Mmmm Doughnuts

I seem to be on a bit of a posting my breakfasts kick lately (see; here, here and here) so I've decided...
To give you another awesome breakfast!
:)
Before you say anything, let me paint you a picture. Warm gooey chocolatey banana bread-y... DONUTS! Does it get any better?

Take a look for yourself:

Even better (although there is no way you can tell!) they are wheat free, dairy free, added sugar free, vegan, chocolate banana bread donuts! But that's a bit of a mouthful... so we'll stick with:
CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD DONUTS!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup oat flour (rolled oats chopped up in processor)
2 tablespoons oat bran
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon raw cacoa
chia gel (1 tablespoon chia seeds, mixed with 1/4 cup milk of choice- sit for 5 mins, whiz in processor)
1 banana
optional- LSA mix
milk- about 1/4 cup (I used oat milk)

Method:
1. Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
2. Place banana in a small food processor and pulse lightly to create chunks, alternatively- lightly
mash)

3. Add banana and chia gel to dry mix

4. Lightly stir to combine, then add enough milk to form a pancake consistency:

5. Preheat a doughnut maker (Or create pancakes in a fry pan- it is pancake Sunday after all!) and grease lightly with oil.
6. Place mix in (or on fry pan- turn after about 2 mins) and cook until firm-ish (it will be gooey-yay bananas!) then transfer to cooling rack.
7. Top with whatever you like. I went with coconut butter. Delicious. I think it would also be great with butter (vegan butter alternatives to keep it vegan!)
8. Enjoy!

If you want to be just like me, enjoy with a glass of soy milk and a side of grapes and hey- what's that?

Any guesses? Well, I didn't know either, but I can tell you it's called a kiwi-berry and looks like a mini kiwifruit, but tastes better (sweeter) and you can eat the skin (IT ISN'T FURRY!)
 Anyway...
I'm sure you saw this coming:

Now I leave you with some more donut pics- coz I took a few...

 

Hmm, this doesn't look right...

Yep, much more realistic :)

It's not easy being green...

Unless you taste as good as my smoothie this morning! I'm sure you've all seen these green smoothie things floating around everywhere and yes I love them too! I love the colour, the health benefits, the fact that I cant taste the spinach and the way it reminds me of the Shrek movies.

So here's my version of a super yummy, creamy green smoothie:

Yes, I do prefer smoothies where you need a spoon to eat them :)
Zoom, please:

Hello pretty green colour!
Ingredients:
1 chopped frozen banana
1 small frozen mango, chopped
1 tablespoon peanut butter (or any nut butter)
milk of choice ( I used oat, and not too much - 1 cup maybe- I like mine thick!)
1 massive handful of spinach
optional- chia seeds and LSA mix

Method:
1. Place ingredients in order they are listed in a blender, pulse  for a few times first just to get everything combined, then blend until smooth and creamy dreamy.
2. Enjoy!

I ate mine with a small bowl of muesli:

Because, I wanted to make this spoonful even better, if that was even possible:

If your still really too scared to try a green smoothie (YOU CAN'T TASTE THE SPINACH) then my next recommendation with frozen bananas would be to make some peanut butter ice cream( frozen banana and peanut butter place in food processor- processed until creamy) and eaten with some yummy muesli and fruit:

 How are you going to sneak your greens into your meals today?

Bye for now! :)

COCONUT

I've been known to have nut butter and coconut butter feature in many of my breakfasts:

 (You can find all these recipes on my recipe page)
So, we all know that nut butter is good- in small amounts- full of healthy fats etc.
What about coconut butter? There's been a lot of hype over coconut- especially coconut oil lately, for its high saturated fat content. Even in this months Healthy Food Guide magazine, coconut oil was thrown into the spotlight.
I decided to do a bit of research on coconut butter, to see what's what.. this is what I found- on almost every site I looked on... some great sites include: this one and this one.

• It boosts metabolism- aids in weight loss and increases energy
• full of essential amino acids, calcium and magnesium
• full of healthy fats that keep you feeling fuller for longer
• Healthy skin

So from what I can see, it's pretty good. As Healthy Food Guide mentioned- more research is probably needed, but for now, if you are enjoying the absolutely decadent, delicious, deadly addicting-ness of coconut butter... I'm sure it'd be fine if you continued to do so! I know I will.

The advice I can give you (seeing as I'm not actually a registered dietitian or anything like that) is MODERATION. That's the key with anything, so ENJOY  a small amount- and trust me, you will :)

P.S. if you are sticking with me on the coconut butter front- check this website out now!

Stroke of GENIUS!

I like to say I'm pretty creative in the kitchen, but nothing could have prepared me for this...

A couple of days ago I made myself my favourite smoothie, except I had a massive frozen banana and used two medium sized mangoes... so I could not finish it (I know- me, really?) So instead I found these moulds:

And placed my remaining smoothie into one. I had no idea what I would do with it, only that I did not want to waste the amzingosity of my smoothie, so into the freezer it went.

Then I remembered my favourite ice cream ever:

A Golden Gaytime.
Which brings me to my breakfast this morning:

My banana mango ice cream, coated in coconut butter and muesli, with some oat-balls in the background, mixed with oat milk, blueberries, grapes and the remaining coconut butter. Best. Brekky. Ever.
To make: 
1. Make yourself a wonderful smoothie (use your favourite smoothie recipe- or mine)
2. Enjoy almost all your smoothie save enough to put in a mould.
3. Freeze:

4. Make oat-balls- you can use this recipe

5. Find some muesli- I used this:

6. Spoon out some coconut butter (maybe 1-2 tablespoons)

7. Working EXTREMELY fast, spread on coconut butter the press on a plate with muesli. If the coconut butter already set (like mine did) dip muesli in coconut and stick it on. Leave to set/ soften ice cream slightly.

8. Place oat-balls in a bowl, add any fruit you want ( I had blueberries and black grapes) add any remaining coconut butter and milk of choice.

9. Enjoy your 'out of this world!' Breakfast!

Mmmm, ice-cream for breakfast! :)

Waffle Day

Waffle Day (14th Feb) original called Valentines day for some reason, but now it is Waffle Day!

I did however give my waffles a valentines feel...

Chocolate/ Raspberry Valentines Waffles:

Ingredients:
70g spelt flour
10g coconut flour
15g oatbran
milk (about 1/2 a cup, keep adding to get a thick pancake consistency if required) I used oatmilk
1 Tablespoon raw cocoa
1 tablespoon frozen raspberries (or blueberries or strawberries or mixed berries)
Chia gel:
1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
2 tablespoons milk ( again I used oat milk)

Method:
1. Stir together the chia seeds and milk and sit for 5 mins.
2. Mix the flours together in a medium bowl with a whisk.
3. Place the chia gel in a small food processor and processor for about 30 seconds. Add to dry mix.
4. Whisk in milk and divide mixture into two bowls:

5. Add berries to one and cocoa to the other:

6. Heat waffle iron (you can also make this a pancake)
7. Oil iron well and place the raspberry mix on half  and chocolate mix on the other. If making pancakes do the same in an oiled fry pan (half raspberry half chocolate, slightly overlapping each other.)
8. Cook until lightly golden and transfer to plate.

I drizzled mine in coconut butter, normal people will probably want it sweeter so I would recommend caramelized bananas, or banana ice cream, or maple syrup... etc.
The apple in the background is cored and sliced, then spread with peanut butter and stacked... yummy!

Waffles truly= love :)
I ate my true love :D

What to choose!?

I seem to have this trouble quite often. (see here, and here)
I know what I want to have and everything, I just cant decide what flavour I want. So I go with everything. Just like the other day when I wanted toast...

Hehe.
That is my take on jam, chocolate spread, peanut butter and Vegemite. With some grapes on the side.
Yum.

For the jam, I simply heated up some frozen berries and processed in a food processor. For the chocolate spread I melted some coconut butter and stirred in some raw cocoa. For the peanut butter and Vegemite, I unscrewed the lid and spread it on. :D
Don't be afraid to satisfy every flavour (whether sweet or salty) just go with everything!
If that plan fails- think pink!

As in, pink oatbran! And peanut butter- always peanut butter!
Or think, big, delicious spoonfuls of joy!

I love breakfast and I hope you all do too!
Have a fabulous day!
P.S. I seem to really like exclamation marks too... !
:)

Planning- Important!

What do you do when you have to go to school at 8:00am only to return at around 8:00pm and you need to take your own meals. There are only so many Vegemite sandwiches you can have in a day people!

So instead... you plan!

Last night I made myself some overnight oats for this morning:

With some added apple and grapes thrown in, in the morning.
I also cooked up some quinoa last night for today's dinner and had some leftover veggies as well. With that I made a salad in the morning:

 Easy peasy- quinoa, roasted sweet potato, carrot, spinach, tomato, peas, beans and lentils.

With the extra time I had in the morning with not having to cook breakfast, I decided to make myself a gourmet lunch.
A grilled veggie toastie:

Grilled eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms, spinach capsicum and a veggie patty on wheat free bread spread with hommus and toasted in a sandwich press. Then wrapped up in foil for school... yummo!

So there you have it, with a little planning you can make delicious meals for the entire day!

Busy, want take-away? The solution... plan ahead!
:)
Have a great day! :D