We love you, Yoghurt

I always thought yoghurt was a fattening treat and I never really trusted the 'fat-free' slogans. But I was wrong. Yoghurt is ( like Cauliflower) high in Calcium, a portion is one third of your daily intake! Why the sudden calcium obsession? Calcium inhibites the release of cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone which tells the body to produce more stomach fat. Wobble. Who is this Cortisol guy? Get out of here! So basically, eating calcium aids weightloss and even more so, belly weight! It's also a great post sweat session snack, eaten within an hour of your workout the proteins in yoghurt, aid repair. While the carbohydrates replenish energy stocks in the muscles. Ka-Ching! Along with all the Vitamins and good bacteria, yoghurt is a great weekly shopping basket staple. 

Chicken, Cauliflower Coconut Rice Recipe

Staying healthy on a student budget and more over student lifestyle can be extremely difficult. With most students gaining 10lbs on average in the first year. My god. The most important part of looking after yourself is preparation. If you have healthy options at hand it'll be easier to stay on track.

And in the morning, I'm making waffles!

If you didn't get the title, it's donkey from Shrek. Because donkey is awesome. Since pancake day has just blown over and everyone loves a waffle, I thought I'd share a recipe. The best thing is it's the same as for pancakes! You just need to add more seasoning... cinnamon, vanilla extract or whatever! But most importantly, baking soda. Without this, you'll just be cooking some really dense and heavy pancakes.

Ingredients:
250g Flour
7g Baking powder
20g Caster sugar
2 Eggs
457ml milk
30ml Veg oil
Pinch of salt

Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and eggs.
Next add sugar and mix well.
Add milk and oil, continue stirring.
Grease pan, toastie machine or waffle iron with butter or oil. 
Cook on high heat for 3-4 minutes. 

Until Next Time xo

Faster Than Domino's

So I thought if all those Pizza places from those American films can get a pizza to you in '30 minutes or it's free...' Either what sort of pre-made crap are we eating. OR I can do it in 30 mins..

No but really, I just thought I'm hungry for pizza. Haha. This recipe is so simple and literally takes only 30 minutes. I think it's relatively healthy, well a lot if your comparing it to any fast food place's food.

The best thing about pizza is that there are no rules! You can pretty much do what ever you want, so this just makes it even easier if your a student or just in a rush getting home. All you need are things you have around the house that take your fancy at the time. 

Take 200g plain flour

1 sachet of yeast

150ml of warm (Not boiling water)

Mix until a thick goey dough forms.

The key is to not add any more flour, even when your rolling.

Then just make a sauce with tinned tomato's, whatever seasoning you like, then into a blender.

Add toppings - cook for 15/20 minutes at 200 celsius. 

What do you think? Maybe I'll try doing a few gourmet mix match recipes? But for now, this was just so quick and simple!

Until Next Time xo