Paleo Bread

The last 2 weeks haven't been that great for me. My diet has been superb and clean, but my weight just hasn't shifted. I have a competition this Saturday in Brighton and was aiming to be at 56.5kg, but I'm still sitting at 58kg. I took the advice from a friend of mine who is a personal trainer and also an MMA fighter, that I need a cheat day and to load myself up with carbs to get my metabolism working again. It seems my body has got used to the diet I'm on and nothing is shocking it in to dropping the extra 1.5kg I am carrying around with me. I have stepped up my training to twice a day, gym in the morning and BJJ in the evenings 5-6 days a week. I had a cheat day in Saturday like my friend told me to, Porridge in the morning followed by a late lunch of Wholewheat pasta cooked in Balsamic vinegar. After eating the pasta, I wanted to go to sleep, in fact I did, I had a nap on the sofa for half an hour! Carbs bring me up, then crash me back down. I will have a healthy carb filled cheat day each week to keep my body dropping the weight.

On to the main subject of today. Bread! My friend Natasha is a bread fan and has a sandwich every day for lunch. She gave me the task of finding a recipe for Paleo bread and I found it!
At first it was a little dry and a bit hard to swallow, I think it was the coconut flour, but I added one more tablespoons of olive oil and it has given the bread the moisture that it needed.

Here is how I made it:

Ingredients:

8 Eggs
2 Tablespoons of olive oil
1/3 Cup of Coconut milk
3/4 Cup of Coconut flour
3/4 Cup of Chia seeds
2 1/2 Teaspoons of Baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 tablespoon of Rosemary
1 Tablespoon of dried Sage
1 1/2 Teaspoon of cider vinegar

Method:

Pre heat the oven to 175 degrees celcius
Beat the eggs and add the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the Coconut flour, Seeds, baking powder, salt, Rosemary, Sage, and cider vinegar to the mixture and mix well. Your mixture should be nice and fluffy.
Line a loaf tin with baking paper and bake in the oven for 65 minutes or until golden.
The bread will not rise.
Turn out on to a plate and eat warm with a layer of almond butter, or make cheese on toast, or wait until it's completely cool and make a nice cheese and salad sarnie with it.

                        

The Chia seeds really make this bread delicious and high in protein. It's an alternative to the real thing and great for those who are wheat intolerant.

Enjoy!