OH MY….

This looks and sounds heavenly!! I am definitely without-a-doubt making this when I get home from Thailand in two days.

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Anyway, back to this Thursday’s incredibly healthy salad recipe..

Mango Avocado and Macadamia salad

• 1 ripe mango
• 1 ripe avocado
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
• 1 long red chilli, deseeded and sliced
• 100g rocket leaves
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, crushed

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Tofu in a smoothie! I never would have thought of that! This smoothie sounds pretty weird but the potential to be amazing. Please someone test it out and let me know if it’s good I will be forever in your debt!

• 2 Cups 
• Fat Free
•  Milk
• 1/2 Cup Orange Juice
• 3 oz Silken Tofu
• 2 Cups Rader Farms 3 Berry Mix (frozen), OR
• 2 Cups of any frozen fruit you like.

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I am incredibly excited as ‘I Quit Sugar‘ Author Sarah Wilson has just released a sugar-free chocolate cook book. I was a bit behind the times with the I Quit Sugar craze but have finally made a purchase and the cook book is amazing. If you have been following my blog for a while you might have noticed that I mainly post dessert recipes. I don’t know why but I’m not huge on main meal recipes. I’m a salad/healthy snacks/dessert girl.

Here’s how quitting sugar changed Sarah Wilson’s life:

• I’ve restored my body to operate from a natural appetite. Like when I was a kid
• I eat three times a day, instead of riding a blood sugar rollercoaster that used to see me lunging for food every hour or so.
• I don’t have cravings. 
• I don’t feel guilty around food. Ever.
• I eat the foods we have been raised to feel guilty about – cheese, nuts, oils – 
• and this has only seen me lose weight.
• I eat freely and my weight has been stable for two years now

NOW, I couldn’t call this blog post trim treat Thursday if I didn’t include one of Sarah’s recipes (available in the sample so no need to report me!)

Chocolate Nut Butter Cups
MAKES 20-25

• 1?2 cup coconut oil, melted

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I like to pack my smoothies full of nutritious, healthy ingredients that wouldn’t taste good by themselves. A chocolate smoothie is the best way to hide vegetables and green powder (spirulina, wheatgrass etc) in your diet!

This recipe was inspired by one I had recently at a cute little juice bar.

Chocolate Superfoods Skinny Smoothie:

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This idea was stolen from my sister’s room mate. So good!

All you need is some berry juice and chia seeds I used BOOST ‘Skinny’ berry juice.

Add 2 tablespoons of chia seeds to a small glass of juice, refrigerate for 1-3 hours and voila! A chia seed treat.
Make sure you mix them in really well as they can all stick together if you don’t.

Cup on left is what the seeds should look like before going in fridge, all mixed in! Cup on right is before mixing. They look totally different after the seeds have expanded too