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.

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