Wednesday, 28 October 2015

WIAW #77 Eating ALL The Veg!

Hello friendly friends and happy Wednesday!

No time for lengthy intros today, so instead we'll jump straight into the food! Which is what we're all here for any way ;)

Thanks as always to Peas and Crayons for this awesome weekly link-up that brings so many bloggers together and produces so much meal inspo!! :)

Now onto the eats- WIAW style!

Breakfast: 7:15 am
Started the day off on a great, healthy and utterly delicious foot with a big green smoothie and some wholemeal crumpets with home-made cashew butter
 Into the vitamix went 1 chopped frozen banana, a small handful chopped frozen zucchini, half a chopped, frozen juicy orange, 1 large handful of spinach, one large handful kale, 3 big scoops greek yoghurt, 1/2 cup water- whazzed until smooth:

 Beautiful cashew butter:

 Smoothie:
 And crumpets!
 So gooood!! :D

 I love breakfasts where I sneak in extra veggies and have no idea while I'm eating it. Instead just getting the awesome fresh and fudgy tastes of a well rounded brekky!

Snack: 11:00am
Peas. You know it and I know it. Why fix something that isn't broken?

Lunch: 1:15pm
Lunch was a quick throw-together meal with veg, grain and protein:

 Super easy and super delicious. It may look a little plain to some but I crave plain foods on the regular!
 Millet + steamed greens + mixed fur beans + lentils

Snack: 4:00pm

Came home, realised I was STARVING, fixed up a snack of fruit and soy milk!



Dinner: 6:50pm
Dinner was an old favourite where I don't have to put too much effort in and can get other stuff done while it's cooking:

 Roast veg (pumpkin, potato, parsnip, swede and sweet potato) with spinach and lentils.

After dinner I had a square of 90% cocoa Lindt chocolate- yum!


Monday, 26 October 2015

Frozen Mango Cheesecake!!

Who likes mango?

Who likes cheesecake?

Who likes the combination of both of these amazing things.... for breakfast?

If you answered no to any of these questions there is something seriously wrong with you try this recipe out just in case!!!
See? There's even a life quote written just for this!!

Now that we've straightened that out let's move onto the tastiest breakfast you will have all week! (unless you're like an amazing breakfast chef who makes the ultimate breakfast every single morning).

And yes, it may or may not feature mango... and some cheesecake-y flavours ;)


That's right! Right there is a picture of super creamy, fresh, sweet frozen mango 'cheesecake' atop a fudge-y oat base perfectly offsetting the refreshing mango and creating interesting contrasting textures for the mouth to experience.

Well that got weird quickly.

Anywho- what I'm trying to say (through my terrible food blogger description) is this creation is delicious and healthy enough for breakfast... on the daily... forever. (I seem to be on a bit of a cheesecake kick lately? Remember my choc cheesecake in a jar?

Filled with fruit, yoghurt, oats and healthy fats and yet you would question the health-i-ness of this recipe after your first bite!

Ok, I know, enough rambling right? Let's just move right onto the RECIPEEE!


Frozen Mango Cheese-cake!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup rolled oats
1 heaped tablespoon oat bran
1 teaspoon chia seeds
2 tablespoons coconut butter
3 tablespoons almond milk (or any milk)
1 chopped, frozen banana
1 cup chopped, frozen mango
3/4 cup greek yoghurt


Method:
1. Place the rolled oats, oat bran and chia seeds in a bowl. Stir to combine:
2. Place the coconut butter and almond milk in a small bowl and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds or until melted and smooth:

3. Add the coconut butter mixture to the oats and stir to combine:
4. Place the oat mixture into a small bowl and press down to form a base:


5. Place bowl in freezer
6. Meanwhile put the banana, mango and greek yoghurt in a food processor and process until smooth:

7. Retrieve your base from the freezer and top with 'mango cheesecake'


8. Flatten the top to make an even covering, wrap in glad wrap and pop back in the freezer for at least 4 hours, preferably over night (make night before for breakfast!)

9. When it is time to eat your creation, remove glad wrap and enjoy!!! (maybe leave in the fridge for 20-30 mins before hand to soften up a bit if you prefer a softer texture)

Et Voila!
 Creamy, coconutt-y, delicious!
 Definitely a breakfast to remember!
 And I'm not going to lie- I found it quite hard tog et through all this, which is strange because it's a normal amount of breakfast for me? It must have been all the chewing/ melting in my mouth (took me a good 15-20 mins to eat!)
 And eat I did!
...
 :)

Your turn:
Are you a cheesecake fan?
What is your favourite cheesecake flavour? 
Do you like sweet, cold and melty things for breakfast? I know I do!!


That's it from me today folks. I hope you all have a lovely day, smile lots and eat something delicious! Bye for now!! :D








Saturday, 24 October 2015

Linking up the links!

Happy Sunday friendly friends!!
I hope you're all having an amazing day so far (no matter what time it is) and plan to do something nice for yourself because it is Sunday after all!

Like go for a walk, or play with your dog, or make absolutely delicious pancakes for breakfast...
Check!

After a really short (but sweet ;) run in the early morning sun, I decided to whip up some pancakes with strawberry/ banana fro-yo for brekky (after I whipped up another recipe- stay tuned- and some cashew butter.. it was a busy morning in the kitchen!)


The fro-yo was a berry/banana bash of a big handful of frozen berries + 1/2 small frozen banana + 3 big scoops of greek yogurt- whazzed until smooth and placed in the freezer for 20+ mins.

As for the pancakes, they were just my cinnamon banana cakes, topped with the freshly made cashew butter mentioned above and some crunchy peanut butter.

Aaannd- if that wasn't good enough- the sun was playing nice today!
 FULL SUN!


 N.O.M

Alrighty, that's enough food pictures for today (just kidding- there's never enough) but I have an abundance of great links you need to check out, so we'll just have to move onto some links you'll love!

Let's go!

Food:


20-Minute Creamy Vegan Carrot Soup

Yeast-free Sweet Potato Vegan Gluten free flatbread

Carrot and Broccoli Chips

Vegan Caramel Pumpkin Spice Shake





Fitness:


The Biggest Mistakes You're Making When Trying to Fall in Love With Running

Health:

32 Ways To Actually Wake Yourself Up In The Morning

 Are fitness and health challenges good or bad?
Happiness:

15 Depressing Meals That Will Make You Cry Into Your Ketchup-Topped Spaghetti




19 Things Only True Carb Lovers Will Understand


I hope you found some worthwhile reads in that list! That's it for today but I'll see your smiling faces soon with another post from the host! (Which is me by the way... because it rhymes with post ;) Have yourself a great day!! BYE! :D

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