Coconut Flour Bread

I like this coconut flour bread recipe because it’s high protein, high fiber and made with coconut oil. There are only 4 ingredients so it’s so simple even a guy can make it. Perfect with a little nut butter on it and eaten with one of my favorite green soups and a salad.

Coconut flour is gluten free, high in fiber and low in carbohydrates. 5 Tablespoons of coconut flour has 30 grams of carbohydrates to it’s 27 grams of fiber resulting in 3 net carbs. It’s slightly sweet too, so the bread is more of a heavy high protein compliment to a soup rather than for use with sandwich meats.

How To Make Coconut Flour Bread

This is so drop dead simple, even the worst cooks can make this at home. It uses 4 ingredients, 2 of which are from coconuts.

6 eggs
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 cup coconut flour

Ideally you’d want to use pasture eggs from your local farmer rather than supermarket eggs because of the improved nutritional profile pasture eggs have. Do what you have to do though.

Mix all ingredients together and pour into a small bread pan wiped down with a little coconut oil.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Empty the bread out onto a towel or plate and leave it to cool for a while. Lining the bread pan with a little coconut oil should make the job easier.

Because the bread is so dense, it doesn’t rise very high as you can see in the picture. When you prepare your bread pan with the oil, pay attention to the bottom portions of the pan.

Credits:
Coconut Flour Bread Photo by Edmonton Photographer Darlene Hildebrandt
Recipe idea: Nourishing Days

My 6 Egg Omelet Recipe

In a recent discussion on twitter about what’s considered a “normal consumption” of eggs per day, I got quite a few responses. From 2-3 eggs a day to 6 eggs a day including variations on whole eggs vs egg whites being best.

I shared my 6 egg omelet recipe through a tweet and then thought I should share the images I took a few months back while I made it one morning. These were originally uploaded to facebook and taken with my blackberry, so excuse the quality. I’ll replace them with higher quality images later.

How Many Eggs Is Normal?

So what’s considered the normal amount of eggs to consume in a day? Each of us should have our own definition of normal as @ink_slinger asked. And that’s just it isn’t it. We now know that eggs are good for us, that the “cholesterol confusion” around them has been solved and that eggs do not raise cholesterol and are not a cause for concern at all.

Eggs are finally getting the respect they deserve, yet some still fear consuming them.

Are they only for weight lifters, sports enthusiasts, people who exercise hard?

Or can egg consumption actually help people lose weight, make them feel better and improve their health?

again, depending on how you were brought up, how your eggs are produced (or where), egg consumption can have different impacts.

I remember reading a story about an interviewer asking a man who had lived to be 100 years old about his habit of consuming up to 40 eggs a day. He responded “I never thought twice about it”.

It’s just an egg. It’s the most bio adaptable source of protein for the human body and it’s what all other proteins are compared to when describing their quality.

Regardless of what your take is on this whole question, here is my 6 egg omelet recipe.

Fresh Greens Fried In Coconut Oil

I begin with slicing and dicing onion, red, yellow or …

Increase Your Reps Tip

When you’re lying on your back on the bench and your training partner is snorting and hollering over you, spittle dropping down on your forehead right where that vein is about to burst…

…you always seem to have MORE POWER than you think, don’t you?

But what if you don’t HAVE an adrenaline-jacked training buddy?

Never fear! Here’s…

How To Increase Your Reps On Any Exercise

Stupidly simple yet amazingly POWERFUL, this “quick tip” works every time for generating a bit more power…

…and it’s all PSYCHOLOGICAL!

All you have to do is, instead of counting your reps 1-2-3-etc.

Count BACKWARDS!

(Told you it was stupidly simple)

Here’s Why It Works

Just as having a spotter who’s jacked on adrenaline and caffeine forces you to dig down deep and push your body beyond any MENTAL blocks you have…

…counting BACKWARDS also “tricks” your brain to get more power out of your muscles.

Knowing that you’re getting closer and closer to the “end” of your set, your brain will almost MAGICALLY flip the switch on the afterburners and you’ll be able to get more reps than if you’d been counting the “traditional” way.

Your “Champion For The Average Joe & Jane”

The “Muscle Nerd”
Jeff Anderson
Author of Combat the Fat Workout and Hardgainer Project X

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