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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Just wondering if there are other substitutes for Coconut Cream Concentrate. I can’t find it in any of our stores and would like to make this today. I will order it online from your link, but I just can’t wait till it comes in!! I’m way too excited to make it.
Also, I tried making the coconut butter with coconut flakes and even though the package said flakes it looks more like shredded coconut. I tried anyway and to no avail it was not happenin’. Any ideas to save it???
I made this on the on Tuesday. It came out delicious! I didn’t have coconut cream so I used the coconut fat creamy heavy stuff at the top of can (I think I used Thai canned). I think it came out wonderfully.
I forgot to rate the recipe!
Super Delicious! I made this yesterday for our 4th of July BBQ.
Made this yesterday and it was so delicious. Even people who are not on the paleo band wagon loved it! Yum!
I made this and brought it too a small fourth party and…it was not good. There were a lot of flavors floating around and really not meshing with one another. Most people thought it tasted like a protein bar. However, after letting it set in my fridge overnight I decided to give it another shot and viola! Flavors meshed. I ate about half an eight by eight. Then I came here to recheck the recipe and make sure that wasn’t going to make me gain ten pounds 🙂 It won’t- all is well. If it’s gross, let it set in the fridge. Magic. 3 1/2 stars
Megan, I had the same experience! Made this the day I served it, and for some reason the almond butter in the crust made it taste like dog food. Guests were nice about it but I was embarrassed. BUT THEN — I put the rest in the fridge overnight and these tasted so good the next day I almost ate them all! I don’t know what happened in that refrigerator, but oh man did I like it. Thanks for another great recipe, Juli!
BTW, I’m not crazy about my almond butter anyway — it’s from Trader Joe’s. That might have been the problem with mine initially…
Hey Juli,
Thanks for posting yet another awesome recipe. I made this for the 4th and everyone seemed to enjoy it!
The one thing I might amend in your recipe is to explain what “completely broken down” means when making the crust. I blended it too long and the crust turned to more of an almond butter goo. Freezing the crust made it easy to add the topping but the crust was no match for the summer heat! It was still tasty even if it was more of a goo than a crust 🙂
Check out the photos here: http://wholefoodhalfass.com/post/26579105214/july-4-dessert-4th-of-july-fruit-lemon-tart
Made this. Delicious and a total hit with both paleo and non=paleo crowd (and, in fact, the non paleo crowd had NO IDEA they were eating something so good for htem.)
LOVED it! I made for a gathering and I had a few comments that it wasn’t sweet enough.. I thought it was the perfect balance of sweet and tart. The lemon custard I could eat all by its self! I only have one disappointment, in that the bottom never really got hard. I found that If I put in the freezer for just a few mins before cutting it, it was best. Very yummy and I’m looking forward to making some of your other sweet treats! Awesome job! Keep up the great work!
my sister made this for our July 4th picnic. It was soooooo good! It was even better the next day. I’m going to make it and let it sit over night. what an amazing dessert paleo or not.