Health

Avocado Tomato Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

1 Avocado
2 Tomatoes
1 Cucumber
1 Onion
1 Clove of Garlic
1 Tblsp Olive Oil
2 Tblsp Vinegar
Salt, Pepper to taste

Preparation:

Cut all ingredients and mix them with the dressing, serve and enjoy!
Add parmesan or some feta if you wish
Amount good for about 2-3 servings

Nutrition:

The whole salad has about 500kcal
contains healthy fats from avocado and olive oil
contains vitamin B, C, E and more

Make sure you’re covered…

Arnold Schwarzenegger motivates

Keep lifting, keep running, keep eating healthy, or just keep on moving whatever you love to do!

The Quote is inspiring and motivating to me (and funny when you imagine Arnolds Accent with it :))

Six Super Spices and their Health Benefits

What all spices have in common is they are all integrated in the indian cuisine, one nice side effect of this delicious food, i personally love indian curries and just bought me some garam masala, cumin and turmeric and looking forward to tryout some curry recipes myself, actually tried already and they taste so awesome, will post someday 😉

Want to know more?:

What is Red Chili, Nutmeg, Turmeric, Cumin, Ginger and Cinnamon and where are the origins?

Some more links about the health benefits:

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chili-peppers.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/7-health-benefits-nutmeg-provides.html#b

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cumin/

http://www.medindia.net/alternativemedicine/turmeric-powder.asp

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266069.php

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265990.php

The 10 minute Workout

Hard to wake up in the morning? besides your usual coffee, try this workout before breakfast to get your metabolism going, you will feel awesome and energized! 🙂 if you cant get the whole reps, no problem, just do how much u feel good with and try to challenge yourself, 3 sets?

Kick Colds Ass Breakfast Citrus Smoothie

Today i woke up with a sore throat, seems like i catched a cold. My reply to that is this high vitamin C bomb, a very tasty kick colds ass breakfast drink.

Ingredients:

1 banana
2 oranges
juice of 1 lemon
1 kiwi
some frozen berries
Tsp chopped ginger
2Tblsp oats
2Tblsp yoghurt
250ml buttermilk
1Tblsp honey
some cinnamon

Preparation:

Blend, Serve, Enjoy!
Amount is good for 2 servings

Apple Cucumber Carrot Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 big red apple (cutout the core, leave the skin)
200g cucumber
1 small carrot
1 Tsp chopped ginger
Juice of 1 lemon
1/3 ripe banana
250ml Water

Preparation:

Blend, Serve, Enjoy!
amount good for 3 servings

Vegetable and Cheese Mini Omelettes

Ingredients:

200g broccoli
2 small carrots
1 onion
a bit parsley
5 Eggs
2Tblsp olive oil
2Tblsp Yoghurt
60g Feta Cheese
Salt and Pepper
Parmesan Cheese

Preparation:

Cut all vegetables small and mix them in a bowl
add 1 Tblsp olive oil, parsley, salt and pepper
Fill in greased muffin form ( i use a form for 12 small muffins)
In another bowl add eggs, 1tblsp olive oil, yoghurt, small cutted feta, salt and pepper
divide this mix equally in the forms
top it with parmesan cheese ( e.g. gran padano)
bake it preheated oven for about 20minutes 175C
Serve and Enjoy!!

Nutrition Information

High Protein Snack
each omelette has about 100kcal

Mango Orange Lassi

I used to live in Thailand for a couple of years, so today for me is Throwback Thursday on this nice Wednesday and i enjoy this delicious Mango Lassi while imagine me laying in a hammock relaxing on one of Thailands beautiful beaches. Lets Dream together!

Ingredients: