I've been getting a lot of messages through Twitter and IG from people to post recipes of my daily healthy meals up. I say this again, with emphasis, that I am in no way a nutritionist or dietician. I do my own research, eat clean and exercise daily. I try to eat as clean as I possibly can, meaning fresh produce (i.e fruit and veg) but sometimes opt for frozen varieties just as a time saver, limit processed or packaged food or basically anything that comes with an ad, and make my own meals. Why change when you find a problem, when you can prevent the problem for happening in the first place, right?
Anyways, moving on... Here's my quick breakfast recipe I made last week. I couldn't finish the entire stack, but I usually try not to clean my plate any more anymore now days to prevent myself from overeating and feeling yuck and bloated instead of satisfied and full.
Adapted from Vegenista
What You'll Need (all approx measurements as I made a smaller batch to recipe)
3/4 cup almond milk
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 ripe banana chopped
1/4 cup all purpose flour (I used spelt flour so pancakes were more dense and not as light and fluffy)
1/2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
1 scoop French Vanilla Whey Protein Powder (I use Gold Standard)
Coconut oil to cook with
Recipe also asks to kosher salt and nutmeg, but I didn't have these ingredients on hand so left it out. Still tasted amaze though!
How To Make It
1. In a blender, puree almond milk and oats until smooth. Add other ingredients into blender and blend till combines. Allow the batter to rest so that it thickens up, should take a 5-10 mins
2. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Mist pan with oil. I pour my batter free hand from blender, however if you're not confident to do so yet you can scoop batter onto pan in 1/4 cup increments (palm size). Reduce pan to medium-low heat and cook pancakes until air bubbles appear and the underside is golden brown, around 2-4 minutes (depending on how big they are). I also added a few naughty dark chocolate chips to the top of my batter just before air bubbles appear. Flip and cook other side for 2-4 minutes.
3. You can top with whatever you have at home. I used greek yoghurt, frozen blueberries and raspberries, crushed walnuts and desiccated coconut.
Super delish way to start my morning, especially after a work out! Was so full till lunch as well.
Happy cooking, everyone :-)!
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