I ordered a copy of Paleo Comfort Foods in an attempt to find some GF recipes for my husband (his sister has celiac and he's starting to accept that he may as well - he's finally asking his dr to test him). Except that I have a peanut/tree nut/coconut allergy, and when I got it I was appalled at how many of the recipes call for these ingredients! Can I make any substitutions for coconut oil or coconut/almond flour? Or is paleo just not possible for us?
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I think it's certainly possible, but you will have trouble with many of the paleo comfort foods, substitutions for conventional foods, and paleo baked goods. Most of those rely on nut flours. When I am eating paleo, I don't make these things anyways.
Most of my paleo meals are meat and veggies - pretty simple. Stews, steaks, fish, etc., with veg on the side. Always green vegetables and then some starchy vegetables depending on my activity that day.
For coconut oil, just use olive oil, or butter if you're having a little dairy, or buy or make ghee out of butter to eliminate the milk solids.
Good luck!
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It's possible... but it's hard because that's what I use for all my baked goods.
Have you tried quinoa flour? I haven't baked with it yet - but I love quinoa spaghetti noodles! So yummy.
I agree with above pp that generally coconut flour and almond flour are used to make things that you might be used to - comfort foods whereas eating paleo is more about focusing on whole real foods like vegetables and meat, not substituting bakes goods and carbs. I still have a hard time so I still make the occasional cookie or brownie from almond flour.
You can use potato or rice flour to make GF foods but potato and rice isn't paleo.
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