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Good morning, world!
Here’s how I mix up a quick light breakfast when I don’t feel like cooking:
Spoon some (2 – 3 tbsp) fat free cottage cheese into a bowl. Pour on half a cup of natural yoghurt. Chop a few inch-thick slices of fresh pineapple, crush 5 cocoa beans and 5 small almonds and mix them all into the dairy. Sprinkle with a spoonful of sesame seeds and it’s ready to eat!
If there’s one important rule to follow, then it must be this.
The one rule to rule them all:
Listen to yourself. Listen carefully. The line between “just lazy” and “really need a break” is fine but important. It applies to any detail in life. If I’m tired of something habitual and can’t sweet-talk myself into repeating what I usually do, then it must be the message from my body telling that enough is enough. A change is needed – sometimes for a moment, sometimes for good, sometimes it’s just a tiny variation I need to add. Sometimes it has to do with conciously sleeping two hours longer in the morning and skipping gym, sometimes hopping from climate zone to climate zone.
Last week I was told by my taste buds that it has had enough of Whey Protein. That’s when I reintroduced hemp. Last time I had hemp protein smoothies daily, I got fed up before the bag was empty. That’s why I started experimenting with Whey in the first place and now it’s time for a combination of the two!
I don’t mix the two, or haven’t done so far (but why not try?), but I have my two drinks a day, one of each. The Whey Protein is a teensy bit too sticky for my early-morning pre-workout taste. Hemp however tastes fibrous enough to come close to oatmeal sensation without as many carbs. Plus a strong load of fibre with my morning protein shot makes my belly do happy dance. I keep the sticky Whey Mix for post-workout hunger pang.
Here’s a taste of my 5:45am grassy green smoothie:
2 tbsp hemp protein
2 tsp spirulina powder
a pinch of ground orange peel
a few drops of vanilla essence
100ml cup natural yoghurt
50ml water
1 small banana
1 tsp sesame seeds
I asked the recipe in a restaurant where I recently ate. It was heavenly, sprinkled on salad and served next to a deliciously moist golden chicken breast and two polenta triangles. They didn’t of course relieve all their secret weapons but the basics are what matter! I think it’s the apple juice that made the difference.
It goes as this:
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp sweet Dijon mustard
1 tbsp apple juice
a secret mixture of dried herbs: develop your own favorite mix (basil, thyme, rosemary, mint, oregano …)
Mix well and use on salad.
Mnjam
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