Getting healthier
It seems I have a lot to learn about food in terms of what my body needs. Just eating healthy doesn't seem to cut the trick whenever it means that your body wants/needs something else. In my case, the charts on my scale keeps jabbing to me about a very low protein level, it never reaches the green healthy level, no matter what I ate that day, sigh. It's a bit frustrating but I'm sure I'll figure it out. I'm just going to keep moving on the treadmill every day (with one day rest this week) and try some stuff out for some days before checking the levels again.
Flax seeds
I never bought or ate flax seeds in my life, at least not that I know of. A week ago, I bought them but not the ground version. I made some very delicious chickpea flatbreads with them (more about that in another post). I then learned that you should not over eat flax seeds and that ground is better. Sadly, I tried to get them from normal to ground but my equipment wouldn't let me crush them as I didn't have enough. I decided to consume the normal ones and buy ground flax seeds for other moments such as today, in a smoothie.
We all love avocados
I had some hit and misses in the last months when I brought home rotten ones, which suck! But it seems that these small ones from Lidl last week are spot on and just right. Time to make a smoothie with them, as I've been waiting a few days until I thought they were ready. I now have a few left and will probably go for an avocado toast later.
Spirulina
What has been waiting in my kitchen cabinet for at least 4 weeks now, is spirulina powder. Don't ask me why I bought it and then didn't consume because it was one of these things I happen to notice while shopping for my monthly Dutch groceries and got curious about. I figured it could be a good thing to add to the diet, I just had to look into it better before starting to do so.
Chia seeds have been in my kitchen for a while now and when I don't forget that I have them, I sprinkle some in the smoothies. New edition to the cabinet is the ground flax seeds.
Ingredients
For two smoothies:
- 3 ripe bananas
- 2 small avocados
- a hand full of fresh baby spinach
- 3 teaspoons of chia seeds
- 3 teaspoons of ground flax seeds
- 2 teaspoons of coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons of spirulina powder
- Whole milk
Just throw in the blender and mix until smooth, no need to mix it long, it was done quite fast. I love the colour of the smoothie, what a joy to look at:
Healthy smoothies with a view, enjoy!
Today I will try to get on the treadmill a bit longer than yesterday and see how it goes, so far I'm still happy that we bought it and I don't regret it one bit. It's very low key if you have one at home. My blood pressure is thanking me for it every day too, which is great!
I hope you have a good weekend!
All pictures above are my own...