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🏃‍♀️Sarah 🚴Andy
•Health from the inside,out!
•Finding YOUR healthy
•EVIDENCE BASED
•Clinical Psychologist
•Nutritionist (MNUcert)
•Coeliac

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Getting FOOD PREP ready for the week 👍
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A load of veg🥦🥕🍆, rice, 🥚eggs, homemade choc 🍫, smoothies and the usual 💩 balls 😉
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We've been building 'bowls' in the evenings after longer/late days at work recently and LOVING how much quicker and easier it's been. Sure we won't always do it but it's really helping out at the minute: reheat the rice, pick & choose the veggies on top and the only thing to cook is whatever protein 🥚🍖🍗🍣🍤 we're having. Super speedy 👍
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We haven't been evening meal preppers until recently when we realised it was getting later and later to eat dinner, by which point we were super hungry! 😬Do you bother with food prep? What's your fave? Share your ideas, we might give them a try! 😊
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PS if you have an #instantpot and haven't done boiled 🥚 in it yet - you're missing a trick! 3 minutes on manual 😉

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GLAM Friday restocking the loo rolls (❤️ this company👌), food shopping, bits of work inbetween and finishing with 1 of us 🙋‍♀️making pumpkin loaf and the other 1 of us 🙋‍♂️at the cinema 😅. Looking forward to a bit of switch off time this weekend - we're off to the theatre tomorrow! Happy Friday friends 🥰 PS If you're not already on to @whogivesacraptp loo roll, have a nosey on their site for a free trial box and read about the EPIC things they're doing for the planet 😉👊

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✋"Pausing - not the strongest skill in my arsenal 🤣. I love a jobs list, ticking of my 'to-do's' and being productive. I'm actually starting to appreciate that about myself and seeing it as some of my strengths, after spending the majority of my adult life feeling like it's 'wrong' or that I'm 'too much'...and yet equally I'm also enjoying pausing and taking it all in too and recognising the benefits of the slower moments. Both are ok ❤️. Nature pauses are my fave. Sometimes I wonder how many of these moments I've missed😞, but I'm learning not to dwell on it and instead enjoy these and look forward to more to come. #natureismybestie". Saz

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BREAD🍞
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Bread often gets the 'bad food' label but we're here to tell you - it's NEITHER GOOD OR BAD! Here's a few things about it that mean it can't fit in either category:
•Bread can be a great source of fibre - especially the whole grain versions - fibre feeds our gut bacteria which we know is important for a healthy body. Doesn't mean you can't eat the others though 😉 #variety
•A source of carbohydrate & energy - both of which we need to LIVE!
•It's budget friendly - which means for most people it's accessible.💰
•It's usually fortified with extra vitamins 👍
•It doesn't work for everyone - some people get gut symptoms after eating it (although check it's not to do with how stressed you were or how quickly you ate it too - gluten sensitivity isn't as common as you might think).
•It's not the most nutrient dense of foods - which is why variety is key to avoid relying heavily on one food. Not everything we eat needs to be nutrient dense if we keep the big picture in mind. •Sometimes it pushes out getting enough protein & fat at mealtimes - we need all 3 macros 👍 so check if you're neglecting any regularly
•Lots of people think it's delicious!😋
•A handy transporter for delicious fillings, maybe as an open sandwich/toast or to be filled with plenty of nice ingredients with top & bottom slices. •Transportable - especially helpful if budgeting is in your thinking & packing lunches is important to you. •There are different qualities of bread. It doesn't need to be a worry, but it might be something you take into consideration if it's a daily thing. Homemade always tastes INCREDIBLE in our books 😉but not realistic for everyone
•Not very satisfying/filling on its own & often an expectation that a slice or 2 of toast 'will do' for breakfast/lunch. That's an easy one to change😉
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Errr...not very clear which category it falls into hey?! 🤯 Which is actually GOOD NEWS because we're then not being 'good/bad' for choosing it. Overall diet can promote physical health more or less so(& remember health is bigger than just physical) -but individual foods don't. Zoom out & keep the BIG PICTURE in mind -remind yourself of this stuff if you find yourself categorising👍

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🍫CHOCOLATE😍 .
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LOVING making chocolate🍫 at the moment - and more recently making it from scratch. Really enjoying adding in the different things we fancy and getting creative 👌 You guys wanted the recipe so here ya go! Tap that little ‘save’ button, bottom right of the photo, so you can make some yourself! 👍
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3.5 tbsp coconut butter/oil (works best with coconut butter but it’s a little more pricey and harder to get hold of)
4 tbsp cocoa/cacao
1 tbsp honey/syrup of some kind (more to taste 😍)
Splash vanilla .
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•Melt the coconut oil/butter and stir in the cocoa/cacao. DON’T ADD SWEETENER UNTIL THESE ARE COMBINED! (Otherwise it thickens too quickly). •Add sweetener and vanilla so that it’s at melted chocolate consistency. If you want to mint/orange oil 🍊, add at this point. •Pour onto greaseproof paper (save afterwards for the next batch!) and add whatever you want to mix in...raisins/nuts/coconut etc. •Refrigerate for an hour or so, then break up and keep in a jar in the fridge 👍
HAPPY MAKING/MUNCHING! 😋🍫
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EDIT: if you want to the the white chocolate version, just use coconut butter without the cocoa and add a little more sweetener and vanilla 👍

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