Fat Burning Pesto

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Have you ever heard of the Master Cleanse or Maple Syrup cleanse? It is just water, lemon juice, cayenne, and maple syrup. I like the lemon and the cayenne part of the cleanse, but the maple syrup? NO NO NO, switch that out with coconut oil and you have a fat burning meal that won’t cause you to be “hangry” (hungry and angry).

As I thought about people actually doing the crazy maple syrup diet, I thought… hmmm, I can make a recipe that will really stimulate fat-burning. I made this pesto, which includes lime juice for cleansing, coconut oil for ketones, basil for phytonutrients (herbs have WAY more vitamins and minerals than any fruit or vegetable has) and cayenne pepper for calorie burning. Spicy peppers cause the body temperature to rise. When the body temperature rises it needs to be cooled, and you burn extra calories when the body is forced to go through a cooling process. The downside of this trick is when you become accustomed to spicy foods, it takes more spice to raise your body temperature. You basically build a “tolerance.”

So if you like pesto sauce, you must try this great Pure Protein and Fat dinner I had last night with Kelp noodles. If you cook the Kelp noodles in a slow cooker on low for 8 hours with the pesto, the noodles get REALLY soft and suck up that pesto goodness! But do not buy pre-made Pesto, make your own! Store bought often has soybean oil! Even if it is made with olive oil, you can increase your fat burning if you make it with coconut oil or MCT oil! Olive oil is a long chained triglyceride, I always use liquid MCT oil in my recipes and salad dressings. Medium-Chained-Triglycerides (MCT) are different than Long-chained-triglycerides. MCT are absorbed more like carbohydrates and are used and burned quickly by the body and not stored in the fat cells and any extra are converted into ketones. Click HERE to find. 

(I had protein garlic bread with it to keep it Pure Protein and Fat). http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/garlic-bread/

Click HERE to find the kelp noodles.

Fun fact: to get the cancer-fighting benefits of garlic you must let it rest for about 10 minutes before heating. So crush or slice and let it rest.

MCT Pesto

Maria Emmerich

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Servings 4

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 pkg Kelp noodles
• ▢ 2 cups basil {compacted/pushed down}
• ▢ 1/4 cup walnuts
• ▢ 3 garlic cloves
• ▢ 1/3 tsp Redmond Real salt
• ▢ 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
• ▢ 1/4 cup melted coconut oil {can sub macadamia nut oil}
• ▢ 4 TBS liquid MCT oil
• ▢ 3 TBS fresh red chili more or less depending on desired heat
• ▢ 2 TBS lime juice {optional}
• ▢ If not dairy sensitive add in ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

 

• Rinse and drain the kelp noodles very well and place into a <g class="gr_ gr_110 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="110" data-gr-id="110">4 quart</g> slow cooker on low.
• Place basil, walnuts, garlic, salt, pepper, oils <g class="gr_ gr_100 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="100" data-gr-id="100">and</g> chili (and optional lime juice) into a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Place the pesto over the kelp noodles.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours or until the kelp noodles are very soft.
• Serve with Protein bread made into “garlic bread” (brush with macadamia nut oil and rub roasted garlic on the bread, toast in the oven at 400 degrees F for 3-6 minutes or until toasted).

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Pesto Noodles = 628 calories, 35.4g fat, 14g protein, 65.3g carbs, 1.3g fiber
"Healthified" Pesto Noodles = 300 calories, 32g fat, 2g protein, 3g carbs, 1.3g fiber (95% fat, 2% protein, 3% carbs)

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