Vegetable Stirfry Recipe

Give me all the veggies. I love a heavy on the vegetables stirfry, and I always make enough to last a few days

I like my meals hot and spicy and this dish definitely was. Below is the recipe, no measurements just ingredients.

You can add or take away as you like.

Ingredients

Veggies I used, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, snow peas, brussel sprouts, purple cabbage, endive and bok choy

Onion

Garlic

Cilantro,

Escallions

Chinese 5 Spice Powder

Soy sauce

Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper

Black pepper

Ginger

Fresh Basil

Saute the onions ,garlic and ginger. Add the vegetables, stir for a bit. Add the soy sauce , cilantro, stir some more.:)

Sprinkle 5 spice powder, hot pepper and black pepper. Add the escallions (green onions) at the end .

Enjoy .

Serve it a long side your favorite protein.

Let me know if you try it.

Be Well.

Weekly Challenges

This weeks challenge will focus on adding more fruits and vegetables to our diet.   The recommended amount is 5-9 servings a day.  Some of us have no problem eating fruits daily. but we may find it more difficult adding leafy greens to our daily diet and vice versa.

Here are a  few ways we can add more of  natures medicine into our daily diet:

 

Make a fruit and vegetable smoothie for breakfast.

This is my favorite breakfast smoothie recipe: 1 cup almond milk, 2 handfuls spinach, 1 handful kale, 1 frozen banana, 1 tbs nut butter,  1 frozen peach, 1/2c plain greek yogurt, blend and enjoy.

Make vegetable omelette and serve with a side of fruit.

Have a huge salad for lunch and or for dinner, just make sure you add healthy fats and lean protein.

This is one of my favorite salads:  romaine lettuce, red bell pepper, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, strawberries and slivered almonds.

It helps to think  of  vegetables as the main part of your evening meal and lean protein as a side.

As always I will be doing this with you.

What are your favorite ways to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet?

Extras:

10 Pictures of your daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Challenges

This weeks challenge is two fold. I am including an exercise as well as a nutrition goal, as you know nutrition and exercise goes hand in hand.

Pilates Spine Twist:

Spine Twist

The Spine Twist increases spinal rotation and it strengthens the core.

Setup: Sit up with your legs straight ( bend the knees slightly if you have tight hamstrings),inner thighs zipped together. Reach your arms to shoulder height, inhale and rotate your torso to the right, pulsing twice with a sniffing breath.  your inner thighs should remained zipped and your flexed feet should not move during the exercise.   A great way to practice this move is sit facing a wall and keep your glued to the wall as you rotate.

Exhale return to the starting position and rotate to the left.

Perform this exercise 8-10 times.

Nutrition challenge:

Instead of your usual lettuce, kale or spinach rotation, why not try a new vegetable powerhouse. Venture out of your comfort zone and maybe add one, two or more of the following to your diet.  I have included links to recipes on how to prepare each if you need some ideas.

Escarole

Bok Choy

Endive

Watercress

Swiss Chard

Collard Greens

Turnip Greens

Radicchio

If you have a favorite way to prepare your vegetables please share.

Feel free to share and comment. Have a great week.

Something extra:

Here is a free E-book for a limited time only written by Dr Graham Cox and Nell Mead.