Where's all the time gone?

I swear, these exams on Tuesday & Wednesday are going to be the death of me! For Society&Environment I had to make an info graphic (yes another assignment along with studying for exams!) I just coulnd't seem to get the hang of them. I spent all of Friday afternoon trying to finish it so I could have all weekend to study... yeh, that didn't work. So I took a break (went to sleep) and woke up bright and early (5:30 ish) and got to work. The amazing part- I did it!
See:

So that was good. The rest of the day was filled with revising, writing practice essays, doing past maths exams and reading. It was also very cold yesterday, so I also spent the day... in ma onesie!

I was a nice and toastie panda :)
I finished my info-graphic at around 7:45 ish and was STARVING! So I quickly whipped up some pumpkin cookies (same recipe just with pureed pumpkin- I had some in freezer) with some sliced apple nut butter sandwiches :)

Drizzled with greek yoghurt (I still can't tolerate milk, or those fake-sugary yoghurts, but plain greek yoghurt seems fine :)
Then I went grocery shopping with mum, went for a run, got straight into some maths study and there goes my rumbling tummy again- Lunch time!
I had 3/4 of a tin of black beans in the fridge- to me that spells BURGER!

Ingredients:
Black bean burger: yields two burger patties
3/4 tin of black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 a red chili, chopped
a dash of cinnamon
1-2 teaspoons cumin
1 clove of garlic
1 handful kale
1/4-1/3 cup bread crumbs (I used gluten, wheat & diary free, quinoa crumbs)
peas, corn, capsicum (whatever you want to add)

Rest of stuff:
1 multi-grain bun
vegan cheese
spinach
tomato
grated carrot
and cucumber

Method:

1. Place black beans, chili, garlic, cinnamon and cumin in a small food processor:
Whaz!

2. Add in the kale and whaz:

3. Spoon out into bowl, stir in bread crumbs and other add-ins:

4. Roll and flatten into patties, place on plate lined with baking paper, put in fridge:

5. Meanwhile, clean up the mess..

6. Chop up veggies, split bun, make vegan cheese
7. Heath a small fry pan over medium heat with some oil, place a patty in (you can cook both of them- if you're hungry, or freeze the other one) and flip once browned:

8. Turn your oven onto 180 degrees celsius- grill. Line a tray with baking paper, place on the bun, then the burger then some drizzled vegan cheese

Place in oven until top of bun is toastie and cheese is slightly brown.
Place veggies on top, top with bun and eat!
Nom

 Nom

 Nom!

In other news (well it's still food news) for dinner last night I tried a new veggie!

Those white things are... celeriac wedges (Peeled celeriac, cut into wedges, rubbed in olive oil and roasted for 40 mins- 180 degreese celsius)
Drizzled with some tahini= DELICIOUS!

Have a great Sunday everyone! :D

Delicousness=Ugliness... sometimes!

Most of my favourite meals to make and eat are... messy, sloppy, hard to eat and completely un-photogenic!
Like this delicious green chocolate protein smoothie.
Well, this happened again the other night. I wanted needed a warmed Mexican wrap. I thought.. yeh, that'll look great for the blog- all bright and Mexican-y.. yeh, well, it didn't. It sure did taste fantastically good though!

  See what I mean? Looks-disgusting! Tasted-Delicious ☺
It was some quorn mice with black beans, corn, peas, tomato and capsicum, heated in a small fry pan with some taco seasoning and water, until all the water was absorbed and it smelled delicious! Then along with some hommus,spinach, salsa and avocado, I wrapped it all up in a multigrain wrap, then in some foil and placed it in the oven for 10 mins :)

Sooo, good- t'was hard to eat though ;)
There were also some yummy roast veggies alongside!

Carrot, parsnip and sweet potato :)
So that was the ugly dish, not to worry, there were some better looking ones, like last night's dinner:

Gluten free pasta spirals, with some steamed + mashed pumpkin, sweet potato and parsnip, some oven roasted tomatoes with black pepper, mixed 4 beans, peas, spinach and a topping of vegan cheese (heated in microwave for 30 seconds)

I also had some fabulous school lunches like..

This delightful cous cous bowl.
Cous cous:

Nuts:

Toasted pine nuts and cranberries:

 Mix it up with some garlic tofu!

And a salad of spinach, grated carrot, tomato and capsicum

Lunch on the run!

Lastly I want to leave you with today's breakfast... because it was just plain delicious!
But firstly, look at how perfect this avocado is:

Ok randomness over :)
I made some homemade granola with cashew butter (melted cashew butter and milk mixed in with muesli and oven baked for 15 mins) and also some coconut, peach yoghurt!
1 peach + melted coconut butter +oat milk: Whaz!

Plus 3 spoonfuls of greek yoghurt:

Place in jar alternating with cashew granola!

Ok, so this post was random, picture-filled and full of food- just the way I like it!
I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! :D

Satisfy those cravings!

There is no denying it... like millions of other food bloggers out there... I.LOVE.OATMEAL!
Just a quick scan through my camera's memory card sums it up perfectly:

You can find most of my recipes on the breakfast page, if you too are addicted to oats!
Why am I suddenly obsessed with oatmeal.. well, in the last few days I've had some pretty tasty bowls... well-mugs and jars (naturally!)
Like overnight oats in a jar:

I filled the almost empty almond butter jar 3/4 of the way with muesli and some chia seeds, then added oat milk to the top and stirred. Leave in fridge overnight!
I also had a banana smoothie on the side- nothing special; banana+milk+yoghurt

Give it a stir up in the morning.. and voila!
Yum!
Going...

Going...

Spoon-shot!

 :)
My second oat romance was this morning- I wanted CHOCOLATE! Never get between a girl and her chocolate!

Chocolate oats, with coconut butter and banana and also some cocao nibs stirred in :)

There was quite a bit of chocolate in there!
Recipe is loosely- 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1 cup milk of choice, 1 tablespoon raw cacao, 1 scoop choc protein powder, a dash of cinnamon, 1 thinly sliced banana,  some coconut butter and some cacao nibs :) Heated on stove and whisked furiously until desired thickness is reached!

Chocolatey spoon shot!

Who's craving some oatmeal around about now?

Teehee!

Have a great day! :D

WIAW! Delicous.. and weird :)

Welcome again to another WIAW... Tuesday style!

Sooo.... after that inspiring intro (ain't nobody got time for that! Hello STUDY!)
Breakfast!

Green protein smoothie!
Closer, please!

Inside was 1 frozen banana, 2 big handfuls of spinach, a scoop of vanilla protein powder, 1/4 cup rolled oats, some chia seeds, a spoonful of peanut butter, a dash of cinnamon and some oat milk!
Closer!

Hello deliciousness!
And do you notice how dark it is! Winter's here people!
Lunch:

Lunch prepared in the morn for school:
Quinoa, steamed pumpkin, spinach, cherry tomatoes, lentils and an interesting sauce (this is the weird part of my title :)
Can you guess what the sauce was?

Nope? Well it was a berry sauce! (frozen berries heated on stove in a teeny saucepan until sauce-like) the weirdest part was that it was delicious!

Snack... as usual fruit with soy milk☺

So... recycled photo :)

Dinner..

A delicious pesto pasta with red kidney beans, mushrooms and steamed veggies :)

Very much like this one!

I should really address this addiction to pesto.
In the meantime, I'll get back to study whilst you guys can check out what every one else has been munching on over at peas and crayons!
Ciao! :D