In Sweden the closest thing is peanut butter - not the best choice! Here I found almond butter! Had to buy a jar (heavy!) to take home. I love to have a spoon before or after a tough workout.

I have also previously found maccadamianut butter - that was the best! So filling...

I know, there are quite a lot of carbs in these 'butters' but I use them when working out, and in food dishes and give to my kids. The 'butters' are also high in protein and very high in fat - which means they are very filling!

When we landed in New York there just happened to be a Starbuchs right outsidet the customs control. Lucky me! :)

I asked if they had cream for my coffee, and the waitress asked if I meant 'half & half', some kind of cream and low fat milk blend. I assured I would like real cram, pouring cream, whipping cream that is runny, heavy cream. I tried all explanations I could think of! Heavy cream worked!

The poor waitress was in shock, confusion! Did I really mean heavy cream? In my coffee? HEAVY cream? Are you sure? She kept shaking her head in disbelief! :) This was quite a laugh actually!

She even tried to tell me that I should rather have whipped cream, as then one needs less amount, and all that fat is just sooo bad for me! :)

A Swedish couple behind me in the line, asked if I ought LCHF! Quite funny... Anyway I got the heavy cream and my coffee was soooo good, especially after that long flight!

Currently there is a shortage of butter in Sweden! A tv channel here bought 'the last' 10 packages of butter (they claim) and have sold it on Tradera which is the Swedish equevelant to Ebay.

The final price was kr 5100:-  = in Dollars: 741:- in Rands: 5980:- in Euro: 554 and in British pounds: 475:-

Which means an extremely high kg price for these 5kg of Swedish butter.  But the buyer does get a few minutes on TV when he/she fetches their butter.

My brother who lives in South Africa has always been very interested in health and foods. He has always spoken highly of coconut oil and how good it is for us. But I was very 'anti' - I avoided all and everything that looked like fat, and coconuta oil is 100% fat!

BUT he was right!

Organic coconut oil is really a miracle cure for the body and is awesome to cook with.  It's the best fat (and ghee) that tolerates beeing heated without turning to transfatts as other oils do, and even butter.

Coconut oil is good for you if you:

• want to loose weight,
• lower blood pressure,
• have problems with stomach,
• have aches and pains in your joints
  
  

My jar of oil stand on my kitchen bench, next to the stove.  It tolerates standing in room temperature and does not go bad. 

A spoon of coconut oil in a cup of tea is really good for you.  My tip is to take at least 2 tablespoons of coconut oil every day.  It balanses your insluin well and they say it also protects the liver from damage caused by alcohol.

Just want to wish you a very good day! Wednesday, a day to enjoy! Use it wisely, start planning for the weekend and don't give in to any sweet urges or nibbling attacks! If they do arise, it's more than likely due to lack of fat during your previous meal!!!

Eat lots of fat at every meal! It helps...