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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Can I use coconut oil instead of coconut butter?
Nope you need coconut butter
I’m making this for the 4th this year and I’m not sure if you reply to old posts but thought I’d ask anyway where did you eat that salmon cream cheese omelette, like what restaurant? And what usher video? I want to watch it lol. Anyway this recipe looks so freaking good. Thanks for the recipe and your awesome!
Can you think of something that I can use instead of the coconut flakes?
I have an allergy
I have made this recipe so many times. People who eat so un healthy tend to love this so I bring it to parties so I can enjoy something healthy without people even noticing. Would recommend this recipe to anyone! Making it for Easter this weekend as well.
The coconut oil, does it matter if it is refined or unrefined? I fined that the unrefined has a very coconut-y scent and flavor while the refined doesn’t.
Whatever you prefer
Can the crust be made without the coconut flakes/butter? I have a friend with allergies but I would love to make this for this 4th of July!
haven’t tried that
This was awesome! I made it the day before and it was wonderful, thanks for the recipe!
This looks amazing, I will be making it for a dinner party this weekend!! Hope this hasn’t been asked yet, I checked and didn’t see anything, but can this be made ahead of time? Does it sit well in the fridge a day or two?
absolutely, it’s even better over time!
I made this yesterday morning for a party in the evening and it was so good!!! I believe leaving it in the refrigerator for five hours probably helped it, based on others comments.
This looks amazing. I’m going to make it tomorrow for a family lunch. I just read a post on your mini lemon curd tarts that people constantly day mean things to you. I think that really sucks. Someone should invent an app that scans comments for negative words and deletes them so you don’t have to read them. Anyway I just wanted to say I think you’re great and funny and just great and i loveeeee your recioes so I hope u don’t let them get u down!