COLORS..ORANGE-YELLOW....COLORES NARANJA-AMARILLO:

All veggies and fruits with these bright colours mean something...they have phytochemicals like carotenoids...Lutein...Zeaxanthine...that act as antioxidants, protecting us from cancer by preventing ADN damage, also help reducing heart diseases and eye diseases...they help increase inmunity due to it´s high concentration in Vit.C...so, don´t forget to take your orange-yellow veggies-fruits!
Todos los vegetales y frutas de este color brillante significan una cosa...tienen fitoquímicos como los carotenoides...Luteina...Zeaxantina...que actúan como antioxidantes, protegiéndonos del cáncer previniendo el daño del ADN, también ayuda a disminuir enfermedades cardíacas y de los ojos...ayudan a aumentar el sistema inmune por la gran cantidad de vit.C que tienen...asi que, no te olvides de tomar tus verduras/frutas naranjas-amarillas!

After the beach...cooking a tower of Goodness!!!

At the beach.....;-)

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RUSTIC LUNCH...

I made this great plate after a morning of loads of wind here in the South of Spain, when this wind comes it can even be chilli so it calls for some warm and rustic food!
Recipe:
- Zucchini (I made them "julienne" style to give it a nicer look )
-Mushrooms (any kind you like is good, in this case I used Oyster mushrooms that are nice and tender.
-2 cloves of garlic
-1 organic egg
-Olive oil
-Salt& pepper

In pan add olive oil and garlic, let it warm up a bit but do not let them burn, make sure the heat is low, add the cut zucchini and stir fry all together a bit before taking it off the heat add the mushrooms for 2-3 minutes and take from eat.
In a water filled pan wait for water to  boil add a bit of vinegar and bring in the egg to poach, leave it in for few minutes keeping an eye on the egg for it not to break down.
Plate nicely the diffrent ingredients, first the mushrooms, then the zucchini and the poached egg on top, poor the nice garlic-oliveoil sauce on top.
Enjoy!!!

RICH AND HEALTHY ANTI-CANCER CREAMY SOUP...

This is a delicious way to get nutrition in a bowl....it´s a creamy soup of white beans (great protein source!!) and romanesco cauliflower, the latter is of the Brassica familie...(brussel sprouts, cauliflower, bróccoli, kale, etc)...a typical winter vegg and very much used in detox and anti-cancer diets, they are full of vitamins and minerals.
When we go for a detox program diet the first thing you will have to eat is GREEN veggies and specially of the brassica familie, full of folates and other type B vitamins, very rich in vit.C, they have a lot of soluble fiber and are known to help prevent cancer as they are rich in "indole-3-carbinol" a phytochemical which boosts DNA repair in the cells and appears to block the growth of cancer cells.
 Due to their high content in antioxidants they are great protecting the cells against free radicals, wich are the cause of so many degenerating diseases.

Recipe:
-White beans (precooked in water with some salt, don´t use the canned beans!)
-White cauliflower (1 little flower)
-Green romanesco cauliflower (1 little flower)
-2 cloves of garlic
-Olive oli
-Salt and pepper

In pan  with olive oil add the garlic and cauliflowers, just stir fry slightly, add salt and pepper, don´t let the veggies cook entirely, we want them to maintain their nutrients!
In a blender mix the colliflowers, garlic and precooked beans with it´s water and blend until smooth cream.
Serve in a nice bowl with some chopped chives on top for nicer presentation.
You can also eat this soup cold, it tastes very good aswell!!!

TOMATOES...NUTRITION AT IT´S BEST!!

This beautifull fruit (yes, it´s a fruit!) has a lot of great phyto-chemical properties. Native of central America and cultivated at first by the Aztecs centuries ago before the Spanish explorers introduced them to all over the world.
There is a large variety of tomatoes...sizes,shapes, colors..some taste more acid and some more sweet .
It´s nutritional value is very high and complete and has little calories (18kcal/100g) so it´s commonly used in weight loss diets.
It´s an excellent source of antioxidants (Lycopene, Zeaxanthin and vit.C) dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins. Due to their high content in antioxidants and their protective effect against free radicals they are well known to fight against cancer (colon, prostate, breast, uterus, lung and pancreatic cancer).

Specially red varieties are high in Lycopene, which is a flavonoid antioxidant only present in tomatoes. Together with carotenoids (also present in high quantities) they protect the cells against damage caused by the free radicals formed in the body and the ones from the environment.
Zeaxanthin is another flavonois antioxidant highly present in this fruit. It helps protect the eye from "age related macular disease" and therefor preventing early signs of blindness.
Vit.C, another antioxidant very abundant in this fruit protects the body against infectious diseases boosting the inmune system and against cell damage aswell.
Among other vitamins and minerals, tomatoes are high in Potassium, this mineral is an important compund of cell and body fluids and helps control the heart rate and blood pressure caused by sodium.
Make sure you add tomatoes to your healthy diet as it is for sure a very complete food to eat !!