I did so much better with my food today = happy happy happy.

Breakfast was called a “green” smoothie.

Made with 1 1/2 cups hazelnut milk, 1 cup kale, 1 cup spinach, 1 banana, 1/2 cup frozen berries (you could use fresh) and 4 dates.  Just look at these wonderful nutritious foods.

These frozen berries look too good to eat.  They should be in an oil painting, or a photograph.  Oh good, they are 🙂

My green smoothie turned our rather, erm, brown! Tasted really good though.  If you are apprehensive about a green smoothie but intrigued enough to try one, then try this one – it’s lovely and the dates plus banana make it quite sweet.

Lunch was simple.  I sliced, deseeded and roasted a butternut squash in the oven.  No fat added, just some salt and pepper.  I covered the roasting tray with foil for about 45 minutes and then baked it some more without the foil for another 15 minutes.

I added the baked squash to a salad of lamb’s lettuce, cherry tomatoes and 1/2 an avocado which I topped with Blue Cheese Dressing and tuna in mayonnaise.

This was so colourful it was a pleasure to eat.

That is the end of the Blue Cheese Dressing I made a few nights ago so I will have to make some more.  It’s very easy and really good.  I found this Delia recipe on the internet and adapted it for what I had.  Thank you Delia.

Blue Cheese Dressing

Ingredients (enough for about 8 servings)

• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 level tsp English mustard powder
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 150 ml sour cream
• 40 g blue cheese, crumbled ( I used Stilton)

Method

• Grind garlic and salt together in a pestle and mortar until it becomes a paste.
• Blend in the mustard powder, then the lemon juice, vinegar, oil and sour cream.
• When it is well blended, crumble in the blue cheese.

Delia also added a couple of finely chopped spring onions but I left those out.

I worked from home which makes healthy eating so much easier and saves 3 hours commuting time of which I spent 2 hours working and 1 hour collecting Harvey from school.  Happy again.

This was my view this afternoon from my kitchen table I worked from.  That Copper Beech is certainly living up to its name.

I had a spag bol for supper which I made earlier and am now going to a local hotel, The George in Cranbrook, with Suzanne, Mirella and anyone else who is going to take us up on our open invitation.  I declined a lift so I can walk.  It is about 1 1/2 miles so that will earn at least one drink.  Have a good evening.