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Leek, sweet potato and lemon grass soup

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Now I'm not normally one for soup, unless its pumpkin soup full of cream and butter, but having visited my local fruit and veg shop and picking up some cheap leeks and sweet potato I decided to make up a recipe as I go, and it turned out really well. Even hubby liked it when he is more of a braised steak and onion soup fan. So I'll list my ingredients and the recipe but this is a full customisable recipe, add what vegetables you like. You don't have to go out and buy everything I list just use what needed to be used up from your fridge. This recipe only has 6 ingredients not including oil and water. But again add any vegetables you wish Ingredients: 1 large leek, thinly sliced then chopped roughly. 2 small sweet potato (or one large one) diced to desired size 1 large carrot diced a bit smaller that the sweet potato 1/2 cup frozen spinach (1-1.5 cups if using fresh) 1 cube of salt reduced chicken stock cube 1-1/5 L of water 1 tbsp olive oil

From never running to half Marathon trail run in 10 months!

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So I'm back, after the Christmas and new years break and more eating than planned. I have realised I have completely fallen off the wagon. I am still trying to eat healthy and get my partner involved but find it hard to eat healthy the way I want, taking into consideration of his food preferences and apparent need for junk food. I have also found because he has been home from work for holidays I have not exercised once for fear of him seeing me. We also have a crawling teether who has decided to  sprout 4 teeth at once so moods are pretty gloomy. This is joined in by his terrible two's highly independent, strong minded and determined to push buttons sister. So at current being done physically for exercise is next to nothing. I am finding myself so mentally and emotionally drained just from the kids and house wife duties I tend to every day. Because I have not been eating as healthy as I was, and my 2-3L of water a day has dropped I feel quite down and unmotivated within my