Avocado Smoothie

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Avocado, Avocado Smoothie

South Indians have this tendency and urge to eat food that doesn’t require a lot of chewing, basically a little lazy 😛 I am no exception to it. Rice is the staple food for us and it doesn’t require chewing and easy to eat. There were days when I used to eat just rice with Yogurt mixed without any vegetables.

Actually that took a toll in my health, I got sick ,very fat, without nutrition I was weak. I couldn’t climb stairs. No physical exercise. Every one just made fun of me. I never used to care for my health. It took some time for me to realize it. By that time I had grown really fat.  I was a 5 footer with 155 pounds 😦

But I tried correcting myself by exercising every day. But did not correct my food, a big mistake again. Just exercise will not help. I realized this as well very late. Nevertheless I found it that both physical exercise and proper way of eating is the right way. After this yes I did slim down. I started practicing every Thursday with fruits and milk. Yes at first it was hell. I used crave for food and get exhausted. But slowly I adapted it. Now I am enjoying it. I feel very light after every Thursday when I do this fruits day.

Avocados are a good source of fiber, potassium, and vitamins C, K, folate, and B6. Half an avocado has 160 calories, 15 grams of heart-healthy unsaturated fat, and only 2 grams saturated fat. One globe contains more than one-third the daily value of vitamin C, and more than half the day’s requirements of vitamin K. Check this smoothie that I prepared with avocado.

Ingredients:

Avocado : 1 medium

Milk : 200 ml

Honey : 1 tablespoon

Cinnamon Powder : 1/8 teaspoon

Method:

Cut and slice the avocado, scoop the pulp out, add milk, honey and cinnamon powder and put it in a blender. Blend it to a smoothie, If you need you can add some more milk or water. I prefer honey rather than sugar as honey is much healthier than sugar. Enjoy this healthy smoothie dear friends 🙂

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Zucchini Rice

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Rice Variety, Zucchini, Zucchini Rice

My hubby had potluck in his office , so I had to prepare food just for me….Its kinda boring when we have to eat alone, I usually dont like it, but I have to 🙂 , in the afternoon till 1’o clock I had this oscillation to prepare food or no. Finally found one Zucchini left out in the refrigerator, so I decided to prepare a fast recipe. And I enjoyed this.

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice : 2 cup

Zucchini : 1 medium sized ( shredded with the skin)

Onion : 1/2 thinly sliced

Green Chili : 1 (Slit)

Black Pepper corns : 1/2 teaspoon (powdered)

Cumin Seeds : 1/2 teaspoon

Cinnamon stick : 1 small

Cloves : 2

Garlic : 1 pod thinly sliced

Ginger : small piece grated

Butter : 1/2 tablespoon

olive oil : 1 teaspoon

Salt : 1 teaspoon

Method:

Wash the rice and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, cinnamon stick and cloves, once they start crackling, add the onions let it turn translucent, add ginger and garlic. After 2 mins, add the shredded Zucchini, butter and cook for 3 minutes. Next add the black pepper corn powder and salt. Next add the rice and mix well. Let it cook with the Zucchini with out water. After 3 mins, add 1:2 ration of rice to water and cook. It cooks for the usual time, I prepared it in pressure cooker, cooked it for 3 whsitles and the taste was very good. Do give it a try 🙂