Energy is in life. The fresher and more vital each food you eat, the fresher and more vital you will notice your body and also your mood.
ENERGY GREEN JUICE
Ingredients for 1 person
- 3 celery sticks
- 2 apples
- a few sprigs of parsley
- a handful of spinach
- a piece of ginger
- 1 lemon
- 1/4 teaspoon spirulina powder
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Preparation
It will take you 15 minutes:
- Cut the celery and apples into pieces. Then pass them along with parsley, spinach and ginger through a juice extractor.
- If you are going to use the pulp of any of the ingredients, pass them separately; It is better that the pulps do not mix.
- Squeeze the lemon and mix it with the spirulina, chia seeds and the juice obtained from the previous step.
- Let stand for a few minutes so that the chia sets a little and you can take it.
Chewing or drinking: As the juice contains chia, this juice forces you to chew instead of swallowing it quickly. Anyway, if you prefer, you can put the ground chia.
ALMOND FALAFEL WITH GREEN TAHINI
Ingredients for 4 people
For falafel:
- 120 g almonds
- 80 g sunflower seeds
- 100 g onion
- 125 ml lemon juice
- zest of 2 lemons
- 100 ml tahini
- 100 ml oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon curry
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove
For the green tahini sauce:
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 150 ml cold water
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 cup parsley leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
Preparation
It will take you 30 minutes plus the time of soaking and dehydration:
- Previously, soak the almonds in water for at least 8 hours and the seeds for 4 hours. Then wash and strain them.
- Crush the ingredients of the falafels until you get a rustic pâté and spread the preparation on the dehydrator tray.
- Shape it with a circular ring and dehydrate about 8 hours at 40 ° C. Then turn them over and leave them 4 more hours or until they have the desired consistency.
- For the sauce, place all the ingredients together and crush them well. You have your sauce ready.
You can serve the falafels accompanied by avocado and lettuce.
BANANA AND MACA SMOOTHIE
Ingredients for 1 person
- 1 banana
- 1 teaspoon maca powder
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
Preparation
It will take you only 15 minutes:
- Cut the banana into pieces and place it in the bowl of the mixer along with the maca powder, almond milk and coconut sugar.
- Crush everything until you get a liquid and creamy texture at the same time.
- It is now ready to serve and take. If you want, you can add ice to it.
You can buy almond milk (without added sugar) or prepare it at home.
To prepare it, place in a bowl 1 cup of almonds with 3 cups of water and let them soak overnight. Then, rinse them, drain them, pass them through the blender with the water and strain the liquid. It is stored in a glass jar and you can add cinnamon or vanilla.
COCOA AND SESAME BARS
Ingredients for 12 units
- 120 g cocoa butter
- 100 g sesame seeds
- 80 g cocoa powder
- 50 g lucuma powder
- 60 g ground coconut sugar
- 1 pinch vanilla powder
- 1 pinch of salt
Preparation
It will take you 20 minutes plus the soaking and freezing time:
- You need to previously activate and dehydrate sesame seeds. To do this, soak them in water overnight. Then strain them, wash them and dehydrate them until they are crispy. They will serve you in infinite recipes.
- To make the bars, start by melting the cocoa butter in a water bath.
- Mix cocoa, lucuma, coconut sugar, vanilla and salt in a bowl.
- Add the butter slowly with a rod and add the sesame seeds.
- Pour the mixture into the molds and take them to the freezer.
- Once hardened, unmold the bars and store them in the refrigerator.
VITAL RECIPES THAT FILL YOU WITH ENERGY
Does fatigue often overcome you? Nowadays, we may think that it is normal to answer with a yes. But it’s not. In its natural state our organism is energetic.
So, it’s time to ask yourself a few questions: how and how much you sleep, if you expose yourself to the sun, if you do enough physical exercise, how much water you drink…
Drinking a good glass of water can revitalize us instantly and make fatigue disappear. But there is much more, of course.
There’s also the food. Its original function is to provide energy, but if food lacks nutrients we weaken, the organs no longer work as they should and we are decaying.
The foods that provide us with more energy are those rich in enzymes, vitamins, phytonutrients, minerals and antioxidants. These components are mainly in raw, living foods, which nature gives us. There is the energy, in life.
With cooking and other abrupt processes to which we subject food, the energy and vital contribution disappears. Food is no longer what we want.
So, dive into the raw food and fill your fridge with live foods for energy.
SUPERFOODS AGAINST FATIGUE
I give you some examples of raw foods with energizing action. But there are many more and they are in the recipes that we have proposed above.
- Green leaves: alkalize and detoxify the blood, and a clean and fluid blood is synonymous with vital energy. And on top of that, they are rich in vitamin K, essential to prevent the conditions of aging (250 g of raw green vegetables cover your daily needs of this vitamin).
- Banana: if ripe, it has a high content of sugar easy to assimilate (glucose, fructose and sucrose). In fact, the glycemic index of the banana is low if it is somewhat green, and medium if it is ripe. It gives us energy for before, during and after exercising.
- Maca: This superfood that comes from the Andes and is consumed mostly in powder form as a supplement increases the energy level. Consumed regularly, it raises libido and enhances a positive attitude towards life.
- Pure raw cocoa: increases energy, raises our mood almost instantly, promotes sexual appetite, helps to concentrate … And it’s an incredible source of antioxidants.
Remember that a person with a lot of energy and vitality is not only physically strong. He also possesses much more mental capacity and focus and his emotions and thoughts tend to be more positive.
