5 years ago I threw my scale in the trash, after having been its friend every morning, every day for years, I decided that I don't need a scale to tell me how to feel about myself.
It took me a long time to realize that diets don’t work, all they do is put you in a cycle of binging and starving. deprivation just doesn’t work long term, it’s not trying anther diet, or getting anther diet book, or giving up this piece of chocolate, reaching optimum weight and health is all about learning how to satisfy yourself fully in a healthy way that doesn’t leave you feeling deprived and that works well with your unique body needs.
Today I am sharing with you what I ate the first day of Ramadan, an Inside look on my table, this is how I resist the temptations to dig into desserts, heavy meals and sugar laden drinks. On suhoor, I had Goats Kefir and 3 dates with a few slices of watermelon and lots of water. On Iftar I made my famous Ramadan super hydrating Juice, A Kale Salad, Stuffed Artichoke, brown rice risotto, Gluten-free Whole Grain Fried Chicken and Roasted sweet potato wedges! I start with the juice and salad, and I honestly just barely had a taste of everything else before I was full, I made a fruit salad bowl at the end of the day for my dessert, and I felt ultimately satisfied.
Recipes
Gluten Free Fried Chicken
1 lb. thinly sliced chicken breast
1 onion
1 lemon
salt and pepper
egg
1/2 cup Sorghum flour
1/2 cup millet flour
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 cup flaxseed flour
1/2 cup tapioca or rice flour
coconut oil
Instructions
Marinate the chicken for 1-12 hours in a mixture of ground onions, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Add all the flours together for your breading, season them with a tsp. of salt and 1/2 tsp. of pepper.
Dip the chicken slices in eggs, then bread them with the flour mixture and fry in coconut oil.
Remove and place on thick kitchen napkins to absorb extra oils.
Stuffed Architoke
2 bags of frozen architoke hearts
1 lb. grass fed ground beef
2 cups organic milk
2 tbsp. gluten free flour
cinnamon, nut meg, salt, pepper
chicken stock
1 onion
Instructions
Mince the onion, and fry it in some ghee, then add the ground beef and all the spices, let cook for 10-15 min., add 1 cup of chicken stock to the beef
Optional : you can add tomato sauce at that point
Place the architoke in a tray and stuff them with the cooked ground beef.
In the meantime make the béchamel sauce: Melt butter in a non-stick pan. Add flour and stir thoroughly until flour is mixed with butter completely. Continue stirring until flour is golden in color. Remove from heat and very slowly add milk while stirring. Add only 1/4 cup at a time, stir till all flour is dissolved, add another 1/4 cup and return to the stove on low heat. Stir, then add 1/4 cup, stir till there are no lumps, then add the final 1/4 cup. Continue to cook on low heat while stirring for 3 minutes. Add salt and pepper.
Pour the béchamel sauce on top of the stuffed architoke.
Place in the oven for 15-20 min. until browned
Kale Salad
1 bunch Kale
1 bunch Parsley
3 Tomato
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 lemon
a pinch of salt
Instructions
Wash and chop the kale and parsley leaves.
Add lemon, olive oil and salt and massage them into the kale for 30 sec.
Cut tomato in cubes.
Top with pumpkin seeds
Roasted French Fries Wedges
2 sweet potato
2 potato
olive oil
salt and pepper
dried rosemary
Instructions
peel and slice your potato, place on a baking dish, sprinkle with salt, pepper, dried rosemary and olive oil.
Broil in a hot oven at highest settings for 15-20 min. or until browned
Brown Rice Risotto
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 cup corn
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup minced onion
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup chicken stock
salt and pepper
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Instructions
Heat butter and sauté garlic and onion
Add the cream, chicken stock, seasoning and let it heat.
Add your rice and corn stir in for 5 min.
Top it with parmesan cheese
Super Hydrating Juice
6 carrots
1 beet
3 celery sticks
1 cucumber
1 apple
1 orange
juice of half a lemon
Instructions
In a slow juicer, juice all your ingredients together and Enjoy
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