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 :)

Tuna salad (with a crap picture :/)

Sorry for the crap picture! I really need to step it up in that department. Its just that Im really looking forward to eating what I post that i just want to get it over with the picture taking time and just dig in. I assure you that  this salad is delicious!

TUNA SALAD WITH SPINACH

Toss a handful of fresh spinach leaves, one can of tuna chunks in water (drained), 2 medium sized sliced tomatoes, some broccoli sprouts and the juice from half of a lemon and add the dressing made out of one tablespoon coconut milk, salt, and generous amounts of pepper. Enjoy :)

Post-Workout Red Curry Stir Fry

So...stir fry. You'll be seeing A LOT of these.. they are my favorite PWO meal... they are done in 10 minutes and depending on what condiment's in there they can taste absolutely different from one day to another (even with the same veggies and meat). This one had chicken breast, carrots, apio, brown button mushrooms, broccoli, sweet potato and other stuff. Just the right amount of carbs to fuel my muscles after leg day and enough protein to keep me full. I made the mistake of using raw sweet potato, I advise anyone to cook it beforehand. Otherwise, the stir fry will take you way too long and you'll overcook the other vegetables. 

PWO RED CURRY STIR FRY

So...one chicken breast, marinated with some red curry paste, sauteed in coconut oil. When it was almost done, I added my sweet potato, some garam masala and fenugreek seeds. Thats where I went wrong- the sweet potato was raw... after sauteeing it for ages I added some water and let it simmer, until the water evaporated. It just took longer for the stir fry to be done. when the water evaporated, I added sliced carrots and apio, let them cook together a minute or two and then added sliced green peppers and brown button mushrooms, as well as broccoli (I like my broccoli REALLY crunchy). When everything was cooked, I added some fish sauce and that was that. Enjoy!

Paleo Icecream

I think Im on a roll with the sweets... which is bad. STOP ME! But before that, I give you

THE BEST ICECREAM EVAH

For one person: 2 bananas, sliced, frozen, then blended. Add some droplets of vanilla and some raisins. Done.

Options:

fruity icecream: add some frozen berries and a splash of lemon and mint leaves

Cocoa icecream: 2 teaspoons of cocoa and some crushed raw cacao beans.

The possibilities are endless: honey, a dash of yogurt (not paleo but delicious), cinnamon, cardamom, slivered almonds, walnuts, mix two flavors etc. Enjoy the hell out of it!

Breakfast again

As I said before, I dont eat breakfast, but other people do. This one consisted of smoked salmon, boiled eggs, shredded horseradish and a delicious arugula salad.

ARUGULA SALAD WITH AN AVOCADO AND HONEY DRESSING

So get a bunch of arugula, mix it with some cherry tomatoes, throw in some grilled brown button mushrooms (thinly sliced) and some fried bacon bits (fried them dry in a non stick pan). Dressing: leftover avocado (I had 1/4 avocado left), mushed with a fork, add a teaspoon of dijon mustard (I found my dream! mustard without sugar!!!), mix, add a bit of olive oil, mix, add the juice from half a lemon, some salt and pepper and a teaspoon of honey. Enjoy!

Deseeeeeeeeeeert!

Of course the focus is on the birds.... of course. Nevermind, you can see these are balls. Ok, truffles. yeah, that's right, raw, paleo, protein packed delicious truffles. 

RAW CHOCOLATEY TRUFFLES

250 g of pitted dates, soaked in hot water, blended with about 100 g of shredded unsweetened coconut, 3 tablespoons of dark cocoa powder, about 100 g of chocolate protein powder (optimum nutrition gold standard), some cinnamon, to which I then added raw cacao beans (crushed in a mortar, about 10), crushed almonds (handful) and dried cranberries (handful). Roll them into balls truffles with wet hands and then roll them through a mixture of cocoa powder, sliced almonds and coconut. Done. Delicious and fast! Enjoy!