Can This Really Be Breakfast with The Wild Diet?

When you first crack open The Wild Diet book, you might notice the breakfast spread.

It’s a scrumptious feast featuring blueberry muffins, bacon, eggs, potatoes, and steak!

Yes, this can be your breakfast on The Wild Diet! You can even whip it up for mom on Mother’s Day.

Here’s how these indulgent foods fit into your fat-loss plan.

Kurt shed 87 pounds and 22% percentage points body fat on ABC’s My Diet is Better Than Yours, and intermittent fasting was one of his weight-loss tools. That means he’d drink a cup of fatty coffee in the morning and not eat again until the late afternoon, keeping his body in fat-burning mode (ketosis).

I refer to my nutrient-timing strategy as “fasting and feasting.”

Most days, I wait to have my first meal until noon or even 3pm (while enjoying a morning Fatty Coffee or Bone Broth). But that doesn’t mean I give up the glory of a hearty breakfast feast.

On the weekends, Alyson and I usually enjoy a hearty Wild breakfast. And if we’re being honest, it’s probably better described as a “brunch.”

Our favorites? Green plantain pancakes with coconut oil (or pastured butter), veggie-and-cheese-filled omelets, or a Green Monster Frittata with bruschetta topping.

Sometimes, especially if we’re entertaining, we make a big breakfast feast so everyone can sample a little bit of our favorite foods.

So here is one of our go-to weekend breakfast feasts when we have company. Packed with protein, fresh vegetables, and quality starches that help replenish your muscles and glycogen stores with a carb-refeed.

Yes, this can be your breakfast on The Wild Diet!

Here’s how to get the party started…

Wild Blueberry Muffins

• Prep time – 15 mins
• Cook time – 45 mins
• Total time – 1 hour

These are a decadent treat best enjoyed in moderation. Serve them warm with grass-fed butter.

Author: Abel James

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• ½ cup coconut flour
• ½ cup blanched almond flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch sea salt
• 1 cup cashew butter
• 3 large eggs
• ⅓ cup raw honey
• 4 tablespoons grass-fed butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen, thawed and drained)
• coconut milk or heavy cream, if needed (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together coconut flour, almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
3. In a mixing bowl with whisk attachment, beat together cashew butter, eggs, honey, melted butter, and vanilla.
4. Slowly beat dry ingredients into wet ingredients, adding a bit of coconut milk or heavy cream if needed to create a wet batter.
5. Stir in blueberries.
6. Pour equally into twelve muffin cups and bake in preheated oven for 35 – 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Enjoy with grass-fed butter on top.

Notes

Store remaining muffins in a covered container in the refrigerator up to 5 days

Balsamic Roasted Sweet Potatoes (Wild Diet pg. 231)

• Prep time – 10 mins
• Cook time – 30 mins
• Total time – 40 mins

Tastier than traditional home-fried potatoes, and much more nutritious!

Author: Abel James

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes.
3. Rinse the potato cubes under cold water, drain well.
4. Melt the coconut oil in a small saucepan over low heat.
5. Toss the potato cubes with the melted coconut oil and spread in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until the potatoes darken in color and start to get tender, about 15 minutes.
6. Sprinkle with balsamic vinegar, turn to coat, and bake for 5 to 10 minutes more, until tender and starting to caramelize. Serve immediately.

Notes

To lower the Glycemic Index of the sweet potatoes, boil them until al dente after step 2. Drain, cover, and refrigerate overnight. Proceed with Step 4 when you prepare them for breakfast.

Perfect Bacon & Sunny Side Up Eggs

• Prep time – 5 mins
• Cook time – 20 mins
• Total time – 25 mins

You can’t go wrong with a classic.

Author: Abel James

Recipe type: Breakfast

Ingredients

• 1 to 2 slices per person pasture-raised pork bacon
• 2 eggs per person
• 1 teaspoon grass-fed butter per egg

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil, slightly crinkled (or use a wire baking rack).
3. Lay the bacon slices in an even layer, ½ inch apart, on the foil-lined sheet.
4. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the bacon is crisp. Transfer to a paper towel–lined plate to drain.
5. To cook the eggs: Heat butter in a large pan or cast iron skillet over medium heat.
6. Gently crack the eggs into the butter, leaving a good inch in between each egg.
7. Once the white starts to set (a minute or two), gently spoon some of the butter over the top of the egg whites only. Continue to cook until whites are set and yolk is still orange, about 1 minute or so.
8. Remove to the plate, salt and pepper and serve.

Sliced Pan-Seared Steak

• Prep time – 5 mins
• Cook time – 25 mins
• Total time – 30 mins

When you’re using pastured meat, keep the fat for added flavor and fat-burning power.

Author: Abel James

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 ½ – 2 pound grass-fed New York Strip Steak (room temperature)
• 1 tablespoon grass-fed beef tallow (can sub coconut oil, butter or avocado oil)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 1 tablespoon grass-fed butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400℉.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy cast iron skillet (or oven safe skillet) over medium-high heat until sizzling.
3. Season the steak evenly on both sides with salt and pepper.
4. Sear steak 5 – 7 minutes on each side, until brown and starting to crisp. Using tongs, rotate the steak to sear all sides.
5. Transfer skillet to preheated oven and bake 5 – 10 minutes until desired doneness.
6. Remove to a plate, place butter on top and cover loosely with foil to rest for 5 minutes. Slice and serve.

Tomato Feta Salad

• Prep time – 5 mins
• Total time – 5 mins

This is a fresh, delicious way to get your veggies in at breakfast.

Author: Abel James

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• ½ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
• 1 cup baby spinach leaves
• 2 ounces sheep’s milk feta cheese, crumbled or cubed
• Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of ¼ lemon
• Salt and cracked black pepper

Instructions

1. Toss all ingredients together in a salad bowl. Serve immediately.

What’s your favorite Wild breakfast? Share in the comments below and post a picture of your breakfast on Facebook and Twitter!

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