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Olla peeps,

So finally the elections are round the corner and one can almost touch the fear and panic in the air. Ah well if you're one of those who's been talking it's time to put your print where your vote is. 

On to food matters tee hee hee and no I haven't become a political activist overnight. . . 

I have missed my beetroot and that's through no fault of the beet itself just that I read somewhere that one should have a green smoothie everyday and I wanted to try that out and I did now that I'm out of spinach I shall do other stuff till I stock up.

I have of late tried to start off my day with a healthy breakfast and smoothies are the perfect go to for me cause you can plop everything in a blender and in a couple minutes it's ready as long as you've done your prep ahead of time.

I don't particularly like freezing food or fruits . 

I'm not of that school that says it's as fresh as it goes in when it comes out, it's never the same to me so id rather prepare from scratch or freeze in little batches. Also with our beautiful power supply freezing is not really an option now is it?

I'm working on transitioning from plastics to glass and maybe that would work out better for freezing? I'll keep you guys posted.

Today I had in my smoothie;

Greek yogurt 

About 2 slices of pineapple

Roughly 1medium sized mango

A small beetroot 

Half a medium avocado 

An inch of fresh ginger

A teaspoon of ground turmeric from Olla Natural @bodylabnatural

2 tablespoons raw honey from @bodylabnatural

2 tablespoons coconut oil from Clove limited

A couple dashes of cinnamon 

A generous pinch of dry yellow pepper

A whiz in the blender and all done. 

I'm going to include the picture of one of the green smoothies I had. All the ingredients and in the photo.

This is to the healthier you.

Write you soon

HMMMMMMMMMM

So when I'm quiet it usually means I haven't been too good with my healthy lifestyle eating habits and yes I have deviated a few times but honestly not enough to do any major damage 😃😃😃😃. 

Olla people, trust you're all fantastic and taking better care of your insides especially as well as outsides?

Didn't know how much I loved mangos until I started making smoothies yummyness and to completely make my day hubby actually had a smoothie and finished it to woo hooooooo💃💃💃💃

So that winning recipe is what I'm going to share today. 

I had a guest over that day so I made enough for 3😃

4 bananas 

4 mangoes

Juice of 2 oranges 

1" of ginger

A dash of cinnamon 

A dash of turmeric 

A dash of dry yellow pepper

Grated nutmeg

A couple tablespoons of coconut oil

A couple tablespoons of raw honey 

A whiz in the blender and voila! Yummilicious to the Nth degree. 

As a bonus I'll also share a Chocolate Peanut butter pudding I got of @incrediblesmoothies instagram page. She has some amazing smoothies. 

1 banana 

1 tablespoon homemade peanut butter

1 teaspoon Oluji raw cacao powder

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Of course I added my twist 😃😃😃

A dash of dry yellow pepper

A dash of cinnamon 

Grated nutmeg

A dash of turmeric 

Blend all ingredients until smooth and creamy 

I had posted the picture on Instagram before I tasted it, it was absolutely amazing and it's all healthy too. 

Let me know what you think 😃😃😃😃

Write you later. 

ME AND MY SMOOTHIES

Olla peeps,

Trust you've all been fantastic and living healthier. . .  Please tell me you've been trying tee hee hee.

For a lot of people once you mention healthier they are like it must be really bland and I'm like where do we get all these perceptions from really?

I have grown to love smoothies more and more because I can through the whole kitchen sink in a blender and still come out with the most amazing tasting food you can imagine!

Also it's a way to get in all those veggies or fruits you don't like to eat and you'll be wondering why you hadn't done this before!

So I have another smoothie today and I have gotten a lot of inspiration from healthy eaters on Instagram. Most of tif not all of the fruits and veggies they use we have available locally.

Today I made a MangoAvocadoBeet smoothie;

Roughly about 3 small mangoes

Half a medium sized beetroot

Quarter of an avocado

About an inch of fresh ginger 

A tablespoon of raw honey

About 2 tablespoons of coconut oil 

A dash of dry yellow pepper

A few gratings of nutmeg

A dash of cinnamon 

A huge heaping tablespoon of ground flaxseed 

About a quarter cup of Greek yogurt.

As most of the ingredients are cold or frozen I pour in the coconut oil as its blending. I got that tip of someone's Instagram page(can't remember whose now🙈) cause my coconut oil had been clumping.

Blend on high speed till all smooth and yummy.

Enjoy immediately 💃💃💃💃💃

The colours I get from smoothies is just amazing.

Blog you soon

Pa: the groundnuts were added #justbecauseican