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channel in today's video we are making
some healthy lunches they're really
quick and easy to make and take less
than five minutes if you haven't yet
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so the first thing we're making are
these pesto doodles so I missed out off
by making some ribbons out of my
zucchini you could spiralize it as well
but I've been really liking ribbon
zucchini and I like zucchini because
it's full of lutein and vitamin C making
it great for your heart it also helps to
decrease cholesterol and your blood
pressure as well plus the peel is loaded
with beta-carotene which really helps to
decrease the oxidative stress in your
body so you don't want to not eat the
peel this is definitely a vegetable
where you want to eat the peel cuz it's
loaded with benefits so I mixed up using
some yellow and some green zucchini and
then I'm just going to toss that into a
bowl so that we can mix it all together
and this is also something you can make
a batch of and keep it for the week I'm
chopping up some leftover chicken that I
have you can use whatever kind of
protein that you have like leftovers or
lying around I always try to have
protein in the fridge that I can just
throw into different dishes which makes
it really easy to make lunches really
quickly protein is what helps to keep
you full so it's really gonna shut down
those hunger hormones then I'm adding in
some pesto you can make your own but I
found this dairy-free one and that makes
it super easy to make a lunch out of I
threw some sliced almonds on top which
are loaded with vitamin E and they have
a healthy fat and it's that combo of the
healthy fats from the pesto the nuts and
then the protein from this chicken that
really helps to satisfy and turn off
those hunger hormones and also helps to
keep your blood sugar stable because you
guys know I am about keeping your blood
sugar stable it is super super important
just for overall health but also to
reduce any kind of cravings for food or
sugar cravings so it's a super easy and
delicious lunch to make and the fresh
herbs are delicious in this too next up
I'm making my spin on it to Bulli salad
so I'm using a purple cauliflower and I
just love the color of purple
cauliflower
it's full of anthocyanins which is a
great antioxidant it's a basically a
flavonoid then
helps to decrease oxidative stress in
the body it's super good for you and
cauliflower is loaded with choline which
is good for brain health and you guys
know how I am about brain health and how
much I love cauliflower I mean what kind
of video would this be if I didn't make
something out of cauliflower right I
feel like cauliflower is all the
craziest these days and purple
cauliflower is just so fun I think I'm
gonna try making my cauliflower and yoky
out of purple cauliflower just for like
a colorful twist so you chopped that up
or you can just buy rice cauliflower as
well totally depends on you if you want
to chop it yourself or just buy it pre
either rice or cut so you throw that
into a bowl and what I love about this
one is you can make a big batch of this
and then eat it throughout the week so
I'm throwing in some slaw mix that just
has some carrots some cabbage just for
some extra crunch and something
different also some black beans which
are super high in fiber and are gonna be
the protein in this recipe I'm chopping
up a some parsley which is a great
antimicrobial and it's also loaded with
calcium so it helps with bone health and
it's also something that's loaded with
vitamin C lots of this episode with
vitamin C guys but we're coming into
September people are getting sick it's
gonna be a change of season so you can't
go wrong loading up on the vitamin C so
you kind of just coarsely chop the
parsley and then we put that into your
bowl and that's another thing I love
about this Aled you just throw
everything to a bowl mix it and you're
gonna be good to go I'm throwing in some
sunflower seeds which really helped to
support digestion plus they're loaded
with magnesium as well so they're great
for relaxing your muscles and for
keeping your nerves steady as well you
can totally do any kind of nut or seed
here but adding in that fat like I said
before is really gonna help keep that
blood sugar stable so you just mix that
all together and then I'm throwing in
some olive oil and some lemon juice and
misses a salad that can sit with the
olive oil and lemon juice for a couple
days so you can make a big batch and
then eat it for a few days afterwards
another thing I like to do is take a
little bit of garlic key this is the
fourth and heart one and then I saute
that with some of this out I like the
salad cuz you can have it either hot or
cold it's kind of like a hot or cold
slaw it kind of just depends on my mood
and what I'm craving whether I want
something warm or cold but it's very
versatile and I love that it's super
refreshing filling and you can make a
big batch
and lastly we're making my twist on an
egg salad so I cooked 2 eggs 2 medium
boiled I'm just a medium boil type of
person I'm not one for hard-boiled eggs
so I did medium boil and I'm just
cutting that up with a knife into chunks
and eggs are actually a complete protein
because they have all the essential
amino acids you need in them I'm adding
in a quarter of an avocado which really
adds some nice creaminess and again
those healthy fats coupled with the
protein really help to keep blood sugar
stable and keeping blood sugar stable is
really what helps cravings what helps
you not to binge eat and also just is
great for your mood as well and any kind
of metabolism and weight loss so it kind
of just cut those two together and mix
it and then I'm adding in some tumeric
tumeric is a great anti-inflammatory
also great for the digestive system some
black pepper which helps the absorption
of the curcumin in turmeric some ground
ginger for flavor and digestion as well
as a pinch of paprika that really just
goes well in a lot of egg and egg salad
dishes so I put a little bit of that in
mix it together and it's super something
you can make easily that just not gonna
take too long you just boil the eggs and
you will be good to go so once that's
mixed together you can put this in a
sandwich if you want but I like putting
it in like these big lettuce cups and
either eating it with Bibb lettuce or I
pair it with like a cucumber and
crackers and kind of dip that in to the
mixture and eat it like that
so this time I'm putting it with some
cucumbers because of the high water
content in cucumbers they really help to
fill you up but you get all those super
hydrating vitamins and minerals and then
I also added a crunchy crisp bread to
dip in it as well and I love making this
egg salad as a super quick lunch so I
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