Hurrah for Coconut Butter

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As you guys know, I’ve been dying to get my hands on some of the Artisana Coconut Butter for such a long time but haven’t really had any luck. I’ve not seen it in any of the health food shops I have visited and from an online search, I have only found one site that sells it for an extortionate £13 with another £6.95 on top of that to deliver it to me.

Erm, thanks, but I don’t want to try it that badly!

So, imagine my excitement today when I settled down to catch up on my daily blog reading, to see that Heather has made her own! Immediately, I went into the kitchen to make some and can’t believe how simple it is! Take a bag of desiccated/dehydrated coconut, add to a food processor and process for about 10 minutes, stopping at intervals to ensure the motor doesn’t burn out.

Eventually, you will end up with a yummy, luscious coconut butter.

I added in 2 tbsp of agave nectar to give it a bit of sweetness and it’s gorgeous – I can’t wait to top my oats with it tomorrow! Thank you Heather!

Today has been a pretty good day, both food and exercise wise, though my protein has been a little lower today. That is simply down to bad organisation on my part. I meant to fetch a bag of prawns out of the freezer for lunch before I left for work and forgot so had nothing to come home to.

I started off with my porridge, made with 50g jumbo oats, 150ml almond milk, 150ml skimmed milk, 1 chopped gala apple & cinnamon, topped with Greek yoghurt, blueberries & pecans.

Mid morning, I had my skimmed latte, which I didn’t photograph.

Lunch was badly organised as I forgot to defrost my prawns. I wanted something quick to eat that wasn’t going to take too long to digest as I wanted to hit the weights. So, I snacked on a bagel prior to training.

After the weights, time was getting on and I would be planning dinner within a couple of hours so I didn’t want too big a meal. I opted for a green monster:

It contained:

200ml almond milk
1 chopped banana
1 scoop vanilla protein
100g spinach
1/2 tsp spirulina

Yum!

After my green monster, I was suddenly overwhelmed with tiredness and for the first time in ages, I had to take a nap. I only slept for an hour but actually felt worse when I woke up so wish I hadn’t bothered :-(

Dinner was a delicious Spicentice recipe – Coriander Chicken. It was my first time using this kit and I was extremely pleased with how gorgeous it was. Coriander is one of my favourite herbs, so I figured I would love it.

I served it with a tiny bit of brown basmati rice.

After dinner, I had a yummy protein popsicle but mini JAG was using the camera so I couldn’t snap a picture of it.

Nutritional Breakdown:

Calories: 1801

Protein: 123g (28.1%)

Carbs: 204g (43.8% – higher due to pre & post workout carbs)

Fat: 55g (28.2%)

Fibre: 24.1g

F&V: 8.7

Drinks: Lots of water, 4 cups green tea, 1 skimmed latte

Exercise: Weights – Chest & Arms

Tomorrow is weigh in day. I’m hoping to see a small loss and would be happy with anything above 0.5lb. My first week of being back on track properly with food is going well, so even if I see no loss tomorrow, I’m certain there will be one next week.

Please, wish me luck!

10

Mar

2010