Food Suggestions and Exercise Initiative - ORANGE

A few months ago I did a series of posts on food and exercise ideas based around a colour.  Here is Orange...

Breakfast – Sliced oranges with Greek yogurt, honey and some pumpkin seeds, or pancakes made with protein flour (use bread flour if you want) with kumquats and honey or boiled egg and wholemeal soldiers with freshly squeezed orange juice or Mango smoothie

Mid Morning Snack – Dried mango and some almonds, or yogurt with sliced Mango, or oat cakes with salmon pate (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2830671/poached-and-smoked-salmon-pt-with-bagel-toasts) or peaches and sunflower seeds.

Lunch – Pumpkin soup with wholemeal bread (not if you had bread for breakfast though) Or Pitta bread stuffed with roasted pumpkins and ham with chilli sauce, Or Salmon with rocket and green salad

Mid Afternoon Snack – Orange wholemeal muffins (very easy to make in the morning before work – you can use this recipe and add some orange peel and a few drops of flavouring http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/CHRISTMAS-MORNING-MUFFINS-5239) or Clementine’s with some walnuts or flapjack with peach filling – simply make your flapjack reciepe, put half in your tray, then mashup some fresh or tinned peaches (and a small dash of chilli and salt if you want) then the other half of the flapjack mixture.

Supper – Roasted Salmon with sweet potato chips and greens or Pumpkin pasta  - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1084/pumpkin-and-sage-spaghetti  or pumpkin curry even  with brown rice http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/25/pumpkin-recipes-curry-pie-waffles-risotto-salad-pickle-pecan-tart-10-best or roasted carrots, squash and sweet potato with chicken and rocket salad

Pudding – tangerine jelly with crème fraiche or yogurt, fresh peaches with Greek yogurt and almond flakes, and for those of you not trying to lose weight - http://food.ninemsn.com.au/recipes/ipeach/8350399/peachy-brioche-and-orange-pudding

Drinks – green tea with orange or mango and passion fruit smoothie or if you are not on dry January then try an Aperol with soda.

Exercise – try a Zumba Class J  or go for a traffic light run – run steady pace for 5 mins, then speed up (amber) for 1 mins then stop (red) on the spot with high knees for 30 seconds, then walk (amber) for 1 min and repeat.  Or do 25 squats, 10 burpees x 3 with 25 sit-up and 10 press ups x 3