Chia puddings are one of my favorite things to eat in the mornings or just as a mid-day snack, plus they are super good for you as they have tons of calcium, omega-3, antioxidants as well as other essential nutrients. In theory, chia pudding can be made from any liquid and topped with what ever you have available in your kitchen, so feel free to substitute whatever need to in this recipe.
Coconut Banana Chia Pudding
2 tablespoons of black chia seeds
1/2 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 banana
1/3 cup of unsweetened shredded coconut
optional: dash of cinnamon and stevia
-stick the banana in a blender of your choice and blend until smooth.
-add almond milk to the blender, followed by the shredded coconut, cinnamon and stevia blend it all up.
-then add the chia seeds and give it a good stir until the seeds are well distributed.
-put the mixture in the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour. I have found the best results when I've left it in the fridge overnight.
Once it's set and ready, enjoy the goodness that awaits you!
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Quick & Easy Recipes+Kickboxing?
13.3.15
Happy Friday! So seeing as how yesterday was the official first day of spring, I thought that I would pay tribute to the fact that bikini season is just around the corner with this healthy recipes post! I am also going to talk about my workout that I've been doing for that last couple of months, so this should be a fun and inspiring post to get all of us into the mood for the upcoming warmer months! Hope you enjoy!
Ancient Grains waffle with berries and Nutella
Let's start with the first meal of the day and my personal favorite! BREAKFAST!! I used to hate eating breakfast, like literally hate eating it so much to the point where my mom used to have to sit with me and watch me eat something in the morning before school to make sure that I had something in me before I left for school. Fast forward a few years later and its my favorite meal of the day! There are so many different things you can do with foods in the morning and since it's your first meal of the day you can eat as much as you want to get some fuel in your tank (aka your belly)! Here are some of my favorite things to make in the morning.
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Banana Berry Green Smoothie:
1 scoop of a wheat grass powder or matcha
green tea powder
green tea powder
1 banana ( frozen optional)
1/2 pint of water or 1/2 pint of milk of your choice
place in a blender and mix till smooth
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( the ultimate lazy breakfast )
1 gluten free ancient grains frozen waffle
handful of berries frozen or fresh
tablespoon of Nutella spread
Toast waffle then spread on Nutella and place berries on top. Enjoy!
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Next I have two ridiculously easy lunch recipes that require almost no prep on your part.
Grilled Chicken Spinach Salad
3 or 4 grilled chicken slices ( I get mine precooked from Kroger but any store should have them)
1 1/2 cups of spinach
any other toppings that you prefer. I used chopped up tomatoes and a 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
mix all of these together and you have a easy, healthy lunch that travels well too!
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Hummus and Sliced Veggie Wrap
1 tortilla wrap of your choice
Cut up vegetables ( I like using bell peppers, zucchini, and cucumbers)
Hummus:
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 can of chickpeas drained
1 clove of garlic chopped
l tablespoon of lemon juice
1/4 cup of tahini
Blend all of the hummus ingredients in a blender or food processor. Once blended smoothly, spread the hummus on the wrap, place vegetables on the hummus, wrap it up and enjoy!
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When dinner time rolls around I usually eat some kind of protein and a side of vegetables or a major carb like mashed potatoes or sweet potato fries ( my fave!! )
Seared Ahi Tuna steak
For this all you need is:
1 (4 oz) tuna steak seasoned with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper
An oven preheated to 425 degrees Fahrenheit ( 218 degrees Celsius )
Cook the tuna for 6 minutes and then it's ready to go!
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Well, there you have three meals that are all so easy to make in no time at all! To continue with this theme of all things healthy, I want to share my workout that's been my obsession over the last couple of months.
Kickboxing, you might have heard some of the Victoria's Secret Angels gushing over this full body workout backstage at last year's VS fashion show. I started in January in an effort to increase my self confidence and to be more healthy in general. I used to hate going to the gym in the past but ever since I've started working with the trainers at my kickboxing studio, I have become obsessed with it and have been going 5 days a week! If you knew me before discovering kickboxing, then you'd know that I hated working out with a passion! I did spin classes to get some cardio in my life but that was the extent of me working out! I know, I was a lazy bum.
If you want me to do a separate post on what gave that extra push to try out this new lifestyle change then I''ll do one next week maybe. We'll see how it all goes. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this more health and fitness focused post and I will see you on Monday! Remember to share this if you enjoyed my posts so far and want to spread that happiness to all of your friends.
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Grilled Chicken Spinach Salad
3 or 4 grilled chicken slices ( I get mine precooked from Kroger but any store should have them)
1 1/2 cups of spinach
any other toppings that you prefer. I used chopped up tomatoes and a 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
mix all of these together and you have a easy, healthy lunch that travels well too!
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Hummus and Sliced Veggie Wrap
1 tortilla wrap of your choice
Cut up vegetables ( I like using bell peppers, zucchini, and cucumbers)
Hummus:
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 can of chickpeas drained
1 clove of garlic chopped
l tablespoon of lemon juice
1/4 cup of tahini
Blend all of the hummus ingredients in a blender or food processor. Once blended smoothly, spread the hummus on the wrap, place vegetables on the hummus, wrap it up and enjoy!
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When dinner time rolls around I usually eat some kind of protein and a side of vegetables or a major carb like mashed potatoes or sweet potato fries ( my fave!! )
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| Photo via: http://www.poorgirleatswell.com/2013/08/pgew-turns-5-the-top-ten-recipes-from-year-two.html |
Seared Ahi Tuna steak
For this all you need is:
1 (4 oz) tuna steak seasoned with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper
An oven preheated to 425 degrees Fahrenheit ( 218 degrees Celsius )
Cook the tuna for 6 minutes and then it's ready to go!
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Well, there you have three meals that are all so easy to make in no time at all! To continue with this theme of all things healthy, I want to share my workout that's been my obsession over the last couple of months.
Kickboxing, you might have heard some of the Victoria's Secret Angels gushing over this full body workout backstage at last year's VS fashion show. I started in January in an effort to increase my self confidence and to be more healthy in general. I used to hate going to the gym in the past but ever since I've started working with the trainers at my kickboxing studio, I have become obsessed with it and have been going 5 days a week! If you knew me before discovering kickboxing, then you'd know that I hated working out with a passion! I did spin classes to get some cardio in my life but that was the extent of me working out! I know, I was a lazy bum.
If you want me to do a separate post on what gave that extra push to try out this new lifestyle change then I''ll do one next week maybe. We'll see how it all goes. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this more health and fitness focused post and I will see you on Monday! Remember to share this if you enjoyed my posts so far and want to spread that happiness to all of your friends.
The Path to a Better Me
28.1.15
Run for an hour. Do situps. Go swimming.
These are all things that I've been repeatedly told to do when I tell people around me that I want to become more fit and improve how I feel about my body. While these exercises might work for some people, I personally know that I would never be able to stick with any of those activities. This is mostly because I have the kind of personality where I tend to get bored of an activity very easily. This probably explains why I could never stick with a sport when I was younger. Ballet, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, basketball, you name it. I could never stick with anything longer than a year; that is until I started taking tennis lessons during the 6th grade. I fell in love with the sport; how it never let me get bored and how there was always something new to perfect. I stuck with this sport for almost 3 years until my sister, Cassie, broke her thumb during a lesson. After that incident, my mother thought that the sport was too much for us to handle and didn't want either of us to get hurt again. So, that was the last time I was allowed to go to lessons.
I tried many different methods of exercising throughout high school. I went through a yoga phase then there was my stint with pilates. Neither of these lasted very long because the studios where I took classes at closed down after a short while. That leads us up to January 2015, when I made a goal to become a better, fitter, more confident person! I have discovered kickboxing, this is the only activity of which I've tried that keeps me interested and not bored in the least, I am drinking more water and this has massively cleared my skin up; the new workout clothes and shoes that I've picked up this month have also given me the kick in the rear that I've needed to get my butt into the gym to work with my trainer on my goal to become leaner, toner and better than ever before.
I hope this insight into my past struggles with sticking with a form of exercise has helped in some way in becoming a better, healthier you!
What are some of your favorite ways to get active? Do cute workout gear help motivate you to get into the gym?
Xxx
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