Chocolatey green goodness smoothie bowl – what more could you want! Ingredients: A banana Handful of fresh or frozen berries An apple 1 tbsp. raw cacao powder (I love Indigo Herbs of Glastonbury’s Organic raw caco powder) 1 tbsp. raw cacao nibs (I love ReadFoodSource Peruvian criollo raw chocolate nibs) 1 tbsp. mixed superfood greens such… Read More Chocolatey Green Goodness smoothie bowl
The healthy nutrition plans just keep on coming thanks to the amazing Sylvia Sobota at Nurture Your Body. This is what I have been eating over the last week: Breakfast Chia seed pudding Mid-morning snack Fresh homemade juice Lunch Soup with kale, barley/lentils & other veg Mid afternoon snack Power Porridge with a banana Pre 2nd training session… Read More 2016 Nutrition & training plan part 4!
It’s now less than a week to the English Open and my weight is all on point, as you can see from my most recent note on the weight board and I really am feeling like a lean green fighting machine! For the last week I’ve been eating the following and drinking LOTS of water: Breakfast Power Porridge (with… Read More 2016 Nutrition plan part 3 – I’m a lean green fighting machine!
Cacao mousse – delicious enough to want to eat anytime! Ingredients: Two bananas 1 avocado 4 dates 125ml Oatly oat milk 2 large tbs. Indigo Herbs raw organic raw cacao powder Method: Put everything into a food processor (I love using the Nutribullet) and blend it all together. If you want it a bit runnier… Read More Cacao Mousse recipe
Energy balls – perfect quick, on the go energy food. Ingredients: 200g any nut (almonds, cashews, walnuts ect) 400g dates (Medjool dates are the best) 4 tablespoons of Indigo Herbs raw cacao powder OR 2 tablespoons Indigo Herbs spirulina powder 3 tablespoons of nut butter (almond, peanut ect) 2 tablespoons of coconut oil 2 tablespoons of chia seeds 2-3… Read More Energy Balls recipe
Power Porridge – perfect thing in the morning to set you up for the rest of the day. Ingredients: ½ cup (60g) Tesco free from pure oat muesli 2tbsp of sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, goji berries & cacao nibs 1 tbsp. Indigo Herbs hemp protein powder 1 tbsp. Indigo Herbs organic raw cacao powder ½… Read More Power Porridge recipe
I’ve had several people ask me how do I manage living off plants, espically while being an athlete. So I’m hoping the below will help anyone else who is interested in trying something new in 2016! One of the most common questions I get is……but how do you get enough protein?! I’m sure pretty much… Read More Interested in a Plant based diet?
Kick Ass Smoothie (Powered by Indigo Herbs) Ingredients: 1 whole banana (skin included) Large handful of spinach small handful of pumpkin seeds 1/4 tsp moringa 1/2 tsp maca 1 tsp of a greens mix of spirulina, barley grass, chlorella and wheat grass 1 tsp of baobab 1/2 tsp of turmeric 1 teaspoon of chia seed… Read More Kick Ass smoothie recipe
Banana bread – good enough to go bananas over! Ingredients: 5 over-ripe bananas 3 cups of any mix of nuts (cashew, almond, walnuts) 1 cup of buckwheat flour 3 large tablespoons of honey/maple syrup 2 tablespoons of cinnamon 3 tablespoons of chia seeds 3 tablespoons of cacao nibs 3 tablespoons of goji berries 2 lemons Method:… Read More Banana bread recipe
On the 24th October, I went over to K2 in Crawley to compete in the UK ITF UK Championships. It was an early start to get there for the 8am weigh ins. I was competiting in the -60kg welter-weight division. Once we found out where we had to go, the weigh in was fairly quick and we were… Read More UK ITF National welter-weight sparring Champion!
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