So you want to eat healthier but not sure where to start. What does a healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner look like? I’ve wondered the same, so I asked my naturopath friend Elena Ballatore from Mother Natura Holistic Health and Therapies what her typical meals look like throughout the day. Here’s what she said. Breakfast (8am to 9am) Being a late sleeper my breakfast is not as calm and relaxing as it should be. I confess I often run out carrying my shaker filled with: - 1 cup and a half of a room temperature vegetarian milk, (rotating among almond, soy, oat or a mix of them) + - 3 heaped spoons of an organic pea and brown rice protein powder + - 1 or 2 spoons of LSA (linseed , sunflower seeds, almond seeds, all made in a meal) Morning tea/afternoon tea (10am to 11am/4pm) The shake keeps me going until mid morning, then I try to have a little snack which could be: - a sushi roll, - an apple - some berries - a packet of nori seaweeds. Lunch (12:30pm to 1:30pm) That’s another meal usually on the go for me. If I am out I’ll be happy to eat ethnic food which I love, otherwise left over dinner will do. It could be*: - grilled fish + green salad - laksa soup with brown rice - quinoa salad - bibimbap (Korean dish of rice+mixed veggies+fish or chicken) - 1 egg+veggies - vegan lasagna - falafel+ hommus+tabbuleh - dahl+ rice -chicken korma/curry+veggies * when I choose rice or quinoa I go wholemeal only if organic (see my previous blog post) Dinner (6:30pm) And here we come to the more relaxed meal, that I take the time to cook myself everyday, even though I admit the “pre- dinner” is often a congested moment, with kids finishing homework and the tiredness of the evening kicking in… Some options*: - stir fry tofu and veggies satay+millet - chickpeas+veggies cous cous - turkey meatballs+bock choi stir fry - vegetarian burger+mustard+rocket and lettuce - chickpeas “frittata”+pumpkin (easy because they both cook in the oven) - porcini risotto + cannellini and onion salad - homemade vineger marinated fish fillet with breadcrumbs+salad …and many more. * all the combinations have some reasoning behind it. As you can see I am tendentially macrobiotic/vegan but I have to be precise that my food choices are based also on my blood group so there could be other foods that are healthy for someone else but are not mentioned here….and that’s another topic we’ll maybe discuss in the future! For more natural health tips visit our blog at: http://www.alkalife.com.au/blog
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