Kale Salad

Today's recipe isn't one of my favourites but it is one of the dishes that kick started my weightloss. The dressing is optional but believe me, it makes all the difference when eating it. Before I had it with the dressing I couldn't bare it at all and then when I bothered to make it, I enjoyed it so much more and the kale leaves became so much easier to chew.

Kale Salad 

(Serves 2)

Ingredients

For the salad

• 3 Kale leaves
• Handful of Red cabbage
• 1 Tomato
• 1/2 Avocado

For the dressing

• 120ml Olive oil
• 15ml Balsamic vinegar
• 15 l Honey
• 4 Cloves of pressed garlic

Chop up the kale and discard the stems. Finely chop the red cabbage, until you have about a handful. Slice the tomato and the avocado. For the dressing put all ingredients into a container and then whisk with a fork. Put ontop of the salad and enjoy!


Health Benefits

Kale

• Number 1 super food
• High in: iron, vitamin A, vitamin, K and vitamin C
• Great for your liver
• Helps lower cholesterol 
• Anti-inflammatory
• Full of omega 3

Red cabbage

• Good source of calcium
• Contains vitamin E

Tomato

• Full of vitamins A, C and E
• Antioxidant

Avocado

• B vitamins
• Potassium (contains twice the amount of potassium as a banana)
• Essential fatty acids

Garlic

• Good for circulation
• Anti bacterial and anti viral
• Lowers cholesterol 
• Antioxidant

Honey

• Anti bacterial
• Anti fungal

Apple Berry Bake

Today's recipe is fantastic as a breakfast or as a dessert and it is...

Apple Berry Bake

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 225g Mixed Berries
• 2 Apples
• 45g Saltanas/Raisins
• Cinnamon
• Coconut Oil 

Preheat the oven to 190C then grease a baking tray with some coconut oil. Core and chop the apples into small chunks then place all fruit onto the greased baking tray. Sprinkle some cinnamon over the fruit then cover with foil. Bake in the oven for 45mins or until apples are soft.

Health Benefits

Mixed berries

• High in vitamin C
• Contains manganese, potassium and copper minerals
• High ORAC* value
• Full of antioxidants 

Cinnamon

• Good for regulating blood sugar levels

Sultanas/Raisins

• Containing boron which is good news for women as it assist oestrogen and Vitamin D to work at their optimum level

Apple

• Full of antioxidants
• Good at regulating blood sugars

* Oxygen Radical Absorbance  Capacity - the higher the number the more antioxidants.
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Carrot Apple and Ginger Juice

I've decided to set up another blog along side my reboot diary and post recipes of how to make the things I have been eating/drinking during my reboot. I will also post the health benefits of each ingredient. As time goes on I will also post other recipes I find as I move on from the juicing stage.

Today's recipe is...

Carrot Apple and Ginger Juice

You'll need a juicer for this one.

Ingredients:

• 6 carrots
• 4 apples
• 2inch piece of ginger

This is quite easy (if you're lucky enough to have a juicer). Just cut up all your ingredients so that they fit into you're juicer and juice. I recommend juicing harder stuff first so that when you juice the softer stuff it eases it through.

Health benefits:

Carrots

• High in vitamin A
• Antioxidants
• Anti inflammatory 

Apples

• Very high in antioxidants
• Beneficial in the role of blood sugar regulation as they lesson the uptake of glucose in your digestive tract and increase the uptake of glucose from your blood stream by stimulating insulin receptors. 

Ginger

• Antihistamine and decongestant
• Relives Nausea
• Can act as an anti-inflammatory in the body

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