Healthy Recipes for Well-being
WHAT’S UP: People have been asking me about my diet and what I eat, so I’ve decided to start a new series of videos letting you in on some of my favourite healthy recipes that actually taste good. These are all recipes inspired by videos I’ve seen on YouTube, but with my own twist.
FEEL GOOD Healthy Recipes
On this page I will shares my favourite recipies inspired by videos I’ve seen on YouTube that I have added my own twist to. For example, all the Black Grape Popsicle recipies I found on YouTube contain processed sugar.
For example, I don’t like adding processed sugar in my deserts and snacks, as I don’t believe a highly processed diet it helpful for my well-being and mental health. So I cut that ingredient out of the way I make Black Grape Popsicles (see below).
So I don’t add processed sugar when making popsicles. I don’t believe a highly processed diet it helpful for my well-being and mental health. So I cut that ingredient out of the way I make tnings like Black Grape Popsicles and Whole Wheat Waffles.
1. BLACK GRAPE POPSICLES
Black grapes are so flavourful that you can make yummy, nourishing one ingredient popsicles without needing to add processed sugar.
Just must sure you buy the variety that has no seeds.
Black grapes contain Vitamin C, E, & K as well as iron and resveratrol.
Here in Greece you can buy a whole kilo of delicious seedless black grapes for as little as €3 right now at the farmers’ market (λαϊκή αγορά).
Wash, blend, freeze, and enjoy. ✨️
2. WHOLE WHEAT WAFFLES
Most of the recipies you will find online for waffles make you think that you need to add processed sugar to waffles for them to taste good.
They also assume that you have to use processed flour – suggesting that there’s something terribly wrong with the taste of whole wheat waffles.
I disagree. I actually find replacing processed sugar with a little bit of good quality honey far more interesting and tasty.
Plus, if you use full fat Greek yogurt and large eggs like I’ve suggested here, you will find that is a dense, protein packed, filling desert that leaves you satisfied. Rather than a puffy refined flour and sugar waffle that’s mostly air, leaving you craving more…then eating more…only to crave more.
3. hEALTHY CHOCOLATE iCECREAM
If you are craving something sweet, but you don’t want to load up on refined sugar, try this simple chocolate ice cream.
You only need 2 ingredients – 3 ripe bananas and 150 grams of cocoa (the no added sugar type). The result is a creamy, satisfying type of ice cream that feels like a cross between gourmet chocolate mousse and plain chocolate ice cream, but at bargain cost!
4. Carrot & Sweet Potato Soup
In the winter months, I like to cook at nourishing soup that lasts us for two, sometimes even three evening meals. Here in Greece it’s not unusual for a soup to be the main meal rather than just a starter.
Below is my favourite carrot and sweet potato soup recipe that I have been making for the past two winters. If we have fresh ginger then I use that, if not I just use ginger powder.
I found a couple of recipes on YouTube and combined them to create this power house combination of anti-inflammatory ingredients to help boost our immune system during the colder winter months.
5. Mandarin Cake w/t oats and whole wheat
Mandarin season is in full swing here in Greece. If you have some juicy mandarins lying around and you are in the mood for experimenting in the kitchen, try this wholesome mandarin recipe and see if you like it.
I had some mandarins I wanted to use up. But if you don’t have mandarins you can use any citrus fruit – oranges, lemons, grapefruit, or even a combination.
If you like your cakes on the sweeter side, you can add castor sugar on top at the end, melted chocolate, or just double the amount of sugar in the batter.
6. Red cabbage and eggs for breakfast
Have left-over red cabbage? Try this beautiful 3-ingredient recipe to bring turn your eggs purple! Red cabbage, eggs, olive oil, and you are good to go! Full of protein, nutritious, and tasty.
Personally, I like adding salt and pepper as my seaoming, but you can add your favourite cheese on top instead if you prefer.
MEET ELENI
Eleni Vardaki (BA, PGCE, MEd, Advanced EFT Practitioner) is a therapeutic coach who specializes in stress, anxiety, and academic success. She works with adults as well as students who want her assistance on clearing their inner blocks to achieving their health-related, career-related, or academic goals.
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