Paleo white, not so white, Christmas

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PALEO WHITE, NOT SO WHITE, CHIRSTMAS 

Should we be concerned about what we eat between Christmas and New-years? Absolutely not! We should be more concerned about what we eat between New-years and Christmas that’s going to be more impactful on our health. Enjoy yourself, indulge! Food is about so much more then just your waistline! Its about the memories shared with friends and family that you will look back on in the years to come! But if you are more of a paleo sis, i’ve got you covered too!

Merry Christmas beautiful family Love Bridget & the boys!  

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This Recipe was developed for Flannerys Organic and all ingredients can be found in-store!

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You will need:  

  • ½ x cup Flannery’s OWN coconut chips 

  • ½ x cup Flannery’s OWN macadamia nuts 

  • 1/3 x cup Flannery’s OWN pistachios 

  •  ¾ x cup Flannery’s OWN cacao butter 

  • 1 x cup ABC spread 

  • 1/3 x cup goji berries 

  • 1/3 x cup sour cherries 

  • ¼ x cup maple syrup 

  • 2 x tsp. vanilla 

  • 4 x raspberry Pana white chocolate blocks chopped into

 

 Method:

1.     On a chopping board, roughly chop macadamias and pistachios. 

2.     In a pan over medium heat toast coconut and macadamias lightly, till they begin to turn light brown. 

3.     Over medium/low heat in a saucepan melt and combine the cacao butter and ABC spread. Continue stirring with a whisk to ensure all the ABC butter has broken up and combined thoroughly. 

4.     Remove from the stove, and add in maple syrup and vanilla and allow to cool. 

5.     In the meantime, in a lined baking dish add the toasted coconut, macadamias, pistachios, goji berries, sour cherries and PANA organic, raspberry white chocolate (saving a little to sprinkle on the top) and mix around to ensure they’re distributed evenly. 

6.     Pour over the cacao butter mixture and pop into the freezer to set for 2 hours. 

7.     Once set (it will appear solid), chop into bite size pieces and try not to eat the whole lot at once. 

 

PREPTIME: 20 minutes 

Cook time: 2 hours, 5 minutes 

Serves: 20-30 bite size pieces 

PALEO 

GF 

VEGAN 

DF 

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 Nutritional Info:

  • Fats, protein and fibre are the perfect combination for satiety. Nuts are the perfect edition to any diet to increase prebiotic fibre, vitamins, minerals, protein and healthy fats. Pistachios in comparison to other nuts, have a lower carbohydrate, and fat content but are richer in dietary, soluble and insoluble fibre. Pistachos are also a good source of protein and contain significant amounts of minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and phosphorous. Vitamin A, E, C, B group vitamins, and K and plant chemicals are also relatively high. 

  • Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that protets against lipid peroxidation. Our cell membranes of all cells in the body are made from lipids, therefore vitamin E is extremely important to protect our cell membranes from free radical toxins in the body. It is also a major regulator of glutathione, our major antioxidant within the body.   

  • The diversity of macronutrients and micronutrients and plant chemicals classifies pistachios as potentially one of the more health promoting foods. 

 

 

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