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!

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

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

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.

Cinnamon Green Smoothie

Ingredients: 2 bananas, 3 pears, 2 handfuls of spinaches, 1 cup of orange juice, 1 Tbsp cinnamon ( I love cinnamon, if you're not too keen, reduce the amount to 1 tsp)

Blend on high and enjoy with joy!

Ingredientes: 2 bananas, 3 peras, 2 puñados de espinacas, 1 taza de zumo de naranja, 1 cucharada de canela ( a mi me encanta la canela, pero si te resulta demasiado fuerte, pon media cucharada)

Pon la batidora al máximo y disfruta con amor!

The ORANGE juice that cheered me up

When I woke up this morning I wasn't depressed, but haven't been feeling my best in the last week.

The temperaturas have dropped and my body took some time to adjust, so I kept feeling hungry, kindda sad and cold.

I had been trying to get back on truck onto juicing (and failed), tried with Beck's with some of my fav for lunch (and failed, as I kept having too much) and as a result the scale was showing an increase of 100/200 grams every day, instead of loosing them.

So I decided to switch from smoothie or fruit salad for breakfast to fruit juice and the result was amazing, only after 10 minutes of drinking it, I felt better, I felt full and moreover I felt happy.

Now, most of you will ask: what exactly did you put in that juice???

Well simple and easy:

3/4 of a pinapple (I left the rest for my son's afternoon snack)

1 Golden Apple

8 carrots

Throughout the rest of the morning I kept feeling full and happy, also not so cold as I put on an extra layer of clothes (couldn't care less if I looked bloated, as was nice and warm). 

I kept drinking wáter and got back the nice feelings you get on the raw food diet: power, energy, fullness that I recently experienced on the last liquid only detox that I did early in the month between New Year's and the 3 Kings, when I lost 2 kg in 4 days that I had put on over a 4 days long weekend. For lunch I had a

TOMATO ROCKET SALAD:

1 beef tomato

5 cherry tomatoes

5 sundried tomatoes (in oil)

10 black olives

1/4 red onion

2 hadfuls of rocket

parsley, oregano, olive oil and balsamic vinegar

It's one of my favourite salads and when not detoxing I add 1/2 can of red kidney beans.

After making the juice this morning I got down to clean the juicer and the left over pulp looked very appalling so I put it in a box and took it with me to work.

I added some oatmeal, chia seeds and cinnamon poder making it a very healthy and money saving snack . I could only eat half of it, so that it's in the fridge ready for tomorrow

Now it's nearly dinner time, I had a tea a while ago and I feel absolutely great and ready for

DINNER consisting of Green Juice:

6 carrots

3 cucumbers

8 celery sticks with leaves

so hopefully am back on track for good #StartClean2013 and #HealthysELF

And how are you doing?