Healthy Cheese Crackers

Cheese...healthy...what?! It can't be! Ahh, but it is :) The secret is grass fed butter and cheese. Dairy products and meat that come from grass fed cows are actually full of a wonderful thing called CLAs. You may know these babies as omega-3s, you know the healthy fats that are have been proven to help fight obesity, heart disease, stupidity, yadayadayada. I know what you're thinking... "cow's aren't salmon or olives silly crazy blogger lady." But once again, you're wrong, you see a major source of CLA is actually leafy greens, like grass. So if that's what a cow's eating, not only is it happier and healthier it also passes all those wonderful benefits to you. Let's get to it then, make these crackers and fight dem diabetes!

Ingredients:

·         3.5 tbsp salted grass-fed butter(Kerrygold brand)

·         ¾ cup shredded grass-fed sharp cheddar cheese (Trader Joe’s has some from new Zealand that’s cheap, you just have to shred it yourself)

·         1 cup organic whole wheat pastry flour

·         4 tbsp ice water

·         Salt for sprinkling

·         ½ tbsp garlic powder

·         1 tsp rosemary

Directions:

1.       Mix (in food processor/with fork) cheese, butter, rosemary and garlic powder together

2.       Add flour ½ cup at a time until little balls start to form

3.       Add water a tbsp at a time until the dough is similar to pie dough forms, shape into a disk, cover in plastic wrap and place in fridge for at least 30 minutes

4.       Preheat oven to 375

5.       Roll out dough to 1/8^th inch thickness on a floured surface

6.       Cut into 1 inch squares with a pizza cutter ( feel free to crimp edges with a fork) or use a cute mini cookie cutter.

7.       Transfer to a greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with salt

8.       Place in oven on middle rack for 10 minutes and transfer to top rack for last 2 minutes until golden brown

9.       Remove from oven, let cool, eat and enjoy! *they are super delicious with homemade fig jam*

-evidence to support above statements:

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/61-health-benefits-omega-3-fatty-acids

Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model To Study the Effectiveness and Metabolic Targets of Dietary Supplements Used for Obesity Treatment: The Specific Case of a Conjugated Linoleic Acid Mixture (Tonalin)