Week 5 Breakfast Recipes
Morning Mojo: Lemon Ginger Detox
1 glass water (at room temperature)
Juice of ½ lemon
Either: ½ inch knob ginger root OR pinch of cayenne pepper
Instructions:
- Add the lemon juice to the glass of water.
- If adding ginger: finely grate the ginger using a zester, and add the zest to the glass of water.
- If adding cayenne pepper: add a pinch of cayenne to your water.
Protein Pancakes (2 servings)
½ cup applesauce
4 eggs
¼ cup melted coconut oil
½ c up coconut flour
4 scoops protein powder (vanilla or chocolate)
⅛ tsp salt
Instructions:
- In a medium bowl, whisk applesauce, eggs and oil together thoroughly.
- Stir in coconut flour, protein powder and salt and allow to sit for 5 minutes
- Heat coconut oil in a large pan over medium-low heat.
- Once hot, drop batter into pan and fry until bubbles form on one side.
- Flip,finish cooking and enjoy breakfast.
Green Smoothie
Blend: 2 cups spinach, 1 small banana, 1/2 cup peach, 2 tbsp cashews, 1 cup unsweetened almond or
coconut milk, 1 Tbsp chia seeds, and ice.
Vanilla Almond Smoothie
Blend: 1 Tbsp almond butter, 1/2 cup spinach, 1 Tbsp flax/chia seeds, 2 scoops vanilla protein
powder, 1 cup unsweetened coconut or almond milk, and ice.
Maple Breakfast Sausage (4 servings)
500g grass-fed minced beef
2 Tbsp coconut aminos
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 Tbsp coconut oil
Instructions:
- In large bowl mix beef, coconut amino’s, and maple syrup together.
- Place a frying pan over low heat and add the coconut oil.
- Form meat into sausage links and place in the pan.
- Cook with lid on for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through.
Week 5 Snack Recipes
Roast Beef and Cucumber Roll Ups
50g deli roast beef
Tahini
Cucumber, sliced
Instructions:
- Spread Tahini on roast beef.
- Layer with cucumber and roll-up.
Pecan Coconut Balls
3/4 cuppitted dates
1 cup pecans
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
3 Tbsp chia or flax seeds
Instructions:
- Process pecans in food processor until ground.
- Add dates and process untilmixture is sticky.
- Add chia seeds, protein powder and coconut. Process until blended.
- Roll into balls and refrigerate until firm, approximately one hour.
Week 5Lunch Recipes
Avocado Egg Salad
2 Hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1/4 Avocado, diced
1 slice bacon, cooked and crumbled
Juice from ½ a lemon
Sea salt & black pepper to taste
Instructions:
- Mix together eggs, avocado, bacon, and lemon juice.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Chicken Apple Broccoli Salad (4 servings)
2 ½ cup cooked chicken, shredded or cubed
2 cup broccoli florets, steamed
½ apple, cored and finely diced
1 green onion, finely chopped
¼ cup Dijon mustard
¼ cup olive oil
1 tsp honey (optional)
½ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper
Instructions:
- In a bowl toss together chicken, broccoli, apple, and green onion. Set aside.
- In a small bowl whisk together mustard, olive oil, honey, salt and pepper.
- Pour oil mixture into bowl with chicken and broccoli and stir to combine.
- Season withadditional sea salt or pepper if desired.
Week 5Dinner Recipes
Sundried Tomatoes Prawns and Greens (2 servings)
1 Tbsp coconut oil
3 cloves of garlic, minced
500g of chopped greens (kale, mustard greens, collards)
½ can of olives, chopped
1/2 cup sundried tomatoes
½ cup chicken broth
220g Raw prawns
Black pepper and salt to taste
Instructions:
- Heat a large pan to medium heat. Add coconut oil and sauté the garlic for about 30 seconds.
- Add the chopped olives; sun dried tomatoes and black pepper. Sautee for a couple of minutes.
- Add the chopped greens and chicken broth. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low, allowing the greens to soften and cook down, about 15 minutes (depending on the greens). Add morebroth if the pan starts to dry out.
- After the greens are cooked, add raw prawns on top, replace the cover and cookfor about 5 more minutes until the shrimp is pink.
Zucchini Noodles
1 medium zucchini (make sure they’re firm, not overripe), spiralized
1 Tbsp olive or coconut oil
Instructions:
- Place a pan over medium-high heat, addoil, and once the pan is hot (flick water in, it should sizzle), add in thezucchini noodles.
- Toss the zucchini noodles lightly with pasta tongs and cook for for 3-5 minutes or until al dente – don’t let the noodles cook for longer or else they’ll wilt and look lifeless.
- Just keep tossing so that all zucchini noodles hit the bottom of the hot pan and cook through
- Add garlic, salt, and pepper if desired after noodles are done cooking.
Sweet Potato and Kale Turkey Patties
2 spring onions/ shallots finely chopped
1 small sweet potato, peeled and cut into tiny little cubes
2 1/2 cup kale, finely chopped (leaves only)
500g minced turkey meat
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
1 egg
2 Tbsp coconut flour
Instructions:
- Heat a large pan over medium high heat with 1 teaspoon coconut oil.
- Add shallots and cook until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add sweet potatoes and cook for 4 to 5 more minutes, until barely tender.
- Add kale and cook until wilted, about 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
- Transfer meat to a large mixing bowl. Add salt, garlic, paprika, Dijon mustard, rosemary, egg, coconut flour, and sweet potato mix. Mix together with hands until well combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or even better overnight.
- Divide your turkey mixture into 6 to 7 even patties.
- Coat a large non-stick pan with coconut oil. Add patties and cook until golden crust forms, about 5 to 6 minutes, then flip to the other side and cook until golden and cooked through.
Stir-Fried Cauliflower
1 head cauliflower
1 large clove garlic (optional)
1-2 Tbsp. Olive or Coconut Oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
- Wash and chop cauliflower into bite sized pieces.
- Heat oil in a large pan.
- Add cauliflower and garlic.
- Stir the cauliflower around in the pan and allow the edges to brown slightly.
- Cook only until the cauliflower is tender and edges start to brown.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Curried Cauliflower Soup (6 servings)
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 head cauliflower, cut into medium pieces
2 medium carrots, peeled and diced
4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1 green onion, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp turmeric powder
1, 2cm knob of ginger, peeled, washed and grated
2 Tbsp curry
Juice and zest of 1 lemon, divided
5 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
2 cup meat from 1 rotisserie chicken, shredded
2,400g cans coconut milk
Instructions:
- In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Add the cauliflower and the carrots. Sautee for 5–8minutes, stirring often.
- Increase heat to medium-high. Add the chicken broth, green onion, salt, turmeric, ginger, andcurry powder. Cover and bring soup to a low boil.
- Once the soup is boiling, stir in the lemon juice, garlic,chicken, and coconut milk. Decrease the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Taste the soup and add more salt if needed. Simmer for 10 minutes more.
- Removethe pot from heat and stir in the lemon zest. Allow soup to rest for 5 minutesbefore serving. Soup flavor will continue to improve over the next few days.
Lemon Garlic Chicken
6 Tbsp coconut or olive oil
4 chicken breasts
1 lemons (½ sliced, ½ juiced)
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt and black pepper
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 220 degrees C. Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.
- Arrange lemon slices in single layer on bottom of pan (optional).
- Place chicken in baking dish.
- Drizzle with oil and lemon juice
- Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and minced garlic.
- Bake for about 40- 50 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
Apple Onion Pork Chop
4 pork chops with the bone in
Salt and pepper to taste
4 Tbsp coconut oil
1 large onion, sliced
4 apples, cored and sliced
2 Tbsp honey
1 cup chicken broth
Instructions:
- Sprinkle pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper to season.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of coconut oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Cook pork chops in coconut oil and cook for 5 minutes on each side until brown. Remove from pan and keep warm.
- Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of coconut oil.
- Stir in the onion, apple slices and honey.
- Cook until the onions have caramelized and the apples turn soft. Stir in broth.
- Pour the apple and onion mixture over the pork chops as topping.