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HEALTHY VEGAN LUNCH BOX INSPIRATION

When I have a long day at uni or work I need food and loads of it. Here is what I usually take, keeps me going all day and is delicious.

• tomato, cucumber and fresh parsley salad
• pitta bread filled with hummus, vegan burgers and fresh spinach
• dates and walnuts (sometimes some dark chocolate too..)
• apple
• banana

Go on, prepare yourself a bag of goodies for tomorrow. Enjoy!

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Clean Eating Prep Ahead: Eggs in Muffin Tins. Simply spray a muffin pan with olive oil cooking spray ( or wipe down each cup with Olive Oil , crack an egg into the cup, add seasoning ( a dash of hot sauce,  salt & pepper, onion powder… ) and a few bits of leftover vegetables. In this case, leftover spinach. If you like, you can use a plastic fork to slightly scramble each egg in the cup. 

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These are awesome guys! I love adding chopped up mushrooms, peppers and ham to mine for more punch. :)

Gonna try to make these!

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There are even more ready to go meal plans here! Pictures of all the recipes are on that page too! :)

Here’s just a few of the recipes featured in these meal plans:

Italian Meal Plan: 15 minute pasta with homemade spicy eggplant sauce

Italian Meal Plan: Roasted Vegetable Alfredo

Quick & Easy Plan: Vegan Tomato & Chickpea curry with quinoa

Quick & Easy Plan: Vegetarian Crispy “Chick’n” Ginger Salad

Simple Plan (first one): Italian Stuffed Peppers (topped with fresh mozzarella!)

Simple Plan: 15 Minute Italian Quinoa Stir Fry

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Make Your Own Alkaline Vitamin Water

Find yourself needing a vitamin boost?  

Click here, for complete recipe and directions of my five signature colour-free, sugar-free and bpa plastic free alkaline vitamin waters or get inspired to make your own combinations.  

• Recovery - This vitamin water is ideal for recovery post-workout or after a large bout of physical activity.  Blackberries and Cherries aid in replenishing oxygen in the blood while pomegranate and glutamine help to restore and repair muscle tissue damage

• C*Power - This vitamin water gives you a boost of anti-viral and anti-inflammatory vitamin C.  With natural citrus fruits and camu camu powder, c*power is ideal for boosting your immunity after an illness or just keeping your body empowered.  This is an excellent combination for weight loss

• Stressless - This is my favourite combination, the blend of watermelon and rosemary is divine.  This vitamin water is ideal for helping you balance stress on a mental and physiological level.  With the addition of B vitamins, hydrating watermelon and calming rosemary this combination is best used during times of stress or intensity

• Digest It - Excellent for aiding in digestion and stimulating the colon and digestive tract.  With the combination of pineapple’s digestive enzymes, soothing, cooling mint and warming ginger, stimulating lemongrass, immunizing lychee and probiotics this water will aid in internal balance

• Detox - Purify your blood and body with this awesome vitamin water!  Detox is ideal for the morning after a night out or when you are cleansing.  Created with hydrating coconut water, and fresh cucumber, nutrient rich coconut meat, detoxifying milk thistle and anti-oxidant loaded raspberries and blueberries, this combination will cleanse your body from the inside out

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THE BASICS OF A CLEAN DIET

Eating “clean” is not hard. It’s actually very simple. It’s all about eating the right type and quantity of food. Once you’ve got the basics down, that’s when you’ll be ready to truly focus on eg. weight loss or muscle gains. You need to be making the right food choices before you even start any type of plan. You want to be making PERMANENT changes! Adjusting your “diet” so that you’re absolutely sure that you can stick to it for life rather than just a few weeks or months!

Below i’ve listed a few simple guidelines you can follow :)

What NOT to eat!

1. Cut out all regular sodas and processed fruit juice.

2. Get rid of processed carbohydrates. This means cutting out most breakfast cereals, white bread, potato chips, candy, and store bought pastries and cookies.

3. Cut out foods high in saturated fat and fried foods. Your body does not need the extra saturated fat.

What to eat?

1. Eat whole foods as often as possible

2. Eat some lean protein, fat, and unprocessed fibrous carbohydrate at every meal

3. Eat fruits or vegetables with each meal (as fresh as possible).

4. The bulk (size wise) of your food intake should come from vegetables, fruit and protein.

5. Ensure that 20-30% of your energy intake comes from “liquid fat,” with your fat intake primarily coming from unsaturated (ie. flax oil, fish oil, olive oil, raw nuts).

6. Drink only non-calorie containing beverages, the best choice being water and teas.

7. Drink alcohol in moderation.


What about calories, amounts of fat, protein, carbohydrates, nutrient timing? For most people following these guidelines at least 90% of the time will be all they will ever need. If you are not near 90% then work your way there. Find friends that will do it with you. 

IF YOU WANT IT, HAVE IT.“Never say never” to foods you love but that are not in your best interest to eat. There is nothing worse for a person’s health or diet than a built up urge to splurge. There are two main roads one can travel to curb binge eating. The first is to have a little bit everyday. For example my big sweet tooth is chocolate, so I always have a small amount of high quality chocolate around and allow myself one small piece a day. It works very well for me that way. Another is to allow yourself one meal a week where you can enjoy whatever you want. In fact even invite your other friends over that are attempting to eat better and do it together! This “ritual” will become something you look foward to and your friends will too, plus for the rest of the week everyone can hold each other on track. The trick is to find which one of these two works for you. 

DON’T LET THE TOUGH TIMES GET YOU DOWN. Everyone’s healthy eating
efforts get sidetracked from time to time. The trick is to keep a positive attitude and curb the unhealthy eating as quickly as possible. My trick is to keep a couple of motivational documents around to read in times of need.

That is it! Keep it simple, eat well, exercise hard, and live life to its fullest. 

These are the basics. Just do it.