Healthy Lentil & Veg soup

I don't know about you guys, but I am finding the sudden weather change depressing almost. Especially seen as just over a week ago I was tanning myself in Marbella- and now I'm jumping over puddles and getting umbrellas caught in my hair!

After work last night I could think of nothing more that I wanted to do than relax and have a bit of me time.

I made a massive hearty lentil soup- it was so good! I made loads and have put 4 more portions in the freezer! :)

I don't have exact amounts on how much I used because I just kept adding and tasting as I went. But I will give you a list of the ingredients.

Basically I: 

•Boiled some water with 2 organic vegan vegetable stock cubes and salt and pepper.

•Added 2 big chopped carrots

•1 big white onion

•3 stalks of celery

•1 cup of green lentils

•1 cup of yellow split peas

•3 big garlic cloves

• Chopped tomatoes (or 1 tin of toms)

•Chilli powder

•Mixed herbs

•Another stock cube and more salt and pepper

I boiled it all up for 15 minutes whilst stirring, then left it to simmer for 40 minutes- tasting and adding seasoning as I went.

I had about 3 kettle full amounts of water to mine- and it made 5 good sized portions.

I hope you enjoy it :)

I have lots and lots of soup recipes to come- I am so excited that winter is here. My winter recipes are my favourites! & I have so many of them!

Enjoy :) 

SoFit xxxxx

Egg pie again

You should all know by now just how much I love eggs and veg. So on Monday I prepped this lovely mix for breakfasts :)

•Tomato

•Onion

•Mushroom

•Spinach 

•Peppers

•Eggs

•Heat half a teaspoon of coconut oil in oven dish

•Spread melted oil around pan

•Throw in your chunky chopped veg

•Season as desired

•Pour on your whisked eggs

•Oven bake for 40 minutes on 180c

Serve immediately or microwave or enjoy cold :)

This goes really well with my home made baked beans (for recipe please see previous posts).

SoFit xxxxxx

Healthy clean breakfasts

Yesterday for breakfast I was meant to have egg pie but ended up not being able to.

So I grabbed a juice from an amazingly cute local cafe.

Carrot, Apple and Lime juice! So good and tasty to wake up to!

I had a banana and a naked bar too. 

I am trying to avoid processed things- yes even naked bars- but they are clean so it's not too bad of a fail.

This morning for breakfast I had a banana, an apple and an apricot with lots of water :) yummy!

I have another banana and a naked bar for elevenses!

Have a great day :)

SoFit xxxxx

Quick & Easy Chilli con carne

Happy Tuesday all :)

Yesterday was a 500 day for me, so by the time I had got home I was starving.

Me and my housemate made a quick and simple chilli con carne for tea, it was just what I needed.

I love how many different vegetables you can put into a chilli- you can get so many nutrients from a quick and easy dish.

Instruction:

•Cook in a small amount of coconut oil

•1-2 thinly sliced garlic 

•Chopped onion, mushroom, tomato & peppers 

•Add portion of quorn mince

•(if using meat- brown the mince before adding veg)

•Add chilli powder, chilli flakes & cumin

•Mix in red kidney beans

•Add tinned toms/chopped toms/passata

•Stir in some spinach for the last 2 mins

•Season with salt and pepper

•Taste- add more spice/cumin if required

For the 'rice':

•Boil quinoa and bulgar wheat

•Add in peas & sweet corn in last 5 minutes

Dinner is served :)

Often when I have more time to make a chilli, I add in stock cubes & more vegetables: Brocolli, Chic Peas, Lentils & every other type of bean (full of beans!)... And I will slow cook it.

Yummy. :)

I hope you enjoy :)

SoFit xxxxx

Veggy Egg

My breakfast yesterday was so good!

I love eggs!

And I love veg!

Cook some chopped tomato, mushroom, peppers and spinach in a little coconut oil

Season with some salt and pepper

Crack to eggs onto the mix and fry like regular eggs

Serve and enjoy :)

SoFit xxxxx

Detox time

I have 13 days until my beautiful friends wedding- and in those 13 days I will be following a strict detox and attempting the 5:2 diet!

The 5:2 diet is 5 days eating a normal healthy and clean diet intake, and 2 days fasting & having only 500 calories. 

This diet is meant to be amazing for weightloss. But has the worries of: is fasting healthy? Is it not starvation? Will you be weak?

I am going to give it a go and let you all know what I think- has anyone else done this diet? Do they do it regularly?

If you are going to attempt this diet then remember to eat healthily- eat 500 calories of clean food spread throughout the day- not one binge on junk food 500 calories. 

Let the detox BEGIN!

SoFit xxxxxx

The juice of life

I had the most amazing juice for breakfast this morning in Marbella before flying home (I also definitely had junk food afterwards- but it was good to start the day with a bang).

I went for the Zinger- apple, carrot, orange and ginger with added spirulina, wheat grass & echinacea. 

It was amazing- a good blast of health after an amazing week filled with alcohol and hangover food.

Back on it now guys- detox for me!

SoFit xxxxxx

The last hen supper.

We went for an amazing meal last night with all then hen party (minus one who flew home a few hours before) it was one of the girls birthdays also.

We went to an amazing sushi and Thai restaurant, and I had the most amazing food- and a lot of it. Washed down with 3 magnums of rosé wine. Amazing.

I am looking forward to a good detox on return- 3 weeks until the wedding so I have a target.

Hope you're all having a good clean week!

Sofit xxxxx

Half a goats cheese, asparagus and pepper salad.

1 salmon and 1 prawn sushi with ginger 💚

And the worse of the bunch- a massive king prawn Thai green curry, with extra fresh chillies and basmati rice.

Heaven!

Coconut oil

I always always cook with coconut oil and use it on my hair and body too.

I love this page- I didn't know it had quite so many benefits, amazing stuff!!

http://www.sunwarrior.com/news/50-of-the-best-uses-for-coconut-oil/

Holiday fun

It's safe to say that I have put on a lot of holiday weight. I have probably only been 40% clean- and that cleanness was washed down with lots of alcohol.

But I'm on a hen party and having an amazing time so I don't care- detox on return for sure!  

Hope you all had a good weekend :)

Sofit xxxxxx

More Marbella food

Healthy reading!

The one book that I recommended in a previous post is getting some amazing responses!

I got this message today from one of my beautiful friends:

My house mate Lucy has also made huge changes after reading it- more than me!

Go and buy this book people :) you can get it for just a few quid second hand from amazon.

You won't be disappointed.

Sofit xxxxxxx

Live a healthy & happy lifestyle!

Marbella salads

Hello from Marbella.

We had a hungover hen party group this morning after some fun last night.

We spent today on the beach, and I was so chuffed to find an amazing amount of healthy salad options on the menu at lunch time.

I opted for an amazing jam packed Niçoise salad- it was so good!

Lettuce, cucumber, beans, olives, artichokes, tomatoes, peppers, egg and tuna! 

A colourful plate FULL of nutrients!

Here's the lovely hen, Rachel,  with her Caesar salad

If we go back here for lunch again I may try the hot goats cheese salad with honey and walnuts which two of the group had. It looked so good!

Hope you are all having a lovely healthy week.

SoFit xxxx

Healthy snacking

If I haven't prepped any of my naked balls (see previous post for recipe) then another item on my snacking list are these raw superfood balls.

They are sooooo yummy! & seriously nutritious!

Snacking can be clean and healthy just keep stocked up on home made clean snacks or naked bars, rude health bars, bounce balls, trek bars or 9 bars (9 bats is last on my list as they are not that clean).

Hope you are all having a good week.

Sofit xxxxx

Healthy option take out

During my manic packing stress last night my boyfriend got us take out.

This is Nando's Mediterranean salad with macho peas..... Sooooo yummy!

(Some halloumi may of found its way into the mix too- oooops)

Try it!

SoFit xxxxx

Coffee fix!!

I have seriously cut back on my coffee intake- I used to drink it every day- a few times a day.

Not only that but I would have caramel lattes / vanilla lattes / regular milk / white sugar.

Not good!

This morning I was at the airport for 5.30 am and I needed that coffee fix. 

My standard option and what I ONLY drink now, was a soya flat white.

This is the lightest option for coffee.

I still have to have that 1 sugar in it though (I am trying to go without- honest), but I now have brown sugar not white. Really I should carry some of my healthy natural sugar with me- but I don't want to encourage myself to buy coffee.

Boarding time for me- lots of posts to come whilst I am away in Marbella... Keep on with the food picture tagging and sending and I will feature the best ones again in another post- you guys motivate & encourage me!

Have a great week!

SoFit xxxxx

Home made pancake rolls!

This is absolutely perfect for me.

I have a serious addiction to spring rolls!!

You can fill these yummys with warm, cold or raw fillings. You can even fry or oven bake them! The list is endless!!

In this picture I have raw simple fillings of cucumber, spring onion and carrot with soya sauce.

I then had a warm filling of egg and pan fried veg- onion, mushroom and broccoli- like an egg fu yung. 

This is sooo amazing with a crabstick or prawn or salmon, with avocado, cucumber and onion!

Honestly, put anything in these- they are all yum!

Bean sprouts

Pak choi

Water chestnuts

Bamboo shoots

Peppers

Chicken

Tofu

Quorn

Anything and everything!

I got my rice paper from morrisons but anywhere sells it- you can even order it off amazon!

Instruction are on the packs- with mine I poured kettle water onto a plate (so just a thin layer) and lay the rice paper onto the plate on each side.

Then placed the wet rice paper onto a damp piece of kitchen roll/damp clean cloth and filled it with my fillings,

Folded it up/rolled it up,

And job done!

This is perfect for adults & kids and they are fun to make!!

Enjoy!

Sofit xxxxx

Last day in work before HOLIDAY!

My day started pretty similar to how it started yesterday, (yes I worked bank holiday) clean & healthy.

I'm just going through the moves today- counting down the hours until I'm outta heeeere! ;) 

I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday- mine definitely involved too much food. But it was yummy & I enjoyed it. 

Lunchbox club keep sending over the pictures! You're doing great! Loads of colourful plates coming through!

Sofit xxxx

Chilli Beef!

This is the PERFECT filling for spinach wraps or Lettuce leaves!
The other great thing about this recipe- it is perfect for kids too! Just season accordingly/skip on the chilli if needed :)

Ingredients:
Quorn Mince Meat (If you are a meat eater you can use lean beef mince/lean turkey mince)
Organic veggie stock cubes (Oxo cubes/Regular stock cubes)
Onion
Tomato
Mushroom
Peppers
Garlic
Fresh chilli/chilli flakes/chilli powder (or ALL of them like I do!!)
Coconut Oil

Directions:
Dice your onion, tomato, peppers, garlic and fresh chillies
After heating your coconut oil in a frying pan, add your diced veges and stir regularly
In another pan cook your mince of choice with a stock cube crushed over the top, with coconut oil
When your meat is cooked, add in your veges

Here, you can decide whether the texture is as you want it. When I am making this filling for spinach or lettuce wraps I like to leave it. But you could always add in some water or passatta/tomato puree

Season as you desire with chilli flakes/powder, salt and pepper & serve immediately into your wraps
Top with my home made quacamole or hummus to make it even better! ENJOY!

You don't have to use all of the veg listed, it works well with just the mince, garlic & chilli. Or can use different veg- beans works well with this!!



SoFit xxxx