It’s funny how easily the kids eat foods that come in small bite size portions where cutlery are nonessential 
On a whim I rolled up quinoa with cucumber and carrot sticks in salad leaves and boy did they gulf it down quickly!
I mixed the tricolore Quinoa with half a grated red onion, some tamari soy sauce and brown rice vinegar.
Cut the carrots and cucumber and rolled it up in salad leaves.
Probably the quickest meal I have ever made!
XX
This is my super healthy salad that I make as soon as spring has sprung.
It’s detoxifying and beautifying.
Ingredients:
Carrot
Red Cabbage
Celery sticks
Red onion
Avocado
Himalayan crystal salt
Extra:
Mushroom
Fennel
Sprouted beans
pumpkin seeds
Fresh coriander
X L
I made this quick cucumber side dish the other day. I found the recipe on Pinterest and modified it slightly.
Cucumbers are full of anti-inflammatory Vitamin K but make sure they are organic!!!
Cucumber is on The Dirty Dozen List,(I wrote aboutit HERE) meaning they have fairly high levels of pesticides and insecticides, which are toxic to the nervous system.
This salad also contains the Scandi-Classic herb dill.
Almost all traditional dishes in Sweden are served with or cooked in dill, which is not a bad thing, dill is super good if you suffer from gas and bad breath and it’s excellent for breastfeeding Mum’s as it increase milk production.
Recipe:
1 Cucumber, thinly sliced.( I used a cheese slicer).
1 Red onion, also thinly sliced.
1/2 cup of chopped dill.
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 Tablespoon of Apple Cider vinegar
1 1/2 – 2 tablespoons of Virgin Olive Oil
Himalayan Crystal salt and Black pepper
XX Lisa
Hi,
This super healthy soup is beyond easy to make and comes with many incredible health benefits!
Ingredients:
* 1 Cup Cooked lentils
* A couple of fresh Beet Roots
* 2 Mushrooms
* 1/2 cup Tomato Passata
* Raw Coconut Oil
* 1 Red Onion
* 1 Celery Stock
* 1 Leek
* 2 Garlic Cloves
* Fresh coriander
* Piece of Chili
* Piece of Ginger
* 1 teaspoon Turmeric
* Cinnamon
* Stock Powder
* Black Pepper
* 3 1/2 Cups of water
Enjoy!!
There was a big cauliflower head in the veg box this week and even though the kids enjoy plain steamed or boiled cauliflower I decided to do something different.
I found this recipe HERE.
It came with glowing reviews and it was really nice even though it looked a bit bland.
I would probably not make it as watery as in the recipe.
But what I really liked was that it doesn’t contain any stock or milk. (can’t stand soups with milk!)
Cauliflower is a cruciferous vegetable and is full of goodness like Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Folate.
Here’s the recipe:
3 tablespoons of raw coconut oil
I cauliflower
1 onion
Salt & pepper
Olive oil
* Heat the coconut oil in a pan, sweat the onions for 15min on a low temperature (they should not go brown)
* Break cauliflower into florets and add to pan with 1/2 cup of water. Put a lid on and stew for 15 min until tender.
* Than add another 3 1/2 cup of water (the recipe says 4 1/2 cup but I think it’s to much).
* Pure the soup, I used a hand blender. Let it stand for 20 min this will make it thicker.
* You can now thin the soup with 1/2 cup of water if you need to. Reheat. Serve with a drizzle of virgin oil and pepper.
XX Lisa
Hope you are all having a great Easter break!
I made this healthy colourful quinoa salad today. It’s really filling and brimming with goodness.
My stomach is slightly stretched after the Easter Bunny’s visit so I certainly need some grains today.
The rest of the family will have this with lamb saddle, I think I’ll have it on its own. Can’t stand anymore brown coloured foods today!
I found the recipe on The Garden Grazer blog HERE.
You Need:
1 cup uncooked quinoa
1 cup cooked chick peas
3 tomatoes
1 red or yellow pepper
1 1/2 cup frozen sweetcorn, thawed
2 spring unions
fresh basil
Dressing:
2 tablespoons Olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt & pepper
Cook the quinoa and let it cool, cut, slice and mix the vegetables. Add the dressing.
XX Lisa
At the weekends the kids like nothing better than to have what they call a “big breakfast” which always includes pancakes.
I’m more than happy to oblige especially since I met Amy Ruth and bought her amazing baking mix made from quinoa, teff, brown rice, flax and chia.
No gluten or sugar and the pancakes tastes delish!
Sure, I could mix up these ingredients myself and save some dosh, but let’s face it, weekends should be stress free and I was more than happy Ruth had mixed it up for me as I staggered up slightly hungover on Sunday morning!
Both my kids are in school now and I know freshly baked bread and white pasta are staples at lunchtime, especially for my picky 9 year old, so at home I try to avoid wheat and gluten as much as I possibly can in order to keep their diets healthy.
Whisk these ingredienses together for a healthy weekend treat:
I use 1 1/2 cup of Amy Ruth’s healthy baking mix
I tablespoon of Maca Powder (good for libido, PMS and vitality)
For flavour I use: 1/4 teaspoon of raw vanilla, a tiny bit of Stevia for sweetness and a dash of organic cinnamon.
2 eggs (or use egg substitute)
2 cups of organic Rice Milk
3 tablespoons of raw coconut oil (melt and mix with the wet ingredients)
XX Lisa
So It’s been a weeks since I finished the fast.
I can’t tell you have happy I am that I did it.
I feel so much better overall and I’m not as tired in the afternoons any longer, result!
Will definitely be doing in a few months time again.
Below is the program for the 5 day juice and broth fast and you can also see the video diary as a playlist above.
All the fruits and veg I used were organic, you don’t want to load up your body with more toxins when you are trying to get rid of them.
And since I don’t have a proper water filter in the house I used bottled water for everything, even for the enema!
This is what my 5 days on the fast looked like:
Two days before the start of the fast I eat only whole healthy foods no coffee or dairy
The day before tha fast I only had fruits and vegetables, this is to prepare the body and keep discomforts during the fast to a minimum.
*Early Morning: lemon juice from 1/2 lemon in warm water.
Enema.
Body Brush for 10 min
Warm shower followed by a minute of ice-cold water
*Breakfast juice example: 3 apples 2 celery sticks a pice of ginger
*Midmorning: 2 teaspoons of Spirulina with water.
*Lunch juice example: 1/2 pineapple, 2 carrots, 2 apples, a bunch of mint.
*Mid afternoon: Colon cleanse drink: 2 tablespoons of psyllium husk fibre and 2 teaspoons Bentonite clay mixed with a pint of water.
A small coconut water.
*Dinner Broth example: 1 and 1/4 pints of water, 1/4 squash, 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves, 1 parsnip, fresh thyme, half a teaspoon of marigold vegetable stock. Boil for 20 min then simmer for another 20 min. Discard of the vegetables and enjoy!
And lots and lots of water & herbal teas…
XX Lisa
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Hi!
Here is how day 2 on the juice and broth fast panned out.
Have a great weekend!
X Lisa
You can eat the healthiest diet ever, but if your digestion is weak, you won’t be able to absorb the nutrients.
One thing that has really helped me is sipping Ginger Tea with meals.
Ginger stimulates the digestion system making if more alert and efficient by speeding up the circulation and getting the bile juices flowing.
Ginger is also used for travel sickness, morning sickness, gas, cold hands and feet and hiccups, the list goes on…
At the moment my favorite is Pukka’s Three Ginger with organic ginger, galangal and golden turmeric.
I take it with a tiny speck of Stevia (from a herbalist).
I love to eat raw, cold salads for lunch and the ginger tea keeps me warm and cosy when it’s freezing cold outside.
(Now I’m off for an enema lecture!!
I’m doing a juice and broth fast starting Friday, feeling slightly err (VERY!!!) apprehensive)
Love Lisa
