Pounds are lost in the kitchen

I am an avid cook. I love trying new things and attempting to recreate my favourite dishes at home.
I have recently found a love of making soup. I just cannot find fault with something that comes in hundreds of flavours and varieties, can be tweaked to suit what you like, is cheap, easy, nutritious and warming for the winter. I have also become more savvy with cooking. I take every opportunity to pack in fruits and vegetables wherever possible in a meal. So I thought I would share with you my healthy, tasty breakfast, lunch and dinner from yesterday.
Breakfast: Smoothie 

Apologies for this photo, I had almost finished before I remembered. But I had to show you the lovely, lavender hue.

So, due to the 21 Day Challenge I am undertaking, it was an early start. I had to get up and going swimming before a 9am start. So this was the best excuse to make a quick and portable breakfast I could enjoy on my way to work.
I blended up a concoction of nutrients that would help after a work out and keep me going until lunch. Banana and blueberries provided the carbs, flax seed helped out with the healthy fats, Greek Yoghurt gave me a protein boost and bound the ingredients together and I added a scoop of banana protein powder for an extra kick of banana flavour and muscle building goodness. Yum.
Calories: 324

Lunch: Homemade sushi 

I devoured these beauties.

Now, it makes me so sad when people turn their nose up at sushi and think it is all raw fish. It has made a name for itself as that which is great but sushi is a category of food just the same as a Chinese for example. However sushi is great because portion sizes are small and on the most part it is fresh vegetables and protein. That isn't to say there are a few sushi dishes your waistline should watch out for!
I love it so much I bought a do it yourself kit. Couldn't be easier. Cook the rice, add a splash of sweetener and rice wine vinegar, lay seaweed on the rolling mat, layer with rice and your choice of filling. Here I chose ham, spinach and cucumber. It was delicious and it felt a little bit naughtier than my usual, soup.

Calories: 411 for six rolls

Dinner: My veggie eggy mess 

There is no other way to describe this than veggie eggy mess but it is one of my favourite quick teas.

This is one of my fast, go to dinners. It is so fast and easy, ideal for when I get in at 8pm after spin class starving. (I would tidy it up a bit if someone else was coming for tea but when it is just me, I don't think it matters). You cannot go far wrong with a dinner involving eggs and vegetables and nothing else, bar a little black pepper. Eggs are one of the biggest sources of protein out there and I don't have to explain why vegetables are good. This was a particularly good one because it had broccoli and kale, two superfoods, in. This dish is great for using up any veg you have in though. I steamed a selection of green veg, threw it in a pan, poured over two whisked eggs and an egg white and stirred until it was cooked through. I chucked in some tomatoes for freshness and finished with black pepper. It was delicious, nutritious and filled me up!
Calories: 239

The point of this post was to show how fast and easy healthy meals can be. This is just one day of food and I felt fantastic when I woke up this morning knowing I had eaten so well, (and the sushi really did feel like a treat). The total calories in all three meals were 974 so I threw in some fruit and nuts to up my intake.
Try it yourself and check out the recipe page for ideas.