Healthy Chicken Nuggets

Hi there,

Last weekend I felt like testing and creating a new recipe for you. This time it’s healthy chicken nuggets! Even my brother thought these tasted like chicken nuggets, and he usually complains that you can “taste that it’s healthy” when I try to create recipes.

All you will need:

Chicken

1 egg

100g ground almonds

Seasoning of your choice

Process

Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees.

Cut the chicken into nugget size pieces; season them with salt, pepper and anything else you would like, maybe some chili for a kick.

Beat the egg in a small bowl and pour some of the ground almond on a plate.

Then cover the chicken pieces with egg.

Roll the chicken pieces in the ground almond.

Place them on a baking tray with baking paper.

Bake the chicken nuggets for 25mins or until they are golden brown (time might vary due to the oven).

Enjoy your guilt free chicken nuggets! It’s only chicken, egg and almonds, which are all natural, healthy ingredients.

If you recreate these chicken nuggets make sure you show me on Instagram by using the hashtag #debsterariella!

Love,

Best Healthy Banana Bread I have made

Hello Lovelies, 

I want to share with you a healthy banana bread recipe today! This banana bread tasted so good and was really dense & moist! Even though this banana bread tastes like it’s in no way good for you, it is 100% refined sugar free, dairy free and flour-less! So let’s get right into it.

All you will need:

3 ripe bananas

3 eggs

5 pitted dates

50g coconut oil

100g coconut flour (you could substitute this with any other healthy flour)

1tsp baking powder

You might not even need any more sweeener but if you do; Sweetener of your choice (I use agave syrup)

Process:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.

Blend all ingredients together! You might want to do this in stages, until it looks like this. (if you think it’s a touch too solid you can add a splash of water/almond milk) 

Grease your loaf baking form with coconut oil so that it easier to get your banana bread out after baking. Add the mixture to your loaf and bake! 

Bake for roughly 30min.

Enjoy your healthy banana bread

Macros for one slice (I made 12 slices from my loaf):

120 Calories

6g Fat

11g Carbs

4g Protein 

If you try this recipe please show me your delicious creations on Instagram by using the hashtag #debsterariella

Looking forward to seeing them!

Love,

Full Body Tabata Workout

Hey there,

I have a new Tabata workout for you today, this time it’s a full body workout! The workout consists of 2 round you can do the workout once as a 10min workout or two rounds for a 20min workout if you really want to sweat!

Tabata workout means that you will do the exercise for 20 seconds followed by a 10 second rest period (a Breather) and then going right back into a 20 second work period etc.

Each round will take 4 minutes to complete and consist of three different exercises, two of which are strength exercises and one is a cardio exercises.

For the first round the three exercises are:

Exercises 1: Push ups

Exercises 2: Tricep Dips

Exercises 3: Burpees (SorryNotSorry)

Start your stop watch on your phone and make sure you can see your phone while you are doing the workout so that you know when the 20 seconds are over.

So let’s get started!

20 second Push Ups

Breather

20 second Burpees

 Breather

20 second Tricep Dips

Breather

20 second Burpees

Breather

20 second Push Ups

Breather

20 second Burpees

Breather

20 second Tricep Drips

Breather

20 second Burpees

One Minute rest before starting with round two!!

For the second round the three exercises are:

Exercises 1: Plank Leg Raises

Exercises 2: Mountain Climbers

Exercises 3: Squat Jumps

20 second Plank Leg Raises

Breather

20 second Squat Jumps

 Breather

20 second Mountain Climbers

Breather

20 second Squat Jumps

Breather

20 second Plank Leg Raises

Breather

20 second Squat Jumps

Breather

20 second Mountain Climbers

Breather

20 second Squat Jumps

Now push yourself and do the whole thing again!!

Enjoy the sweat,

X

Debbie

Product Review - Quest Bars

Hello lovelies,

I thought I would start a new section of my blog called “Product Reviews” where I could give you MY honest opinion on some health and fitness products that I have tried.

So today’s post will be about quest bars by Quest Nutrition.

If you haven’t heard about quest bars at this point I don’t know where you have been, because quest bars have blown up in the health/fitness industry. They have loads of flavors (20 I think); which means there is loads of variety which is great. I have not tried all flavours. I think I’ve had 4 or 5 different quest bars. So the first aspect about quest bars is that they have amazing sounding flavours. Things like, cookies & cream, chocolate chip, peanut butter cups etc. Next their nutritional value is incredible – each bar has between 21g – 24g of protein and only 1g – 3g of sugar. This is verrry good for a protein bar, probably the best nutritional value protein bars on the market. So of course I had to have them, so I ordered the cookies & cream ones because I was hoping for oreos.

Honestly, I was really disappointed with the flavour. They taste very chemical, and just not great. The best parts of them are the chunks which I am sure are the unhealthiest parts. I then tried a few more flavours, but again I am not that into them. They just do not taste as good as you think they will. Saying that, I think the best flavour is chocolate chip, which is often also highly rated so I must have similar taste buds to the rest of the world. All in all, I would say if you really want to eat a super nutritious protein bar then they are the right thing for you. But if like me, you don’t necessarily need to eat a not-so-tastey protein bars, then don’t.

Again, I just want to clarify that this is MY opinion and everyone has their own :)

Let me know what you think about quest bars! And do you like product reviews like this?

X

Debbie 

Easy & Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Good Morning Lovelies,

Today I want to share with you three easy and healthy breakfast ideas. I am sure you have heard that “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. I used to never want to have breakfast, and I hated that my parents tried to get me to eat in the morning, because I was just not hungry.

But now that I think about it – it really does make sense. In the morning we haven’t eaten for hours and hours, so of course we should give our body some fuel to work with for the day! #FoodisFuel

I like having a balance of complex carbs, protein and healthy fats. So here you can find three healthy and easy breakfast recipes that can make eating breakfast easier and more fun!

The first breakfast idea is chocolate oatmeal!

This is easy, tasty and it really keeps you full for hours – which I think is really important! Plus chocolate for breakfast, need I say more?!

All you will need:

1dl rolled oats

1dl water

1dl almond milk

1 tbsp cacao

Sweetener to taste – I like using agave syrup

Process:

Add all ingredients into a pan at a medium heat. Let it cook until the oatmeal looks as solid as you would like it, easy, it’s done! Now you can top your oatmeal with some fruit for example, a banana or some frozen-raspberries.

On to my next breakfast idea; a breakfast smoothie!

I specially love a breakfast smoothie in the summer – it’s refreshing, healthy and really easy to make.

One of my favourites is a raspberry and banana smoothie

All you will need:

1 banana

1 cup of frozen raspberries

Half a glass of cold water or milk of your choice

Bled it all up and it’s done!

Of course you can create your own smoothie creations! For example if you want to make sure you are getting your green in just add a hand full of fresh spinach to your smoothie, you won’t even taste it!

Last but not least, my third easy and healthy breakfast idea is egg and avocado on protein bread.

For people who don’t like eating anything sweet for breakfast this might be the perfect option.

All you will need:

2 slices of protein bread (or any kind of whole grain bread)

2 eggs

Half an avocado

Salt, pepper and lemon juice

Process:

Scramble or fry your eggs to the consistence of your choice, then mash the avocado with the back of a fork and add some salt, pepper and lemon juice to your taste. Spread the avocado mash on your slices of bread and add the scrambled egg on top! Voila!

I hope you could find some inspiration in these three recipes and if you re-create any of them please use the hashtag #debsterariella so I can see your creations!

Looking forward to seeing them!

X

Debbie 

My January Favourites

Hello Lovelies,

Happy February! I can't believe January is already over.
 Today I just wanted to talk about some of the things I have been loving in the month of January. Some are fitness related, other are just life related.

First I want to talk about my Nike 875ml water bottle! This month I have been loving this water bottle and not only because it is pink. I just think 875ml is a great amount, it’s more than half a liter but it’s not too big or heavy to carry around with you. On top of all of that, it has a really great straw - this might seem weird, but it’s just a good straw. The bottle also doesn’t leak at all! All round just a great fitness product, and it’s been helping me stay hydrated. – Thank you to the boyfriend, for the great holiday present 

My next favourite might seem a bit random, but it’s snacking on peppers and dates (not together though). Peppers have been my favourite snack for in between meals, specially the red and yellow one. They taste yummy, are crunchy and filled with vitamins, just a really great low calorie snack for in between meals. And dates are great for those sweet craving, they are so sweet and you really only need to eat one or two of them to satify your sweet tooth.  

My next favourite is CARDIO. Yes is said the C-word. But not any kind of cardio; Tabata HIIT Sprint Intervals are this month’s favourite. I have been adding these to nearly every workout this month and I have been loving it. If you don’t know what Tabata HIIT is let me try to explain. You sprint for 20sec as fast as you can and then you rest for 10sec and then sprint for 20sec again etc. You do 8 intervals of this 20sec on, 10sec off which is a grand total of 4mins and believe me you will feel it. Quick, efficient and super sweaty.

My next favourite is a make-up product! Isadora UnderCoverFace Primer to be exact. It’s a face primer that feels great and makes it easier to apply any make up. You don’t need to worry about colour because it works for any skin colour as it just blends in with yours, plus its moisturising. It just feel great on your skin and keeps your make-up in place that bit longer. Worth trying!

Last but not least is my fashion favourite. I have been loving this throughout the whole winter season not only January but still. And it is flannel shirts! They are super comfortable, look cute and are easy to dress up or down. You can find flannel shirts everywhere right now, but I’ve really liked the ones from Uniqlo.

What have you been loving last month? Let me know in the comments below or on Instagram ;)

X

Debbie