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Being a champion means lots of everything: practice, passion, dedication and eating well. Maria states she eats three good, balanced meals a day, never diets and snacks on lean meats like ham and plenty of fruit.

Now, I can’t play tennis like Maria and I don’t look anything like her but I sure can eat the same things she does (although in my own way) and I found so many great recipes I just had to share them all.

Ham Sandwiches with Blueberry Chutney

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• Blueberry Chutney
• Thinly sliced honey smoked ham
• Whole grain bread slices
• Butter lettuce

Preparation:

Make sandwiches using the Blueberry Chutney as the spread. Makes enough for 16-20 sandwiches.

TROPICAL PIZZA

Thanks to Recipes for this delicious Pizza

Quicker than picking up takeaway pizza!

5 minutes preparation + 10-15 minutes cooking
5 serves of veggies in this recipe

25cm pizza base or Turkish bread
¼ cup tomato pasta sauce
100g ham, chopped
225g can pineapple pieces (in natural juice), drained
1 medium red or green capsicum, seeded and chopped
100g mushrooms, sliced
100g grated Mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon chopped herbs (parsley, oregano and/or basil) or a pinch of dried mixed herbs

Preheat oven to 200˚C. Spread pizza base with pasta sauce. Top with ham, pineapple, capsicum, mushrooms and cheese. Sprinkle with herbs. Bake for 10-15 minutes until heated through and browned. Serves 4.

Hint
Make 8 mini pizzas using 4 halved English muffins as bases.

Grapes Galore Smoothie

Thanks to flowercarole for this recipe

(serves 2)

Ingredients

2 cups of green seedless grapes

2 cups of red seedless grapes

½ cup purple grape juice

2 teaspoons of lime juice

1 teaspoon of peeled and minced fresh ginger root

3 ice cubes
Method

Put all ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth

Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Ruth
Filed under: Beverages, Dairy, Fruit, Grains and Seeds, Meat, Pizza, Sandwiches