Kelly Bennet

Delicious Mushroom – Buckwheat Broth Based Soup Recipe!

July 15, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

I love this Delicious Mushroom – Buckwheat Soup Recipe! It is simple for making and it is delicious and most important it is really healthy. For all those that care what are you ingesting, and for all those who are starting to care, I suggest eat soups at least 3 times per week. One of your weekly soups can be this delicious buckwheat mushroom broth based soup.

Ingredients:

(serves 4)

1 onion
2 medium carrots
1 large parsley root
half a small celery root
150 ml of the buckwheat grain
100 g shiitake mushrooms
100 g button mushrooms
1 leek
1 tbsp concentrated tomato paste
100 ml of tomato juice
1 clove garlic
about 1 liter of water
olive oil
sea salt
fresh parsley leaf

Preparation:
At a medium hit putt a bit little olive oil, chop the onion (salted) and then add it into the oil to soften a bit. When the onion is soften, add the cubes of previously chopped root vegetables (carrot, parsley, celery). Stirring occasionally, simmer it about 10 minutes and then add the chopped mushrooms. After 5 minutes add tomato paste, leek (sliced in thick slices) and grain buckwheat, all flooded with about a liter of water and cook over medium heat until it is softened (about 15 minutes).

When buckwheat (and vegetables) softened add tomato juice, finely chopped garlic and sea salt, if necessary, all together cooked another 10 minutes.
Pour the palates for serving with the broth and on the top sprinkle it with chopped parsley leaf, and you can pour it with a little olive oil.

Note: You can put less or more liquids, depending on whether you wan thicker or less frequent broth and if you like spicy initially saved when stewed onions and put finely chopped hot pepper.

Delicious and Healthy, Integral Crackers and Dip of Chickpeas

July 14, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

Industrial crackers can not be compared with something like this, homemade. You exactly know what you put and how you put…. flour from whole grains, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, olive oil, himalayan salt.. You and your close deserve something like this. With home prepared dip with composition of chickpeas, sesame, olive oil a little salt this integral crackers are the perfect snack for you and the one close to you, exceptionally if they are children, their body will be grateful and they will enjoy the tastiness.

Ingredients needed:

(4 oven pans )

2 table spoons ( 30 grams ) of ground sunflower seeds
2 table spoons (20 grams) of ground pumpkin seeds
200 g of whole wheat, wheat, flour
230 g of soft flour
the pinch of baking soda
little Himalayan salt
100 ml olive oil
about 250 ml of cold

Preparation:
In a mixing bowl put all the dry ingredients, mix them fine and then add olive oil and water, and again mix it, and knead it a bit. If the mixture is too thick add a little water if needed you can add a bit soft flour (the amount is diferent because each flour absorbs different amounts of liquid.
When you make nice dough, cover it in transparent foil and leave to rest for half an hour and then took part of the dough, thin it (adding a little flour that does not stick to the surface) you can make any forms you wish, put them on the baking can,and do small holes with fork so it does not inflates, smeared with a little olive oil and bake it for 12 minutes at 220 degrees.
Note: Try to make them thinner as much as you can, because they will grow and you want to make them crunchy… so just make them tiner and bake them a little longer to achieve the crunchiness that you desire.

For the chickpea dip you will need the next ingredients:

250 grams raw chickpeas
30 grams sesame seeds
50 ml olive oil
little himalayan salt
a couple of cloves of garlic ( if you want a gralic as spice add it )
a bit lemon juice

Preparation for the chickpea dip:
Overnight soak the chickpeas into water and cook them the next day, about 10 minutes. Put the sesame in a small sauce pan, gently fry and grind (or if you use tahini).
If you place the garlic cloves, cut 2-3 and fry them on low heat in a little olive oil (until they get tender).
In blender put the chickpeas, sesame, garlic with olive oil, a little salt and possibly lemon. Mix everything well. Add a little water, preferably the water in which the chickpeas was cooked,so you get the desired density (when it cools down it will be a bit thicken).
Pour the dip into a bowl and chill before serving, and then add a bit olive or lemon oil to the taste.

Part dip can be set aside for a small child and for the adults you can add a little “more concrete” spice(hot pepper, chilli or something).
The chickpeas certainly can be cooked in bulk and then you can freeze them, and when you need you can take little by little, so make a dip for a few minutes.. they are extremely healthy.

Lose weight, and gain agility with weight loss yoga exercises!

July 13, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

For all of those who want to lose some calories, to straighten up their body and to become more agile, I strongly recommend to try exercising Yoga few days weekly. Personally I started with Tara Stiles, she explains the exercises nicely, and she also has tutorials for beginners and for advanced level!

Here is one video for advanced weight loss yoga, for those who feel prepared, you must try it! For the ones who do not feel prepared you can try her beginner tutorials.

Amazingly Delicious Tomato Seafood Soup!

July 11, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

Not long time ago, I couldn’t stand fish, sea soups, ( Never thought it would taste good),but 6 month ago my friend called me to dinner and guess what she prepared! Sea Soup 🙂 . It would be insulting if I did not even try it (without any argument at all), so I was like lets try this why not . At first I was expecting that I would hate the taste, but just 3 seconds after I tasted it, I realized this is amazingly delicious.

Here is one recipe for sea soup.

For 4 servings you will need:

340 g mixed sea food
200 g onions
50 g carrots(about 1 piece)
50 g parsley(about 1 piece)
1 hot pepper
1 clove of garlic
a bit ,salt, pepper and bay leaf
1 dl oil
1 dl tomato juice
1.5dl white wine

Let the sea food thaw. Heat the oil, and put the freshly chopped onion, bay leaf and few peppercorns, don’t put the hotplate on мax, you do not want to burn them off. You also will need to mix them in order to prevent the burning. When the onions are softened down, add a little grated carrot, parsley and whole peppers(I prefer hot peppers), put the hotplate on middle temperature, and put a bit water(just poor about 1 sip from a glass of water). Continue to sauté for about 5 minutes and add a finely chopped garlic. When the mass becomes mushy let it cool down for about 10 minutes.

Now put the sea food into water and bring it to boil, let it boil for 5 minutes, spill the water down and put new water and again let it boil for 5 minutes and spill it down (about 20 minutes depending on the vegetable mass) you need to grind it so you can do it with a fork or something, or you can put it into blender. When the vegetable mass is nicely blended add :

6 dl tomato juice
1.5 dl white whine
1.5 dl water
If your tomato juice is thicker like really thicker add 1 dl more water
1 tea spoon pepper
1 table spoon red pepper

This mixture goes back on the hotplate and we wait it to start boil. Let it boil for 7-10 minutes, but go and mix it from time to time.

In he meanwhile put the sea food into water and bring it to boil, let it boil for 5 minutes, spill the water down and put new water and again let it boil for 5 minutes and spill it down and wash it down with cold water.

Now add the washed sea food. Let it boil for 20 minutes, and do not forget to mix it from time to time. Let it cool down for 15 minutes and it is ready for serving.

Serve it with nicely baked bread, homemade or from the bakery, lemons and white whine !

If you like it you can share it 🙂

Solving the cellulite problem!

July 10, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

If you are nervous, frustrated because you have no solution to remove cellulite from your thighs, buttocks or abdomen, please do not feel that way – 90% of the woman have faced this problem. Not only a big number of woman have faced it, but a big number of woman are facing it at the moment and believe me I know It is a mood changer. I did nice research and now I’ll share with you what I’ve found.

First of all, what causes the cellulite!

Even after numerous investigations, experts are not unanimous in defining the cellulite, but all of them agree that under certain factor the chance of gaining cellulite are enormous. This factors are personal( genetic predisposition, slow metabolism, certain hormonal disorders and poor circulation) but most of them are changeable with healthy lifestyle, healthy diet, and physical activity.

Therefore change of the lifestyle, but also the menu and using some home made creams, and cellulite exercises are the solution.

Just know that the cellulite problem is not problem that only overweight people have, on contrary it is also problem to the skinny people too. This means that strict diets and starvation won’t help the cellulite problem it will only harm your metabolism. Sudden weigh loss will just ruin your skin and it may cause stretch marks.

In this part We will pay attention on the diet that can help us lose cellulite !

If you want to alleviate the problem, diet rich in vitamins that strengthen the connective tissue are preferred.The best vitamins to do that is vitamin C and vitamin B

Studies have shown that vitamin C, that is really great antioxidant, also reduces the level of fat in the blood, strengthens the blood vessels and the connective tissue. Lack of this vitamin, which can be found in fruit and vegetables, can cause weakening of the blood vessels as well varicose veins.

Vitamin B6 also helps to strengthen the connective tissue, and acts as natural diuretic( it eliminates the substances that make cellulite more visible). It is found in green leafy vegetables, legumes, chicken, fish and bananas, and it is essential for the proper adsorption of zinc. Specifically this vitamin is very important to be taken with calcium, it stimulates the secretion of collagen, a constituent part of the connective tissue.

How to use antioxidants to remove cellulite!

Foods full of antioxidants neutralize the free radicals and help the regeneration of damaged tissue. In addition to vitamins, antioxidants act as polyphenols and bioflavonoids. Most of them are easy to find in fruits like: apples, pears, red berries and fruit of citrus. When it comes to vegetables, green vegetables are especially recommended because they are rich in fiber, but also carrots, because they contain vitamins A and E.

Solving the cellulite problem with the help of lecithin and fatty acids!

Lecithin prevents the accumulation of fat in the walls of the blood vessel, at the same time restoring the damaged tissue. You will consume enough of it if you incorporate soy, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, cauliflower in your diet. On the other hand, fatty acids help in the feed of water to the damaged cells and connective tissue cells and stimulate hydration. There are nice amount of fatty acids in nuts, sea fish, flax seeds .. broccoli, spinach and peas are also rich in healthy fatty acids that regenerate damaged connective tissue.

Solving the cellulite problem with protein!

Instead of pork, incorporate chicken or turkey in your diet. Protein from these meats stimulate the secretion of collagen, which tightens the connective tissue around the fat cells and makes the skin look smoother. Eggs, fish and skim milk are also rich in protein, and if you’re a fan of a vegetarian diet, you can have proteins trough eating green leafy vegetables, nuts or wheat. Vegetarians certainly better know how to remove cellulite from the stomach, because they are rarely obese.

Solving the cellulite problem with water!

Do not try to get rid of cellulite if you are not willing to consume enough water. Studies have shown that it is less noticeable on a healthy, hydrated skin, so the water is essential to improve the appearance. This precious liquid is not calorific, and to some extent causes the feeling of satiety. It is also recommended to eat juicy fruits and vegetables, such as melons, grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers …

Healthy and Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe!

July 10, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

With the hot weather and all the fast and dry food you are taking sometimes you must cook something that contains a lot of water, vitamins and it is simple, delicious and healthy. If you are looking for a recipe that has these characteristics you opened the right recipe.

Recipe for fresh tomato cream soup.

First you will need the following ingredients:

1 liter of tomato juice
1/2 celery
200 ml of water
1 teaspoon basil
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 hot pepper
1 tablespoon of mixed spices
100 g rice

Now the preparation:

Clean the celery nicely and boil until it is well boiled. Cook the rice nicely ( for 1 cup of rice put 2 cups of water). Now chop the celery nicely and mix it with the tomato juice, chopped peppers, basil, olive oil and a bit of spices by choice( I use cumin and oregano and a bit himalayan salt). Cook it nicely for about 20 minutes, add the rice in the cooked soup! Your tomato cream soup is ready, easy right ? 🙂

A Small Piece of Art ~Wholemeal Flour and Flax seed Baskets Filled With Salad~

July 9, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

You must prepare this beautiful wholegrain flaxseed basket. The preparation is not Quick and Easy, but believe me this one is worth the time. First get ready because this taste will blow your mind! Now for this recipe you’ll need:

For the wholegrain flaxseed basket!

20g ground flaxseed
120g wholemeal flour
80g soft, white, flour
2 tablespoons of flax seed
50 g butter
2-3 tablespoons (40 g) feta cheese
1 egg
a bit of baking powder
3-4 tablespoons of cold water (if necessary)

For the salad filling:

1 small onion
a handful of green olives
2 tablespoons capers
1 can of tuna
half links parsley leaf

and more:

2 hard-boiled eggs
12 cherry tomatoes

Preparation:

Put the two types of flour, ground flax, flaxseed, baking powder and a pinch of salt in a bowl and combine them. Then add the sliced butter and cheese and knead it until you get hard dough, and then add the egg and, if necessary, a little water, put as much as you need to in order to get nice flexible dough. Wrap up the dough in foil and leave in the fridge to cool.

When the dough is cooled down, make the baskets with the dough that should be about 9 cm thick (I used a cup of tea to make the baskets) . You have dough for about 10 baskets. Make holes with the fork on the side of the baskets and let them cool in a fridge for 30 minutes.

Heat the oven to 200 degrees and bake the baskets for 20 minutes and then they immediately take them out and let them cool down.

While the dough is cooling down make the salad. To make the filling salad, first chop the onion, add salt and leave it for 15 minutes (the onion should not be hot). After 15 min add finely chopped olives and capers, drained and chopped tuna and chopped parsley leaf. You should finely mix them and add a little olive oil. Put the salad in the fridge to mix the tastes nicely.

And then in the bottom of each basket put 1 circle from the boiled egg, then 1 tablespoon of the salad and put cherry tomato on the top.

They are ready to be served, ENJOY!

3 exercises, perfect buttocks challenge !

July 8, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

In order to have nicely shaped buttocks, it is necessary to do exercises that are strenghtening the muscles on the legs. The exercises are simple and you can do them at home, but in order to achieve nice results, You must be patient.

Exercise for shaping the legs!

Lay on your back with your knees put together. On the exhale lift your hips and stay in that position. From that point, put one leg in the air but remember the thighs remain side by side. With the inhale lower the hips and do this 15 times with each leg.

Exercises for shaping the buttocks.

Lie on your stomach in a cat position, leaning on your palms and knees. Straight one of your legs while the other one stays bent. On the exhale lift the extended leg as much as you can and hold it there for 3 second, while you inhale put it back on the ground. The exercise should be repeated 15 times for each leg.

Exercise for strengthening your buttocks!

For this exercise you will need a lower bench, step machine, stairs or a nice solid and small chair. Climb up to the lower bench or the step machine. One foot stays on the bench, the second bend backwards and when inhale lower it slowly. When you get in squat position hold the position for a few seconds. On the exhale lift up. Do 12 to 15 squats relying first on one then on the other leg.

Do this 3 exercises for at 28 days and you will see nice results!

Six Great Detox Drinks

July 6, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

The fruits and vegetables with green color have a healing effect on our body. Practically all contain a minimum of calories, while they also have great wealth of vitamins and minerals.

Except that, the green fruits and vegetables are excellent cleaners for our organism, cos they are accelerating our metabolism.

Drinks from the green fruits and vegetables can be used in any time of the day, and also they are excellent option for a snack. The best thing they are easy to prepare.

All you need to do put them into a blender till you get nice mixture and add a bit water so it becomes drinkable.

Now here are the 6 green detox drinks!

Apple + Avocado + Lettuce + Kiwi

Cucumber+ parsley

Great for easy drink in the evening. The cucumbers are made of 90% water, so thanks to this feature this drink is excellent for drinking in the hot summer. By adding few leaves of parsley we get fantastic combination

The unique properties of parsley come from its rich chemical composition. 100 g of this plant contains 2 days dose for vitamin S and carotene, which is really good to have in the hot days

Apple +Lime + Cucumber

Lime is not only contributing to elimination of the toxins from our body, but it also has a calming effect on the nervous system, so it basically boost our mood and our immunize system.

Pepper + Lemon juice

This is unusual combination, The content of group B vitamins that come from the peers are great for stress and they boost our memory. So if you feel fatigue this is the drink for you.

Broccoli + Apple + Lime

To overestimate the beneficial properties of the broccoli is impossible. This type of vegetable has a high protein content, and excellent amount of minerals and vitamins.

Celery + Apple

This is the most widespread variant of the green potion. This is low calorie drink, that help us to get rid from the toxins and is extremely useful for a road-trip 🙂

DIY almond oil, Healthy delicious and tasty

July 5, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

It is always best if you make it your self. There is big choice of almond oils in the shop, but believe me if you want to have the right one, you must make it your self.

Why using almond oil?

Almond oil is extremely healthy and beneficial. It contains no cholesterol and it is rich with vitamins and trace elements that are dissolved and easily accessible to our bodies. Almond milk is one of the best possible milks, since it does not contains cholesterol, and consists 20% protein. This milk contains more milk then the spinach.

In addition, this milk is a source of phosphorus, which we really need for our teeth and bones. It has 4 times more calcium then the cow’s milk. On 100 g milk it has 370 mg calcium. Also it contains pottasium, zinc, copper, iron, group B vitamins and manganese.

Why should you drink it?

Doctor recommends it for safe and faster healing of ulcers. Almond milk stimulates the secretion of bile and gall bladder emptying. It also stimulates the bowel and is used for chronic colitis and constipation. It has easy laxative effect. By drinking 1 glass of this milk you are preventing diseases of the gastrointestinal track.

Almond milk is used in colds, asthma, insomnia, impotence, anemia. It is excelent source of energy, supports the brain activity and strengthens the memory. The moderate levels of vitamin A in the milk strengthens the vision and influence the capability of the eyes of adjusting to the different lighting conditions.

A glas of almond milk contains 50% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin E- antioxidant that reduces the growth of free radicals that may cause cancer.

There are plenty of B vitamins and iron that are necessary for growth and healthy functioning of the muscular tissue . Almond milk does not contains lactose so you can drink as much as you want without fear of digestive disorders.

And for the end it contains a very few calories(1 cup= 40 calories) does not contains saturated fat that makes it very useful in our diets. The pure almond milk provides helthy skin and hair.

Now the preparation

You will need:

Blender or juicer

1 cup of raw almonds, which you can find( I prefer organic almonds)

3-4 glasses of water

And strainer

Preparation:

Soak the almonds in water and let them soak nicely during the night. In the morning spill the water nicel. Put the almonds in a bowl, and pour them with water( preferably filtered or bottled water) around 3-4 cups of water. After that put them in the blender and blend them about 2 minutes. Strain them with the strainer and put it in bottles made from glass. It can stay in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.You can sweeten the milk with honey, or add cinnamon, cocoa or vanilla.

Important! : The mixture that is left from straining process is not GARBAGE! You can prepare marzipan cake with it, add it in the muesli, or dry it out and get almond flour. From the mixture also you an make moisturizing facial mask, if you add a little cream and honey. This mask is used the next way: Apply it on the skin 10-15 minutes, then clean the skin with water. PS: your skin will love you 🙂

As you can see the benefits of this milk are invaluable, because it contains a lot of nutrients that are essential!

Mask that effectively solves the problem of dark circles, and bloated eyes!

July 5, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

For those that on periods, or often have swollen eyes and dark circles I came on on a homemade mask that works fine for me.

This problem is well known to many of us. Swelling eyes and dark circles are very often phenomenon, I suggest you try this mask of aloe and cucumber.

The mask will not only help you in the removal the dark circles under the eyes, but will also perfectly hydrate and refresh the skin, give it nice tone, healthy appearance, tenderness and softness.

The DIY mask against dark circles and bloated eyes recipe:

Ingredients

1 tablespoon of juice(or gel) from aloe
1 tablespoon of fresh juice of cucumber
1/2 teaspoon almond oil(Homemade almond oil recipe here)
Bit vegetable starch by choice (cornstarch will do it)

Preparation

Slowly mix the aloe juice, cucumber juie and the almond oil. Add slowly the cornstarch so the mixture density is thick.

The mask effectively solves the problem with the dark circles and bloated eyes, that is checked 🙂

With gentle movements add the mixture around the eye. Hold it for 10-15 minutes, it is important not to wait to long so the mask is dried thoroughly. Rinse with cool water. Apply a good moisture cream.

The mask can be used every day, and you can continue using it as a prevention.

Exercises For Flat and Firm Belly

July 5, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

If you are going to the gym because you want to have flat and firm belly and this act is taking bunch of your time there is another way, another simple exercises with whom you will achieve the desired shape of your belly at home. Keep in mind that, to achieve nice results you will need to workout at least 3 times a week. Also i advise that you do not begin with exercising util 2-3 hours after eating.

These exercises to lose weight are not so well known,even they will look very familiar on the first look, so pay attention. It is important to preform the exercises correctly and you feel every movement of the abdominal muscles. The more fat you are you will have more troubles to finish the exercises, but do not at any mean get disappointed, eventually you will have great effects and everything will go smoothly. So the first thing that you must know is : DON’T GIVE UP!

Exercises for flat belly.

Lay down on the floor with the knees bent and slightly spread.

Firmly press with your back on te ground. Grasp the hands on the inner site of your thighs and push them away from your self.

Raising the head forward – take the shoulders of the floor, but be careful so your spine does not hard. In this position move the upper part of the body back about 10-15 cm. The movements should feel free and slow. All the time your head should be directed upwards. Do this exercise three times and then rest a bit in laying position. Do it 3 more times.

Laying on the floor in the same position, lift the legs about 10-15 cm from the floor. Lift your head and your shoulders, directing into the ceiling.

If you are able, keep the legs straighten up without help of your hands. Filly extend your arms in front of you. Don’t forget that the lower part of the back and the buttocks should be firmly lying on the floor

Again in the same position lying, raise both legs should gently lying on the floor.

Again in the same position raise both legs. Include them and pull your knees toward your head and shoulders.

Now put your hands and feet and hold them up as much as long as you can. Gently rock the upper body – about 15 cm forward and back again. Do this about 100 times. If you have problems with the legs or the muscles can not stand up the exercises you can bend the knees.

This is the variant of the previous exercise for weight loss for those who find it difficult to keep the legs up, which believe me, It is very common.