Stupid Simple Keto Recipes

Coconut Flour Low Carb Flax Bread or Muffins

PALEO APPROVED, KETO-SAFE, & GLUTEN FREE!!!

A shout out to a fellow blogger Lisa from lowcarbyum! Thank you for this awesome recipe!!!

You can view her site and her other recipes here:https://lowcarbyum.com

Despite this recipe being stupid simple to make and great for when you're low on time..errm...when are we not low on time?!? 🙄 they are super delicious and have a great texture.

No matter where you are on your keto-path, just beginning or full on adapted, these are a good choice. 

Ingredients

1/2 cup coconut flour sifted
1/2 cup ground flax seeds
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
2 Tablespoons chia gel nine parts water to one part chia seeds
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
2 Tablespoons coconut or almond milk
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

 Prep Time                   5 minutes

 Cook Time 40 minutes

 Total Time 45 minutes

 Servings 12 Portions

Calories 96 kcal

Author Lisa | Low Carb Yum

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease a bread or muffin pan.
3. Mix coconut flour, ground flax, baking soda and salt together in small bowl.
4. Whisk the remaining wet ingredients together in a medium bowl.
5. Using whisk, mix in the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Batter will be very thick.
6. Spread into bread or muffin pan.
7. Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 40 minutes for bread and about 25 minutes for muffins. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pan and finish cooling on rack.

Enjoy!

A special note for all new ketoers 

what!?..... its a word! I may have made it up, may not have but I like the sound of it okay?  Anyway back to the note......Just remember if you are new to keto you don't want to make the mistake of scouring the internet to find all things relating to safe ketoey replacements for all things breads, muffins, cakes, wraps etc... It is a rookie mistake that almost all keto-goers make in the first week of keto.

Regardless of what brought you to the keto life style the fact is that your cravings for wheat and sugar are real guys! And one easy way ... okay well not so easy, but at least it is the path of least resistance!  Is to forgo all things flour and sugar related at least for the first 7 days. I know.... the struggle is real, I hear you. You can read my experience with those first 7 days of struggling here (link to first week post)

In my experience which you all have read about already (if you haven't shame on you!! here's the link AGAIN 😉 ) The first week of your new keto life can be quite taxing and frustrating as you body goes from being completely reliant on sugar induced carbs for energy. As you are no longer supplying your body with its drug of choice (sugery,starchy carbs!) it has no choice but to eventually start using the fat you are giving it in large supplies for its main energy source. Which is of course, unless you missed the memo... the whole point of what we are trying to accomplish here!

Don't even get me started on what happens to your brain during that first week! I felt like I was going absolutely insane! Although it's noteworthy to mention that I think I may have a predisposition to being a little out there! so maybe it was just me... either way rather you get a case of the crazies or not, the first week is hard but I promise if you stick it out.... the insanity, cravings, fatigue and all other related keto symptoms WILL go away! And when they do.... what remains is a healthy, energy filled happier you! Wasn't that worth it? Of course you'll only be able to answer that question once you've adapted, and when you do I hope you'll think of me or at least this post! 

I have a whole post just on the subject of protein vs carbs vs fat. macros tracking etc.. (link to macros post here) Don't bug out on the amount of fat that is required during the adaption phase, it's a temporary thing in that once you are adapted you will see that your body does not require quite as much food as you're used to eating.