Pizza Party

Well, school went back today, so in the rush of things I didn't try anything too amazing in the cooking front, but what I can leave you with is pics from my pizza party!

You already know how much I love pizza so I decided my breakfats lunch should just be a pizza... PARTY!
There were pumpkin bases and beetroot bases, pizza parcels and pizza  twists...

 This was my plate:   :)

I also made some homemade garlic bread on the side.
Yes I know I am probably the only person in the world who wants to cook for everyone their very own birthday lunch, but I loved it!

Have a great day!

I'm back! And Happy Birthday To ME!

Yay! I am back and Yay! Its my birthday! Yay for llamas as well:

I was away down south in a place called Cape Howe (near Albany) and we stayed at this little cottage with Ash (our dog)

I didn't cook too many amazing dishes and when I did I got sidetracked by our amazing view:

I do however want to go and live down there. In Denmark more specifically. The little town we went to had more farmers markets and wholefoods/ organic stores than all of Perth! We also found this little restaurant that had vegetarian/vegan/raw everything! I couldn't decide what to eat - now that is a first! It was called Ravens Coffee.
I decided to get the perfect pasta (raw/vegan) which was zucchini noodles with a tomato sauce and cashew cheese :)

It was a long drive back though ( 5 hours) so I was glad to be home... just in time for my birthday- where I celebrated breakfast with dessert:

It might not look like much, but that was the best bowl of cereal I have ever had! You have to try it. Pour some muesli into a bowl, add a spoonful of coconut butter, a spoonful of nut butter, milk, heat in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir (I massaged the butters in with my hands) and place in the microwave for a further 30 seconds:) It tasted so good, especially with some mango banana ice cream.

I hope everyone has a fabulous day and I will be back with some more recipes soon!
:D

I'm Leaving...

.... For about 5 days. So if you don't hear from me for 5 days, don't panic! :)

Now I leave you with breakfast= deliciousness!

Catch ya later! :D

Inspiration

My creativeness for recipes and combinations doesn't always come straight from the top of my head, sometimes it takes a little help from the blogging community to find awesomeness. So  I thought I'd share you with you some of my favourite pages I have found...

The first page you should look at is this one. If you like oatmeal, then you will love Kath's tribute to oatmeal! There are so many recipes and I want to make them all!


And while your at Kath Eats Real Food, check out this recipe! You will not be disappointed!

If weird combinations are what your looking for, this might be the recipe for you! Peanut Butter Boy is a genius!

In the mood for some french toast ( made awesome!)  click here and here.
Hungry? Make. This. Now!
Want to make an awesome pizza? Click here!

Some links away from food:
I came across this diet on a blog and it just makes so much sense to me!
The Volumetrics Diet:

I found this post to be a real eye opener.
This post is a must read!
And last but not least, this post is one I truly believe in.

So there you have it, a list of stuff I have found interesting recently that I hope you will too!
Now I shall leave you with my very own weird combination, no help needed from other bloggers, it was common sense really!

I really felt like Vegemite on toast, but I also really wanted a smoothie (What?) so I decided to have both :)

Mmm, yummy!
I took a bite:

I had a scoop:

And it suddenly all made sense to me:

DELICIOUS!
:D
I hope everyone has an awesome day- my challenge to you is to try the weirdest flavour combination you can come up with... I mean Vegemite and smoothie- come on!

These are a few of my favourite things!

The past two meals I have eaten have been ridiculously yummy (to me anyway!) and I figured I'll just have to share them both.

For dinner last night, I wanted a big, awesome salad! So that's what I made:

This had grilled peaches, steamed pumpkin and parsnip, spinach, tomato, capsicum, carrot, broccoli, green beans, peas, brussel sprouts, walnuts, pine nuts and red cabbage :)

It really hit the spot, but then along came breakfast...

This picture does it no justice at all, but on the side was my breakfast fruit salad and in my big mug, was a dough boy smoothie, inspired by this recipe from Kath Eats Real Food.

Dough Boy Smoothie:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup milk ( I used fortified soy milk)
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 banana
About 1/4 cup extra milk

Method:
1. Place rolled oats, chia seeds and banana in a bowl, stir
2. Add the milk, stir again then leave in the fridge over night (Just like my overnight oats)
3. Come morning it should look like this:

4. Place in a blender with the extra milk and blend on high until there are no lumps and it is nice and frothy ( I blended for maybe 2-3 minutes straight)
5. Place in the freezer until ready to use, because now you are making my very own creation!

Steph's Breakfast fruit salad:
Ingredients:
A handful of bran sticks
A sprinkle of seeds of choice ( I used pepita and sunflower seeds)
2 tablespoons milk (I used soy milk)
A sprinkle of dried fruit ( I used cranberries)
Optional: Whatever fresh fruit you want- mine included blueberries and figs and also coconut butter :)

Method:
1. Place the bran and seeds on a small plate:

2. Drizzle over 1 tablespoon of milk, add the other ingredients and drizzle over remaining milk and coconut butter if using:

3. heat some nut butter in the microwave so it is runny, then drizzle over dough boy smoothie- I would also recommend stirring your favourite cereal through/ nuts/ toasted coconut- whatever you prefer
4. Eat up:)

My delicious Dough Boy Smoothie: ( It's called dough boy, because it tastes kind of like cookie dough in smoothie form)

My beautiful Brekky Salad:

Last but not least, one of the best bites of the day:

Enjoy :)

Trio of Pancakes

In the past I have already done a trio of different flavoured cupcakes and I enjoyed the variety and awesomeness of this so much, that I decided to do it again... but it's pancake Sunday and so I wanted to make Breakfast Trio Pancakes:

The three different flavours today were...
Blueberry, Banana and Fig Pancakes:
Ingredients:
50g wholemeal spelt flour
50g brown rice flour (or just 100 g of flour of choice instead of spelt and rice)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder (so they get nice and fluffy!)
1 egg (or egg replacer)
1/2 cup milk of choice ( I used unsweetened almond milk)
Optional- LSA mix and chia seeds
banana, chopped( I didn't use much, maybe an inch off the top- then I froze the rest)
1/2 a fig, chopped
A small handful of blueberries (fresh/frozen)
1 tablespoon of oil, to cook them in

Method:
1. Combine the flour, baking powder and LSA and chia seeds in a medium bowl.
2. Whisk in the egg and milk until smooth- it will look quite runny, but that's ok!

3. Get two extra bowls and spoon the mixture so there is an even amount of batter in each

4. Add each fruit to a bowl

5. Heat a large fry pan on low-medium heat with about a tablespoon of oil.
6. Spoon in your batter (perhaps do it one at a time, mine was fine... but it sure was squishy!)

7. When you start to see bubbles forming on the top, flip away!

8. Let them cook for another 2 mins, then flip over again for an additional 30 seconds to 1 min.
9. Top with anything you like- remember you still have half a fig!
Suggestions include; maple syrup, honey, butter, jam, nutella, lemon, whatever your favourite pancake topping is!

If you're interested I lightly spread mine with nut butter and then drizzled over some coconut butter :)
YUM!

They are light and fluffy and not dry at all!
The blueberry one was the prettiest:

But the banana one tasted out of this world! It was like warm, gooey banana bread- without sugar, butter or anything!:)

I hope everyone enjoys their pancake Sunday!

A Day of Eats

My blog is designed to help those who have any kind of restricted diet (mainly vegan, dairy free, wheat free, sugar free) or who simply want to eat well without missing out on awesome foods, I mean come on, how many people do you know eat this and this for breakfast!

Back to my first point though. I want to show you an example of what a vegetarian, dairy free, sugar free person eats (that's me by the way ;) so anyone who can't think of ideas might get some.

I just picked a random day, each meal changes daily!
Breakfast:

This is my big mug full of overnight oats.
You simply put about 1/4-1/2 (depending on how hungry you are)of rolled oats/ muesli (muesli has yummy dried fruits and nuts) into a bowl with a tablespoon of chia seeds and either 1/2- 1 cup of milk of choice (depending on how much of the oats you put in- you double the milk) give it a stir and sit in the fridge over night.

In the morning give it another stir:

Then add whatever else you like. I added a pluot (plum/apricot), some grapes and a drizzle of nut butter. Yum!

Lunch:

A toasted scrambled egg, veggie stuffed wholegrain wrap!
All you do is saute whatever veggies you like in a fry pan with some garlic/ oil (optional), scramble two eggs in another fry pan, stir together fold up in wrap and toast- too easy!

Dinner:

That is roasted herby root veggies atop some yellow split peas that are on top of some warm polenta.
The veggies are seasoned with oregano, basil and cumin seeds, drizzled with oil and baked in the oven on a low temp (140 degrees maybe) for about an hour.

I simply put the split peas in lots of boiling water in a saucepan and let them cook for about 35 mins.

The polenta was 1 minute polenta so I added about 1/2 a cup of water to a small saucepan, brought to the boil, added polenta (maybe 1/4 cup) and whisked until it looked like cooked oat bran :)

Which brings us back to breakfast, where I have a real recipe for you.
Fruity, nutty, apple-y oat balls:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup fruity muesli
3/4 cup milk of choice ( I used almond milk)
1/4 of an apple grated + 1/4 of an apple chopped into small squares
coconut butter!

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. Get your fruity muesli:

add it to a saucepan with the apple and milk, stir on medium heat, then leave to sit until starting to thicken.
3. Once thick:

form into balls, place on a tray lined with baking paper and bake for about 15 mins, until golden brown:

Drizzle over your choice of topping (I used coconut butter.. yum!) ie. nut butter, jam, nutella etc.
Enjoy as cereal with milk, or stirred through a smoothie or with banana milk like I did:

Enjoy!
I hope you have some inspiration now, go have a yummy day!
:D