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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I made this on the 4th and everyone loved it. I think that I would make thinner next time, maybe less almond butter. the lemon custard was perfect though. I also think that it needs to sit in the fridge for atleast 4 hours before it tastes just right.
I made this on the 4th and everyone loved it. I think that I would make the crust thinner next time, maybe less almond butter and pecans instead of walnuts (personal preference). The lemon custard was perfect though. I also think that it needs to sit in the fridge for atleast 4 hours before it tastes just right. Oh and I was totally broke after making this, coconut is not cheap.
This was pheNOMENAL!! Non-paleo friends LOVED it! I doubled it for a 9×13 pan (except only 6 lemons not 8) and it was great. Adding it to my go-to desserts!
Thanks Juli!
LOVED it!!!! I made this for the 4th of July—I designed mine with a star pattern… 🙂 DELISH!! Even better the 2nd day, so serve it very cold!!
Just amazing!!!!! About to make it for the second time
Puh-leaze post the recipe for paleo blueberry waffles! The picture from your other 4th of July post made my mouth water!!! You musn’t tease us this way! 😉
Hi! Iam a reader from sweden. This receipe is great, altough I did some changes. I took some hazuelnut butter and mixed it with almond butter. I used som more honey (I like it a little bit sweeter). I took 3 lemons and 1 lime and added som vanilla extract. I also did the crust thiner.
Thanks for a great receipe! 🙂
I just made this tonight and using the juice from four lemons made the topping soooo bitter 🙁 maybe two next time? I was wondering if anyone else had this problem.
Hey! Love your blog. I blog about paleo, gluten free, and heart-heathy stuff. Totally using this as inspiration!
My filling is currently on lock down in the fridge for the next 20 mins so decided to drop a comment.
I have been craving something tart and this recipe hit the spot (from what I tasted on the spoon) can’t wait to have this with some coffee in the morning.
I made a few changes based on users comments. For the crust, I used your recipe from the No Bake Sticky Berry Bars. I also added about 1T of tapioca flour to the filling to give it a little extra shape.
Thanks again for your blog and making my transition so much easier. You are for real my go to stop for meal inspirations!