Healthy love

This February 14th, treat your valentine, be it a partner, your parents, your family or just yourself with not only with love but with good food for the mind, body and soul

Single, dating or married, this Valentine’s day decide to fall in love with your body. Stay away from the sugar-filled food like cookies, cakes and sweets and instead gift your valentine and yourself a day of eating yummy and healthy Valentine’s Day themed food.

These will not only help you celebrate the day of love but also help you celebrate your body as you will not pile on the unwanted calories but only the love from your loved ones.

You can even gift spa coupons, aromatic oils or even movie tickets although be careful of the kind of food you eat during the movie.

You could even go for a nice long walk instead of going for a drive or sit by the water or in the park instead of going for a movie.

When deciding what to eat or gift your Valentine, let this table guide you:

STRAWBERRY AND BANANA SMOOTHIE
Ingredients
Strawberries 6
Large banana 1
Ice cubes 1/4 cup

Method

• Chop the strawberries into tiny squares
• Chop the bananas into tiny pieces.
• Crush the ice cubes in a blender.
• Add the chopped strawberries and chopped bananas to the crushed ice cubes in the blender.
• Blend well.
• Serve chilled.

CHOOSE THIS…	…OVER THIS
Dark Chocolate	Milk Chocolate
Dry fruits	Mithai
Fresh strawberries	Marshmallows
Granola bars	Chocolate bars
Fruit smoothie	Milkshake
Fruit sorbet	Ice Lolly
Flavoured yoghurt	Ice cream
Cappuccino	Frappuccino
Virgin Mary/ Lemon Soda/ Unsweetened Ice Tea	Sweetened Mocktail
Coconut Water	Aerated Drinks
Fruit Platter	Fruit Cream
Whole wheat pancakes	Sweetened Crepes
Whole wheat waffles with maple syrup or honey	Normal waffles with ice cream
Greek Salad	Waldorf Salad
Cheese Platter	Cheese Cigars
Vegetable Sandwich	Burger
Pizza	Cream Cheese Pasta
Jacket Potatoes	Potato Wedges
Zoodles	Noodles
Salted popcorn	Caramel popcorn
Olives	Chips
Flavoured nuts	Gems Chocolate / MnMs