Green Smoothie On the Go For Breakfast

Top of the morning to you all,

Wishing you all a Wonderful Wednesday!!

I was in such a hurry this morning that I had to make my breakfast smoothie a " takeaway/ on the go smoothie".

Ingredients

• cucumber
• kale
• dates (as a sweetener to combat the bitterness)
• water 

Cucumber, Dates, Kale & Water

Instructions

• wash the kale, chop the cucumbers and place in the blender
• add the dates and lots of water
• blend till smooth
• pour in glass and enjoy

Ready to be blended

Delicious & yummy

Ready for the GO!!

On the move with my green smoothie for breakfast!

Don't be afraid to try a green smoothie!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday :-)

Healthy Dinner:Salmon On A Mushroom & Spinach Bed With A Mango Salsa Salad

Happy Thursday All,

Hope everyone had a lovely day today.

I get really excited about dinner just as much as I get excited about my smoothies along  with a whole lot of other things that I won't mention on here ... *chuckles*

I love to browse the web and search for healthy ingredients that consists of the contents of my fridge as I have lot of things in my fridge...fruits, veggies you name it I got it :-)

So I came across this lovely hearty belly filling dinner and thought... YES that's what I am having. 

So let's get started....

Ingredients 

bell peppers ( Red & Yellow)

coriander

cherry tomatoes

red onion

salmon

spinach

lime

mango chunks

mushrooms

olive oil 

seasonings

For the Mango Salsa Side Salad

dice the onions, bell peppers, mango slices and place in a clean bowl
chop some coriander leaves finely, add to the mix with black pepper, a pinch of salt and olive oil

mix well and place in the fridge

For the Salmon

preheat the oven and oil your baking tray or foil

remove from package and clean gently with some white vinegar

season with some salt and black pepper

place in the oven for 25-35mins until it's cooked and nicely done

I like my salmon nice and brown

For the Bed of Spinach

heat a tea spoon of olive oil in a wok

add washed mushrooms,onions and tomatoes and stir fry for 4-5 mins

add salt and black pepper

add washed spinach or kale to the wok and stir

squeeze some lime juice into it and stir

Place the spinach mix on the plate with the juices flowing, add salmon on top and finish it off with your mango salsa side salad

                                    

                                               Enjoy and have a lovely evening.

Credit : Dean Henry https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_PK7c4dtTf4TfFaFIQ2kGw

Cucumber Kale Mango & Pear Smoothie

Happy Saturday!!!

I am currently loving the fruits and vegetables smoothie swirl mix. The taste of the vegetables as you take your first sip on the smoothie and before you get to the end the sweet fruit hits your taste buds  hmm-mm bellissimo.

Ingredients

• cucumber
• frozen pears (skin peeled)
• frozen mangoes (tinned)
• kale 
• unsweetened almond milk

Some of my readers have asked me to list alternatives fruits as they might not have the fruits I use in their countries.

 

Blend fruits and vegetables separately

Alternative fruits

• to achieve the green mix : you can use spinach/green salad leaves or any green vegetable will do.
• to achieve the cream mix : you can use mangoes,apples, pineapple or bananas

Green & White Smoothie

Fruits and Vegetables Smoothie

Instructions

• to achieve the swirl you will need to blend the fruits separately
• place frozen mango and pears in the blender, add unsweetened milk and blend until smooth
• place kale and cucumber in the blender, add unsweetened milk and blend until smooth
• pour the mangoes and pear mix in your cup and top it up with the kale and cucumber mix
• serve cold

Enjoy.

Banana and Raspberry Smoothie

Happy Friday Smoothie Lovers,

Yay!! It's Friday!!

I hope everyone had a lovely day and you're all looking forward to the weekend.

I have a very simple recipe for you today.

Ingredients

• frozen banana
• raspberries 
• unsweetened almond milk
• alternative fruits to achieve the pink colour: Strawberries, Blueberries or Blackberries

Some of my readers have asked me to list alternative fruits as they might not have the fruits I use in their countries. If you do not have raspberries, you can use strawberries, blackberries and blueberries to achieve the below rich pink texture.

Remember to blend your fruits separately.

Bananas and Raspberry Mix

Rich Pink and Thick Banana Texture

Instructions

• to achieve the below you will need to blend the fruits separately
• place frozen banana in the blender, add unsweetened milk and blend until smooth
• place raspberries in the blender, add unsweetened milk and blend until smooth
• pour the banana mix in your cup and top it up with the raspberry mix.
• serve cold

Tastes like ice cream

Enjoy and have a lovely weekend.

Triple Delight Smoothie

Ingredients

Purple layer

frozen blueberries

unsweetened almond milk

Green layer 

cucumber

frozen kale

unsweetened almond milk

Orange layer 

frozen bananas

frozen mangoes

unsweetened almond milk

Green, Red and Orange Smoothie 

Instructions

Blend each of the ingredients separately and layer

Serve cold

Triple Delight Smoothie

Rich blend of fruits and vegetables

As you sip on this smoothie you're hit with the green taste then boom comes the banana and mango sweet mix which ends nicely with the sharp blueberry mix :-)

A nice mix of fruits and vegetables to make a triple delight smoothie.

Have a lovely evening.

Spinach Omelette For Breakfast

Good Morning,

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and you're all raring to go at the start of a new month.

Here's a nice healthy breakfast to get you energised and started for your Monday morning.

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• avocado
• cherry tomatoes
• strawberries
• spinach

Have a lovely Monday!!

Ginger, Mango & Pear Smoothie

Hello Smoothie Lovers,

Happy Sunday!!

Happy New Month -June 1st!!

It's my cousin's birthday today...so a quick shout-out to my cousin.

Happy Birthday Fem!! I'll make you a special birthday smoothie when I see you- God Bless You!!

We have now reached the last month in the second quarter of 2014! There's an old saying

" Time and tide waits for no man " and indeed the months are flying by in 2014!

The start or beginning of every new month is a good time to take stock and look back at that list. What list might you ask? I call it an achievement list or list of things to do!!

I am a pen to paper sort of person, so in as much as I have a lot of space in my memory I love to write things down, this way I can always go back and review them. Even a simple daily to do list is noted on a post it not for me. You should see the taste of the wall above my desk- it's covered in post it notes of things to do:-)

I don't know about you but I have an achievement list of things to do before the end of 2014 and each month as I complete them I tick them off and if need be I'll  carry them over to the following month.I am very pleased to say that my list is coming along nicely and I have only carried over two actions into June which I will most definitely complete by the end of June- So help me God.

One thing that I have noticed is that if you do not plan for yourself, the world will plan for you!

So I'll urge you to make that list today,it is never too late and we still have six more wonderful months to go before the end of 2014. Believe that with God all things are possible so take that leap of faith and go ahead and do those things  that you have always dreamt of doing and you'll be glad at the end of 2014 that you made that list.

Today I have a lovely recipe for you.

Ingredients

• 2 pears
• coconut water/ water
• ginger
• Slices of tinned frozen mangoes

Instructions

• I decided to peel the skin off my pears as I wanted to ensure that the smoothie didn't turn brown or have brown bits in it from the skin of the pears.
• Peel the pears, chop  and place in blender, add frozen mangoes, ginger and coconut water or water
• Blend till smooth and serve cold

Mango, Pears, Yellow & Ginger Smoothie

Mango, Pears, Yellow & Ginger Smoothie

The addition of ginger gave it a real kick.A smooth texture with a divine taste!!

Try it and let me know what you think?

Fruit Dessert: Ice Cream Swiss Roll & Raspberries

I love a good dessert but I have to control myself from time to time as it goes straight to my hips ha ha!!! So to make myself feel better I tend to have a light Ice cream Swiss roll and add some fruit to it .

Ingredients

• Fresh raspberries
• Ice cream Swiss roll

Swiss Roll With Raspberries

Enjoy :-)

DIY Fun Smoothie Ice Creams For Kids

Summer is here ...well not for us in the United Kingdom! Did I hear someone say here she goes again ranting about the weather? I can't help it as it's rained cats and dogs all week and there is still no news  of the sunshine :-(

When and If the sun does come out I will like moms and pops to try this DIY fun smoothie ice cream for the kids. Get the kids involved, let them choose the smoothie and make sure it is a nice mix of fruits and vegetables.

This is another way to ensure they have their fruits and vegetables but in a fun way....bit sneaky ha ha!! but if they like it then it will be a winner all round!!

Tools

• Ice cube tray
• strawberries
• low fat yogurt
• plastic cups
• little wooden holders ( I didn't have any so i used a used a straw(You can pick the little wooden forks up when you go to the chip shop haha! or get some from the store)
• smoothie mix ( I used the leftovers from my green and mango smoothie)

Instruction

• pour yogurt in the ice cube tray and place strawberry on top, you can do the same with any other fruit
• Pour  the green smoothie in  the plastic cup, pop some green grapes in and put the ice cream stick in and put it in the freezer overnight

OR 

• Cut  a nice mix of fruits such as strawberries, kiwis,blueberries,oranges, grapes  and place them in the plastic cup, add some orange juice and freeze. This will also make a nice healthy fruit ice cream for the kids.

Green Smoothie Ice Cream and Mango Smoothie for Kids

I think the kids will love it and it's different from the normal sweet and sugar coated ice creams that they are used to. You can make a fun ice cream smoothie with any smoothie mix you like but ensure it is  a mix of fruits and vegetables for them to cool down when the hot summer arrives.

Frozen Strawberry & Low Fat Yogurt

Try it and let me know what the kids think?

You can use the frozen  yogurt strawberries as your ice cubes and pop them in your  blender to make your smoothies too!

Tomato & Apple Smoothie

Hello, ello, ello,

I hope everyone is well.

My current situation : Sipping on this delicious  smoothie and listening to Lionel Richie's Greatest Hits Medley 21 greatest hits! Lionel sure can sing.. " dances dances" ...

Does anyone else feel like a four day working week seems longer then a five day working week? Cor!!! I have worked hard for my wage this week .. I am absolutely cream cracker ed but I sure am glad that it's Friday tomorrow... Whoop!!!

Experimenting again with the fruit and vegetable smoothies.

Today I have a Tomato, yes tomato .... and apple smoothie, delicious, rich and very tomatoey lol!  Ah yes tomatoey is an actual word, it's actually an adjective used to describe the taste of a tomato.

See for yourself : http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tomatoey


Ingredients

• sweet cherry tomatoes
• 1 pink lady apple(frozen)
• pomegranate seeds
• coconut water

Tomato, Apple and Pomegrante Smoothie

Instructions

• cut the apples and tomatoes,place in the blender, add a splash of coconut water and blend till smooth
• pour in glass
• garnish with pomegranate seeds (optional)
• serve cold

Tomato, Apple and Pomegranate Smoothie

Stay hydrated!

Yellow Watermelon Smoothie

If you read my last post, you'll see that I got this delicious yellow watermelon from my sister. I had to ...it was too good a fruit to miss! 

Find about a bit more about the yellow watermelon here http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-yellow-watermelon.htm

Now let's make a smoothie ....

Yellow Watermelon

Ingredients

• cold watermelon
• 1 pink lady apple
• few blackberries
• ice cubes (optional)

Watermelon and Apple

Instructions

• Cut watermelon from skin, cut apples, place in blender and blend till smooth
• Pour in glass cup 
• garnish with blackberries (optional)
• serve cold

Yellow Watermelon and Apple

Refreshing and absolutely delicious!!

Freestyle Veggie Salad

Ingredients 

• avocado
• aubergines (grilled)
• bell peppers (red)
• carrots
• cherry tomatoes
• courgettes (grilled)
• cucumber
• leaves

Delicious Freestyle Veggie Salad

Enjoy!

Green Smoothie Breakfast With Spirulina Powder

Happy Monday Folks!!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

It's our spring bank holiday in the United Kingdom today and our fellow Americans are celebrating Memorial day.

I am currently sat at my desk typing away and as I look at the window all I can see and hear is rain! rain! rain! ....Yes I have started talking about the weather again but us Brits are known for talking about the weather. Can you blame us? We rarely get any sunshine and when we do we go nuts!!

The weather chat is the ultimate ice breaker for us when in public.

At the bus-stop you'll hear lovely day today isn't?

On the train if you're on a friendly train, you'll hear blimey it's freezing isn't ha ha!

So here's my rant to you....the weather is awful today, it's raining cats and dogs! Grrrrr!!!!.... 

I did some powder, nuts and seeds shopping at the weekend and got a nice bulk in. I have started added nuts to my smoothies to give me that energy and boost. I'll talk about my purchases in another blog.

Breakfast today is a green smoothie with Spirulina powder, I call it the "green eyed monster" because it's so green and smells a bit fishy in my opinion but with some good benefits.

Read more bout Spirulina powder http://wellnessmama.com/4738/herb-profile-spirulina/

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon of Spirulina powder
• 2 frozen bananas
• handful of kale
• water
• dried fruits and linseed 
• ice cube (optional)

Instructions

• place washed kale, frozen bananas in blender, add Spirulina powder, water and blend till smooth
• pour in breakfast bowl
• serve cold
• add seeds or dried fruits

Kale, Water, Spirulina powder and dried fruits

Have a lovely day.

Blackberry & Banana Swirl Smoothie

Happy Sunday !!

I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday. The weather today has been lovely for a 

change as we had a downpour yesterday. You can't predict our weather as it's moody ha 

ha!  I have a lovely Sunday evening smoothie recipe for you today.

You can make this, snuggle up on the couch and watch a movie. It's a simple and yummy one I promise you.

Right ...Let's Do IT!

Ingredients

• 2 frozen bananas
• a bowl of blackberries
• coconut water
• dry mixed fruit(optional)

Instructions

• to achieve the swirl, blend both fruits separately
• place the frozen banana in the blender, add coconut water and blend until smooth
• place the frozen blackberries in the blender, add coconut water and blend until smooth
• pour banana mix in a glass cup and top up with blackberry mix
• add dry mixed fruit (optional)
• serve cold

Blackberry & Banana Swirl Smoothie

Yummy!! Don't you agree?

Have  a lovely evening!

Salmon & Salad

Happy Friday Food and Smoothie Lovers,

Yayy!! It's Friday!!! What lovely plans do you all have for the weekend?

For us it's a long weekend as Monday 26th is our Spring  Bank holiday.

My friends who live in America always say that we Brits have too many holidays in a year Lol!! Jealous much? haha!

Ingredients 

• beetroot
• bag of leaves
• couscous
• cherry tomatoes
• feta cheese
• salmon

Feta Cheese, Beetroot, Salmon, Leaves and Couscous                     

Have a lovely evening and weekend ahead.

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The Pink & Cream Smoothie

Ingredients

• 2 apples
• few sticks of celery
• raspberry
• blueberry

Instructions

• place the raspberry and blueberry in the blender and blend till smooth and pour in a glass cup
• cut the celery and apple, place in blender, blend till smooth and pour on top of the berry mix
• voila the two blends of smoothies on top of each other
• serve cold

The berry, apple and celery smoothie

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Breakfast:The Most Important Meal Of The Day!

Good Morning,

Breakfast is the the most important meal of the day.
It is the first meal of the day after the night you have gone to sleep.

Let's think about this for a second? 
You have gone to bed, the food you ate the night before has digested and then you wake up the next day on an empty stomach and skip breakfast. *puzzled face*

Eating breakfast regularly can speed up your metabolism in the morning  and can help you control your weight. Always make sure you have breakfast, don't skip it! 

Often people who skip breakfast tend to have a big lunch to make up for missing breakfast, this is not good practice.

I always have breakfast in the morning, even when I am in a hurry, I'll have it on the go in form of a morning smoothie.


Ingredients

• oats
• raspberries
• strawberries
• pomegranates

Pomegranate seeds, Raspberry and Strawberry

If you do not have the above fruits in your fridge you can add other fruits to your porridge/oats such as grapes, dried raisins, apples, nuts, kiwis, peeled oranges,sliced bananas and lots more. 

Check out the other breakfast porridge on the blog

http://yems-smoothies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/porridge-and-fruit-for-breakfast.html

Have a lovely morning and remember to have breakfast!!