Hi Peeplings
Five weeks to the Big Day. If you're like me and feeling a little bloated and a little fed up but would like to feel a little lighter and fresher in time for festivities, join the thread to share and gain motivation & inspiration.
I'm a little under 5ft and about 11 stones. I am disabled so I exercise is limited but i do what I can. I am also glutton and lactos intolerant and try to eliminate those elements.
My diet is clean but clearly I'm still taking in more than I need. By clean I mean minimum alcohol, most meals prepared from fresh, loads of vegatables & fruit, fresh made soups and smoothies, drink loads of water etc. I also take a vitamin supplement.
This is a soup recipe I'm doing today. It's warming & nutritious. The quantities are approx as it's my own recipe and I generally just chuck stuff together.
Roasted Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup.
1lb Sweet Potato peeled and chopped into chunky slices
1lb Carrots peeled and chopped into slices
2 Red peppers de seeded and quartered
2 or 3 Garlic cloves peeled, left whole.
Pop in a large food bag, drizzle with Olive oil. Add salt, pepper, chilli powder. Give a good quish and then empty contents into a roasting pan. In oven 180 for about 30 minutes.
In the soup pan add:-
Couple sticks of celery finely chopped.
Medium onion, peeled finely chopped.
Little bit of s & p
When roasted veg are soft, remove from oven and add to soup pan.
Add about 2 pints of stock or just enough to cover your veg. This can be from chicken or veg stock cubes or home made.
Add about 1/2 inch fresh ginger grated or add about 1/2 teaspoon of powdered ginger. Add 1/2 teaspoon turmeric. Bring to a simmer. Remove from heat, blitz with a stick blender
I find this a lovely warming soup. Nice with crusty bread if you're not glutton intolerant. Have at lunchtimes and it keeps me full until my evening meal.
What low calories made from scratch recipes are your favourites?
By the big day I'd like to feel lighter & fresher 