SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: On Hiatus and Will Re-Launch After The Holidays

Factually Food is on Hiatus until Jan 1, 2012, and will re-launch bigger and better than ever. In the meantime, check out the archives for great no-refined-carbs recipes and tips.

THEMATIC Thursdays: Coconut Milk

Coconut milk is becoming popular as alternative to soy milk, which some people are allergic to--and which is reputed to be estrogenic, thereby making it less desirable for men to drink--and almond milk, which some simply don't enjoy. Coconut milk is slightly, naturally sweet, so it's being used as a sweetening agent, as a thickener and as a flavoring. Vons Supermarkets (a Safeway-owned chain in Southern California) is selling coconut milk--as are many other upscale chains.

This is a reminder that I need to weave coconut milk into my cooking....

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS: Product of the Week...Progresso Lentil

Progresso's Lentil Soup (find 'Lentil' under "Vegetable Classics" and click) contains no flour, and less than 1% of sugar (although why it even needs that tiny amount is beyond me), and so it rates as pretty swell for packaged, canned soup, which normally contains loads of sugars and flours. No chemicals, per se, although some "modified food starch." Have at it!