Kitchen Beauty Solution to try

As I flipped through this months issue of Self, I came across these. Thought to share it with all.

Tone:

Redness- Reducing mist

Brew a cup of organic chamomile tea: let it cool, then pour into a spray bottle and spritz all over the face. Extracted from the daisy plant, chamomile acts as an anti inflammatory to quickly calm irritation and reduce puffiness.

Scrub

Line Lessener

Create a full body exfoliate by pulverizing a hand full of almonds, one orange peel and a cup of grape seed oil in a blender.
This anti-oxidant rich cocktail blocks wrinkle-causing, collagen-degrading free radicals while fine granules slough flakes, leaving skin soft and supple.

Treat:

Zit Zapper

Squeeze two lemons into half cup of water, then splash over face and rinse. Lemon juice contains alpha hydroxy acid, which dissolves dead skin and fights bacteria, so the concoction helps banish blemishes. Keeping the skin all clear.

Life in a Day of Tamara... not too fun folks

Tuesday
Got up at 6:30, drank warm lemon and cayenne pepper water then hot organic dark roast coffee with a touch of stevia and heavy whipping cream. Drank while relaxing in bed reading Self Magazine.
Ran 3 miles just before hot “sweaty” yoga and drank 32 oz of water during class
Snacked on a few sunflower seeds on my drive home.
Got home and ate browned buffalo meat topped salsa and avocado over shredded purple cabbage and followed it up with sipping on apple cider vinegar water for the next couple hours
– no time to shower, yuk!! Changed into sweat outfit and counseled on client
Finally showered… yeah. Not sure I look any better but at least I smell better.
Few hours later I had ½ taco salad with ground turkey, cabbage, salsa, olives, little black bean and of course one of my staples avocado
Saw 6 clients and somewhere in the middle I can another cup of java
Dinner time… done with clients and I had the other ½ of the salad & this time I added olive oil to itl
Water all day long… addicted!!
Multi-tasking… emails, typing programs and cooking salmon with pesto, cod with curry for tomorrow.
Off to soul shine for a practitioners’ meeting from 6:30 – 9:00. Power meeting with other amamzing practiciioners discussing the synergy of communit. – love it!
9 – home to have a few bites of salmon with pesto, green tea, answer emails.
10:19 typing this and going to get into bed and watch a funny tv program for 15 mintues before sleeping in my soft bed surrounded by my 5 pillows. Yes you heard it hear 5 pillows.


Sunday -
7:30 woke up feeling refreshed. I had Hollee from Mammoth staying with me and we always have the best conversation and I went to bed feeling full of love, adventure and excitement for life.

sipped my coffee... and i do mean sip... ask my boyfriend. he may even call is slurp. i love it super duper hot so i need to sip/slurp

9:30 another one of my favorite women, Erin came and got me for running. 8 miles later we were thankful it was behind us and now we are off for some real fun, breakfast.

We has coupons for french bakery in Encinitas that we got at our last 1/2 marathon. So being the responsible ladies we try to be we used them. We both got omelets with side salad no dressing and baguette. I loved every bite and especially the baguette with lots of butter on it. We sat outside in the lovely sun and ran into Don & Rebekah. They both looked great and i look forward to playing with them some time soon.

time to run a few errands, off to smart and final to get containers for my nuts so orders - love those nuts so's!! and then over to the forum shops for a pair of shoes. Somehow i ended up in Victoria Secrets even though they do not sale shoes. nevertheless i was able to find a few things that i loved!!! then off to next door , studion 12.20 for shoes... and.... and ... it's tough being a girl. could you imagine what would have happened if i made it down to lululemon... yikes. It was a little easier not to go thier because my sweet boyfriend Jason just bought me the cutiest outfit yet to date from lulu. Pink shorts and a tangerine shirt. Adorable and i feel like a jelly bean!

now... reality and stress is setting in. i need to get home and get to work. i have hours of work i want / need to do.

i get in the door and i am already looking for things to do besides work but finally i got a handful of nuts, lots of water and bulking down i go.

hour or so later i eat tuna fish with lots of avocado in cabbage and i followed it up wiith an afternoon cup of coffee and an IsaDelight chocolate. If you want to know what those are go to www.athealth.isagenix.com and look under products. I love my treats!!

more programs, more power points, more emails, more organizing for the week. Ahhh now ready for more nuts and more water.

then off to wash my face, heat my lavendar neck wrap for bed and off to lala land in my pillows.

sleep tight all

COOK FOR HAPPINESS-Pistachio Crusted Salmon With Orange-Lime Spinach Salad.

I love it, when chefs value good health. I recently came across this recipe by chef Jennifer Iserloh of New York city.

It showcases nature's tastiest mood lifters, so I thought of sharing it with all of you'll.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 slices whole wheat bread, untoasted.
• 6 tbsp shelled pistachios
• 2 tbsp packed fresh parsley
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 4 salmon fillets (4 oz each), skin removed
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup non-fat plain yogurt

For the salad

• zest and juice of 1 small orange
• Zest and juice of 1 large lime
• 1 large shallot, quartered
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp slat
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/4 tsp mild chilli powder
• 1 lb raw spinach

Method

1. Heat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit.
2. puree salad ingredients except the spinach.
3. pulse bread , nuts, parsley and garlic powder in food processor until nuts are roughly chopped.
4. pour onto wax paper.
5. season salmon with salt and pepper.
6. coat top with yogurt, press into breadcrumb.
7. Place breadcrumb side up on baking sheet lined with aluminium foil.
8. Bake until fish is no longer translucent in center. about 15 minutes
9. divide spinach among 4 plates, top it with 2 tbsp dressing and 1 fillet.

Enjoy and savour the serenity!!!!