Baked avocado and eggs

Perfect breakfast: separate an avocado in two halves, remove the pit, carve a biiger hole, break an egg in each half, bake for 20-30 minutes (depending on how you want your yolk- I baked them for 30 and they were solid, but people mostly like them runny). Sprinkle with sea salt and black peppe. Served with iceberg salad leaves and some prosciutto crudo. ENJOY! :)

Best pizza ever!!!!

Yeah!!! Pizza! Awesooome! Cauliflower pizza "scratched record sound"...right? No, honestly, best recipe ever! The credit goes to Detoxinista (check her out, her blog is amazing! http://detoxinista.com/2012/01/the-secret-to-perfect-cauliflower-pizza-crust/) for the crust- I substituted some items in the crust but the idea comes from her and it tasted amazing. Instead of goat cheese I added cottage cheese and a tablespoon of shredded parmesan cheese and instead of oregano, basil :)  I feel it could have stayed longer in the oven (mine was 40 minutes but wasnt as brown as hers. I was scared I'd burn it... but no worries! Dont make it too thick and have the confidence to brown it properly). Topped with home made sweet ketchup mixed with shredded basil leaves and Himalaya salt, prosciutto, mozarella and fresh basil leaves. Its grain free but not paleo! Really important tip: do the cheesecloth step Detoxinista mentions, its worth it!! ENJOY!

Zucchini "pasta" and pesto

ZUCCHINI PASTA AND PESTO

Easiest recipe in the world (also with the worst picture in the world.. taken with the phone camera, while it was rather dark and I was incredibly hungry and I just might have been shaking with enthusiasm :P). One medium sized zucchini, shave really thin slices, cook them in a dry non stick skillet until they get a nice brownish color, add a tablespoon of dairy free pesto and top with shredded almonds (non paleo version- also gluten and grain free- top with normal pesto and Parmesan cheese). ENJOY! :) Macros 162 kcal, 10 g of carbs, 5 g of fat, 5 g of protein.

Zucchini oven baked "fries"

ZUCCHINI OVEN BAKED "FRIES"

Long strory short: was craving fries, i don't eat potatoes, read about these fries on a bb forum, here ya go: one zucchini, cut into sticks (fry-style), tossed with one eggwhite, some almond flour (like a teaspoon) and some za'atar, oven baked on high, on a sheet of baking paper, for about 30 minutes or until crispy. Delicious!!!! Enjoy! :)

Protein Chocolate Thins (non-paleo)

PROTEIN CHOCOLATE THINS (non- paleo)

Non paleo but lifting friendly, these thins are AWESOME. They have started out as brownies (base recipe: Layne Nortons's recipe, via Anna on Protein Power's : http://www.proteinpow.com/2012/08/the-best-low-carb-protein-brownies-in.html), but my pan was mega huge. So instead of 20 brownies I got 32 thins :))

Slightly modified recipe: 

230 g soft no-fat cottage cheese, a tablespoon of softened butter, 6 eggwhites, 1 tablespoon fat free milk, vanilla extract, half a packet of baking powder, 2.5 scoops (about 70 g) of chocolate whey (I used Optimum Nutrition Double Rich Chocolate), 90 g of very dark chocolate- chopped, 2 teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa, 20 g of crushed almonds, all mixed together with a hand mixer. Baked in a pan lined with baking paper, for 20 minutes. 

They taste like perfection, I swear. They are also low carb, low fat, grain free and high protein. Because of the cheese and whey they are also non-paleo, though. Macros for 1 piece out of 32: 40 kcal, 2 g C, 2 g F, 4 g P. Enjoy! :)

Zucchini fritters (can be made paleo friendly)

431 kcal, 12C, 32F,24 P (if you leave out the coconut and cheese, it becomes 265 kcal, 8C, 18 F, 19 P)

These are delicious! One whole zucchini, shredded (salted and let to express all the water, then dried), mixed with 3 whole eggs, 2 teaspoons of shredded coconut, paprika flakes, garam masala, salt, tons of pepper. Heat up some coconut oil/ghee/clarified butter/olive oil etc in a non stick pan (not too much, a teaspoon will do) and cook the fritters (one is a tablespoon of mixture). I shredded some goat cheese on top, if you want to make it paleo friendly, omit it. I have been eating cheese lately, so I am veering a little from the paleo nature of this blog- but I tolerate it very well, I can get tons of proteins and basically no carbs so there's that. Enjoy your fritters :)

In on the craze: The keto diet

So in order to reach my goals I decided I really need to step it up diet-wise. So now I am on a keto/psmf/IF LG style mix and I wait to see what happens. I feel just fine (no typical keto side effects like headaches, irritability or anything, except for drinking boatloads of water). Anywhoo, I eat protein and veggies and thats about it. But I still try to find some innovative ways to make them yummy, so there you go:

PEPPERY PORK WITH VEGGIES (what an original name :)) 

240 kcals, 22P, 6C, 11F (it does not get lower carb than this)!

Marinate 1 small sliced zucchini in a teensy bit of olive oil, lemon juice and rosemary. Grill them. Grill some  thiny sliced button mushrooms, put some salt on them. Slice 1/4 avocado and some cherry tomatoes. Take a pork chop (clean and lean!), add some salt and tons of freshly cracked (important) pepper. Grill it. Put all those things on a plate and eat them. End of story :)