Handmade Hand Soap

Handmade Hand Soap

A. Life of the Party Natural Avocado Cucumber Soap Special Suspension Formula

B. Grater, spoon and a knife

C. Large container with a top

D. 4 cups of hot water

E. food coloring

Directions:

Step 1: Cut up 2 cups of the Natural Avocado Cucumber Soap and grate it up.

Step 2: Boil 2-3 cups of water. Place the grated soap in a large container and add the hot water. Stir it around and allow it to sit over night.

Step 3: The mixture should be firm. Get a spoon and mix up the mixture. Boil about another cup of water and add to the mixture. Stir and pour into a blender to make smooth.

Step 4: Add some color and essential oil (20-30 drops) to your liking. You can re-use the soap dispenser you bought from the store or your decorative one.

With all the problems with dangerous chemicals in our toiletries, here is an organic and environmentally conscious way to make some hand soap. Works just as good as the store bought stuff and is a whole lot cheaper.

Chicken and Cabbage Stir Fry

Chicken Stir-Fry
Ingredients:

2 boneless chicken breasts, cubed

1 onion, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, chopped

1/2 of a head of cabbage, chopped

4 carrots, chopped

stir-fry sauce

spray bottle of olive oil

Directions:

Step 1: Spray olive oil in wok, place on stove and turn on medium-high. Add the chopped onion and saute for 2 minutes. Then, add the garlic and saute for 1 minute.

Step 2: Add the cubed chicken and cook for 5 minutes. Then, add 1/4 cup of stir-fry sauce and cook for the another 5 minutes.

Step 3: Once the chicken is done, put it (along with the onions and garlic) in a separate dish. Add 1/4 cup of water to the wok and allow it get bubbly. Put the vegetables in the wok and cover. Cook for 5 minutes, occasionally stirring to make sure all the veggies are steamed.

Nutrition Facts Chicken Stir-fry Serving Size 1 cup Amount Per Serving Calories 65.18 Calories from Fat  10 % Daily Value Total Fat 1.16g 2%    Saturated Fat 0.21g 1%    Trans Fat 0g   Cholesterol 17.23mg 6% Sodium 93.26mg  4% Total Carbohydrate 7.02g 2%    Dietary Fiber 2.12g 8%    Sugars 3.74g   Protein 6.42g  13% Vitamin A (IU) 4282.88 86% Vitamin C 28.63mg 48% Calcium 38.1mg 4% Iron 0.42mg 2%

Abdominal Exercises

Abs

3 - 4 sets

Heal on Toe Crunch

10 - 12 reps

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Side Double Leg Lift with Ball

15 reps

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Jack Knife with Ball

10 - 12 reps

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Breakfast

French Toast
1 cup of fat free milk
8 egg whites
8 slices of whole wheat bread
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Banana Yogurt Syrup (Oxygen Magazine)
1 cup of plain yogurt
1 ripe banana
2 tsp of organic sugar or a sugar substitute
1 tsp of vanilla extract

Directions:
Step 1: Mix the milk, egg whites and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Then, poor the mixture in a flat pan and soak the bread on both sides for 5 minutes.
Step 2: Add some olive oil to a pan with a spray bottle and allow to get hot. Place 2 of the slices of bread at a time in the pan and cook both sides for about 4 minutes or until done.
Step 3: While the bread is cooking, put the yogurt, banana, organic sugar and vanilla extract in a blender. Blend until smooth. Add like syrup to the french toast.

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Changing over to a green lifestyle influenced me to change my health standards. Being green, losing weight and maintaining health go hand in hand together. Plus natural foods taste great!

Legs with Hips and Glutes Workout

Legs, Hips and Glutes

 3 - 4 sets/10 - 12 reps

Leg Press with Toes Pointed Outward

Side Lunges with Squat

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Swiss Ball Leg Curls

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Plie' Squat on Tip of Toes

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Single-Leg Calf Raise

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Dinner

Shrimp Soup

1 lb. of uncooked and shelled shrimp

1 onion, chopped

6 cloves of garlic, chopped

2 broccoli heads, chopped

4 yuca roots, peeled and sliced

2 corn on the cobs, chopped

6 tomatoes

1 cup of 10 minute brown rice

6 tomato bouillon

olive oil spray bottle

sea salt

cracked pepper

12 cups of water

Directions:

Step 1: Get a large pot, add some olive oil and allow to get hot. Chop up the onion and saute for 2 minutes. Chop up the garlic and saute for 1 minute. Then, add the peeled and sliced yuca roots to the mix and allow to cook covered for about 5 minutes or until the yuca is half way cooked.

Step 2: Prepare all the vegetables and place them in the pot with 12 cups of water and the tomato bouillons. Add some sea salt and pepper to flavor the broth and allow to cook for 10 minutes on medium high temperature.

Step 3: For the last ten minutes, add the brown rice and the raw and peeled shrimp. Lower the heat to medium.

I made this last night for dinner. It was great! My husband loved it. It has a lot of carbs, but good carbs. This should last for a few days. I had this soup for breakfast, it was a great way to fuel up for the gym in the morning.

Italian Chicken Wrap Recipe

Italian Chicken Wrap
4 oz sliced chicken breast
1 roma tomato, sliced
2 tbl. of spaghetti sauce
2 tbl. of feta cheese
1 whole wheat tortilla
pinch of oregano

Directions:  

Step 1: Grill or use leftover chicken. Warm up the whole wheat tortilla on a pan for a minute. Place the tortilla on a plate and add all the other ingredients.

Step 2: Roll up the tortilla with all the ingredients and slice in half.

So simple, yet so delicious!

Nutrition Facts Italian Chicken Wrap Serving Size 1 each Amount Per Serving Calories 302.87 Calories from Fat  80 % Daily Value Total Fat 8.69g 13%    Saturated Fat 3.65g 18%    Trans Fat 0.03g Cholesterol 81.68mg 27% Sodium 637.89mg  27% Total Carbohydrate 23.03g 8%    Dietary Fiber 4.29g 17%    Sugars 5.15g Protein 31.64g  63% Vitamin A (IU) 745.65 15% Vitamin C 9.61mg 16% Calcium 131.77mg 13% Iron 2.39mg 13%

Lunch

Grilled Chicken Open-Faced Sandwich
1 boneless chicken breast
1 roma tomato, sliced
1/4 cup of feta cheese
2 slices of bread
oregano
sea salt
cracked peeper

Directions:
Step 1: Season the chicken breast with oregano, sea salt and cracked pepper. Grill for 10 minutes on both sides or until done.
Step 2: Toast the bread in a toaster or a George Foreman Grill. Once the chicken is done, slice up into strips.
Step 3: Put the tomato slices, strips of chicken and feta cheese on the bread. If you want to melt the cheese, simply put it in the microwave for one minute.

Abdominal Workout

Abdominal Workout

3 - 4 Sets

Weighted crunch 10 - 25 lbs. dumbbell

10 - 12 Reps

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Reverse crunch on bench press

12 - 15 Reps

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Double-leg side lift with stability ball

15 Reps

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Different Ways To Target Your Back Muscles

    If you do not know much on working on your back, then here is some important information you need to know. Your back muscles are the reason why your are able to stand upright, keep your spine bones together, and the reason why you can bend and twist. Exercising your back maintains strength, flexibility, and endurance, as a results allow your body to move and work with reduced risk of injury and pain.

    The main muscles that makes up the back is the trapezius muscle and latissimus dorsi muscle. Both of them work together to ensure movement in the neck, shoulder, and arms. The "Lats", are known as the broadest part of the back. These muscles make up the upper part of the back. The mid and lower back area are responsible for flexibility, bending forward, and backwards.

    For women, the curvature of the back is very sexy. The back of a woman how been showcased in many paintings throughout the centuries. Countless of women's clothing are specially made to show off the the entire back with clothing such as backless dresses and halter tops. In addition, lots of women like to add tatoos to their lower back to further accentuate their backside.

    For men, working out their back gives them "V taper" or wider back with the appearance of a smaller waist. It also works out the biceps synergistically.

    Here are some exercises you can incorporate in your workout routine to train and tone your upper and lower back.

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Pulldown: Place your hands 45 degrees wider than your shoulder width on the bar. Targets latissimus dorsi. 

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Wide-grip pulldown: Place your hands beyond your shoulder width on the bar. Targets upper latissimus and upper back.

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Reverse-grip lat pulldown: Place your hands in a reverse grip on the bar, no wider than the shoulder width. Targets lower latissimus.

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Close-grip Pulldown: Take a less than shoulder with grip on seated row/chin bar or straight bar. Arch your lower back as you bring the bar towards your chest with your arms. Trains the lats, biceps, traps, teres major, & rhomboids. 

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Seated Cable Row: Bring the seated row/chin bar towards your abdomen area arching your back. Trains Lats and mid back area. 

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Back Extensions: Secure your legs in the in front of the circular pads. Bend at the hips lowering your torso downward. Lift back in starting position squeezing your glutes at the same time. Train your lower back, glutes, & hamstrings.

Middle Eastern Chicken Recipe

Middle Eastern Chicken
3 boneless chicken breast, cubed
olive oil spray bottle
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp. of cumin
1/4 tsp. of cinnamon
1/2 tsp. of tumeric
cracked pepper
1 tbl. of fresh grated or powdered ginger
8 roma tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 chicken boullion
1 cup of water

Step 1: Place a pan on the stove on medium heat, spray some olive oil and allow to get hot. Cube the chicken breast and chop the onion. Place both in the hot pan and cook for a few minutes.

Step 2: Season the chicken and onions with cumin, cinnamon, tumeric, and the cracked pepper. Cook until white.

Step 3: Add the tomatoes, garlic, ginger, the cup of water and the chicken boullion. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes on a low temperature.

Nutrition Facts Middle Eastern Chicken Serving Size 1 bowl Amount Per Serving Calories 97.88 Calories from Fat  25 % Daily Value Total Fat 2.58g 4%    Saturated Fat 0.45g 2%    Trans Fat 0g   Cholesterol 33.27mg 11% Sodium 107.24mg  4% Total Carbohydrate 7.2g 2%    Dietary Fiber 1.68g 7%    Sugars 3.33g   Protein 12.87g  26% Vitamin A (IU) 692.48 14% Vitamin C 11.94mg 20% Calcium 22.59mg 2% Iron 0.6mg 3%

Breakfast

Feta cheese and tomato egg white omlete
5 egg whites
1/4 cup of feta cheese
1 small Roma tomato, diced
1/2 small onion, diced
sea salt and cracked pepper

Directions:
Step 1: Heat up a pan with some olive oil. Separate the egg whites from the yolk. Place the whites and yolks in a separate containers. The yolks can be stored for baking purposes. Mix the egg whites together and pour in the hot pan.
Step 2: Make sure the egg whites are evenly spread on the pan. Turn down the heat to medium low and add the diced tomatoes and onion to one side of the egg whites. Spread the cheese on top, cover the pan and let cook for 3 minutes.
Step 3: Take the cover off the pan. The egg whites should be firm and the cheese should be melted. Carefully take your spatula and flip the bare side over the cheese and tomato mixture. Then, with the spatula, slide the omelet to a waiting plate. Add sea salt and pepper.

Grilled Balsamic Chicken Pasta Recipe

Grilled Balsamic Chicken Pasta
3 boneless chicken breast
1 cup of balsamic vinegar
1 onion, chopped
8-10 cloves of garlic
8 roma tomatoes
3/4 of a package of whole wheat pasta
2 oz. of fresh basil
sea salt and pepper

Directions:
Step 1: Heat up the grill and season the chicken breast with sea salt and cracked pepper. Once, the grill is hot, add the chicken breast and cook thoroughly on both sides.

Step 2: Put some oil in a pan with your spray bottle and allow to get hot. Add the onion and saute until clear. Chop up the garlic, add to the onion and saute for 1 minute. Heat up a small sauce pan and add the cup of balsamic vinegar. Allow it to reduce by half.

Step 3: Place a pot filled 3/4 of the way with water on the stove and heat to a boil. With your spray bottle add some oil so that the pasta will not stick together while cooking. Slice the tomatoes and put in the pan with the onion and garlic. Cook the tomatoes until tender so you can smash them with a spoon.

Step 4: Once the chicken is done, slice and put it to the side. By this time your balsamic vinegar should be almost reduced by half. You can add some organic sugar if you like to make it sweeter. Put it on a lower heat and allow the vinegar to thicken into a syrup. Your pasta should also be finished by this time (usually 13 minutes on medium temp.). Put the pasta into a strainer and run some cold water through it to stop the cooking process.

Step 5: The tomatoes in the pan should be almost like a thick sauce (if not add a little water). Add the fresh basil (I got mine from my garden!) and cook for 2-5 minutes. Once it is done, grab a large mixing bowl and put the pasta, the tomato and basil mixture, the sliced chicken breast and then the reduced balsamic vinegar. Mix together and it is done.

Hope you like this recipe. I love it!

Nutrition Facts Grilled Balsamic Chicken Pasta Serving Size 1 bowl
Amount Per Serving
Calories 91.83 Calories from Fat  5
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0.79g	1%
Saturated Fat 0.23g	1%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 26mg	9%
Sodium 217.59mg	9%
Total Carbohydrate 9.79g	3%
Dietary Fiber 1.15g	5%
Sugars 5.6g
Protein 10.93g	22%
Vitamin A (IU) 443.49	9%
Vitamin C 8.85mg	15%
Calcium 30.03mg	3%
Iron 0.93mg	5%

Cumin Turkey Patties

Cumin spiced Turkey Patties
Ingredients:

1 lb. of 93/7 fat free natural ground turkey

1 rounded tbsp. of cumin
1 tbsp of olive oil
Directions:

Step 1: Add the cumin to the ground turkey and mix. Shape the ground turkey into 4 oz. balls and flatten them into patties.

Step 3: Place a pan on the burner on Medium/High. Next, add some oil with your olive oil spray bottle.

Step 4: Cook for 5 minutes on each side. Try adding some mustard!

Nutrition Facts Cumin Spiced Turkey Patties Serving Size 1/2 cup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 100.63 Calories from Fat  30
% Daily Value
Total Fat 3.33g	5%
Saturated Fat 0.17g	1%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Cholesterol 30mg	10%
Sodium 43.33mg	2%
Total Carbohydrate 0g	0%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 18.67g	37%
Vitamin A (IU) 0	0%
Vitamin C 0mg	0%
Calcium 0mg	0%
Iron 0.96mg	5%