.
Not so it's very healthy but.
And Powell had you also make eat tasty.
Well that's the key breaks I had two children thirteen and fourteen and a husband and I don't -- -- cook healthy meals that they won't need to -- -- city.
Healthy and tasty.
So my first trip with the -- diet is -- use almond flour which comes from the not -- It's high in pro team it has twice as much -- -- wheat flour see don't need to be someone is good for your -- silly -- of -- to use almond -- but it is a great.
Wheat -- substitute for people that at that you know complete -- that you use it like -- you within minutes yes actually I brought you these cookies wow shocker that play he's gonna take a flight is but good luck on trial whole plate here and then all of chocolate chip cookies those will be -- -- -- staff will thank you so.
Tell me a little bit about these so these -- meet with almonds flour high in protein as I said twice as much protein -- wheat flour and a quarter up to carbohydrates.
To wow I don't own mind.
And it -- good almond flour at a -- healthy has amazing flavor as a rich and buttery taste you and I plates of these in my kitchen so that when my children and their friends come home from school.
They think they're eating junk food but I know their candidates had to pull all of -- dual all the kids' friends think.
Cookie yeah I think reality and they do and I also I couldn't bring it for you today at it -- to bring my ice cream maker here but I week.
Screen out of Coke and -- thought -- -- -- -- coconut milk and not and it's healthy enough and lightly sweetened with honey he gets healthy enough to eat for breakfast I have let the kids yet for practice -- at times.
And so did a vegetable shortening Lebanon would be used them well and vegetable shortening is wonderful -- by the this -- -- oh yes please do.
Because a lot of people that have silly act disease and eat gluten free also can't digest -- so this is -- begin shortening that has a wonderful flavor.
It's actually in these cookies and but dairy -- so it's a win win so you although you would how about a balloon recipes that you publish and went I didn't like oh I have a web -- -- called -- has pantry dot com.
800 recipes they're all gluten free and many air Caylee out there it is on the screen right now -- -- -- country don't -- what is what would you say.
That it can decide because these are not listen I'm nothing more than you know it really what do what do you what does what does your favorite -- that you do that makes a real difference -- oh gosh Brad everyone in this gluten free are trying to lose weight -- giving up -- so right now.
I have a Helio Irish soda -- that's on my web site.
That people are really enjoying.
It's all over Twitter and be spoken of course people are going on the website to get it.
Could ever launched several soda Bradford saint Patrick that's for sure everybody wants -- out of -- any time gap and then if you're feeling really help the -- have -- greens you said green lemonade for Saint Patrick's Day and that's.
Green apples celery -- and -- and -- my kids even one drink fat that's great yeah how -- -- -- -- doing this for you and your family.
Well I diagnosed with silly -- 1998.
And then my son was diagnosed in 2001 it was that dark ages of gluten free.
I go to restaurant and people thought when I ordered quick -- as part of some strange cult or religion and sell but now it's much baker shortly after my son was diagnosed in 2006.
I began my blog and and as I -- 800 free gluten free recipes many of them -- and I -- three cup but I'm.
One new one Kelly -- cooking from an honest pantry.
It's coming out in June.
Okay and then it -- cooking from honest Patrick -- -- available iTunes bookstore Amazon.com etc.
and anywhere -- -- through a blog yeah.
The blog once again Islamist country dot com and we'll -- -- a lot of lama's recipes right now.
At foxnews.com.
Those cookies great thank you thank you so -- I finance guy for being here really it's really advice and not.
I will be taking at a few of those recipes and trying to Paula some of them and and maybe it'll make a difference maybe the next time you come back I'll have one less change up bring you ice -- next guest please do not --
