Juice It Up! #FFS

I have to admit something, I love juicing. It feel so refreshed after drinking a glass of juice. Of course, I make it myself because the store-bought juice is filled with sugar and bad ingredients.

I thought it would be fun to share one of my favorite juices. Basically, you just have to juice all these ingredient. It’s really up to you how much of a certain veggie or fruit you use. Let’s start!
Ingredients :
2 big tomatoes – 1/3 cucumber – 1 lemon – 1 apple – ginger (to taste)

This juice is packed with vitamins. You’re very hydrated afterwards which makes this a good juice for spring/summer. It’s also good for your digestion and skin.

I also recommend you to make your own lemonade. It’s so incredibly delicious. You just need 3/4 of a glass filled with freshly squeezed lemon juice (but you can also use grapefruit juice for example). Then add a little bit cold water to thin it out and a few stevia drops to make it a little bit less sour. That’s all you need and I promise you…you will love it!

Oh and I totally realize that my arm looks yellow in the picture. Don’t mind, it’s just the light that’s doing weird.

Margot

 

 

Breakfast Mango Parfait

A few of my readers have been asking to post some more breakfast ideas recipes. I never really made time for this because my breakfasts are so easy. Now however, I’m going to change things up. I present you my breakfast mango parfait!

This is the kind of breakfast I’ll eat when I have eaten a little bit more on the unhealthier side the day before. That’s because it’s light and fresh.

This is what you’ll need :
Mango – a few tbsp sugar free muesli – light cream cheese (or yoghurt or Greek yoghurt) – stevia 

I’ll start by cutting my mango into fine pieces. Then, I’ll sweeten my light cream cheese. I prefer to use stevia drops. At this point we are ready to assemble the parfait. I start with a layer of the light cream cheese, then a layer of mango pieces and to finish one to two tablespoons of sugar free muesli. Repeat this until your glass is filled. Enjoy!

 

 

Spelt Rasberry Muffins

Yesterday, it was my 19th birthday. I wanted to make something festive but still good for you. I had been eyeing a blogger (I’ll link her below) for a while now and when she blogged about these spelt rasberry muffins, I knew I wanted to make them. They are sugar free, gluten free and dairy free (if you use a dairy free milk of course). I had all the ingredients in my house, except for the almond milk. I used regular milk instead.

I started and contrary to what I thought, I took me not even 10 minutes to make the dough. I tasted it and I found it pretty tasty. However, the baked muffins dissapointed a little bit. I thought they would have the same texture as a regular muffin but they didn’t. They had more the texture of bread pudding. I also didn’t really like the rasberries in it because they were too predominant in the muffin. In my opinion, I would serve them for breakfast and not as a dessert. They were good though. It just wasn’t as good as I thought they would be.

You can find the recipe here : http://www.ilovehealth.nl/frambozen-speltmuffins/

Maybe you like them better!

Margot

New In : Bio Shop Foods

Recently I did some groceries in my local bio shop. I wanted to do this for a long time but because it’s so expensive, I hesitated. This Tuesday I said to myself ‘Whatever, just do this’ and I stepped in the shop. This is what I got :

1. Coconut oil : I had this before and let me tell you, this product has many benefits. It’s good for the skin; you can use it as a eye make up remover; it’s a good replacement for butter, … I paid less than 7 euros for 500gr which is a pretty good deal.
2. Sugar free muesli : Muesli is that sort of product that looks healthy but actually isn’t. It’s packed with sugar most of the times. The one I bought, isn’t. I’m definitely going to use this for my breakfast parfaits.
3. Almond butter : Heaven in a jar! The only ingredient are almonds. Very good product to use as a spread on a cracker before hitting the gym.
4. Spelt flour : I read that this is the best flour you can find. I can’t wait to use it for recipes.
5. Stevia chocolate : Not healthy but sugar free. That’s one step forward, right?

Have you ever used one of these products before? Did you like it?

Margot

 

Lemon Ginger Cookie

I believe that I got this recipe from ‘Blogilates’ a few months ago but I never really posted my take on it. Well now I can finally introduce you my lemon ginger cookies. They are easy, quick and very tasty.

Ingredients (2 big cookies) :
1 ripe banana – 50gr oats – 1 tbsp honey + extra – 1 to 2 tbsp lemon juice – a dash of ginger powder

Preheat the oven to 220°. Mix all the ingredients together and form two cookies on a baking sheet. I used a cookie cutter to make two even ones. Place your baking plate in the oven for 10 to 20 minutes (check them regularly because every oven is different). Let the cookies cool off for a few minutes and drizzle some extra honey over them.

Margot

*I also made them with cinnamon instead of the lemon juice and ginger powder. I preferred this one on rather colder days.

Tortilla Parmesan Crusted Fish

Ingredients fish :
3 cod fillets – tortilla chips – grated parmesan cheese – 1 tsp garlic powder – pepper & a dash of chili powder – olive oil

Preheat the oven to 180°. Pulse the tortilla chips with the grated parmesan cheese, garlic powder, pepper and chili powder in a food processor. You can use as much tortilla chips and parmesan cheese as you like. Then, dry your fish with some paper towel and brush the cod fillets with the olive oil. Put your mixture of cheese and tortilla chips on top and put it in the oven for half an hour.

Ingredients Guacamole :
2 small avocados – 7 to 10 cherry tomatoes –  1/2 lemon or lime juice – 1 tsp garlic powder or 1 garlic clove, pressed – a dash of chili powder – salt & pepper

Mix the avocados with the lemon or lime juice, the garlic and chili powder and the salt and pepper. Then stir in the thinly chopped tomatoes.

Ingredients Spinach :
Spinach – 1 to 2 tbsp olive oil – nutmeg, salt & pepper
In a sauce pan, heat the olive oil. Then add the spinach and let it sit until it is reduced. Season with nutmeg, a little salt and pepper.

My Week On Instagram #3

The end of the week, new post!

Snacking on some homemade crunchy popcorn with cacao and raw sugar.

My current body shape. After doing 5 months of fitness, I’m more toned and a lot fitter. Oh and this is my usual work out outfit.

I painted my nails with this purple nailpolish today. It’s called ‘Urban Purple’ from Rimmel. Now that I take a better look, the color looks like red in the picture but in real, it isn’t! 🙂

Sticking to the salad thing every night! I’ve been experimenting a little bit lately with some new recipes and I fell in love with the second salad. Basically, it’s just broccoli and 1/2 of an avocado with some feta sprinkled on top. I know this salad will possibly scare you because it’s so green but believe me when I say that the flavors go really well together.

The first salad is btw a simple Greek salad. You can never go wrong with that one of course.

Sorry for the lack of posts! On Wednesday, my exams will be done which means I’ll be focussing a lot more on my blog.

Margot

Salads all the way

As you could read in my new year’s resolutions post, I will be making a lot more salads. I’m planning to do the grocery shopping on my own so that I can choose which vegetables, fruits, fish, nuts,… I want in my salad. The more colorful, the better! I want to eat at least one salad a day. It’s so fresh and pure, if you make it the right way of course. 🙂 Below, you’ll find some of the salads I will be making :