Name: Shrimp Appetizer in Almond Cups with Avocado and Pesto
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 1 dish
Ingredients: Shrimp; Avocado; Almond flour; Egg yolk; Cherry tomato; Pesto sauce; Olive oil; Lemon; Salt

Allowed on diets
Diet	Status
Keto
Paleo
Mediterranean
Anticandidal (ACD)
FODMAP
AIP
DASH
GAPS
Low Lectin Diet
Low Histamine Diet
Gluten-free Casein-free (GFCF)
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
Ketogenic Therapeutic
Low Oxalate Diet
MIND
FMD

Inventory: Blender, Oven

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Servings: 9 (1 serving ≈ 68 gram)

Digestion time: 3 hour

Complete protein: ✔

For the almond cups, mix almond flour (110 g) with egg yolks (60 g) and olive oil (25 g), knead a firm dough, and press it into 9 small molds. Bake at 180°C for about 12 minutes, then cool.

Cook or quickly sauté shrimp (15 pieces, 150 g) until done. Mash avocado (150 g) with lemon juice (10 g) and salt.

Fill the cups with avocado, add the shrimp and pesto sauce (50 g), and top with halved cherry tomatoes (60 g).

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Include ingredient: Shrimp	Shrimp	Ingredient quantity for Shrimp in g
Include ingredient: Avocado	Avocado	Ingredient quantity for Avocado in g
Include ingredient: Almond flour	Almond flour	Ingredient quantity for Almond flour in g
Include ingredient: Egg yolk	Egg yolk	Ingredient quantity for Egg yolk in g
Include ingredient: Cherry tomato	Cherry tomato	Ingredient quantity for Cherry tomato in g
Include ingredient: Pesto sauce	Pesto sauce	Ingredient quantity for Pesto sauce in g
Include ingredient: Olive oil	Olive oil	Ingredient quantity for Olive oil in g
Include ingredient: Lemon	Lemon	Ingredient quantity for Lemon in g
Include ingredient: Salt	Salt	to taste

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	Maintain proportions	Restore to default
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42
	Mix	5
	Bake in the oven	12
	Mix	5
	Knead the dough	5
	Slice	5
	Fry	5
	Cool down	5

Proteins	12.7
Digestible proteins	9.7
Fats	30.6
Plaid	3.7
Net carbohydrates	3.8
Fructose	0
Calories	347 kcal
Indexes
Glycemic index	8.3
Glycemic load	0.7
Insulin index, II	16.7
Disease inflammatory index, DII	-0.32
Antioxidant, ORAC	2 298

Weight loss	Detention	Set
36%	26%	21%
972	1350	1620

Nutrient	% of RDA
U	????11
E	48484810273
B6	24241652101
B2	22262148101
B12	19191817161
B7	1919174921
B5	1414122471
B1	1415122881
B9	1313825135
B3	101292181
K	912122092
B4 (Choline)	7981442
A	5761233
C	5651811

	Ideal: 5% Carbohydrates 20% Proteins 75% Fats Plaid
Recommendations (2)
Reduce the amount carbohydrates Add more fats

Nutrient	% of RDA
Fructose	??????
Phosphatidylcholine	959568???
Copper	404036812412
Phosphorus	353535492512
Selenium	30302855174
Manganese	303935473014
Boron	27272754?8
Vanadium	24242473?7
Iron	2210718124
Proanthocyanidins	22224444117
Magnesium	192522621310
Prebiotics	17171734?17
Zinc	1420143233
Potassium	13171519119
Betaine	1313135341
Fibers	12191719?12
Calcium	10101010108
Molybdenum	77614?1
Iodine	664941

Nutrient	% of RDA
Cholesterol	204204204814?407
DHA (Omega-3)	515185102?13
Oleic acid (Omega-9)	32403657?45
Linoleic acid (Omega-6)	25363362?72
EPA (Omega-3)	15152437?2
Alpha-linolenic acid (Omega-3)	71081364
Arachidonic acid (AA, Omega-6)	7201339?4
Palmitic acid (Saturated)	77710?13

Nutrient	% of RDA
Histidine	577979165?40
Lysine	3955551142714
Methionine	354646963523
Tryptophan	354848121195
Leucine	324545973011
Valin	30424288?14
Arginine	21212153185
Threonine	18252552??
Isoleucine	18252551126
Alanine	15292973??
Cysteine	9101027107
Tyrosine	913933165
Serin	99615?3
Phenylalanine	9121226155

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