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!

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!

A day of liquids!

My "liquid only day" truly did what it was supposed to do! It gave me back my energy and general excitement for life but also made my hungry. Not just hungry for food (even though that was a nice feeling after being sluggishly full for days) but hungry for cooking, learning and exercise! Since I was only consuming liquids I didn't do any intense exercise though! I'll save that for when I am more experienced with fast and the different varieties of it. I did some really great yoga though!

So since this was my first time doing something like this I decided to post pictures of my drinks and quickly go through what I had in them!

Breakfast consisted of a smoothie...

… that contained strawberries, milk, avocado and banana! Really delicious and put together in two minutes. The fact that we lacked spinach made me kinda sad though, since I was really looking forward to a huge, green smoothie first thing in the morning. But as I got a taste of this I decided that I would do just fine even without spinach!

For lunch I had something warm, more specifically this soup…

… that contained broccoli, peas and the spinach that I went to obtain. Deliciously green and a serious health bomb! Might post the recipe for this wonderful and wholesome soup when I have the time to snap some better pictures!

A few hours after lunch I felt kinda low on energy so I made a juice…

… that consisted of the broccoli stalks that got left over from the soup, some carrots and a few oranges. Really nom and really refreshing, just what I needed in order for me to keep on studying for another few hours.

Later during the afternoon I started to get a bit hungry again so I made a smoothie that would serve as a pre-workout snack since I was planning to do yoga within half an hour or so.

I threw some coconut milk, cacao, unsweetened protein powder, a banana and some spinach into my blender and prayed for the best. It turned out really nice and really boosted me for my yoga!

After my yoga I spent the evening chilling with my little sister and as we were watching yet another horse show I made myself an evening snack…

… which may not look very pretty (since it was dark) but it tasted divine! There is some spinach, banana and milk in there in case you were wondering. Really simple and easy!

So that's about it for today. I have really gotten my spirit back and I feel ready for the two long days that is about to come. Seems as if I have a tendency for taking on just a tad too much work… I have to learn how to say no! But that's for another day!

Tomorrow I am planning on breaking my liquid fast with banana pancakes and then I will move on to a potato salad made with heaps of steamed veggies! Aaaaand… then I don't really have any further plans, except for heaps and heaps of raw fruits and veggies of course!

Green Yogurt

Are you tired of eating yogurt that is filled with processed sugar and weird preservatives? Or do you just want a dairy free alternative that doesn't contain soy? Perhaps you're like me and just generally enjoy making your own food, and have a love for all things green?
Then this yogurt is for you! That it is super quick and easy to make just makes it even better!

Green Yogurt (serves 1)

      2 dl light coconut milk (a bit less then 1 cup)
      2 heaped dl pineapple chunks (about 1 cup)
      1 big handful of fresh spinach
      1/2-1 tsp xanthan gum
      eventually some ice cubes if you want it really cold

Directions:
Blend all the ingredients except the xanthan gum until smooth. Add the xanthan gum little by little until the yogurt is as thick as you'd like. If you're using a pineapple that isn't very sweet then you might have to add some sweetener. In that case I recommend stevia, agave or maybe a couple of dates?

 
I chose to top my yogurt with mulberries, shredded coconut, cacao nibs and chia seeds! Yum!


The yogurt makes a really generous serving, but since
I am usually really hungry when breakfast comes around I
have made the assumption that others might feel the same way.
The nutrition label is therefore for the entire recipe so knock
yourself out!

Since the recipe is so low in calories I strongly recommend
that you top it with something calorie dense like nuts and
seed. That will also give you a boost in protein! I know that
there is lots of vegan protein powders available now so if
you feel like adding that to the yogurt itself in order to
up the protein feel free to do so!