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!