Indulgent Healthy Vegan Christmas Menu and Recipes
Have you decided about your Christmas holiday menu yet? Maybe you can't decide whether to have an indulgent Christmas or stick to your healthy eating habits during the holidays. Don't worry, you can do both! I've found some amazing recipes from which you can create an indulgent healthy vegan Christmas menu. You can still enjoy extremely pleasing food without having to ingest unhealthy ingredients that make you feel sluggish. Your family and friends will also be pleased with these recipes and you can take some of these foods to a party too if you are invited somewhere.
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The 5 secrets of successful people
Have you ever noticed that some people can achieve so much, while others cannot seem to get any further?
Here are 5 secrets of those highly successful people. These are practically mindset tricks to make your mind conquer your procrastination and take control of your tasks.
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Extremely simple vegan protein pancakes
Let me introduce you to these extremely simple vegan protein rich mini pancakes. They are my favorite Sunday breakfast when I want to eat something other than fruit, smoothie or oatmeal. These protein pancakes can easily keep me satiated till lunchtime. The fun part is pouring all kinds of yummy things on top of them. My two favorites are peanut butter plus berry sauce (frozen berries warmed up a bit) or plant based yogurt plus fruit. Mango or strawberries are sooo good. I'm sure you have your favorite combos too.
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[irp posts="664" name="Acai smoothie bowl for breakfast"] I increased the protein content by adding vegan protein powder and flaxseeds to the batter. Flaxseeds are very healthy, we should eat 1 tablespoon every day, according to Dr. Michael Greger, famous American physician. He introduced the so called "daily dozen" foods, from which we should eat every day, if we want to be healthy. I will write about the daily dozen in a future post, so stay tuned :-) So why are these small seeds so healthy? They are one of the best sources of essential omega 3 fatty acids, they contain cancer preventing lignans, control the cholesterol, triglyceride and blood sugar level, anti-inflammatory and prevent constipation too. The recipe for the pancakes is extremely simple: just blend the ingredients with a blender or hand held mixer and cook about one tablespoon amounts in a little coconut oil. Now comes the fun part, decorating them :-)
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Increase your happiness and confidence with these 3 simple life changing tips
This post gives you three simple tips to increase your happiness and confidence.
Marisa Peer, a famous British psychiatrist, has been treating many famous people including Hollywood stars, Olympic athletes, rock stars, politicians, billionaires, and the royal family. She believes that the following tips will help us become happier and more fulfilled in our lives.
3 Secrets of Happiness
Something is missing from your life
Do you ever feel that something is missing from your life? Maybe love, relationships, success, money, happiness, or an attractive body. In the vast majority of cases, this lack does not have a physical reason that would prevent you from acquiring these things. Your own limiting belief, that this thing is unavailable for you, makes you unable to get it. For example, if a child's parents were not happy with each other, they had divorced, or one parent left the other, as an adult, he is also unable to have a happy relationship. Or she grew up in a family where everyone was overweight, therefore she feels, there is no other option, she must be overweight too. Another example: he grew up in poverty, therefore he believes, he also has to face financial problems throughout his life. This fixed belief system, however, can be changed, and transformed, it is not engraved in stone. Our brain can be programmed to believe that we can and deserve to have everything we want for ourselves. But how? How can you increase your happiness? ...
How to prevent or stop overeating with mindfulness – 5 simple steps
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In my previous blog post, I showed you what self-sabotage is and the 5 reasons for overeating. Now you are probably wondering how to stop overeating. Here I show you a 5 step process to prevent or stop overeating using mindfulness. With the help of these tips, you will be able to separate the emotions that cause the overeating urge from the actual act.
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In my previous blog post, I showed you what self-sabotage is and the 5 reasons for overeating. Now you are probably wondering how to stop overeating. Here I show you a 5 step process to prevent or stop overeating using mindfulness. With the help of these tips, you will be able to separate the emotions that cause the overeating urge from the actual act.
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Acai smoothie bowl for breakfast
We all know that antioxidants keep us healthy and we should aim to eat as much of them as possible. You know that, right? Here I show you a mega-yummy breakfast bowl containing the superfood acai berry, which has record amount of antioxidants (twice as much as blueberries) in it. To make this acai smoothie bowl even healthier, I added other ingredients that are rich in vitamins, minerals and healthy fats too. It is a really energizing breakfast that will make you glow ;-)
It is well known that banana makes our smoothies nice and creamy. It is also rich in fiber (no more problem in the loo) and contains tryptophan, which turns into serotonin, our happy hormone, in the body! Do we need more? Ok, maybe some healthy fats would be nice too. That we get from the walnuts and flaxseed. As a bonus, they also make the smoothie creamy and they contain protein as well.
As we know from the equation of healthy eating, leave greens are the healthiest foods in the world. In the form of spinach we have some of them in this smoothies as well. You will not taste it, I promise!
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So what is this acai berry? It comes from Brasil, it contains a good amount of vitamin A and C, a lot of fiber, calcium, iron, potassium, zink, magnesium and omega 6 - 9 fatty acids. It is, as most of the berries, a very low calorie fruit. You can sometimes find it frozen in health food shops but much easier to get hold of it in juice or powder form. In this recipe I used a powder. Most of the powders are produced by lyophilization (freeze drying), this way the useful ingredients are preserved.
It is well known that banana makes our smoothies nice and creamy. It is also rich in fiber (no more problem in the loo) and contains tryptophan, which turns into serotonin, our happy hormone, in the body! Do we need more? Ok, maybe some healthy fats would be nice too. That we get from the walnuts and flaxseed. As a bonus, they also make the smoothie creamy and they contain protein as well.
As we know from the equation of healthy eating, leave greens are the healthiest foods in the world. In the form of spinach we have some of them in this smoothies as well. You will not taste it, I promise!
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What is the equation of nutrient dense healthy eating?
Did you know that there is an equation describing the nutrient dense healthy foods and differentiating them from not so healthy and junk food. I will show you this system in this post.
Cardiovascular disease causes 1 of every 3 deaths in the US. Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and is responsible for about 1 in 6 deaths. I have friends in their 30s who are battling with cancer. IT IS SCARY! In my family almost everyone has some kind of cardiovascular disease or diabetes or both. The parents of my friends/classmates started to die due to the mentioned diseases.
It is very worrying. I have always been interested in healthy eating and lifestyle but mainly because of vanity; just wanted to look young and slim. But now I feel I need to take the healthy side of it really seriously. I started to research the topic more deeply and I'm going to share with you what I learned.
You can get the meal plan here.
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5 reasons for overeating and self-sabotaging yourself
5 reasons for overeating and self-sabotaging yourself
In this post, I show you 5 reasons for overeating and a tip on how to stop it. You know the situation, when you start something new - a healthy lifestyle, a fitness program, a project, or learning a language - you reach a certain level and you either stop there or fall back to a previous level (overeating all the time, stopping the project or language course halfway through). This leads to disappointment and you may become angry at yourself or even hate yourself for being a failure. You sabotage your attempts to improve yourselves or your life and you have no idea why you keep doing this, you might even feel like something is wrong with you. Why are we acting like our own enemies?
5 reasons for overeating
As an example, let's discuss a typical health-related self-sabotage topic: overeating.
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Lemon chia pudding with dates recipe
Refreshing, omega 3 fatty acid and vitamin C rich, quick breakfast
The base of this lemon chia pudding are chia seeds that soak up liquids and create a pudding like yummyness. This lemon chia pudding is a lovely, refreshing and satiating breakfast. I used sweet gooey dates to sweeten the pudding instead of sugar. The recipe is incredibly easy. You just mix everything together and wait until the mixture reaches the desired pudding like thickness.This post contains affiliate links. An affiliate link means I may earn a small referral fee if you purchase through my link, without any extra cost to you. Thanks for your support.
Chia seeds are incredibly healthy, they contain plant protein, fibre, omega 3 fatty acids, calcium, magnesium and iron. The lemon alkalizes our body and provides vitamin C, while the iron rich, sweet, almost caramel tasting dates balance the tartness of the lemon. [irp posts="355" name="Acai tál avagy acai smoothie bowl reggelire"] I had a Matcha tea with my pudding. Matcha tee is a Japanese green tea which is a great option instead of coffee. I don't drink coffee since years. During my pregnancies I developed and aversion to the smell and taste of coffee and I still don't feel like starting to drink it again, therefore I wake myself up with various teas in the morning. They keep me alert for longer and I also don't have the bad aftertaste and smell in my mouth that I had after drinking coffee. Let's see how to make this yummy chia pudding. [caption id="attachment_591" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]
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