Eat these snacks after workout SURPRISES really await you whenever you eat anything that grows on earth. This week, we have two post workout snacks that are just right for your appetite and they are all SQUASHED up with a twist of food fusion. First surprise is squash can be replaced by pumpkin or banana squash, buttercup squash, butternut squash, acorn squash or even oriental pumpkin. The second surprise is here: • Squash it up to puree Do you know that a cup of pumpkin servings gives you more than 200 % of your RDA (recommended dietary allowance) of vitamin A? In addition to this, that much intake of vitamin A in the body is not really harmful unlike vitamins B and D which, if taken more than the necessary dosage could lead to harmful effects on the liver and kidney. This snack after workout is called the APPLE PUMPKIN GUMBO. Suggestion: Half a slice of an apple is needed and not the whole. Save the half for later because this much will be combined with the pumpkin puree. Half a cup of pumpkin diced and then placed in the blender. Add salt and some whey vanilla powder. Any dairy like milk or cheese to substitute for whey protein powder is acceptable. Add water and put the mashed pumpkin on a saucepan. Serve hot with the slice of apples. You get the picture and it is easy. What to do: Speed walking, brisk walking or twist walking and even power-walking. Name it and you can do it then have this to re-energize you after 45 minutes. This snack only has 173 calories and you can still have a full meal later on. • Another one for good health “Pumpkins are also rich in carotenoids” says Dr. Kelley Randall of Laramie County, University of Wyoming. They give the orange color of the pumpkin making it another vegetable that can help prevent cancer. This second snack is called CREAM OF PUMPKIN SOUP. If you ever bought those soup powders in sachets, then you know they always came with dehydrated vegetables like carrots and mushrooms. This one is all fresh and all natural. Suggestion: Put in the blender half a cup of sliced pumpkin and mix with one slice of banana. Put that puree on a saucepan and add water until you bring it into a boil. Add a little bit of salt to put some sodium in it and toss in your diced carrots and some chopped parsley leaves. Put some cream later on to balance the taste. What to do: Obviously you have done some serious brisk walking and jogging for 3-5K. That would be a total of an hour of using your legs. You deserve this. For 220 calories, you may not need to eat dinner. Consume this, relax a bit. Do some take-home work or school assignment if you are a student, and go to bed on empty stomach to be healthy the next day.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:57:55 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015