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Chicken & Vegetables: Cooking does not need to be complicated

Cooking does not need to be complicated. What is important for any meal is for it to be balanced. I am not a cook book kind of girl, I have no interest in following long complicated recipes as life is too short and, while it seems that lot of my life revolves around food because I talk about it, help people with it, cook it, take pretty photographs of it (as photography is my second passion) and then talk more about it – I actually do not enjoy it when process is too lengthy. I cook completely the opposite way most people do. Most people might think what they will have or what meal they would like to cook after they see a recipe, get ingredients and then cook. I, instead, buy food making sure I have dairy, meat, meat free options, grains, fruit and vegetables (so, all major food groups)… I open up a fridge and it almost as if talks to me: “Have this!”, “Try this”, “Have that!”. I like my meals to be delicious, I strive for balance and high nutritional content, but also I aim for as little cooking time as possible. In my world – this is a true WIN WIN.

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Vegetable Omelette… when omelette is more than an omelette

I love the simplicity and nutritional density of a simple omelette, but I also love colour and vibrancy in my meal and sometimes, I just don’t want a cold salad on the side with my omelette, so, here is an idea… Just chop up as many veggies as you have whilst your whisk a couple of eggs with a couple more egg whites on the side (two eggs are just not enough for a protein requirement, unless you serve an omelette with some cottage cheese or a low-fat thick yoghurt) with some salt and pepper… Just lightly saute vegetables on a little oil for a few minutes, pour eggs mix and voila, within minutes you have a delicious omelette worthy of a king! Enjoy!

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Jacket Aubergine

Yes, you’ve heard me! I have actually seen a similar recipe in one of my favourite cook books after discovering Yotam Ottolenghi. One of my best friends and clients from the United States and her friend (both called Maida) introduced me to Ottolenghi and even sent me his PLENTY, Vibrant Vegetable Recipe from London’s Ottolenghi all the way from USA as his cooking is absolutely superb. I just love the colours and ingredients he uses.

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Spinach and Feta Cheese Frittatas

These are lower fat frittatas, full of protein, calcium, Vitamin A & riboflavin. You will need 150gr of spinach steamed, drained and chopped, 1 garlic clove chopped up, 2 eggs, 2 egg whites, 60ml skimmed milk and 6-18 cubes of low-fat feta cheese, salt and pepper. Mix everything except feta, put it into 6 muffin holes, add 1 – 3 feta cubes on top. With 3 feta cubes – each frittata has 8 grams of protein and only 80 calories! Fantastic snack! Even 2 will not break a bank! Enjoy!

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Formula 1 Healthy Breakfast with a creative difference

When people ask me how can I have the same breakfast every single i.e. our Formula 1 shake, I look at them not sure what they mean. obviously, I keep forgetting that people who ask don’t probably know much about Formula 1 (otherwise they would not be asking this question). Of course, I will put aside the fact that their own breakfasts of toasts and cereals is probably what THEY have every day, but, no, I will not go there! (Unless they want me to! LOL)

So, this post is a collection of creations of my breakfasts that all include Formula 1 Healthy Meal just to showcase rather interesting notion that, apart from doing the right thing for the body and giving it all the nutrients it needs every single day, this thing is not just delicious (delicious enough for my boys to love it from since they were tiny for their breakfast, snack and drink before bed time), but they are so versatile – I can go though several months without having the same shake… well, below are whole month worth of them…

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Lejla's Herbaife Nutrition Success Story
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Lejla’s Story

Leyla’s inspiring story of gained confidence and aiming higher

Lejla has been a client for three years now, today being her anniversary of getting started initially and has, on her journey, inspired many around her to take the next step. She is an invaluable member of our Herbalife USA Eat Clean Support Group and I am so grateful for her loyalty and support.

I have not met Lejla yet, but surely look forward to visiting Washington in not so distant future. Thank you so much for your feedback, Lejla, delighted you too have been inspired to dream bigger and I know you will continue to be an inspiration… Here it is…

“Today is exactly three years since I started my journey with Herbalife. In the first 9 months of this long and hard but a joyful ride I lost 35 pounds. In the process, I become a new person. Sanela was there to guide me, provide support and share her knowledge and experience with me. It was not an easy process since she is the United Kingdom and I am in the Unites States. Our whole follow ups and support went through Skype and email.

In this first phase I reached a goal that at the moment I saw as very high. I was full of energy, happy and ready to take on the world. Many of my friends told me that I am completely changed person inside and out. So, I went to maintenance program, and was successful in it for 18 months.

However, this journey made me think about myself as a whole person. What else can I do to improve myself. As result, I challenged myself professionally, started volunteering and worked harder on my personal relationships. My life is busier than ever and I am enjoying it.

Of course there are crazy days, but at least I have now energy to take on these challenges. Throughout all these activities, I realized that I did not reach my final goal for weight loss, so here I am back trying to get there.

To make it more interesting, this time around I am the member of online chat group with wonderful ladies. They are there to remind me about today’s goals and to provide me a support on days that are not going my way. We laugh and cry, sometimes we are crying and laughing on situations that we all are going thru. We share the burden and it is much easier that way.

Thank you for everything.”

Lejla – Bethesda, MD

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Get Spiralising

This was a very simple lunch today… I spiralised 1 courgette each for my husband and myself, mixed in some peas that were left after dinner last night, vegetarian sausages and red Thai curry sauce into it. Very, very delicious. 20gr protein under 350 calories.

Spiralised courgette can be used instead of pasta as courgette are very low in calories (well, it is a vegetable afterall), high in nutrients and moderate amount of fibre. Just add some protein, perhaps another one or two vegetables and perhaps some clean sauce and you are getting a deicious meal that, if pasta was used instead in the same amount it would be in hundreds of calories.

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