Monday Moments

YAY!  It is our first Monday Moments post.  The kickstart you need to the beginning of your week.

AWWWESSSOOMMEEEE!

Monday’s will see inspiration, recipes, a weekly challenge and complete randomness because you just never know WHAT your week could entail.

One way to make your next outdoor Opera Performance a CLASSY affair.  Nice work ladies and gents.

See? Complete Randomness! HA!

Weekly Challenge

Check out SOMETHINGVILLE.COM.

“Ever wonder why pets and kids are always happy?  Simply because… they are.  They don’t try to find it, over analyze it, buy it or make it a goal.  They just are.”  ~Christine Sternfels, Author of somethingville.com

Spend the next 7 days (or 30 if you so desire) spending time on what makes YOU happy.  Remind yourself of your Happiness in Life.

Weekly Net Fix

If you are looking for a kickstart on your health regime, or maybe just a revamp.

Check out these sites for a little help.

1. Ultralite – Ultralite.com.au: Based on a ketogenic system, the Ultra Lite approach maximises fat loos by avoiding refined carbohydrates and sugar.  Weekly one-on-one consultations will train to make smarter food choices, backed up by a lifetime maintenance program.

2. Cohen’s Lifestyle Clinic – Cohens.com.au: This individually tailored program uses your unique blood profile to find the specific types, quantities and combination foods your body need to reduce fat and overall weight.  Its large selection of recipes ensures food is easy and enjoyable.

3. Diet No More! – Dietnomore.com.au: This educational program teaches you how to break free from yo-yo dieting and instead lose weight by eating naturally in tune with your body’s hunger and satisfaction signals.  Visit the website for E-course and practitioner support.

Weekly Recipe Fix

Feeling a little GOURMET?  Take this recipe from the Queen of Healthy Living, Olivia Newton-John.

Giftwrapped just for you, a Monday night dinner SPECIAL!  Enjoy.

Bush-Spiced Barramundi with Sweet Potato Mash and Fruit Salsa (Serves 4)

500 g orange sweet potato, chopped

5cm piece fresh ginger, finely grated

50g dukkah

4 x 165 g skinless barramundi fillets or other white fish fillets

1 tablespoon olive oil

limes wedges, to serve

Fruit Salsa

1/2 small red onion, finely chopped

1 kiwi fruit, finely chopped

1 small mango, finely chopped

1/4 small pineapple, cored and finely chopped

2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves

freshly squeezed juice of 1 lime

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce, or to taste

To make the fruit salsa, put all ingredients into a bowl and stir to combine.  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.

Preheat Oven to 200˚Celcius.  Line a baking tray with baking powder.

Cook the sweet potato in a large saucepan of boiling water for 15 minutes, or until tender.  Drain well and mash together with the ginger; season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.  Set aside and keep warm.

Sprinkle the dukkah over the barramundi fillets.  Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook the barramundi for about 5 minutes on each side, or until lightly golden on both sides.  Transfer the fish to the prepared tray and bake 8-10 mins, or until just cooked through.

Divide the sweet potato mash between serving plates, top with the barramundi fillets and spoon some of the fruit salsa over the top.  Serve with lime wedges.

Weekly Book Fix

Laugh with Health by Manfred Urs Koch

Check this out!

“Containing an absolute wealth of information on all things to do with healthy foods and eating, this book is your own personal nutritionist, dietician and naturopath combined in one!

 

Laugh with Health contains individual profiles on all healthy foods including grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, seeds, sprouts, animal produce, oils, minerals and vitamins. These profiles provide the history of the food, scientific name, nutritional content, health benefits and serving suggestions.  The book also contains information on body systems and the specific beneficial foods to improve them, custom made anti-cancer, antistress, athelete, children, iron, rejuvunating and anti-ailment diets, food combining advice, question and answer sections, a revision section, colourful pictures and detailed tables and charts.

Laugh with Health is recommended by medical doctors and naturopaths and belongs on every household’s bookshelf as the essential reference for living a life of health and wellbeing. In print for over 25 years, it has been the top-selling Australian health book for the last 10 years with over 130,000 copies sold. This new edition with Exisle has been fully revised, updated and redesigned to give the book a fresh look and a new lease on life!” – Laughwithhealth.com.au

Monday Deal Fix

Who doesn’t love a bargain?  And WHAT a bargain this is from GROUPON.COM.AU.

You have the chance to see Tony Robbins & Mark Bouris speak at the National Achievers Congress 2012!

Just head HERE to get your DAILY DEAL.  Remember, it is only a 24 thang and there isn’t that much time left!

HAPPY MONDAY!

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