Friday 17 March 2017

getting started on the 'get my body better' journey

you know - when I started doing something to 'get my body better' I had to find NEW ways of making food tasty.
To make food from ingredients that were different, and some I'd never heard of was SCARY.
I don't like WASTING food, so I had to be sure any recipe was tried and tested, and was going to come out alright.
The BIRDS that came to my front lawn never knew what they were going to get - for a while back then. And THEN I found these recipe books. It was the BEST start.
NOW I can use ingredients easily and trust what's going to happen.
Changing Habits Recipe Book

Wednesday 15 March 2017

AM I THERE YET? - nope


if I share with u - a piece of MY journey - will YOU cut me some slack?
I wondered how I would do this 'get my body better' thing all by myself. 
When on a social outing the pressure to 
'have a drink' or 
'go on, just try the pizza, it's great'  felt HUGE.
I FELT I was letting people down because I was choosing not to eat and drink the stuff they put out for me. Or just as bad, we would be paying, if at a restaurant.
And eating out is/was my favourite thing. And drinking wine was even bigger. The whole scene actually.
I tried tricks -like accepting the wine and then tipping it into my darlings glass when no-one was watching - topping my glass up with water. I'd order a side salad and have 1 piece of pizza and eat the topping only, and cover my plate up with the serviette - and so on.
Sometimes the pressure was TOO MUCH and I just ate it. Or drank it.
Now heres the thing - it's the trash talk I would give myself on the way home, or the next morning after a night of gut turmoil and upset.
So I taught myself to say -
"that was just a toilet stop" now give yourself a BREAK,
and "stop at the next scenery lookout."
Whats the SCENE?
What have I achieved this week? 3-4 days no wine, 4-5 days no gluten/grains, 5-6 days no sugar (or whatever).
Anyway -it all added up - the small differences made the BIG difference.
AM I THERE YET?
Nope. Something always comes up. But my resilience has quadrupled.
And I enjoy the journey way MORE.

Tuesday 7 March 2017

blueberry and cheese muffins - wheat/gluten/butter/sugar FREE

Blueberry and cheese muffins

1/2 cup LSA (ground linseed, sunflower seed and almonds)
1 tbsp pysillium husk
1/2 cup fine brown rice flour
2 tbsp tapioca flour
2 tsp baking powder (gluten free if u like)
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup of crumbled feta or blue cheese
1 tsp cinnamon
2 free range eggs
1/2 cup of coconut water or any nut milk
1/4 cup pure virgin olive oil

Mix together all dry dry ingredients.
Add blueberries and cheese, stir.

Mix eggs, oil and coconut water(or nut milk) together in another bowl.

Add wet ingredients into dry. Stir until combined.

Spoon into cup cake paper lined muffin tins. Makes 6 large muffins.
Bake in oven for 20-25 mins at 180C.

Delicious warm.