Even if I often tell people that I exercise to feel good there is a much more important reason that makes me able to force myself out of the door. I want to be able to eat whatever I want without it having serious consequences. I am no longer able to exercise often or long enough for this to work, which means that unhealthiness, and kilos have been slowly sneaking their way into my life.

I want to try to turn the trend and invested in one of those fitness bands (Jawbone UP) that are so popular these days. Not that I am silly enough to think I will magically have more time to train or that my hips destroyed by my pregnancy 3 years ago will all of a pull themselves together. So far it is making me take the stairs and put in an extra kilometer or two or so when out running. The statistical nerd in me thrives on seeing statistics!

UP Statistics

It has a neat feature as well that lets me see how much sleep I am getting and how much of it is deep sleep. Not very accurate as it usually fails to register when I wake up and have to tend to my daughter but not sure if that says about the fitness band or the state I am in…

In the light of this new slightly healthier regime I am making today’s recipe my all time favorite salad. I am generally not a fan of salads or at least not the healthier types which this one actually is. If I try to eat them I usually end up starving shortly afterwards and snacking on unhealthy things. I was very skeptical when my fiancé made it the first time. This one however is just filling enough that it feels like a meal and is so good. The strange thing is that it gets gradually better the more you eat. I usually end up scarping up the last bits of avocado, salt, and oil on my plate wishing there was more.

Spanish Salad

We call this a Spanish salad since my fiancés family learned to make this on a trip to Tenerife by some locals. I wont make any claims about its authenticity.

Spanish Salad

2 cans tuna fish in water
1/2 head iceberg lettuce or 2 heads little gem lettuce (or any other green lettuce you like), chopped
1/2 onion in round slices
3 tomatoes cut in slices or boats
3 hardboiled eggs in slices
2 avokados in slices
Juice of 1/2 lime
Salt

Extras
Salt
Extra virgin olive oil
Black pepper

Squeeze some lime juice over the avocado and sprinkle some salt over. Let it “marinate” in it for few minutes. Drain the tuna fish of water, rip it into pieces with a fork and put in a bowl. Mix everything in a bowl.

When serving sprinkle some olive oil, salt black pepper.

Serve with white bread (Pide bread is our favorite), aioli and some nice Rioja.

Healthy goodies