Zucchini Scones!

Greens in scones are great.
You may not believe me...
... so just try these goodies!

These honestly turned out way better then I expected and they're great with chocolate almondbutter and a sliced banana on top!

I mean just look at these goodies! If any of them were left I'd devour them right here and now!

Ingredients (makes 4-5 scones)
      3 dl oatflour/grounded oats (110 grams, about 1 1/4 cup)
      1 dl gluten free whole-grain flour (60 grams, a bit less then 1/2 cup)
      1 Tbsp baking powder
      1/2 tsp salt
      1/4 tsp xanthan gum
      3 Tbsp unsweetened apple sauce
      2 1/2 dl grated zucchini (about 1 cup)
      2 eggs
      ev. bread-spice

Directions:
Put all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until it's all combined. Add the applesauce and zucchini and mix before adding the eggs. Make sure not to overmix!

Place 4-5 dollops of dough onto a covered baking tray and pop it into an oven preheated to 200 °C (about 390 °F) and leave the scones there for about 20 minutes. Take them out and allow them to cool a little so that you don't burn your tongue!

Now the nutrition label is based on 5 scones and I must say
that it's looking pretty fine!

I looked up the nutrition value for a regular scone recipe and
found that for a scone equal to the size of these you'd get way
less fibre (about 4 % instead of 15 %). The fat content would
be about 10 % higher! Because of the higher fat content the
calories in a regular scone lands on around 225-240 according
to my calculations (on a 85 g sized bun that is).

So I would rather eat these healthy and good for my body
scones then regular ones, because I can top these with all
the almondbutter in the world! And almondbutter, as everyone
already knows, equals happiness!

Black Bean Burgers

I am the master procrastinator but instead of just plain out ignore studying I figured that I could post a recipe favorite of mine (while plain out ignoring studying)! These black bean burgers are wholesome and really good! They will not taste like a burger made from meat but they're delicious nevertheless, and if you're anything like me (a non-meat-eater) then you're probably going to find these to taste way better then any meat burger out there!

Black Bean Burgers (makes 4 big burgers)

     230 grams of cooked black beans

     1 onion

     1 egg

     1 dl oats (30 grams, a bit less then 1/2 cup)

     1-2 tbsp cornstarch
     1/2-1 tsp salt
     1/2 tsp black pepper
     1/2 tsp chili powder

Directions:

Making these burgers is ridiculously simple! Just put all the ingredients into a food processor and mix it until it's all mashed and mixed. I mix mine finely because I like them that way but if you're a fan of chunky bean burgers you just have to mix a little less! Feel free to add more spices if you like your food spicy! And you most certainly don't have to season your burgers with the spices mentioned! I bet they would be delicious with some garlic powder!

You can either fry them in a lightly greased frying pan or pop them into the oven (heated to 200 °C, which is about 380 °F) and leave them there for 15-20 minutes. If you leave them in the oven for too long they tend to get a bit grainy so if you want to go with the safe and non-grainy alternative then I recommend frying!

During the summer I eat these burgers all the time, usually with a big salad and heaps of sauce! Or with fried mushrooms as in the picture above! The fact that they're so quick and easy to make makes them a go-to summer food for me since I am usually rather busy during the summer months!

As you can see one of these burgers already contain
more then 1/4 of the fibre needed for one day so
they're sure to keep you full for a while. All in all they
are filled with slow carbohydrates, wholesome proteins
and very little fat. I usually use full fat yogurt to make
the sauce for these because I like to have a balance
of fat, proteins and carbohydrates!

Oh and as you can see in the pictures, I never eat
just one but always 2 or 3 depending on how hungry I
am and what I serve with them!

Salad deserves more praise then it gets...

So yesterday I spent my day making a great variety of raw food dishes. And while it's really fun and interesting to slooooowly roast things into the perfect consistency and blend up delicious snickers-like pies (that one tasted divine, just saying) it often gets very heavy. Lots of nuts, seeds and coconut oil. Which are all really great but not really a meal on their own. When I have my raw food days I tend to eat a lot of healthy desserts (not that I don't do this otherwise but still…) which leaves me with insane cravings for greens and vegetables during the evening. So after a day filled with indulgence (also know as "heaps of chocolate in all it's raw forms") I whipped up this salad…

Or well I didn't whip it… I chopped, peeled and tossed it. So much greens, so much vegetables! And pine nuts, because they are really crunchy and yummy!

I served this with copious amounts of water and a dressing made with avocado, garlic and lemon juice! A very fresh and crispy ending to a great day!

Now I am a salad enthusiast and eat it in some form every day. But the salad in itself, the spinach, rucola, lettuce, kale and all the other leafy greens out there deserves so much more praise then they're getting! They are so good for you and there is a leafy green for every occasion!

If you have a hard time getting enough leafy greens then I strongly recommend throwing some spinach in your morning smoothie! Easy way to get a cup or so first thing in the morning!

Have a great easter everyone!

Strawberry Buckwheat Oatmeal/Yogurt

I don't know what would be the right term for this meal… It has the grains that oatmeal usually does but it's entirely smooth like yogurt… But the taste is still a bit more "oatmealy" then "yogurty" if you know what I mean!

Oh, and it's also delicious (and insanely healthy!) while being completely raw!

Strawberry Buckwheat [raw, vegan] (serves 1)

      3/4 dl whole buckwheat groats (soaked in water during the night) (about 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp)

      100 grams strawberries, both frozen & fresh should be okay (I used frozen)

      3 fresh dates

      a dash of pure vanilla

Directions:

Drain the buckwheat groats well so that all the "slime" disappears then place them in a small mixer together with the dates, strawberries and the vanilla. Mix until desired consistency is reached. Some like their oatmeal with a little more texture but I mixed mine until it almost resembled yogurt!

I topped my raw oatmeal bowl with a banana, almond butter mixed with unprocessed cacao and homemade cashew milk. I also threw on some chia seeds and some shredded coconut! Unsurprisingly it was delicious and generally amazing! I just love raw food! It gives me all the energy in the world! 

Here we have a nutrition label for the entire recipe and

to me it looks just about excellent! 

Great amounts of fibre to keep you full until lunchtime!

Low fat which gives us the opportunity to drench it in 

chocolate sauce and nut butters!

A decent amount of protein that can easily be boosted with

another 5 grams via chia seeds, various nut butters or 

just chopped nuts in general! The choice is all yours!

Oh… and you'll also get all the vitamin C that you'll

be needing for the day!

Sugar Free Waffles!

I hurt my hip this Wednesday and quite frankly it hurts a lot. So I can't train, not even the teeny tiniest bit of yoga… So naturally I will spend all day cooking instead, because comfort food is a must when you can barely waddle around!

We've been working with waffles in school the past few days, leaving me with a desperate longing for them. So I figured that I'd whip up a single serving of fibre rich, sugar free and most of all delicious waffles!

Ingredients (serves 1)
      1 dl buckwheat flour (a bit less then 1/2 cup)
      1/4 tsp baking powder
      1-2 tbsp erythritol or another sugar substitute/just regular dry sweetener
      1/8 tsp xanthan gum
      1/4 vanilla pod or vanilla extract
      4 tbsp eggwhite
      3 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
      1/2 tbsp melted coconut oil
      a dash of salt

Directions:
Mix all the dry ingredients together carefully, they tend to get all over the place otherwise. Pour in the wet ingredients and mix until completely smooth, make sure that there is no lumps at all! Heat your waffle iron and grease it with coconut oil if that's needed. Place half of the mixture in the iron and press down. Wait for about 2-5 minutes (this really depends on what waffle iron you're using so please make sure to check on the waffles the first time you make these). Take out the finished waffle and cook the rest of the mixture.

Top with whatever you fancy but I strongly recommend fruits and chocolate sauce!

Here is a nutrition label for these two waffles. As you can see

they have quite a low amount of calories so topping them with
everything that you have on hand won't be a problem!

They also contain a decent amount of protein as well
as a good chunk of your needed fibre for the day! Meaning
that they will keep you full forever! Even I, who usually
get hungry two hours after eating, stood my ground
for at least four hours! But that probably has more to do
with me being unable to move around.

So go outside lovely people! Enjoy your movability
because I can tell you that it sucks not being able to
tie your own shoelaces…
But at least I can comfort eat on my homemade almond
cups, and that's pretty sweet!