Healthy Eating For Healthy Living Tips

Well, Christmas is over, and I hope you had a great time.

By now you may be feeling sated with rich food, and hopefully looking forward to something nutritious yet tasty. Here’s a recipe that fits the bill:

Recipe: Falafel in Pitta Pockets

Garnished with watercress

Serves 4
Prep: 10 mins
Cooking: 22 mins

225g/8oz dried chickpeas, soaked overnight in water
1 tbsp tahini *
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 garlic clove, crushed
100g bag watercress,  roughly chopped
juice half a lemon
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As promised, and with kind permission of Bellaverde®, here is another great recipe to give you a different way of eating broccoli.

Gino D’Acampo’s Zesty Bellaverde® Broccoli and Courgette Spaghetti

Difficulty: Easy Preparation Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: … Continue Reading

Tomatoes and Red Pepper

As I write this in the UK it’s warm and sunny – never quite sure how long that will last, but we live in hopes.

In such weather, wanting to shed any winter weight gain, our thoughts may turn to a summer detox. If this conjours up images of misery and starvation, think again. It need not be the case.

My last post about Sandy Halliday’s detox diet generated a lot of interest and I asked her to share … Continue Reading

Continuing my series on healthy meal ideas, here are some ideas for desserts. They may not be very new, but “back to basics” is a good idea!

Healthy Desserts

* Gourmet “chocolate mousse” – you’ll find this as a comment by Rafael, in response to Katie’s breakfast smoothie recipe on the linked website

* Fruit salad, an old classic, but don’t forget how enjoyable it can be

* Fruit smoothie … Continue Reading

Continuing the theme of “what shall I eat” for a healthy diet, here are some ideas for your main meal.

Pizza as a main meal

• Home-made or Covent Garden soups
• Mackerel, herring or salmon – new potatoes and salad
• Whole meal pasta
• Ratatouille
• Couscous or whole grain rice
• Vegetable curry
• White fish
• Kedgeree
• Skinless chicken
• A lean pork chop – occasionally
• Pizza – halve the cheese and double the vegetable topping

As ever, more ideas are welcome – please add a comment with your favorite main meal idea!

• Cottage cheese and pineapple
• Rice salad
• Avocado with prawns inside
• Tinned wild salmon in sandwich
• Salad with avocado mashed with garlic and lemon juice
• Wholemeal chicken, tuna or turkey sandwiches – add humus instead of mayonnaise
• A little low fat grated cheese grilled on toast with a dash of soya sauce. (When you use grated cheese it looks more, but tastes just as good!)
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• Oat cake (NOT rice, they can raise your blood sugar too fast)
• Stick of celery or carrot
• A few sunflower seeds
• Five almonds, Brazils or walnuts (NOT peanuts)
• Piece of fruit – different each time – Sharon fruit, mangoes, kiwi, pineapple etc
• One or two dried apricots – no more.  Dried fruit raises your blood sugar too quickly

More ideas welcome – please add your favorite healthy snack idea!

Scrambled Egg

Many people are keen to improve their diet, but short on ideas of what to have for their meals. Over the next few posts, I’ll be sharing a few meal ideas, and hope you’ll comment with some of your own favorite healthy meal ideas.

• Porridge made with water, Rice Dream, soya or almond milk – add a little honey to sweeten, or a tablespoon of chopped walnuts, sunflower seeds, dried or fresh fruit – for instance a mashed banana
• Organic muesli or sugar free cornflakes or rice … Continue Reading
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