Healthy kale soup! home made!

I'm having a health kick!

No more pizza, No more chocolate(not for long), no more fizzy drinks!
I recently bought some jeans and i took them home and i couldn't fit them over my thighs.....I was devastated!! So time to heat healthy and drink healthy!

That's why you saw my 6 pints of water challenge post...Healthy!!

I've never made soup and i never really cook, the only meal I've perfected on cooking is beans on toast because it requires little effort. But even then its not that healthy if you eat too much.

So i decided threes no time like the present to learn how to cook!

This is what i used for my Kale soup, this is just how a friend showed me but you can do what you want, you can add or take ingredients away too. 

So what i used was: (Serves 4)

♥ Curly Kale - 250g

♥ Vegetable stock- 3 tea spoons (you can use any kind i used a powder)
♥ 2 onions (Goggles not essential but recommended)
      ♥ 1 Garlic
♥ 1 tea spoon Coriander
♥ 1 tea spoon Cumin
♥ 3 Pints of boiled water
♥ Olive oil

 

So to start off with you will need to peel the skins off the onions and start to dice them into small cubes. What i did is i sliced them into 4's then a cut those sections into smaller square pieces.
I had tears streaming down my face so i dived into the garage and got myself some goggles!

I did the same with the garlic, you don't have to use the whole clove, i used half because i really like garlic.
You have to cut these up into small little chunks.

Then i washed the kale in water to make sure they were clean and moist.

I then put some olive oil into a frying pan and popped the onions and garlic into it to soften.

While they were softening up i boiled 3 pints of water and popped it into a big pan and put 3 tea spoons of Vegetable stock into the pan and put it on to simmer.

I then added the kale to my frying pan for a minute or two and then added the frying pan contents into the big pan full of boiling water.

You then leave to boil for a good 20 minutes or so.

After this (Be careful it will be hot) you empty the contents into a blender, be careful how much of the water you put in because too much water will give more of a liquid consistency and make it smoother.

Blend for a good 5 minutes and let it cool!

Serve right away or store in the fridge in a container.

If you want to re heat it just pop it in the microwave as you would a normal tinned soup.

The first time i did this i actually blended too much water into the blender, so it was very very watery and more of a drink then soup.

6 Pint a day challenge!

 

This shouldn't really be a challenge...it should be something you do every single day!

It's basic!

I am quite terrible when it comes to re hydration.

Since starting my new job all everyone seems to drink is tea...tea and more tea!

I think my first words when i came home after being asked how my first day at my new job were "They drink so much tea!!"

Tea and coffee and highly caffeinated drinks can dehydrate you and this is bad!

I am also terrible at the fact that when it comes to wanting a drink i go for pop, fizzy drinks which have loads of sugar in them!

Bad Kerry!

So, I've decided I'm going to do my hair, skin and body a favour and drink more water!

Today, half way through the day, i noticed my skin was really really dry and flaky.

My moisturiser looked awful...i looked like i had a flake skin moustache!

It was this episode that kind of kicked me into consideration that i really should drink more healthy water.

Every day for a month i'm going to drink 6 pints! I'll do another post in a months time letting you know how it went!

Here are a few pro's for you!

♥ Helps keep your skin and hair hydrated and fresh

♥ Helps to flush out toxins in your system

♥ Helps you feel more awake and refreshed

♥ Helps circulate oxygenated blood around your body

♥ Helps flush out any nasty bacteria in your bladder that could cause infections (Cystitis springs to mind)

♥ Helps to maintain the balance of fluids in your body

♥ Maintains toilet regularity (Not going to go into too much detail there!)

♥ Puts you in a good mood

♥ Helps save on money, because you aren't always rushing out to buy naughty fizzy pop or drinking tea after tea after coffee which can add up!

 And lets keep it even...A con!

♥ You wee a lot!

Lets do this challenge together for a month!

Or even if you have started please comment on how this challenge has helped you!!

Ciao X