Vegan Gluten Free is the Way to Be

Following my first post Experimenting with Gluten Free Vegan I have found my balance in this new lifestyle, which is not a diet per se, but I can definitively say this is now a statement for me.

Haven't posted for ages as been very busy with work and felt a bit off the vagon and overdid fod over winter, then done a juice detox in spring, then weather got cold again and just kept finding excuses for when I couldn't just keep my mouth shout and carried on eating foods that weren't doing me any good: one day (or maybe 2 or 3) stick to juices or liquid food for then, by day 3, being so hungry to contemplate eating anything and most of the times giving in or trying to get back to the way I lost weight last spring The Beck's method of having one's fav food once a day, in my case half a bowl of pasta at midday but had realized my body has changed: having cleaned itself with healthy habits, now it reacted badly to sugar (pasta or bread in general) so after the pasta I felt hungrier that before.

So finally made up my mind and gone back to VGF, the first few days, as usual, where the trickiest as had to watch and think constantly but got to day 5 successfully having even had a night out and stuck to the plan.

Result: no more sugar cravings, feeling full, healthy, positive and in control and currently experimenting as much as possible in the kitchen

RECIPE:

Whole meal rice with taboulleh

Experimenting with Gluten Free Vegan

It might sound a tad tricky to begin with, but it's not so difficult once you get the hack of it and you're mentally strong.

Yesterday I had I successfull gluten free vegan day and was so inspired that I decided to use AA methodes and take 1 day at a time and reward myself daily for what I accomplish.

I felt powerful, happy and in control: a strong minded being can successfully control his/hers body

Last year I had a raw vegan juicing spring summer, when I also learnt how to water fast and control my hunger, in fact everything was under control, I was steadily loosing weight until the temperatures lowerd and body started craving hot foods (mainly soups and stews).

I must admit I gave in and gained back 2 kg of the 10 I had lost, but instead of mortyfing myself I said: hey, you had a slip up, but think what you were eating last winter (pasta, sweet smoothies, healthy but very high in calories) and how you've learnt to control hunger and cravings and all the progresses you have made.

It's all very mental and psychologic, as, as well as losing weight, the vegan gluten free diet boost my energy ( I need all I can get as I lead a very active life ) and makes me feel great.

Sometimes, however, is not just hunger but craving of certain foods, confort foods. If I am tired I tend to crave carbs in the form of pasta and pizza (I am Italian and I own an Italian restaurant with hubby and he's a wonderful chef, plus all the food there is homemade)

Some people crave sweets and apparently is worse, so that I have to consider myself lucky.

I always try to look at the bright side of life in all aspects and, although, changing one's way of being and of relating to certain kinds of foods is difficult, switching habits isn't impossible, so I will keep up the work and as I said take it slowly one day at the time.

And how are you doing with your 2013 goals? Getting better in the area of switching to healthier eating habits?

HOW  TO FEEL FULL ON A VEGAN GLUTEN FREE DIET IF YOUR BODY ONLY FEELS FULL WITH CARBS?

Although you might think it's going to be all based on salads, juices, smoothies, that however colorful tasty and nice in spring/summer, now need to be replaced or accompanied by more filling foods.

So in our aid here come the old fashiond bowls of stews with GLUTEN FREE grains and cooked with very little oils.

you can get any of your favourite recipes and adjust it to low fat gluten free vegan by

Choosing from any of the below as a whole grain or in flour 

• Rice
• Sweetcorn
• Quinoa
• Millet
• Amaranth
• Bucktorn
• Sorghum
• Teff
• Oatmeal (low in gluten but not gluten free)

 and create your own great filling (both physically and mentally) bowl!

Total Detox Juice

INGREDIENTS:

1 piece of ginger, about 2x2 for medium spicy

6 sticks of celery

3 large cucumber

this produce about 2 glasses like the one in the picture, I usually drink one for breakfast and the other for mid afternoon snack

Nice and refreshing, ideal for a day when you feel a bit bloated from overdoing the day before!

Enjoy with joy!

Hunger or Anxiety?

That's a good question and the answer isn't any easy one at all. There are many articles or how to recognize hunger, how to overcome cravings, how to control them with water/tea/distraction techniques and so on. All of which I have tried and experienced. The outcome of it, is that if one's strongly minded one can do it successfully.

Yes you can beat anxiety.

But a lot has been written on how to do it, so the purpose of this article is not to give you solutions but look at the base of the problem.

Over the past few year I have experimented a lot with myself (juices only, liquids only, raw diet, vegan diet, non gluten, etc)and I was controlling my self, with more or less health benefits, and at the same time observing other people. How do others behave with food? Do I think a lot about the quality and quantity of what I put in my mouth while someone else just throws in anything that's edible (or not, this is really personal) and maybe obsess about work or clothes. I personally don't understand why most women suffer to be beautiful wearing heels and miniskirts or using wax. That's why I love the world, because we're all so different!

As I started to take on a new behaviour towards food, I started to notice the "mistakes" people were making.

I have 2 very good advantage viewing points

1. my restaurant, where I see about 30 different people every day having lunch while fighting their demons

2. my entourage, specially the children point of view thanks to the friends of my own kids

In the restaurant I get different 

Spring Reboot - Day 10 and 11

Day 10 Wednesday - Reboot with lunch

was the plan, as the bug left me quite weak and felt like needed a bit more than just juice so had

breakfast my usual juice of carrot/ginger/apple, I make about a litre and share it between the morning and a mid afternoon snack when I get back home from work

lunch celery salmorejo with alfalfa sprouts and polenta with sauted veggies

dinner: fennel green juice and 2 pieces of rosemary organic goat cheese

Day 11 - On the scale 69.80kg totally over the moon

breakfast, the usual

lunch celery salmorejo with sprouts (I have little time, so that I like to cook at least for 2 days and I don't mind eating the same thing two days in a row)

polenta with stir fried veggies mediterranean style - divine

Dinner: red beet juice

Spring Reboot week 2 - day 5 to 9

Well, my daily journal got a bit boxed, but not my reboot.

Last Friday day 5 I weighted in at 70.70kg and did well all day BUT got invited over to a friend's house for dinner and managed to have my juice, some celery with homemade hummus, some mixed salad and, this was the mistake, 2 slices of toasted bread with tomato and spanish ham. God it was so delicious, but believe or not the next morning I weighted in at 71.6kg.
Come on it's not as if I've eaten 900 grams for dinner, but I believe it's fluid retention or similar.
I have discovered that lunch more or less I can have anything, but dinner has to be extremely light, even when not rebooting

Day 6 - Saturday, liquids all day again
Carrot/ginger/apple for breakfast
Pepper Gazpacho for lunch
Green juice for dinner

Day 7 - Sunday, not bad all together...
Sweet Potato Juice  for breakfast
mixed salad and some pasta with tomato for lunch
Carrot/Ginger/Apple juice for mid afternoon snack (and a piece of homemade apple cake)
Cilapple juice for dinner
Spent the whole day at home as kids got a stomach bug from the kids of the friends we went to see on Friday (not people to hang out with: give bugs and make me skip diet)

Day 8 - Monday, the bug got me
so spent the day on ginger and lemon water, then got hungry mid afternoon and had a small bowl of pasta with tomato sauce and a piece of apple cake
went to bed and slept 12 hours to recover

Day 9 - Tuesday, on my feet again
breakfast: small glass of my kids breakfast pink smoothie
lunch: lentil soup and bowl of pasta with pesto, asparagus and zucchini
dinner: vegetable soup

CilApple Juice

I must admit I was very skeptic about this juice and only went for it because I had a bunch of cilantro about to go off... But it turned out to be a very good choice, great balance between the cilantro and the lemon, will definitively go for it again.

Very good choice for when it's compulsory to keep the juicing interesting with challenging flavours

INGREDIENTS:

1 bunch of cilantro

1 bunch of spinach

1 peeled lemon

6 thick celery stalks

3 golden apples

drink and enjoy!

It produces about 3/4 of a litre so it's a whole meal!

Sweet Potato Juice

I must admit it's no great picture, but I can assure it tastes great!

Not my recipe but from No Sugar Sweet Life, however, I have been promoting it withing my circle of juice lovers

INGREDIENTS:

1 medium sweet potato

4 peaches or nectarines

2 apples (I like Golden)

dash of cinnamon

before starting to put all the ingredients through the juicer put the cinnamon on the bottom of the juicer jug, so as the liquid comes out it mixes with the powder.

Spring Reboot day 4

well definitively today is the day I felt better in a long time, the vitamins and minerals are boosting my system and I have been happy, strong, powerful, positive and with tons of energy since I woke up.
And from here it's all going upwards!!!

I also had the gut to step on the scale (71kg) so I don't even want to wonder where I was on Monday morning...

Actually 71kg it's where I was after Christmas and I went back to 68-69 in a week, so my goal now is getting down to 65kg, which is where I was about 15 years ago!!!

I am nearly there, this is the last pull, my definite goal is to complete a 2 weeks reboot on liquids only to then introduce some salads for lunch and start maintenance.

Food log for today was more or less same as yesterday as I enjoyed it so much:

- breakfast: orange/carrot/Apple juice
- Lunch: guacamole soup
- Dinner: V8 juice (no picture as looks disgusting)

couple of litres of wáter and couple of cups of gree/red tea

Guacamole Soup

 

Ingredients:

 

2 small avocados or 1 big

1 large zucchini (peeled)

1/2 spring onion

juice of 1/2 lemon

dash of chilli

5 cherry tomatos

handful of homemade sprouts

 

blend all the ingredients leaving some chuncks (except from the tomatos and the sprouts)

quarter the tomatos and put them on top with the sprouts

sit and enjoy!

 

it's an extremely quick, healthy and tasty récipe that goes well for starter or mono meal 

 



Spring Reboot day 3

According to all detox gurus day 3 is the day to get past in order to make or break, well I definitively made it.
However, detox symptoms kicked in bad time since very early morning: terrible mood swings, headache, hunger just before lunchtime. I tought I'd give in, but then said to myself: hey, if you can control this, you'll be at the end of day 3, but if you don't you'll be again on day 1 and you'll have failed. We're half a way through May and bikini time is here, so no more excuses and a lot of Advantage Cards Reading (I don't have them phisically, it's all in my mind)

When I got home in the afternoon I did an enema to help me detox and the pain was tremendous, but took my mind off things and helped time pass.

With all this on my side I'll step on the scale in the morning

My food log for today:

Carrot, Apple, orange and ginger juice for Breakfast

Guacamole Soup with lentil sprouts

 



Green juice for dinner

Spring reboot Day 2



Breakfast carrot/ginger/Apple juice

Lunch Celery Salmorejo

Food log for today, day 2 of my reboot



Dinner red juice (beets, carrots, celery and cucumber)


Well today again I didn't have the gut to get on the scale, I feel I need to see a nice number...
So today also went well, I stuck to my planned food, no slip ups, no craving, had a lot of wáter and felt totally in control, just a tiny bit light headed through the end, maybe beacause I worked non stop from 8 am to 8 pm.
After having my dinner juice I still felt hungry and had to put my hands in my pockets and use all my power to control my instincts and walk out of the kitchen, where hubby was grilling hamburgers for the kids. Mind you, I don't like meat, I am vegetarian, but that's when I know I really am hungry: I could eat anything.
But I made myself a cup of tea and sat down at the computer to keep busy and my mind off food.
It looks like is working.
However, from my previous experience day 2 and day 3 are the worst.
I am confident!





Spring Reboot Day 1

Well, here I am back after a far too long break 2 months, where I went rollercoasting downhill with no brakes, back to glueten, cheese and some meat! SINNER, THAT'S ME!!! Anyhow, I decided that today was the day and I nearly did it, it's nearly bedtime so I probably won't fall off the wagon this late. As

 

As well as deciding it consciously my body has been demanding a detox reboot for the last week so my food log for today was:

 

- Water until lunch time

- Celery salmorejo with sprouts for lunch

- Sun burst juice for mid afternoon snack

- Green Juice for dinner

 

Couple of litres of wáter and 2 cups of red/Green tea

 



 

 



How do I feel?
Well, I didn't have the gut to step on the scale this morning, although I should've, but nevermind, will probably head that direction on Wed/Thu as I don't want to risk depression.
I woke up with a resolution and maintained throughout the day being in control of my eating all the time, so I feel very happy with myself and powerful to carry on
I did some light excercise this morning and moved a lot throughout the day
From lunchtime onwards I fell a bit light headed and I had to lie down in the sun just before dinner for about an hour as I was cold and tired, but my mood is good and cheerful

More to come tomorrow!!!

Sunburst Juice

Ideal for breakfast, just recently discovered the original recipe from 

Joe the Juicer

Ingredients for 2 people:

2 red peppers

juice of 4 oranges

juice of 1 lemon

1 bunch of carrots (7-10)

juice the pepper and the carrots in the juicer and the citrus in the citrus juicer, as they're meant to be juiced without the skin on and personally I found it easier to use the citrus juicer than peeling them!

Ideal to enjoy before going sunbathing as you'll get more tan!

ESPAÑOL

Ideal para desayunar es una receta descubierta recientemente en 

Joe the Juicer (en riguroso Ingles)

Ingredientes para 2 zumos:

1 manojo de zanahorias

2 pimientos rojos

zumo de 4 naranjas

zumo de 1 limon

Meter en la licuadora la zanahorias y los pimientos, y agregarle el zumo de naranja y limón echo en la zumadora de cítricos. 

Se supone que hay que pelar las naranjas y el limón y meterlos en la licuadora, pero como es un trabajo bastante tedioso, prefiero hacer el zumo a parte ya que resulta mas rápido y practico.

Ideal para disfrutar antes de ir a tomar el sol ya que te pondrás mas moren@

Healthy Snack nº1

FRUITS AND SEEDS CHUNKS/PAPILLA DE FRUTAS Y SEMILLAS

 

 

This great snack came from the rest of juicing my breakfast ORANGE SPICY JUICE, I was cleaning the juicer and thought what a pity it was that all that nice stuff was going into the vean, so that I added some pumpkin seeds and a kaki (they're just going out of season now, so that I'll have to do without from now on) Mixed it all in, stored it in the fridge and enjoyed it at 5pm for mid afternoon snack on my terrace while warming with the last rays of sun

 

Esta maravilla salio de los restos de mi desayuno ZUMO NARANJA PICANTE.

Estaba yo limpiando la batidora cuando me dije: que pena! toda esta fibra a la basura, asi que lo recogi, le añadi unas semillas de calabaza, un kaki (los últimos de la temporada), lo mezcle todo, lo guarde en la nevera y disfrute de una buenissima merienda a las 5 en mi terraza mientra me calentaba con los últimos rayos de sol del dia!

Healthy Snack nº2

These are some wonderful cookies I made yesterday afternoon with my son Marco.
They're the vegan version of 'digestive oaties' and the recepy is quite simple

1 and 1/2 cup oats
2 big or 3 med bananas
1/2 cup pitted dates
1 golden apple
Cinnamon to taste
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

In a bowl Combine and whisk dry ingredients, easy right?
then put the rest in food processor until well mixed but with some chunks left, mix in dry ingredients until well blended and then make cookies into lines baking trays. I got around 20 fat cookies, that's basically up to personal tastes. Bake 10-15 mins on 150 Celsius until cookies turn golden brown.

Enjoy them warm or cool, again it's up to. You own personal taste!!!

 ESPAÑOL

Estas son unas maravillosas galletas que hice con mi hijo Marco la otra tarde. Son la version vegana de las 'galletas digestive de avena' y la receta es muy simple

1 y 1/2 taza de avena
2 bananas grandes o 3 medianas bien maduras
1/2 taza de datiles deshuesados
1 manzana golden bien amarilla
Canela al gusto
1/2 cucharadita de bicarbonato

En un bol mezclar los ingredientes secos, facil, verdad?

 Poner los restantes en el procesador de alimentos hasta que queden bien mezclados pero con trocitos, añadirlos al bol delos ingredientes secos y mezclarlo hasta que quede una masa bien homogenea, hacer las galletas y ponerlas en unas bandejas preparadas con papel de horno. A mi me han salido una 20 galletas bien gorditas, pero eso tambien depende de los gustos personales.

Meterlas al horno unos 10/15 minutos a 150 grados, hasta que queden doraditas.
Disfrutarlas calientitas o fria, una vez mas segun gustos!!!

Healthy Snack nº3

I still haven't mentioned that I am following #healthysELF these days and the challenge for today is healthy snacks, so, since I am always extremely busy and not everyday I can post something new, I will post not 1, nor 2 but 3 healthy snacks or breakfast ideas!

Todavía no he comentado que estoy siguiendo estos dias #healthysELF (todo en Ingles, por supuesto) y para hoy recomiendan compartir recetas de meriendas y desayunos saludables, as que como siempre estoy muy liada y no todos los dias puedo escribir algo nuevo hoy voy a poner no 1, ni 2 , pero 3 recetas de snacks saludables!



This could be easily called sweet soup as it has the texture of a soup and sweet taste.
Blend a kaki with the juice of a pear and a grated golden apple, add in some seeds (pumpkin, hemp, flax, sesame, chia) and or some nuts (walnuts, macadamia, almonds) and enjoy cold or warmed up on top of a bowl of boiling water and don't forget a generous sprinkle of cinnamon on top!

Esta podria ser facilmente llamada sopa dulce ya que tiene la consistencia de una sopa con un sabor definitivamente dulce.
Mezcla un kaki con el zumo de una pera y añadele una mazana golden rallada, añadele unas semillas a tu eleccion (calabaza, chia, cañamo, sesamo, lino) y/o unas nueces (macadamia, almendras, nueces) y disfrutala fria o calentada encima de una olla de agua hirbiendo sin olvidarte de terminarla con un generoso aporte de canela encima!

Breakfast with a kick

Ingredientes: 1 banana, 1 manzana, 1 pera, 1 manojo de espinacas y un trozo de jengibre (el tamaño depende de la cantidad de picante que se desea) y un vaso de agua (aquí también mas o menos dependiendo de la textura deseada)

Ingredients: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 handful of spinach and a piece of ginger (the size depending on how spicy you like your smoothie) and a cup of water (again here it depends on how thick you like it)

Fill up the blender and set it on max for half a minute and ENJOY!






















Llenamos la batidora y medio minuto al máximo y A DISFRUTAR!

La raíz de jengibre desitoxica el hígado, inhibe el hambre y alivia los problemas respiratorios si la tomamos en agua con zumo de limón

Ginger root is a very good liver cleanser, (so ideal for detoxing), hunger ihibitor and helps healing coughs when disolved in hot wáter with lemon

Ingredientes: 1 banana, 1 manzana, 1 pera, 1 manojo de espinacas y un trozo de jengibre (el tamaño depende de la cantidad de picante que se desea) y un vaso de agua (aquí también mas o menos dependiendo de la textura deseada)

Llenamos la batidora y medio minuto al máximo y A DISFRUTAR!

Ingredients: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 handful of spinach and a piece of ginger (the size depending on how spicy you like your smoothie) and a cup of water (again here it depends on how thick you like it)

Fill up the blender and set it on max for half a minute and ENJOY!



La raíz de jengibre desitoxica el hígado, inhibe el hambre y alivia los problemas respiratorios si la tomamos en agua con zumo de limón

Ginger root is a very good liver cleanser, (so ideal for detoxing), hunger ihibitor and helps healing coughs when disolved in hot wáter with lemon

Peach Green Smoothie

Ingredientes: Espinacas, 1 banana, 1 melocotón o nectarina, 1 manzana.

Se le puede añadir espirulina o chlorella y alguna semilla como por ejemplo cañamo, sesamo o lino

Arrancas la batidora al maximo durante medio minuto y VOILA! delicioso y super sano desayuno!









Ingredients: spinach, 1 banana, 1 golden apple and 1 peach or nectarin

You can add spirulina or chlorella and a seed for added proteins like sesame seeds, hemp or flax

Fill up your blender, set it to max for half a minute and VOILA! super yummmy and healthy breakfast

Summer flavour Green Smoothie

ESPAÑOL:

Ingredientes: 2 o 3 tajadas de melon, 1 mango pequeño, 1 banana, manojo de espinacas

Añadele un superalimento (chlorella, spirulina, maca) y una semilla (sesamo, lino, cañamo) y arranca la batidora!

El sabor dulce de este batido me recuerda el verano incluso en pleno invierno...

Ingredients: 2 or 3 slices of melon, 1 small mango, 1 banana, handful of spinach and a cup of wáter

Feel free to add a superfood (chlorella, spirulina, maca, ...) and a seed ( hemp, sesame, flax) and set the blender

The sweetness of the ingredients reminds me of summer

Lentil Soup / Lentejas

This is an old time fav as the technique of blendind the veggies versus living them in chunks makes it good for kids, who, as long as it's blended, will eat everything!

2 cups of lentils soaked for 8 hrs
2 med carrots
1 med onion
1 potato

Put the lentils in water overnight

Rinse them with plenty water. In a pot stir fry the chopped up veggies with 3 tableapoons of olive oil and 3 tablespoon of water until onions turn golden brown. Add 1 cup water and let it boil for 5 mins. Blend it with hand blender, put in lentils and 1/2 litre water and a cube of vegan veggie stock (from any health shop) add in 3 or 4 leaves laurel and let it boil on medium heat for 1/2 hour.

This is the basic lentil soup. If you let it rest till lunch or dinner it'll taste good, if you wait till the following day it'll taste delish

If you have a bowl of it the same day, the leftover for the following day can be twisted up with cumin for next day. Unbelieavle!

Enjoy!

ESPAÑOL

Esta es una de mis recetas favoritas, quizás porque con ella descubrí el método de triturar las verduras en vez que dejarlas en trocitos, así los niños se lo comen todo, ya se sabe, mientras este triturado, se lo comen todo!

2 tazas de lentejas en remojo durante 8 horas
2 zanahorias medianas
1 cebolla
1 patata grande o 2 pequeñas
1 pimiento verde pequeño
4 hojas de laurel
3 cucharadas de aceite de oliva

Trocear y saltear las verduras con 1/4 de taza de agua hasta que estén doraditas, añadirles 2 tazas de agua hirviendo, las pastilla de caldo y dejar cocer 5 minutos. tritura todo con la batidora, quedara una crema espesa, añádele las lentejas y aproximadamente 1/2 litro de agua hirviendo. Deja en el fuego medio-bajo durante unos 20 minutos, hasta que las lentejas estén blandas.

esta es la recetas basica de las lentejas, se pueden disfrutar al momento y si quedan para el dia siguiente estaran mas sabrosas, y para darle un cambio se le puede añadir un poco de comino y perejil fresco

A disfrutar!

Beans and Veggies Soup / Alubias con verduras

Wonderful warm up hearthy vegetarian soup

Ingredients:

2 cups boiled red kidney beans
1 red tomato
1 big onion
3 sticks of celery
1 head curly lettuce

Stir fry the tomato, onion and celery in 3 Tbspoon olive oil for about 2 minutes, add in the beans, the chopped up curly lettuce, 1 cube veggie stock and 1 litre boiling water.
Let cook for 20 minutes and serve with some freshly cut chives and / or parsley.

ESPAÑOL

Maravilloso puchero vegetariano

Ingredientes

2 tazas de alubias pintas hervidas
1 tomate bien rojo
1 cebolla grande
3 palos de apio
1 scarola
1 pastilla de caldo
Cebollino y/o perejil

Salteas el tomate con la cebolla y el apio durante 2 minutos, añade las alubias y la escarola con una pastilla de caldo y un litro de agua hirviendo.
Deja cocer durante 20 minutos y sirve con perejil y / o cebollino encima.

VEGAN CHILLI

Not very nice to say, both for myself and the recipe maker, that I was surprised at how good this dish turned out to be.

I got the original recipe from Reboot With Joe HERE and changed it a bit.

It's an amazing hearth warming dish ideal for no so warm temperatures, packed with iron and minerals

Ingredients:

1 cup boiled red kidney beans

1 small zucchini

1 red pepper

1/2 onion

3 cups tomato sauce

4 mushrooms

1 cup water

2 Tbsp olive oil

pinch of salt

1 tsp hot chilli powder

1 Tbsp cumin

1 mashed garlic clove

1 handful of fresh baby spinach

Chilli being cooked

 Method:
Chop up all the veggies except for the spinch, put them in a big frying pan (I used a wok which is great for all sort of cooking) with the olive oil and sautee them for about 2 minutes.
Add in the tomato sauce and when it boils add in the water, chilli and cumin
Keep turning and let boil for about 10 minutes

Et voile, you vegan chilli is ready!

Divide into 4 bowls and top up with the fresh spinach and enjoy!

Chilli served with a bunch of fresh spinach

ESPAÑOL

Ingredientes
1 taza de alubias cocidas

1 calabacin pequeño

1 pimento roji

1/2 cebolla

3 tazas salsa de tomate

4 champiñones

1 taza de agua

2 cucharadas aceite de oliva

1 cucharadita sal

1 cucharadita chilli picante

1 cucharada comino

1 diente de ajo

2 puñado espinacas frescas

Trocear todas las verduras menos las espinacas y saltearlas en una sarten honda (yo use el wok que esta muy bien para cocinar cualquier cosa) durante unos 2 minutos, añadir la salsa de tomate y en cuanto coja el hervor añadir el agua.

Dejar cocinar durante unos 10 minutos a fuego alto removiendo continuamente, y listo, el chilli puede ser servido en 4 cuencos decorados con las espinacas

BUEN PROVECHO!

Spinach soup / Crema de Espinacas

 

Ingredients

1 onion
3 carrots
1 big potato
1 bunch of fresh spinach, about 300 grams
1 tsp salt
3 Tbsp olice oil
handful of mozzarella
handful of crutons

Stir fry the onion, carrots and potatoes with olive oil for about 2 minutes, add in 3/4 litre boiling water and 1 cube veggie stock.
Let boil for 20 minutes, add in spinach, cheese if desired and blend it.

Serve topped up with some mozzarella and crutons

Enjoy!

ESPAÑOL

Ingredientes

1 cebolla
3 zanahorias
1 patata grande
1 manojo de espinacas frescas, aproximadamente 300 gramos
1cucharadita sal
4 cucharadas de aceite de oliva
puñado de mozzarella
puñado de crutons

trocear y saltear la cebolla con las zanahorias y las patatas en 3 cucharadas de aceite de oliva durante unos 2 minutos, agregar 3/4 de litros de agua hirviendo 1 una pastilla de caldo vegetal.

Dejar hervir unos 20 minutos, añadir un poco de queso (opción con lácteos) y pasarla por la batidora

Servirla en unos cuencos calientes con crutons y mozzarella

Rainy morning cheer up! Desayuno para un dia lluvioso

When you wake up to a grey rainy morning, you really need somenthing that gives you a kick to get you out of the house and going on with your chores, and yesterday I found it in this incredible green smoothie.

Ingredients:

1 golden apple, 1 pear, 1 banana, a glass of water, a handful of parsley, a BIG piece of ginger and half a teaspoon of spirulina.

Turn on the blender and enjoy!

TIP: if you're really cold, you should add hot water

ESPAÑOL
Cuando te despiertas y por la ventana solo ves lluvia y cielo gris, realmente necesitas un desayuno con empuje para arrancar el dia y yo lo encontre en este batido verde

Ingredientes:

1 manzana golden, 1 pera, 1 banana, un vaso de agua, un puñado de perejil, un buen trozo de jenjibre y media cucharadita de spirulina.

Ponlo todo en la batidora y disfrutalo!

IDEA: si tienes frio pon el agua caliente.