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2 green breakfast ideas


Hello people! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you've heard that too many times. And although fruits are the best option for early in the day, it's good to throw some greens now and then. In this post, I'm going to show two amazing breakfast ideas that include something green, because green can make everything healthy! Except for the green m&m's, don't have these for breakfast.


 Breakfast No 1
Avocado toast

One of the easiest, quickest and tastiest breakfast (or any other meal tbh) you can make. Avocado has become really popular and why wouldn't it? It contains a wide variety of nutrients, including 20 different vitamins and minerals, and yes it is a high fat food but it contains naturally good fat food which your body needs. Also eating avocados can lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels and some studied have shown that it can even prevent cancer. 
But anyways, the way I like to incorporate avocado into my diet is usually by spreading it on a toast, put some tomato slices on top and maybe some cucumber or spinach. In some cases I will drizzled some soy sauce on top, as I did now.
If don't know how an avocado toast tastes like, I highly encourage you to make this, you can thank me later. Oh, and always use ripe avocados, I've been there.























Breakfast No 2
Green smoothie
So, this is something you may be familiar with. If not, don't be appalled. Throwing some greens into your regular smoothie can be suprisingly tasty and incredibly nutritious. And spinach is the way to go! Spinach is one of the most healthy foods in the planet, and among cancer-fighting fruits and veggies, spinach is one of the most effective. It's also low in fat and even lower in cholesterol, and high in protein, fiber, vitamins A, C, E and K, calcium, iron..the list goes on and on!
For my smoothie I used 2 handfull of spinach, one cucumber, 1 peach, 1 banana and a splash of soy milk. Some other fruit options are pinapple, mango, kiwi, grapes, whatever your heart desires!












Just mix your ingredients in a blender and you have yourself an amazing green smoothie loaded with goodness and nutrition. And trust me, you won't even taste the spinach, because the banana will sweeten it! This works as a good post-workout meal as well.






















Now go and make yourself some good breakfast and start your day right! xxx
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Refreshing watermelon juice

Hello people! Yesterday, August 3rd was actually Watermelon Day and I think everyone agrees with me when I say that watermelon is one of the best fruits! Fortunately, here in Greece there is always a watermelon in our fridge during summer. So, of course I had to make something in honor of this amazing fruit. And here it is, a refreshing, summery watermelon juice. Plus, it's a great way to use leftover watermelon so that it won't go bad. The only essential ingredient you need is,obviously, watermelon but I switched it up a bit and added a couple more things.


You will need:
(for 2 servings)
  • 2 cups watermelon (or more depending on how much juice you want)
  • the juice of 1 lemon
  • a handful of mint leaves






























Now, all you have to do is put those ingredients in a blender and blend for 1-2 minutes.






























That's it!You have yourself a hydrating juice, which tastes pretty bomb too.
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vegan pizza from scratch


So, before I became a vegetarian and got into veganism in general, I had never thought of a pizza without chicken, bacon or any kind of meat. I also never thought there could be a pizza without cheese! Now... I am not fully vegan (yet),I am vegetarian but I try to leave animal products out of my diet as much as I can. And whenever I make a homemade pizza I'll either put vegan cheese or no cheese at all, and of course no meat as toppings.


This time though, I had no vegan cheese so I just made my pizza without any cheese, which honestly tastes just as good as "regular" pizza, maybe even better! However, I'm not an expert at this but I'm experimenting and I'll probably update you with an even better recipe for pizza in the future.

 Soo, I'd like to share with you this easy recipe for delicious pizza!

The ingredients are:

For the dough:

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 tbsp yeast
  • 1/4 tbsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup water (or less)


Instructions:
First you need to activate the yeast. Just pour the yeast in a bowl with some warm water and leave for about 10'. 
Then, go ahead and mix half a cup of the water with the rest of ingredients in a bowl.
Mix well and gradually add the rest of the water until it becomes a thick ball.
Cover the bowl with a towel and leave it for about 15'.
You can then roll the dough out into a circle shape and put it an a baking pan that has been layered with some olive oil.


For the pizza sauce:
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • a pinch of salt
  • a tsp of sugar
  • 1 tsp of oregano

Instructions:
Cut the tomatoes into small pieces, leaving the skin out(I used a grater).
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
Pour the sauce on the dough and spread with a spoon.


Toppings:
  • 2 mushrooms
  • some corn
  • half a red onion
  • a red pepper

Instructions:
Cut your toppings and put them on your pizza, except the spinach.


Bake your pizza for about 10 minutes then top it with the spinach leaves and bake for another 5 minutes. 

Slice and serve!
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