Saturday, 25 January 2020

Fitness: Nutrition: Salmon turmeric metabolism booster velvet soup

Hey foodies! 
Welcome back to my blog! 

Upon your request after my Instagram post, here is the recipe for my favourite salmon soup which is incredibly yummy, nutritious and boosts your metabolism due to the high protein content (protein is thermogenic) and the mix of various peppers and turmeric as well.

Soups in general are a pretty meal prep friendly option as you can obtain enough portions due to the high water volume, stay hydrated and feel satiated, especially when they contain healthy fats and protein in addition to the carby veggies. Note that you can use exactly the same recipe with salmon as it is or replace it with any other fish, chicken or mushrooms, the flavour combination works equally great so feel free to save this recipe as a template for any lemon based soup you might fancy. I'll guide you through, step by step and provide you useful nutritional value information for your macro tracking below. Unleash your inner chef and let's go!


INGREDIENTS

You will need (for 3-4 portions)

  • 2 salmon fillets (~100g/each)
  • 3 medium carrots
  • 2 small potatoes
  • 1 medium onion
  • sliced lemon
  • 2 medium eggs
  • black and red pepper, salt, turmeric, powedered garlic, lemon zest
  • 1 medium pot
  • 1 medium bowl
  • A mixer/blender


RECIPE

Step 1:
Peel out the carrots and potatoes and slice them into medium thickness pieces. Slice half of a lemon and the whole onion and also shred some zest from the lemon.

Step 2:
Add the salmon, carrots, potato, lemon and spices in the boiling pot. Boil them until the carrots and potatoes are smooth. Add the onions after 3-4 minutes of boiling. On a strong stove, it should take around 10-12 minutes,


Step 3: 

Take 1/2 of your boiled veggies volume into a clean bowl and use a blender to mash them into a creamy paste. Return the mashed veggies into the pot, reduce the heat to medium and keep stirring for 2-3 minutes.


Step 4:

Now the step that will make the big difference (and add some more precious protein). Add the 2 eggs into a clean bowl and whisk them, Add 1 cup of the soup fluid and keep whisking as hard as you can to prevent the egg from forming fibers. Add another cup and keep whisking. Continue until you have used around 1/2 of the pot fluid. Return the egg/soup mixture in the pot, decrease the heat to low and stir for 4-5 minutes.

That should be your final result

Serve with fresh shredded pepper, a lemon slice and a slice of bread (optional) 😃

NUTRITONAL VALUE

You can obtain 3 or 4 portions out of this volume. 


Macros                           Portion (if you split in 4 portions)            Portion (if you split to 3 bowls)
Calories                                       282 kcal                                                             337 kcal
Carbohydrates                              24.4g                                                                 32.5g
Fats                                              12.5g                                                                 16.7g
Protein                                         15.4g                                                                 20.5g



There you go foodie! All set, calculated for you! As you see it was a quite easy and fast ( ~30min) recipe that provides enough servings to save up for the next days and solve your cooking burden for some time. I hope you will enjoy this dish as much as i did! If you give it a shot feel free to message me or even tagg me in your posts so that i can see how it turned out! Stay tuned for more content and if you haven't seen already, I recently launched my Official Fitness Coaching Facebook Page, make sure to hit the like button to receive more daily content there as well ❤ Would love to receive your messages about what would you like to see here, use the contact info below! Thanks for stopping by, have a  blissful week😊
Irinä


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Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Fitness: Workouts: Core and Abs ON FIRE [Advanced]

"New year, same unstoppable work ethic, better me " is the New Year's motto, against all the people who wait for a particular moment once a year to make the change happen, only to drop the towel and wait for next new year's to get back at it. We don't do that here.

We are a team, we progress side by side, obstacles will always be on the way but supporting, influencing and empowering each other keeps us going no matter what happens internally or externally.

The best way to celebrate this motto, is a core and abdominal workout, which is quite symbolical, because I frequently observe that people completely neglect the importance of core training in their regime. You can either set particular core-focus days or implement some core and ab exercises in almost every workout you do since the majority of compound exercises activates the core anyways. Core training will never be a waste of time since a strong core improves your performance, prevents you from injuries due to poor form or heavy load and contributes to a healthy posture (aka no back pain).

By doing what most people avoid, you get what most people don't have. That is a key-mindset point for me and that's the reason i love working on all those 'extras' in my life, in and out of the gym. If you strive for excellence too, follow me at @irina_lainen_arvoitus if you haven't already, and let's set that core on fire!

Image source: fitnessforfunctioncincy


Make sure to warm up, perform some dynamic core stretch and follow the exercise sequence below. I aimed for 3sets/side in most exercises on a rep range 15-25 for weighted and bodyweight exercises respectively. Find a challenging weight for you to make out the most but make sure to remain at a load that you can have full control of your motion. Have fun ❤






✅Cable oblique rotations
✅Heavy cable side bends
✅Plank work (conventional, side, side+rotations)
✅Side crunches
✅Crunches with plate
✅Crunch rotations with plate
✅L sits, V sits
✅Reverse crunches
✅Swiss ball sit ups
✅Ab wheel
➡️Added a few sets of chest, lower back and shoulder conditioning
➡️Stretched a lot, especially my lower body area (which I worked last night)





That's all folks! Stay tuned for more Self Improvement content coming your way ^_^ Till then, feel free to use the contact information below to reach out, say hi, share your journey and make your questions/requests. 
Happy Gainful 2020!💪
Irina

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