The Mighty Veggie

Summer Fresh Veggie Salad: Tomato & Coloured Peppers

Craving a jam packed dose of crucial and colorful veggies? Try my new favorite side salad or a great addition to spinach or arugula.

Summer Fresh Veggie Salad:
- 10 baby vine tomatoes, cut in quarters or half, depending on size
- 1 yellow pepper, chopped in small pieces
- 1 red pepper, chopped in small pieces
- 2 tablespoons of pine nuts
- 2 fresh chopped mint leaves
- 1 chopped handful of parsley
- 1 chopped handful of cilantro
- 1/2 of a lemon
- 1 tsp of balsamic vinegar

Mix together and serve chilled. Voila.. tasty and healthy! Jam packed with good vitamins.

Ginger, Honey & Lemon Drink for Colds

I've been sick a lot this year and I started making this comforting drink to help get me through my colds & flu's. It's a Ginger, Honey & Lemon drink recipe that's good for curing your belly aching!

Ingredients:

• 2-3 slices of fresh ginger
• 2 table spoons of honey
• 1/4 of a lemon
• 1 cup of boiling water

Directions:

• Squeeze the juice from the lemon into a mug.
• Throw in the ginger (no need to peel or get rid of the skin)
• Boil and add your hot water to the mug
• Then stir in the honey and PRESTO.. comfort in a mug!

Roasted Fingerling and Tomato Salad with Green Beans and Arugula

I've stolen this recipe. I can't help it... it just looks so yummy. I have a weakness for fingerling potatoes that are all baked and crunchy. MMmmm.... I found this recipe it in Martha Stewards magazine which I subscribe too. I haven't tried it yet, but really, it has to be awesome. Plus, it's full of good protein, carbs and nutrients just by looking at the ingredient list.

Serves 4 to 6

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE SALAD
5 garlic cloves
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 pounds Russian banana fingerling potatoes, halved lengthwise
1 pint cherry tomatoes

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Introducing the Nutty Strawberry Citrus Smoothy!

A few mornings a week I've taken to having a fresh fruit smoothy. I usually make one on the mornings when I work out as post-workout fuel. Strawberry are in season so today I made:

The Nutty Strawberry Citrus Smoothy:
Blender: The Magic Bullet (Which is the BEST blender ever.. so easy to clean up after!)

Ingredients:
Try and get fresh fruit when possible, it's better for you.

• 1/2 cup of strawberries
• 1/2 a peach
• 1 tbs of lime juice
• 1/2 tbs of Almond Butter
• 1/3 cut of full fat vanilla yogurt

It's important to remember that sometimes things sound like they don't go together, but they secretly do! Like Peanut Butter and Lime... not quite right, but when you add then strawberries they provide a nice merger between the two. The yogurt tames tames the flavor of all of them into a tangy creamy smoothy.

Enjoy!

Let's Talk L'a'ra Bars :: Healthy energy.

Ever taste L'a'ra bar goodness? It is the most tasty + healthy bar you can by imho (in my humble opinion). I'm becoming every more conscious of chemical free foods.. you know, foods that are like real live natural ingredients? Not lab made concoctions?

ANYHOW...
I found out that you can buy Lara bars cheaper at amazon than you can at the Lara Bar online store right now. They are on sale!! :)