BREAKFAST THAT BOOSTS YOUR ENERGY

I found that oat is the basic ingredient for a healthy, long lasting energy breakfast.
I usually make a simple porridge but sometimes I like to be more creative and add in it
super foods like dates, gojyberries, raw honey and powerful spices like turmeric and cinnamon.
This experiment came out very tasty.

YELLOW OATMEAL

Ingredients for 1 bowl:

1/3 cup oat flakes
2/3 cup of water
1 lemon peel
1 pinch of curry powder
1/3 tsp of turmeric
1 pinch of cinnamon
2 chopped dry dates
1 tsp of gojyberries
4 chopped almonds
1 tsp of raw honey

Put oats, water and lemon peel in a small pot and let it cook untill water evaporates.
Just before it is completely dry add all the other ingredients except honey and stir well.
Take off the stove and transfer in a small bowl, add honey and eat it with a smile!

Easy and enjoyful!

Lentils daal, good for detox

On "The elephant journal" the other day I found a nice recipe that can be used in time of detox.
Fall as Spring is a good time to cleanse our liver, so a light meal would be ideal.
This is one of the recipes that serves this purpose.


LENTILS DAAL:

Ingredients for two portions:

1/3 cup basmati rice

1/3 cup mung daal (split small yellow lentils).

1 TBS of extravirgin olive oil or ghee

1 tsp curry powder

half tsp turmeric

1 tsp Himalayan or sea Salt

2 cups filtered or spring water

1 carrot, diced

1 cup of fresh baby spinach

Bring all ingredients to a boil in a medium saucepan and then reduce to low.
Cover the pan and let simmer for 30 or until daal and rice have broken down and cooked.
If you need to add a bit of water, do it.
Just before daal is ready, add carrot and spinach.
Let the veggies cook for 5 minutes and or until tender.
Serve it warm.

Sweet dates and....chocolate creamy brownies

Today I went to a health shop in town to buy some flax seeds and at the counter there were some good looking brownies,
gluten free and healthy ones. The basic ingredient was dates and guess what????...Once at the supermarket there was an
offer for fresh dates coming from Iran....Is this a coincidence?
I had to make up my recipe. And here you are with a
super healthy chocolate brownies.
By the way for your information:
"The benefits of dates include relief from constipation, intestinal disorders, heart problems,
anemia, sexual dysfunction, diarrhea, abdominal cancer, and many other conditions.
Dates are good for gaining weight also.
Dates are rich in several vitamins, minerals and fiber too. These delicious fruits contain oil,
calcium, sulfur,iron, potassium, phosphorous, manganese, copper and magnesium which are all beneficial
for health.
Some health specialists have said that eating one date per day is necessary for a balanced and healthy diet."

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE CREAMY BROWNIES


Ingredients for 4 espresso coffee cups:

8 fresh dates
1 tsp raw cacao powder
1 tsp coconut oil
1 pinch of cinnamon
1 TBS pecan nuts

Put all ingredients in a food processor and grind them to a fine paste.
Transfer creamy paste in four espresso coffee cups and top them with coconut flakes.
Serve at room temperature.