Wholewheat flour sweet potato bread

    Hi guys!! 

    I'm here today with a new recipe for you. I tried this the other day and it truly is amazing! I found it on petite kitchen's blog and changed a few of the ingredientsbut it still was awesome and mouthwateringly good!! It doesn't take great cooking skills to make it so I'm sure you can all try it at home.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of wholewheat flour

3/4 cup peanut butter

4 eggs

1 cup of mashed sweet potato

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tsp baking soda

1 tbsp cider vinegar

a pinch of salt

Steps

Preheat the oven at 180°C

Blend all the ingredients together until batter like and smooth

Pour in a loaf tin (greased)

Bake for 35/40 mins

   

    Just a little piece of information that might help some of you if you didn't know it. You can cook you sweet potato very easily and quickly in the microwave. Just take the sweet potato and pierce it several times on both times with a fork. Then wrap it in paper towel and put it in the microwave 5 minutes on max power then flip it on the other side and cook it 5 more minutes on this side. Then it should be cooked and very easily mashed. 

    Hope this helped you and you'll enjoy this very healthy bread as a snack or in the morning as a toast with jam or fruit on it. I had mine with bananas!!!! Yummy! Speak soon guys!!

Quick but efficient cardio circuit

    Hi guys!!

    I'm here to share a new workout with you. This one doesn't require any specific items and it really makes you sweat and makes your heart rate shoot up. 

    This workout is made of 6 moves that you perform for 20sec each and after the circuit (so 20sec*6) you have a 45sec rest. The moves are:

Squats jumps (go down in the squat position and then jump to face the other side of the room)

Lunges (this time you jump to change leg)

Side to side rope jumps

Burpees

Moving push ups

Jack knives

    It is very important not to stop moving during your rest and to keep the form right. Do not do crazy or weird moves just to keep going. It will be way more efficient to do each move correctly then to do all of them wrong - plus you might end up hurting yourself more than anything else.

    If you're not sure about the moves then go check them out on youtube or on bodybuilding.com 

    Complete this circuit 5 to 7 times and don't forget to stretch well and drink loads afterwards! I'll speak to you soon!! Don't forget to comment, share etc if you liked the article. 

    P.S. I don't know if it would be motivating for you guys to see some of my before/after and progress pics. So let me know in the comments section! 

Coconutty salmon with nuts, green beans and brown rice

    Hey guys!

    I hope you're all doing awesome and you're changing your lifestyle one step at a time. As far as I'm concerned I am doing great since I'm on holidays and it gives me the opportunity to share my time only between cooking healthy yummy meals for my loved ones and working out more than usual. I really wish I had the guts to make a life changing decision and work a fitness related job so that I could make money while working out.

    Anyways, I'm just here quickly today to share with you a very easy yet savoury and balanced recipe. This is something pretty much anyone can do and it doesn't cost much. 

    Ingredients

Salmon fillets

Coconut milk

Cashew nuts or almonds

Olive oil

Green beans

Brown rice

Salt/pepper

Steps

Preheat oven at 180°C

Pour coconut milk in an oven safe dish

Soak salmon in milk

Crush some cashews and put them on the salmon and in the milk

Bake for 15/20mins

Stir fry your rice using olive oil

Add green beans, salt, pepper and some spices

Devour

    I hope you'll try this soon and that you'll like it as much as I did. I'm now going to put on my sports gear and start a new 60 minutes crossfit workout. I'll let you know how it goes and give you the details if it works out the way I expect it to.

    Bye guys!! Love you all and love the support!

HIIT Circuit

    Hi guys!!

    I know it's been a while since I last posted something here but since I'm not one to give up that easily or forget my promises here is the first routine I can offer you guys. It doesn't require much - you can even do it with water bottles if you don't have weights at home - and it's not very long but it will get your sweat on and give you that oh so loved burn!

    Do each move for 1 minute with 10 seconds rest between each move. Repeat this circuit 4 times with 30 seconds rest between each complete circuit. Just so it gives you some information I burnt between 200 and 250 calories doing this and it lasts around 30 minutes. Have fun!! Newt post and yummy recipe coming soon!

Clean Cookies!!

    Hi guys!! Since I've had at least two people asking me to post recipes I'm going to start right away! Let me know if you want to see sweet or salty recipes as I have quite a lot of both. I also thought I'd alternate posting recipes and workout routines that I do in order to give you both ideas on how to sweat and burn bad calories and later on how to fuel your body and fill your belly with good ones!! I hope you'll like the idea. Anyways let's get started on this very easy but yet very satsifying - at least that's what it feels like to me- cookies recipe.

    This is probably one of the first recipes I tried and let me tell you I am not a great cook - more like I can manage a microwave oven but I'm a beginner when it comes to all the rest - so if I can do it, so can you!!

    Ingredients

1 cup mashed bananas

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup grated coconut

1/2 cup raisins*

1/4 cup agave syrup*

1/4 cup olive oil

* You can switch the raisins for any other dried fruit if you feel like experimenting and also switch the agave syrup for honey if you don't mind the few extra calories.

Steps

Preheat the oven at 160°C/320°F

Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix it all with your hands until a batter is formed

Form 12 cookies (use a teaspoon to make them more regular)

Flatten each one with the back of a fork

Sprinkle with oats just for the sake of decoration

Bake until golden

    I'm sorry I can't give you a precise baking time but I have a very small oven so it all depends on what you've got at home.

    There you go guys!! I hope you will enjoy this easy and quick recipe as much as I did when I first tried it out. Don't hesitate to comment if you've got any special requests or questions as I'll be more than happy to help.

A little foodporn has never killed anyone!

    Hey ho guys!! I've been really busy this past week but I have thought about you loads and wondering what I should talk about in this new post and I decided - okay, I've had a few requests - to talk about food (yummy right?!)!!

    So as I told you a few articles back I've started eating clean(er) while doing my first round of Insanity. It isn't something that I felt forced to do but more like a very natural shift in my eating habits. - probably normal to change your habits when you suddenly go from not doing anything to working out 6 days a week.

   Let me give you my definition of clean eating first because I know that we all have a different vision of this concept. To me clean eating means eating mostly things I would have been able to eat during the prehistoric era and avoiding as much as possible processed foods. I basically try to buy organic veggies, fruit and meat ( I eat turkey, chicken and more rarely beef...I don't like pork that much that's why I'm not mentionning it) and I add a few whole grains to that for the carbs but not too much.

    I know that while you reading that you're probably thinking that eating clean is boring. Well, let me tell you that I have never enjoyed food as much as those past few months. I love the feeling you get from knowing you're the one who nearly did everything (I have a very  nice friend and colleague who sometimes goes to a farm close to home and picks veggies and fruit for the both of us himself!) when it comes to preparing your food. There are no weird chemicals in my preparations and it feels awesome to realise that I'm actually capable of cooking a quite tasty dish!

    I have no idea if you're interested in recipes or any other details like a grocery shopping list but let me know in the comments and I'll just let you enjoy a few pics of the goodness that cleaneating can bring to your tastebuds!

 Sweet potato, green beans, cashew nuts, ginger, coconut milk and chicken

 Vanilla pancake with banana and peanut butter

 Whole wheat rice with green beans and coconut milk, almonds and cashews salmon

 Homemade clean banana and raisins bread

 Almond crust, smoked salmon, spinach and cherry tomatoes pie

 Clean cookies

A weekend breakfast: berries, bananas, greek yogurt, honey, grated coconut and oats!

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