Smoothies Smoothies Smothies

Olla peeps

Trust you and yours are doing fantastically great😁.

It's amazing how one can be so full of joy with the right focus. Thank God for Jesus in my life. 

#movingon as my sister says 😁. Seems fruits are in abundance this season and they all look so luscious and tempting too! Take it from me that's a good way to be tempted.

So I went for an appointment that didn't hold and ended up buying fruits to take home and of course for me the fastest thing to do with fruits is a smoothie. 

I got bananas, lemons, ginger, apples, pineapples(the mallams or barrow people as natural Nigerian calls them make buying fruits so hassle free with their cleaning and preparation, more than half the work done for me😁😁😁), oranges, mangoes( oh wow are they humungous these mangoes) and cocoyams which you know is not a fruit right? 😜

So in the cup for the immersion blender i i put 100ml GREEK yoghurt( G'S Allfresh yoghurt 08098442633) 2 tablespoons honey( Olaa Naturale 08020924020), 2 tablespoons of coconut oil (Clove limited 08026008553), grated nutmeg, cinnamon, a dash of dry yellow pepper  and a handful of groundnuts.

In goes the immersion blender and voila smoothie is ready. 

I had also done a variation earlier on in the week, pictures will be included with the ingredients I used. 

Enjoy a fruitful weekend😘

SMOOTHIE

2tbsp of coconut oil 

1 tbsp of honey 

Juice of half a lemon

Nutmeg

Cinnamon 

Dry yellow pepper 

3 cold bananas 

Half an avocado

Ground flaxseed 

Handful of groundnuts 

About 4 tbsp of Greek yoghurt 

Had this with a kale salad; 

kale massaged with coconut oil,

Toasted Brazil nuts, 

toasted sesame seeds, 

50%less sugar cranberries

Some smoked catfish

A drizzle of honey

A dash of dry yellow pepper

So posting the picture I see broccoli 🙈.

Bamboo steamed broccoli florets

2 hard boiled eggs

Mushrooms 

4 cloves garlic

Half an inch fresh ginger

Spring onions

Toasted almonds

Pine nuts

A drizzle of honey 

A dash of dry yellow pepper 

The mushrooms, ginger and garlic were sautéed in butter and coconut oil the all the ingredients were tossed together and salad done.

The Juice was 

2 small beets

6 green apples

1 lemon

1/2 an inch of ginger

😁😁😁😁😁😁

I found KALE!!! 💃💃💃💃💃

So I discovered the wonders of Kale in dubai a while back and if one can overdose on something for me it was Kale! I had it with and in anything you can imagine or not😁

Did I say Olla peeps? Forgive my manners. I trust you're all doing splendid 😁. 

Now on with my story, so I went veggie shopping in Victoria Island today and tried not to overdo it but hey! What can I tell you😁

I got Kale, lemons(sour and sweet), broccoli(hubby looooves), beetroot, spring onions, okro, garlic, ginger, strawberries, mushrooms and as I still had change I stopped by my friendly neighbourhood side street fruit guy and got bananas, apples and groundnuts. 

I have decided I will eat everything in moderation ( that's still a battle with the cakes but I have overcome! Hear! Hear!)

So for dinner I decided to make a salad  as I'd had 1 moin moin for breakfast and wheat with okro for lunch. With plenty of water all through the day of course😁

About 10 long leaves of kale

A handful each of walnuts and raw almonds

A small portion of raisins 

8 small mushrooms

An inch of fresh ginger finely chopped

3 cloves of garlic finely chopped

A dash of pink Himalayan salt

A dash of ground dry yellow pepper

A squeeze of fresh lemon juice 

A drizzle of honey

I massaged the kale for a couple minutes on its own then added a bit of  coconut oil and massaged for another couple minutes. 

Toasted the nuts in a hot pan for roughly 2 minutes, tossed with the massaged kale. In the same pan I added a knob of unsalted butter and tossed the ginger, garlic,mushrooms, salt and pepper for about 2 minutes or until mushrooms are done.

Once this was done I added it to the kale and nuts and mixed with a spatula. 

Plated up and added a squeeze or two of lemon juice and a drizzle of honey.

Now how can you not want to try that😁😁😁. 

Enjoy a fruitful sunday y'all😘

Why the silence abi?

So more often than not once I'm quiet it means I'm up to no good😁😁😁 or have fallen off the wagon🙈🙈🙈🙈. Thank God for Jesus if not I no know where I for dey o! Hian! 

Ok #movingon😁

Food glorious food my 2nd or 3rd best Favourite past time depending on how you look at it. I manage to maintain a fairly healthy lifestyle even when I fall of the wagon. In these instances which happen quite a bit I must confess I eat more of my Favourite pleasures cake than I do food and what makes it worse is that I don't make them a myself. 

Today I tell you about 2 chicken based meals. I buy and eat quite a bit of chicken and I love love love love it because it's pretty quick to cook. 

3 pieces boneless chicken breasts

I large red onion

4-6 cloves garlic 

About an inch of fresh ginger

2-3 red scotch bonnets/ata rodo 

Zest of half a lemon

Juice of half a lemon

1-2 tablespoons of honey

Sea salt

I has some boneless chicken breast which I marinaded/marinated in onions, ginger, garlic, red scotch bonnet/ata rodo peppers, lemon zest, lemon juice, honey and sea salt. Left that in the fridge for about 24hrs(i was actually going to cook immediately but time grew wings and flew so I left it till the next day)

I put a pan on the gas and let it heat up until it was smoking then I added a bit of butter and coconut oil, placed my chicken breast which i'd sliced thinly and allowed to sauté in its on juices first on high heat for a couple minutes and then I turned down the heat and poured in all the juices and chopped marinated garnishes and allowed to cook for a further 5-7minutes. I turned them a couple times to allow for even cooking through. Voila first meal ready and I ate this with a few slices of a multi cereal bread I came across. Yum yum yum

5-6 pieces chicken drumsticks 

A large handful of ugwu leaves

1/2-1cup local ofada rice

I large red onion

4-6 cloves of garlic

2-3 red scotch bonnet/ata rodo

About an inch of fresh ginger

Pink Himalayan salt

A splash of water to get the chicken going

My 2nd chicken dish had all of 3 major ingredients and was my fastest way of cooking 😁 one pot😂😂. 

Local ofada rice, fresh UGWU leaves from my mums garden and chicken drumsticks. 

I boiled the drumsticks in their own juices with onions, garlic, ginger, pink Himalayan salt and red scotch bonnet. Once this was almost done, I had washed my rice and washed and chopped my ugwu leaves and I just added water to the pot of almost done chicken, poured in the rice and left to cook for 15minutes after which I added the ugwu stirred with a wooden spoon turned off the gas, covered the pot and 5minutes later lunch was ready.