Nom Foodie - Ketogenic Fat Bomb Recipes

Ketogenic Fat Bomb Recipes

A Ketogenic Cookbook with

20 Paleo Ketogenic Recipes For Fast Weight Loss

By

Nom Foodie

Copyright 2016 Nom Foodie

Disclaimer: This book is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Please consult your doctor or other medical professional before undertaking any new diet or exercise program. The publisher and authors of this cookbook are in no way liable or responsible for any adverse effects that may arise (directly or indirectly) as a result of the information provided in this book.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

The ketogenic diet focuses on using a low carb, high fat approach to help you get into nutritional ketosis. When youre in ketosis, your body effectively starts burning fat instead of sugar.

Most people are able to go into nutritional ketosis when eating a diet thats low in carbohydrates, high in fats, and moderate in proteins. However, I would caution you that even though you can eat junk and go into ketosis, the fact of the matter is, you want a diet thats actu ally healthy and nutritious a diet that will nourish and feed your body rather than wreck it in the long-term.

So, thats why all the recipes in this book are Paleo as well as Ketogenic. This helps to ensure that all the ingredients are not only low carb and high fat, but also less likely to cause inflammatory effects in your body.

To that end, all the recipes in this book are naturally gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, peanut-free, legume-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free. However, despite being sooooo healthy, they are still super delicious!

Many people use a ketogenic diet to help them lose weight. While a ketogenic diet is not essential for weight loss, many people still find it helpful.

There are several reasons why a ketogenic diet helps with weight-loss:

First, a ketogenic diet helps many people curb cravings for sugar and for high carb foods (like cakes, soda donuts, and pizza) that can often derail any attempt at a healthy weight-loss diet.

Second, most people on a ketogenic diet find that they are less hungry (partially due to the high fat content of the foods) and so they naturally eat less without even trying.

Third, a Paleo ketogenic diet is more nutritious (i.e., they contain fewer empty calories) so your body is less likely to suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can often make you feel a need to eat more food.

However, no diet can guarantee weight loss. Some people just naturally do better on a higher carb diet. Other people have more serious health problems that make losing weight tough on any diet. So, I would highly recommend talking to your doctors and running some tests if you find a ketogenic diet is not helping you lose weight.

Ok, lets talk about Ketogenic Fat Bombs.

I love the term Fat Bombs. It describes these delicious treats so accurately and so graphically!

So, fat bombs are simply high fat and low carb snacks that you can use as a quick breakfast, as a quick mid-afternoon snack, as a pre- or after- workout snack, or as extra fuel during your day.

Fat bombs can be savory or sweet, but they are always made from healthy fats (like coconut oil) and low carb ingredients.

For the purposes of this cookbook, all the sweet fat bomb recipes use stevia as the sweetener of choice. This is because stevia is a low calorie (and zero-carb) sweetener that also doesnt cause stomach upsets unlike many sugar alcohols including erythritol. If , however, you dislike using stevia, then feel free to substitute it for your own low-carb sweetener of choice.

I havent specified the exact amount of stevia to put into each recipe since there are so many different types of stevia and their levels of sweetness will vary. Id recommend using the very pure powder ones (like this one) since they dont have any other ingredients, and for these, you need a tiny amount less than teaspoon so again, its a bit pointless for me to specify since its basically a dash.

All the recipes in this cookbook are also peanut-free. This is because peanuts are high in aflatoxin, which has been strongly linked to liver cancer. So, instead of peanuts, almonds are used. If you dont have almonds or almond butter handy, feel free to use any other nuts.

The net carbohydrate amounts are specified for each recipe, but each serving generally has between 0-2 grams of carbs so you can eat these fat bombs knowing youll stay in ketosis.

In addition to providing you with 20 amazingly delicious ketogenic fat bomb recipes in this book, I thought I would also give you an overview of how to make your own fat bombs so you can create more fat bomb recipes of your own in the future.

There are 3 basic ingredients to every fat bomb recipe:

1. Healthy Fats
2. Flavoring
3. Texture

Here are some popular ingredients for each of these 3:

Fats : cacao butter, coconut butter, almond butter, coconut oil, coconut milk, coconut cream (solid part of a refrigerated can of coconut milk), ghee (mostly lactose and casein free, especially if you get cultured ghee, so it doesnt present the same problems as other dairy products), butter (ok if youre not sensitive to dairy), bacon fat, avocado

Flavoring: sugar-free vanilla extract , 100% dark chocolate , cacao powder, salt, peppermint extract , spices

Texture: cacao nibs, almonds, pecans, walnuts, chia seeds, bacon bits (choose sugar-free), shredded coconut

Here are the basic steps to making the fat bombs.

STEP 1: Mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl or sometimes a food processor or blender . If the fat youre using (e.g., coconut oil) is solid, then melt it slightly in the microwave or on the stove.

STEP 2: For m ping-pong sized balls or else pour the mixture into muffin cups or into a baking pan.

STEP 3: Refrigerate for several hours until the mixture is solid. Cut into slices if you used a baking pan.

Because fat bombs are so high in fat content, and most fats are liquid at room temperature, they must usually be kept refrigerated. Just before you eat them, thaw them slightly so that they soften.

A Few Notes About These Fat Bomb Recipes

Servings: 10-15

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup coconut butter
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
• Stevia to taste
• cup 100% dark chocolate

Directions:

1. Melt the coconut butter so that its soft and heat up the coconut milk so that its warm to the touch.
2. Mix together all the ingredients (except the dark chocolate). If its difficult to mix together, then place into a saucepan on a very low heat.
3. Let cool and then form ping-pong sized balls from the mixture (approx. 10-15).
4. Place the balls into the fridge to solidify for 2-3 hours.
5. Melt the dark chocolate (in the microwave or on the stove), dip each of the balls into the chocolate, and place the dipped balls onto parchment paper. Place back into the fridge.

Net carbs approx. 1g net carbs per fat bomb ball.

Servings: 10

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• cup raw cashews, soaked overnight
• 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
• cup water
• 20 walnut halves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Stevia to taste