Good Grains In The Morning, Stop You Yawning!

9 am

Mango Millet Porridge

Full of Beautifying Minerals!

Quick and easy!

Gluten free! Dairy free! Vegan! Alkalising! Kosher certified!


As the spring sun seems to have taken a leave of absence here in Herts, I've been craving a more comforting breakfast to warm me through. This one is brilliant! Adapted from  Kris Carr's book Crazy Sexy Kitchen, it keeps me satisfied well into lunch time.
Unlike oats, millet doesn't encourage yeast overgrowth or candida. It's a great way to get beautifying minerals into you, minerals that most of us are deficient in. Minerals that give you boundless energy. (For the ladies, I find myself in need of more minerals around my time of the month. Particularly the Bs.)
You can find millet in most good health shops.

Recipe - for One

1/4 cup of millet
5 pieces of frozen mango ( you can buy frozen mango in Tesco)
1 1/4 Good Hemp Milk (sold at Tesco and Waitrose, is my personal favourite, but you can use your favourite dairy free milk alternative)
3/4 tsp of vanilla bean powder
2 big pinches of cinnamon 
A large pinch of good quality coarse sea salt

Put the millet, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and 1 cup of the milk in saucepan.
Bring to the boil. Stir.
Simmer gently for about 10 minutes, until most of the milk has been absorbed and the millet is plump, stirring regularly.
Add the mango and the rest of the milk. 
Simmer for another 5 minutes, or until the mango is thawed.
If all the milk is absorbed, add a bit more, you want it nice and moist. Yum!

Morning Beauty Blast - Accelerated!

Accelerate your Morning Beauty Blast...

Take a probiotic with your tea. But be sure your tea is not too hot when you take it, as the heat will kill the little chaps! ( I wait until it's almost finished before I take my probiotic).


Probiotics are great for the skin, and the lemon turmeric tea (as long as it's not too hot!) provides the perfect environment in your body to allow the good little bacterias to work their magic.


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Morning Beauty Blast!

First things first....
7am

 Skin 

Give your morning a beauty blast with this quick, simple detoxifying and alkalising morning tea.

Great if you've had a night of heavy drinking or sugar binging.....trust me! lol!



Recipe:

The fresh juice of half a lemon.
A pinch or two of the spice turmeric (or cayenne pepper*)
Hot water. 
Cold filtered water to top up.

Slice the lemon in half.
Squeeze the juice into a tall glass. (I like to do this the Italian way!**)
Fill half the glass with hot water (boiled and left to stand for a couple of minutes).
Sprinkle in your turmeric.
Fill the remaining half of the glass with cold water.
Drink slowly.


* I prefer turmeric first thing in the morning, it's a little gentler. Cayenne is fiery!

** my darling singing teacher of 5 years, Madame Nadine du Barry introduced me to this method. Her husband Georgio was Italian. You hold the lemon half in one hand and a fork in the other. Over your glass, push the fork into the lemon flesh and wriggle fork while squeezing the lemon. It's quite fun!