I’ve been in a funk mood lately. Not sure why. I have no reason to be. Workouts have been good. Food has been good. Social life has been good. So daily, I’ve had to say, ‘Juli, get your sh*t together. Go to the gym and be happy.’ And that’s what I’ve done. Seriously, the gym is the place I feel the happiest. How weird is that? It may be stupid to some, but doing a workout completely changes my attitude about everything. It’s the one place I can simply breathe. It’s the one place where I forget about anything that’s been worrying me. I love CrossFit.
Well, that was deep.
Guess what I did this weekend?! I hosted an All Women’s Lifting Seminar at CrossFit Jai. It was AWESOME. I had 8 wonderful women from all around Colorado who took time out of their Saturday to workout with me and listen to me crack terrible jokes. We got to review the olympic lifts and talk about boys. Not really, boys suck. But we did get to chat about our love for CrossFit and how amazing it has been in our lives. I hope they all had fun. Because I sure did. I even fed them these bars at the end of the class. CrossFit + Lemon Fruit Tart = happy women. Just fact.
Other than that, it was a pretty standard weekend. Let’s review what it included.
- Workouts that made my ass incredibly sore. I didn’t beat Jake or Sergio in a workout we did together, but I did butterfly pull ups the whole time so I was pumped. My hands feel indifferent since they seem to be one open wound.
- Intense amount of meats. Pork chops and Denver steaks to be exact. So much meat.
- Tequila shots. Regretted that decision immediately.
- Playing with the cutest puppy in the world. Jake and Krystle’s first child.
- Discovered a bee hive in the tree outside our house. That’s frightening.
- Made pumpkin fudge and blueberry waffles. Not sure if I’ll put those recipes on the website…because they may be going in something else soon…hmmmmmm….
- Ate a salmon and cream cheese omelet on a patio. No cream cheese is not paleo. Nor were the sweet potato fries that made my life wonderful. Yes, my mouth had a foodgasm.
- Watched ‘The Incredibles’ with Laura. OMG I love that freaking movie.
This weekend made me realize that I really just wished I lived in an Usher music video. Take that how you will.
4th of July Lemon Fruit Tart
- Yield: 8-10 1x
Ingredients
For the crust
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 2/3 cup walnuts
- 1 heaping tablespoon coconut butter or homemade coconut butter
- 1 heaping tablespoon raw honey
- pinch of salt
For the topping
- 5 eggs, whisked
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- juice of 4 lemons
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup raspberries
Instructions
- Place all crust ingredients in food processor and mix until completely broken down.
- Add crust ingredients to an 8×8 glass baking dish and press down to form an even crust. Put in fridge for about 20 minutes.
- While the crust is hardening, make your lemon topping.
- Place a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Add your eggs, honey, coconut oil, and lemon juice to the saucepan and whisk together.
- Continue stirring together until mixture begins to thicken.
- Once lemon mixture has thickened, remove from heat, and place in bowl to cool in the fridge for about 20 minutes.
- When your lemon topping has cooled, spread it over your crust then place your raspberries and blueberries however you’d like! Make it look like a flag or a star. Do yo’ thang.
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This recipe is so pretty! I must try it this week. And random, but I watched The Incredibles with my kids this morning after their gymnastics class. My 6 year old boy is in a “super hero training class” (a.k.a. boys gymnastics and obstacle course games with capes and masks on). It is hilarious. He thinks he is Dash.
Rachel, that class sounds awesome! I wish there was one for grownups. Maybe I’ll just start wearing a cape to CrossFit.
It’s ridiculous how similar our weekends were to one another. I attended a weightlifting clinic at my box on Saturday. Only boys were allowed, so as much as they suck it was nice to have some eye candy to drool at while getting my form critiqued to all hell. AND there was the world’s cutest puppy at the clinic. Then the tequilla happened. And it didn’t take long for my body to immediately hate me for it. Oh AND I finally got the hang of kipping pull-ups and I actually look like I know what I’m doing now, so as stoked as I was/am, my hands are almost non-functioning due to a large lack of skin. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. 🙂
totally just made this and it totally rocks my incoming “friends” world…thank you for saving me LOL well…thanks for saving my kids and husband from a pissy me.
Just finished making this!! It looks beautiful! I actually made the raspberries into a star then surrounded them w/ the blueberries! PERFECT!! Is it tomorrow yet so I can eat it!! I will say I did a little finger licking and it was yummy!!
Looks amazing! I’m making it for tomorrow!! Is coconut manna the same as coconut butter?? Is it ok for this recipe?
And you have officially become my go to blog!!! Thanks!
This looks AMAZING and I can’t wait to make it tonight for tomorrow! You are my GO TO blog for excellent Paleo recipes! Thank you and enjoy your 4th of July!!
Omg. seriously how do you afford to make all this food. i just made this to take to a bbq tomorrow and now I’m broke. flat broke. damn. but at least i can eat desert.
and a cookbook would be great!
lol I’m just broke, but I make you guys happy with new recipes so I’m cool with it 🙂
forget the cookbook–you need a show!
p.s. i gonna make this in about 20minutes!!!!
that looks AHmazing. damn my life for being so busy i just got to catch up on your awesome site, and won’t be able to make it for today! congrats on the book and the ever increasing site traffic!!!! happy 4th!
This amazing tart is currently “chillin” in my freezer getting ready to be devoured. Thanks to you I had to make another one because my mother in law wanted to take it with her to her party of non paleo peeps. I will let you know the feedback, and if they don’t like it too damn bad!