Explore...Planning 2015

'Ello Explorers...

I mentioned in my previous blog that I had read the book 'Eat That Frog' recently and it had got me planning.

One of the list I have started to construct is to help me start planning 2015.

You may feel like it is a long way off, but really it is less than two months away and I want next year to be even more epic than this one.

Its pretty vague because my life could go in many directions, as it can for others too, but some goals stay the same. And I can't tell you everything because it's business top secret, sorry.

So, in three sections:

Work:

• Gain a new qualification.
• Start an early morning boot camp.
• Buy a field.
• Start 2015 as a District Manager.
• Finish 2015 as a Regional Manager.

Explore:

• Go to Vegas, for a conference.
• Go to Sardinia, for a wedding.
• Go to Australia.
• Visit somewhere new in the UK.

Eat:

• Something I have never tried in each new place I visit.

Enjoy

• Get into surfing.
• Go penny boarding.
• Go rock climbing.
• Try snowboarding.
• Enter and complete a charitable running race more than 5K.
• Enter and complete a charitable muddy obstacle race.

Ok so I've told you all now, there is no hiding from it, just gotta get on and do it.

I would love to know what targets and goals you all set for yourself, please tell me or tell your friends.

When you tell other people it gives you that little extra push you need to complete it. Trust me you will feel amazing once you complete something you really want to do which is out of your comfort zone. 

Big Love

Eat...Cooking with Sam

Cooking with Sam.

Last weekend I went to help one of my good friends prepare food for the week ahead.

She is a Fitness Instructor and teaches many classes a week. But has always ate whatever she wanted.

For the month of October, she decided to eat clean and see what happened.

Here's how our evening went:

APPLE SLICES:

Get some apples, carefully slices them finely. Then place on a lined baking tray. Place in the oven at around 150*C and turn after 20 minutes or until golden. Please keep checking they're not burning.

 Roasted Chick Peas: 
For the easy option use tins of chick peas The harder version would be to use dried and follow the instructions on the packet.
You will need:
-2 tins of chick peas.
-2 table spoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-1/2 tsp of paprika
-1/2 tsp of cumin
-1/2 tsp of salt.

Method: Place all ingredients on to a baking tray and mix up. Put them in the over at 150*C for around 30 minutes, shaking regularly.

Seeded Nutty Flap Jacks:

We made this up on the night with the ingredients we had, but used:

-1 Banana

-1 pot of Honey

Nuts

Dried Fruit

Enough oat to make a flap jack consistency.

All the ingredients went in to a pot on the cooker to combine together. Then on to a lined baking tray and placed in the oven until golden brown,

Bean and Quinoa Burgers:

These are one of my favourites which I wrote about last week. Take a look HERE

Chocolate Muffins:

Ingredients:

-1 ¾ cup of Oats

-3 Egg whites
-3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
-1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
-1 tsp. Vanilla extract
-1/2 cup Plain Greek yogurt (or regular plain low fat yogurt)
-1/2 tsp. cream of tartar (or 2 tsp. vinegar)
-1 ½ tsp. Baking powder
-1 ½ tsp. Baking soda
-1/4 tsp. Salt
-1 cup Hot water
-1/2 cup Baking stevia OR 1 cup sweetener of choice that measures like sugar
-1/2 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method:

In a blender or food processor, mix all of the ingredients together, except for the chocolate chips. Blend until oats are ground and the mixture is smooth. Place mixture in a bowl and gently stir in ½ of the chocolate chips (set the rest aside). Scoop mixture into prepared and lined muffin tins. Place muffin tins in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove muffins from the oven (but don’t shut the oven off), and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips on top of each muffin. Place the muffins back into the oven for an additional 2-5 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. *Note: you could skip this step and put all the chocolate chips into the batter at once and bake the muffins for 12-15 minutes straight. Cool muffins before removing from pan.

Chocolate Quark:

Serves 1:

-1 tbs of Quark

-1/2 tbs of Cocoa Powder

-1/4 tbs of Honey

Method:

Put it all in a bowl and stir. Then eat!

She has found that the muffins and quark help to sort the sugar cravings and the snacks help her to staty away from the convenience foods. 

Why don't you give it a go too.