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Eggs and Cauliflower in Tomato Sauce

Eggs and cauliflower in tomato sauce
Eggs are the most practical and quick source of proteins (and vitamins too!) there is.

Though this tends to make people lazy.

How many times you just didn’t want to put much effort into it and just had them scrambled over easy?

And how quickly did you become bored of eating eggs day in and day out?

I take, making eggs taste delicious and interesting, as a challenge.

I love to try to invent new ways to prepare eggs.

They are such a versatile food!

Think of how many applications they have!

Today I show you a quick and delicious recipe to prepare eggs.

It takes a few ingredients, adds some fibers, and it’s plain tasty!

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Mediterranean Sardines and Eggplants

Eggplants season in this part of the world!

If you have been following me for a while now, you should know how much I like sardines and what a powerful food they are.

Plenty of omega-3s, minerals, and protein.

Some people though might be intimidated by the weird oily texture and, sometimes, the smell.

After trying this recipe, I promise, you will start loving sardines like you never thought possible before.

The flavors packed into this simple and easy recipe are incredible.

You can see my genuine reaction to tasting this recipe for the first time. I was seriously having a foodgasm there!

Besides tasting heavenly, this recipe is Keto since it has almost no carbs at all but also Paleo, Primal, LCHF, and, of, course IIFYM.

Also, it requires no cooking (besides the eggplants which you could make in bulk and store in the freezer). It takes literally 5 min to assemble and it’s very cheap too.
I use canned sardines that come at 88g for just 0.53 euro!

I have this for lunch. This recipe is recommended if you are cutting because it has few calories, lots of proteins, and it’s very very satiating.

I haven’t found a proof in the scientific literature but I experience complete appetite suppression for many hours after eating this and I suspect it’s the raw garlic.

I can’t wait for you to try this quick recipe out and have many foodgasms like I had 🙂

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Keto Caprese

If you are short on time and don’t have enough time to cook this keto lunch recipe can be a lifesaver.

This dish is called Caprese. and I’ve been eating it when I was in Italy very often and it was one of my most favorite meals!

Especially if you use buffalo mozzarella and very fresh cherry tomatoes, this can turn easily into a foodgasmic experience 🙂

Caprese

You don’t need fancy recipes to eat well. This is what south Italian cuisine is all about: few ingredients, simple to make, tastebuds ecstasy guaranteed.

This dish is very low carb, therefore, it can be eaten on a ketogenic diet.

It’s also dirty cheap and very quick to prepare since no cooking is involved!

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Natural Stamina&Libido Boosting Recipe

I know, I know, the title of this video sounds super scammy, but stay with me for a second and I will explain to you why this recipe may (YMMV) will increase stamina and libido.

Sardines Testosterone Booster

I’ve been eating sardines for more than 1 year, every day.

Not only sardines are high in protein, they are also packed with omega-3, vitamins, and minerals. Ah, and I haven’t mentioned how cheap they are…

Where I live (The Netherlands), you can buy a can, containing 88g of sardines for just 53 euro cents!

100g of sardines will provide you with 25g of protein, 1.5g of omega3s (!!), 68% of your RDA of vitamin D3, and 9% of your RDA of zinc.

Why did I mention specifically omega3s, vitamin D3, and zinc?

Because higher intakes of these are correlated with high testosterone levels.

Do I have to tell you why having higher testosterone is good for you?

Besides that, omega3s are anabolic, which means that they promote by themselves increases in muscle mass and strength (you still have to train though).

Stamina Boosting Foods

But this dish doesn’t contain sardines only. We have a whole combo of manliness enhancing foods!

Beetroot

Enhances blood flow in your body. It can be for this reason be used as pre-workout to “increase the pump” or to increase endurance. Now, it has never been studied as a “sexual performance enhancer” but my guess is that if it enhances endurance exercise it will naturally enhance stamina too.

Garlic

Aka “natural viagra” aka “vegetable viagra”. Since I started eating 1-2 cloves daily (steaming or boiling removes bad breath giving compounds) I feel 14 years old again.

Ginger

It is not very well known as testosterone/libido enhancer yet it can increase sperm count and quality, testosterone, and ejaculate volume. Besides that, it’s truly a great “superfood” enhancing also your memory and lowering inflammation.

Then we have other components in this dish that are just straight good for your health and immunity. Because even if you have high libido and stamina, if you’re sick, there’s no use to that 🙂

Sauerkaut are a source of probiotics, fibers, and vitamin C (and lemon juice too). These will make you less susceptible to getting sick and there’s one study saying that vitamin C can lower the symptoms of depression, leading to more frequent intercourses (the study is funded by a pharma company so this last piece might be total bs).

That’s it! Simple, easy, high-protein, and also tastes great! Try this recipe for yourself and let me know how it goes!

References

http://jap.physiology.org/content/82/1/49
http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/5/2/509
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26679702
http://jap.physiology.org/content/early/2015/08/27/japplphysiol.00066.2015
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/102/1/115.abstract?etoc
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958879/
https://examine.com/supplements/ginger/
https://examine.com/supplements/vitamin-c/
https://examine.com/nutrition/non-traditional-use-for-probiotics-illness-in-athletes/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249897
https://examine.com/supplements/beet-root/

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Scrambled Eggs with Cauliflower, Garlic and Anchovies

Now cauliflowers are cheap. What can I do with them besides the usual boring “cauliflower pizza”?
I wanted to make something low-carb even keto-friendly for my breakfast. Furthermore, I wanted a low calories high-protein keto breakfast which is quick, easy to make and right delicious.
As usual, I looked at my Italian background and came up with this incredibly delicious and easy keto breakfast recipe.