Bread...and All That Jazz

  

    Okay ladies and gents!!! Katie here...As of yet I have not personally introduced myself, I left that in the hands of my much more talented co-blogger Jess. However, considering this is in fact a co-owned blog I guess I'm required to show my face on here every once in awhile right? So as I like to say...no time like the present. That of course goes for workouts....school projects... movie marathons...and my personal favorite...eating. I love to eat....I mean you have no idea. In my unhealthy teenage years I could seriously put away some nachos...and a pizza....a lot of ice cream....and....Ok, I'm getting a little, teensy weensy,  bit carried away...needless to say I was not healthy. Here let me show you a quick before and after shot.... 

Left: Age 16 Right: Age 19

    Ok enough of that, heaven knows those days are long gone for me!!!  A year or two after the picture on the left I got myself together and started eating right, thank goodness. One of the really awesome things I learned when switching over from fatty, sugary, artery-clogging foods to clean and healthy ones was...........wait for it.............YOU DONT HAVE TO STARVE YOURSELF!!!! Nope, not even a little! So yes, I still eat, I just turned the way I ate around a little bit. I put down the french fries and milkshakes, and picked up the fruits, veggies and of course the dark chocolate *drool*. I mean don't get me wrong I am still a milkshake fan, every once in awhile though, instead of every day. One thing that I was a huge HUGE fan of too, was bread. I LOVED bread, ate it all the time,  sometimes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I realized though, as we all do when jumping on the healthy train, bread (especially those white uber processed unnatural breads) did not love me. Not only did it give me a lot of weight around my middle it also made me feel sluggish and sleepy...yuck. However I found an awesome alternative...at least for the breakfast portion of the day. I found 90 Second Bread!!! That is what I am blogging about today, because I am in LOVE with this stuff! It is soooo easy too! I found a recipe on Pinterest and can not stop making it! I did tweak it a little bit to make it my own and Paleo friendly. As I am sure you will find out Jess and I are really big Paleo fans so a lot of the recipes we post on here will be Paleo or at least primal friendly. So let me know what you all think!

90 Second Bread (Paleo Friendly)

Ingredients:

1T Coconut Oil (or grassed butter)

1 Large Egg 

1T Coconut Flour (I use Trader Joe's brand but any brand will work)

1/4 Tsp Baking Powder

Splash of Vanilla Extract (optional)

Instructions

1. Melt coconut oil in a small round microwave safe container (I will include a picture of the one I am using but you want it to be roughly the size of an english muffin because this is the size the bread will be) 

2. Once oil is completely melted, add the egg, coconut flour and baking soda to the bowl. Mix thoroughly, you want to make sure you break up all the chunks of flour so you have an extremely smooth batter. It should be the consistency of very thin pancake batter. 

3. Scrape the sides of the container so that all the batter is at the bottom, then place in the microwave for 90 seconds. 

It looks a little weird right out of the microwave, once you toast it it's much more appealing.

4. Once done let cool and pop out of container, at this point you can eat it just like that or cut it in half and pan sear it in a little extra coconut oil to crisp up the edges (this really does make all the difference) If your short on time you can also pop it in the toaster but this doesn't do the job quite as well.

This just happens to be my breakfast tomorrow...Yum! 

90 second bread, two eggs, a slice of turkey and some fresh spinach.

*The vanilla extract gives it a sweeter taste which is great if you're putting almond butter or fruit on it. If you want the bread for savoy foods leave out the vanilla.