Food Yoga: Nourishing Body, Mind & Soul!

Today I will inaugurate a series of posts that do not necessarily deal with fitness in its strict meaning but with healthy living in its broader sense.
Here I will mainly focus on adopting healthy habits for a better life by giving a few ideas in the form of recipes.

As said many times before, eating is strictly linked to our physical and mental health. While many believe that in order to lose weight it is necessary to eat very little and, if possible, fast, there is nothing more wrong than that. Metabolism needs always to be moving and in order to do so it is important to eat.
Of course it is not easy especially during seasons such as winter when cold and greasy ingredients have the best of us. However, if we pay attentions to the ingedients we eat, choosing seasonal products (especially fruits and vegetables) we will not find any burdens on our paths.
I will give you the instructions for a healthy and fresh summery salad, may it inspire you!
Ingredients:
2 oranges
1 lemon
1 avocado 
1 fennel
1 shallot
some mint leaves
a handful of pinenuts
Peel, de-pith and section the oranges, cut the avocado into cubes and sprinkle the juice of a lemon on it. Cut the fennel and shallot into thin slices and chop the mint leaves with the pinenuts. Arrange the orange slices on a plate, season the avocado, fennel and shallot with oil, salt and pepper and put the mix over the first layer. Sprinkle the mint with the pinenuts over it. Enjoy!

I would not want to repeat myself but breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Therefore, the way we eat breakfast, what we eat is crucial for our day. Eating too much is not recommended just as much as eating not that much is not an option. It is also important to keep an eye on what we eat during the morning or along the day while at work. We should replenish our body with the lost fluids and energies without stumbling upon unhealthy sugary snacks. The best alternative would be to prepare energising fruit-based smoothies at home and take them along with us everywhere we go! Here you have two intresting recipes:
Ginger and Turmeric Tea
Pour hot water over a ginger slice and a pinch of turmeric and cardamom. It is best served hot but not boiling!
Bananas and almond milk smoothie
Blend 1 banana with 30 gr almond, a cup of yogurt, a teaspoon of flaxseeds and one of almond milk. It is a perfect recipe for breakfast to be eaten with a slice of whole-wheat bread.

whole-grain bread

a Slice of Whole-Grain Bread

a Slice of Whole-Grain Bread