I love weekends. They really are my favourite time of the week. We do a few things to make the most of weekends. We sleep in a little, we let the kids watch TV when they wake up, and we have slow breakfasts. We also tend to spend at least one of the two days just us 5. They are so restful for us. I read today that when you are dieting or detoxing, rest is so important for our bodies. I know that - it's Sunday evening and I have no food cravings, headaches or tiredness. I love that feeling of being ready for a week (well, not totally ready, it's 8.30pm and I need to do some school uniform laundry!)
I'm really struggling with breakfasts, I skipped breakfast again today and just made do with a mug of bulletproof coffee. I think I need to find some recipes that I can make in the day and keep for breakfasts, or recipes that I can make the night before. The goal of this week is to eat breakfast every day.
Lunch was easy! We had our friends, the Pritchet's, for lunch today. They have FOUR sweet children and it was a fun afternoon. We had roast chicken with veg, so whilst I didn't eat the potatoes, sweet potatoes or gravy (it had flour and sugar in), I did get to eat lots of chicken, sautéed cabbage, mashed swede, carrots and peas. Yum. I did then have to sit whilst everyone had sticky toffee pudding with Treleaven's Rich Vanilla Ice Cream. OMG. It was not easy!
I boiled the chicken bones and made a super quick Chicken Soup so that I have a couple of easy lunches this week, read on for the recipe.
So, at the end of day four I am still going well and I'm hoping that the week is going to be good too! This week, I need to eat breakfast, drink more water and get a bit more sleep. Studying really does push all my night owl habits to their limits but I know that a healthy lifestyle is one that gets decent rest.
Coconut-Lime Chicken Soup.
I'm really struggling with breakfasts, I skipped breakfast again today and just made do with a mug of bulletproof coffee. I think I need to find some recipes that I can make in the day and keep for breakfasts, or recipes that I can make the night before. The goal of this week is to eat breakfast every day.
Lunch was easy! We had our friends, the Pritchet's, for lunch today. They have FOUR sweet children and it was a fun afternoon. We had roast chicken with veg, so whilst I didn't eat the potatoes, sweet potatoes or gravy (it had flour and sugar in), I did get to eat lots of chicken, sautéed cabbage, mashed swede, carrots and peas. Yum. I did then have to sit whilst everyone had sticky toffee pudding with Treleaven's Rich Vanilla Ice Cream. OMG. It was not easy!
I boiled the chicken bones and made a super quick Chicken Soup so that I have a couple of easy lunches this week, read on for the recipe.
So, at the end of day four I am still going well and I'm hoping that the week is going to be good too! This week, I need to eat breakfast, drink more water and get a bit more sleep. Studying really does push all my night owl habits to their limits but I know that a healthy lifestyle is one that gets decent rest.
Coconut-Lime Chicken Soup.
We ate this at Jake's parents house so many times, and Jake and I now both make it without using a recipe, we generally keep all the ingredients on hand, and make it often. Jake's wonderful mum raved about the benefits of homemade stock, so we make it out of habit now.
So, after you've made and eaten a Roast Chicken, throw all the bones, skin and unwanted leftover scraps of chicken into a pan (you can add leftover gravy too.) Then fill the pan with water, bring to the boil for around 1/2 hour, and then turn it to simmer. You can leave this for anywhere between 4-24 hours. The longer you leave it, the richer and tastier it will be. Today, I left it for about 6 hours and then quickly got on with the soup!
Thinly dice an onion and sauté on medium to low in a pan. You want it to be soft and translucent. Then, add to this two crushed garlic cloves, and some freshly grated ginger (use a piece about the size of your thumb).
After about two minutes, pour the stock back in and add one tin of coconut milk, and a teaspoon of chilli flakes (we use this amazing crushed peppers that our French friends give to us regularly - it's so good!) By the way, if you don't like spice, you can leave the chilli out.
Take off the heat and add salt and pepper to your own taste. Squeeze the juice from a lime and add it in. When serving, put some chopped coriander on top for beauty!
Ta-da! It's so good for you and so yummy!
So, after you've made and eaten a Roast Chicken, throw all the bones, skin and unwanted leftover scraps of chicken into a pan (you can add leftover gravy too.) Then fill the pan with water, bring to the boil for around 1/2 hour, and then turn it to simmer. You can leave this for anywhere between 4-24 hours. The longer you leave it, the richer and tastier it will be. Today, I left it for about 6 hours and then quickly got on with the soup!
Thinly dice an onion and sauté on medium to low in a pan. You want it to be soft and translucent. Then, add to this two crushed garlic cloves, and some freshly grated ginger (use a piece about the size of your thumb).
After about two minutes, pour the stock back in and add one tin of coconut milk, and a teaspoon of chilli flakes (we use this amazing crushed peppers that our French friends give to us regularly - it's so good!) By the way, if you don't like spice, you can leave the chilli out.
Take off the heat and add salt and pepper to your own taste. Squeeze the juice from a lime and add it in. When serving, put some chopped coriander on top for beauty!
Ta-da! It's so good for you and so yummy!