Primal Blueprint Recipes. Frozen Coconut Macadamia Bars. Is it a Primal Energy Bar or the perfect Primal dessert?
Call them what you will, these delicious little morsels deliver a healthy dose of fat and protein and satisfy an urge for something sweet. Frozen Coconut Macadamia Bars are incredibly easy to make and have an deliciously decadent flavor and texture. Macadamia nuts and coconut oil add a naturally sweet taste. Coconut flakes and chia seeds add a crunchiness that contrasts perfectly with the otherwise smooth and creamy texture of the bars. That’s it for ingredients. Low-calorie they are not, so don’t plan on eating an entire pan of Frozen Coconut Macadamia Bars in one sitting.
Servings: 12 to 14 small bars Time in the Kitchen: 15 minutes, plus 30 minutes to freeze bars Ingredients: 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut (60 g)1 1/2 cups raw, unsalted macadamia nuts (150 to 160 g)3/4 cup melted coconut oil (180 ml)1 tablespoon chia seeds (15 ml)Pinch of sea salt Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 ºF. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. How to Eat Healthy Without Breaking the Bank. “Sorry dude, eating healthy is too expensive!”
First of all, don’t call me dude. Second of all, yes you can! If you’ve been reading Nerd Fitness for a while, you know that I’m a huge fan of the Paleo Diet (if you’re not paleo, make sure you read the comments for some non-paleo cheap healthy meal tips!). It’s worked like a charm for Saint and Staci (whose birthday is today! Happy Birthday Spezz!!!) However, whenever I bring up the Paleo Diet (or some variant of it), the usual pushback I get is “but it’s too expensive to eat healthy!”
Now, unless you’re living on Cosco bags of Puffed Rice, Ramen Noodles, and Spaghettios, I bet healthy eating isn’t too far off from your normal spending habits. Here’s how to dominate the grocery store and minimize the impact on your wallet. Make it a priority. How to Keep Feces Out of Your Bloodstream (or Lose 10 Pounds in 14 Days) Ruh-roh.
(Photo: Toby Otter) Following our Paleolithic ancestors, our Neolithic ancestors lost an average of six inches in height. Most people now have those last 5-10 pounds that seem impossible lose. The causes for both, surprisingly, may be the same. Robb Wolf can explain. I have known of Robb for several years, but I only met him through a friend a week ago. Enter Robb Wolf. A Common Problem Below I describe several people who at first glance appear different, but in fact they all share a common problem.
For you, this chapter may represent the “missing link” in your quest for improved performance and health. Alex, Age Five I first learned of Alex from my friend Kelly. The Inuit Paradox. Patricia Cochran, an Inupiat from Northwestern Alaska, is talking about the native foods of her childhood: “We pretty much had a subsistence way of life.
Our food supply was right outside our front door. We did our hunting and foraging on the Seward Peninsula and along the Bering Sea. “Our meat was seal and walrus, marine mammals that live in cold water and have lots of fat. We used seal oil for our cooking and as a dipping sauce for food. We had moose, caribou, and reindeer. Cochran’s family also received shipments of whale meat from kin living farther north, near Barrow.
Now Cochran directs the Alaska Native Science Commission, which promotes research on native cultures and the health and environmental issues that affect them. No one, not even residents of the northernmost villages on Earth, eats an entirely traditional northern diet anymore. A grain of salt. The Beginner's Guide to the Paleo Diet. So you wanna learn about the Paleo Diet, eh?
Here’s the ENTIRE diet in a nutshell: If a caveman didn’t eat it, neither should you. Now, obviously there’s more to it than that, and that’s what I’m going to cover in great detail with this article today. When you are following the Paleo Diet, you can eat anything we could hunt or gather way back in the day – things like meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, and seeds. Sorry, the pasta, cereal, and candy will have to go! And instead of counting calories and perfectly partitioned portions (say THAT three times fast), you’ll be focusing on eating the right foods instead.
And that makes me happy, because I hate counting calories. I don’t like keeping track of how much I’ve eaten or obsessing over how many grams of a particular nutrient I’ve had. Now, this article is SUPER long, so we took the liberty of converting it into a nicely designed guide for easy consumption (not literal consumption, unless you print it on bacon). Ready? Nope.