WIAW #4

Hello, hello! Yes it's that time again... well not really- it's Thursday after all!- but it was that time yesterday for a WIAW! ( What I ate Wednesday) Check out Peas and Crayons for the details!

My excuse for the lateness is the fact that school went back Wednesday. And dance. So I didn't get home until 8:00pm :)
Also instead of just Wednesday eats (they were a bit weird and rushed (thank you school!) I thought I'd share What I ate for the end of the holidays :D

Breakfasts:

 Coconut muesli (coconut butter heated up with some milk (oat) and mixed with muesli) topped with banana and peanut butter cheerios (peanut butter heated slightly and rubbed onto wholegrain cheerios)

With an extra splash of milk added:

Delicious spoon shot!

Breakfast #2

Chocolate coconut muesli (oats, raw cacoa, thinly sliced banana, coconut butter and oat milk) topped with rest of banana and a sprinkle of cocoa nibs... YUM!

Lunches:

 Toasted whole grain wrap, with hommus, spinach, mashed veggies (sweet potato, pumpkin and parsnip) brussel sprouts, peas, corn and chili tofu

Lunch #2

Grilled veggie burger with tomato, spinach and grilled eggplant and salsa in a grainy bun spread with hommus and then pressed in a sandwich press, with a side of kale, tomato and roasted potatoes. DELICIOUS!

Wait- there was some mashed avocado in there too!
Lunch #3 (this one I brought to school Wednesday)

A toasted wheat free sandwich, with hommus, spinach, steamed sweet potato and pumpkin, tomato and sauteed mushrooms.

Snacks:

Pear, carrot and mixed dried berries.

2 kiwi fruit with some rock melon and soy milk.

Dinners:

 Pasta-la-vista! with wholemeal pasta, roasted veggies, spinach and a homemade tomato sauce with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast.

Herbed roast veggies with spinach, lentils, roast brussel sprouts and a drizzle of tahini.

So there you have it! Some yummy eats from the past week! Oh, there was also this one:

... But you'll have to wait til' next time if you want the visual step-by-step recipe!
:D

April wrap-up

So, it's nearly the end of the month and it's type for a recap of the month that was....
I started April off with my very... 2nd WIAW! Which was quickly followed up with an AWESOME idea, I had never thought of!

Overnight oat ice cream!  

Boy, was that good- might be seeing that again for May!
Plenty of my smoothie jars featured this month:

Tuity-Fruity Breakfast Smoothie!

Green Monster topped with chocolate granola

Another Green monster topped with a variety of flavoured granola ( Coconut, peanut butter and chocolate!)

Pink Grapefruit Smoothie

There was plenty of Savoury inspiration, I promise you!

Beetroot stuffed crust pizza

Best ever grilled veggie sandwich!

A Middle-Eastern Feast!

There were a few old favourites:

Plenty of Spoon shots:

And quite frankly a few realistic U.G.L.Y shots of what my food really looks like when I start eating it!

Farewell April! Bring on May!

It wouldn't seem right to end it there, lets end with a typical Steph moment: (that happened way more than once! WAY more)

Spillage in the village (gotta watch out with those spoon shots!)

:D

Food Heaven

Could you excuse me for a minute.
Thanks, I was just trying to come back down to Earth after some floating around in food heaven! :)
It all started with a new find (it's probably been there for a while! But it's a new find for me) at the grocery store:

Linda McCartney's vegetarian (vegan friendly too!) sausages!
They went into a cheap white bread hot-dog bun...
You don't believe me do you?
Ok, they went into a GINORMOUS salad! Yum!

I think there was everything and anything I could find chucked into this bowl!
There was oven roasted potatoes, steamed carrot and beetroot, peas and corn, chopped capsicum, chopped avocado, drained and rinsed lentils, kale, spinach and 2 vegetarian sausages, crisped up and golden-i-fied in a fry pan with some olive oil! That's it. :)

Super tasty, and with the addition of these wonder sausages- it wasn't plain at all!
It was just huge :)

With lots of pretty colours:

And even though I am a HUGE veggie fan- this guy stole the show!

It tasted meaty- which was a little scary, I must admit- but not exactly like meat (confused?) it was really well seasoned and had AWESOME texture! YOU.MUST.TRY.THIS!

I wasn't out of food heaven yet though, breakfast brought me right on back!
I was flicking through different blog's recipe pages and came across Katie's recipe for voluminous oats. My tummy went 'Yes, please!' It looked totally delicious and just like Katie, I prefer my oats cold rather than hot too!
But, unfortunately it was already morning.
I never let small obstacles get in my way though!
I jumped out of bed and created my own version!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of oats
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon LSA mix
1 teaspoon coconut butter (optional) and
1 very thinly sliced banana
1 cup (maybe more) milk of choice (I used oat)
Method:
1. Place everything in a saucepan . I let it sit and bubble for a few mins, then whisked away until the banana disappeared. It was still pretty runny (but still gloopy) but I poured it into a shallow bowl and placed in the fridge for about half an hour, stirring about every 10 mins.
VOILA!

Super creamy, super thick! Oh. My. Word :)
In the background you can see a batch of some home-made peanut butter granola!
Take a handful of muesli and some multi-grain cheerios (optional) and place in a bowl with a splash of milk and 1 teaspoon peanut butter (or any nut butter). Place in microwave for 20 seconds, rub into muesli, bake on baking tray in oven (180 degrees celsius) for 10 mins. Crumble with fingers, leave to cool slightly.
I then transferred my AWESOME oats to a pretty mug:

 Added a splash of soy milk:

And some delicious nutty granola:

Holey-Moley! Soooooo good!

Best mug of oats I've ever eaten in my life- and I've eaten a few!

I loved the textures. I loved the flavours. I loved the temperature. I LOVED this brekky! The oats were unbelievably creamy:

 Paired with delicious crunchy peanutty granola:

Food Heaven.

I hope you all have a fabulous week- maybe we will see each other in food heaven! It's a pretty good place!
:D