Love your Berries

Why berries are a girls best friend..

Health Benefits Berries
The antioxidants in berries can help your body fight oxidative stress caused by free radicals that can lead to illness. Eating a diet rich in antioxidants can help improve your health, protect your skin and hair, and prevent certain diseases. All fruits and vegetables contain antioxidants, but nutrient-rich berries are some of the absolute best sources.
There are several powerful antioxidants that appear in berries, including anthocyanins, quercetin, and vitamin C. Anthocyanins give berries their vibrant color, reduce inflammation, and may help prevent and manage arthritis. Anthocyanins work together with quercetin to help slow age-related memory-loss. Quercetin can also decrease the inflammatory effects of chemicals in the synovial fluid of the joints for people with inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.
Vitamin C is another strong antioxidant found in berries. It is largely responsible for the health of collagen, which helps maintain cartilage stores and aids in joint flexibility. Eating vitamin C–rich berries will contribute to radiant skin and healthy hair.

In addition to antioxidants, berries are “juicy foods,” which means they contain mostly water. Juicy foods are great for losing weight because they fill you up quickly, since their high water content bumps up the volume while driving down the calories. Berries also contain fiber and folate. Fiber aids in weight loss and helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Folate may protect against cardiovascular disease and age-related memory loss, and since folate contributes to the production of serotonin, it may also help ward off depression and improve your mood.

So love your body by loving berries!!!

Perfect Pink Smoothie Bowl

Hi sweethearts! Hope everyone is doing amazing and looking foward to Valentine!! I know I am! If you are looking for a sweet and pink breakfast to surprise your love with I might have a beautiful recipe for you.. a perfect pink smoothiebowl! Supereasy because you want to spend this day with your sweetheart instead of in the kitchen. 

Perfect Pink Smoothie Bowl
What you need
2 frozen bananas 
1 banana
1 big scoop of maca powder
handful pomseeds
handful frozen raspberries

What to do
Place the bananas (frozen and not frozen) in your blender and pulse until you have a thick, creamy consistency. Add the pomseeds and raspberries and pulse again until the consistency has a perfect pink shade, add the maca powder and swirl until this is well absorbed. 
Scoop into 2 bowls and top with fruits you love, I went for blueberries, strawberries, pomseeds a big scoop of chia seeds and some coconutshreds.
Serve with LOVE!

Wishing you all a WONDERFUL valentines day and don't forget..

Love,
Sanne

Blueberry Coconut Icecream

Hi lovelies! I hope you are all doing well and having a wonderful day. 

I have been craving some vegan icecream for a while now. So when I got home from the farmers market last saturday I immediately started experimenting with all the delicious fruits I bought. This blueberry coconut cream is a real winner!! I just can't get enough of it so I have been eating this as breakfast, snack and dessert for the past few days! LOL! Supereasy, Superfilling, SuperYUMMY!

Blueberry Coconut Icecream

What you need

1 cup frozen blueberries

2 frozen bananas

1 cup coconut water

5 tbsp coconut flakes

What to do

Mix all the ingredients together in your foodprocessor or blender and pulse until you have this lovely thick and creamy consistency. Scoop into a little bowl and place in your freezer for 10 minutes. This gives you the time to prepare the topping. Think; berries, goji, chia, buckwheat, coconut flakes, hemp, mulberries & cacao nibs.

After 10 minutes take out your icecream and top with all the goodies.

Enjoy!

Love,

Sanne

Pink Loving

Hi sweethearts! With Valentines day just around the corner, all my free time goes to coming up with cute and of course delicious pink & red treats to surprise my love with! Yesterday I made
this 3 layered Love smoothie and I think it is truly a winner.. not only do they look supercute but they taste devine! Definitely something to surprise your better half with. I would serve these as either a lunch or as a dessert. Since they are quite filling I could recommend using the 1 serving ingredients for 2 smoothies especially when serving this after dinner.

Pink Loving Smoothie (1 serving)
What you need
Bottom Layer
2 frozen bananas
1 handful of frozen raspberries
1/2 cup of almond milk
Middle
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 heaping tbsp of carob powder
1/2 cup of water
Top Layer
2 frozen bananas
1 handful of frozen blueberries
1/2 cup of almond milk

What to do
Night before serving. Combine the chia seeds with your water in a pint jar. Cover the jar with a lid and give it a shake. Open the jar and add the 3 tbsp of carob powder and swirl until the chia seeds are covered. Cover again and place the mixture in your fridge overnight.

In your blender mix the ingredients of the bottom layer together until you have a nice and thick consistancy.
Pour into your most beautiful glass.
Top the first layer with 2 big tbsp of the chocolate chia pudding.
In your blender mix the ingredients of the top layer together until you have a nice and thick consistancy.
Pour this over the chocolate chia pudding and garnish your smoothie with fruits you love.. I went for pomseeds!

ENJOY!

Love,
BeautyBlends

Colorful Fruit & Veggie Salad

Hi sweethearts! Hope you are all having a wonderful day! I wanted to share with you my lunch today, which was a HUGE fruit and veggie salad! Absolutely delicious and I am feeling so energized!!

Colorful Fruit & Veggie Salad

What you need:

Fruit

5 strawberries

2 kiwi's

handful blueberries

handful pomseeds

Veggies

1 bag arugula

1 very ripe avocado

1 yellow pepper

5 cherry tomatoes

Garnish

handful of mixed nuts (walnuts, almonds, cashew)

4 tbsp goji berries

2 tbsp chia seeds

Topping

Juice of 1 lime and 1/2 lemon

What to do:

Cut all the delicous fruit and veggies into little pieces and lay them on a bed of arugula. Garnish with your mixed nuts, goji berries and chia. Top with the lemon and lime juice and ENJOY!!

Love,
BeautyBlends