Hi there ! so if you follow me on Insta, you know we all love Granola at home and I bake it all the time for ourselves or on order. I also keep on trying new flavours and combos to improve texture and taste. I have a few really decadent ones (ok still much healthier then most of the commercial ones you can find, even in health food stores ๐ but sometimes I also want to have the really crunchy nutritious healthy bite to eat on its own or with some plant yogurt and fruits. Something that will be different from a simple nuts handful and yet not as sweet as a regular granola.
Most granolas will require quite a fair amount of oil and sweetener to bind the grains and nuts together. If you want to decrease some of it, you can try banana/apple or even pumpkin sauce as a binder. But it can affect texture and taste (for those who don’t like banana like my mum :). For these crunchy bites, I used flax meal as a binder and it helped me decrease to a minimum the oil amount. Also those bring a nice nutty flavor and are loaded in healthy Omega 3 !! As for the sweet tooth, I give you some flexibility in the recipe below (I personally like it not so sweet, my kids prefer much sweeter ๐ Cacao is optional but really recommended for it’s flavour and also nutritional goodness. Ensure though you buy unsweetened cacao and not highly processed dutch coco powder. Give it a go and let me know your thoughts. And if you are not looking for such a healthy granola, look for my other recipes on the blog. In any case, enjoy and bake food that do you good but also makes you feel good and that you look forward to eat !!
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I love green colour ! from clothing to food, anything green will do !
I guess unconsciously it is the link with nature, the vibrant plant ย energy and the freshness it inspires that attracts me.
Also, when I have been a little overindulgent over the week end ๐ I need to go for green food !
So today, I say yes to an all green veggies lunch salad.
I chose wholewheat soba noodles as I had been running 9 km this morning and needed some good carbs to pair with my veggies.
If you want to make yourself this super easy 10 min yummy Asian salad, follow the link below.
A little tired today and feeling I need to fix my sugar cravings with healthy snacks. Bliss balls are my go to treat in that case. Energy packed and sweet, they are so satisfying…
I opted to make this variation which is date free and full of various seeds to maximise good nutritious elements from seeds and nut butter vs carb from dates.
Are you in the mood for crumbly crunchy chewy nutty bliss balls ? Follow the link below and enjoy ๐
I have always loved pesto. But I can still not figure out why I used to buy it !
It is so easy to make and so much healthier. In this one, only 5 ingredients and mostly herbs and nuts.. !
Also, since I have found out about vegan pesto, I rarely make the cheese version and use nuts and nutritional yeast to create great vibrant green spreads to eat on my toasts, rice or pasta.
If you have 5 min, a bunch of parsley and some nuts in your fridge you can make this one now !
Give it a try by following the link below, and let me know how you liked it ๐
Buddha bowls are the easiest meals.
Providing you have a few grains and veggies already cooked, a good spread like houmous or pesto, some raw veggies, herbs and seeds, you can compose a Buddha bowl in 5 min !
Today, I had no time to cook, and my fridge was packed with leftovers from the lunch we had prepared for our friends yesterday.
So I just pulled out a few things and set this vibrant, tasty, vitamin and protein packed bowl in 5 min !
In this one: raw kale and yellow zucchini, raw middle eastern cauliflower rice salad, yellow capsicum houmous, grilled corn and a good olive oil and lemon dressing.
Trust me, batch cooking and zero waste food strategy is a real time saver and a game changer to have everyday something new and delicious on your table !
Follow the link below if you want the recipe of the capsicum houmous I used in this bowl !
Living in Singapore, we eat salads all the time. At the moment I love mixing fruits with veggies and grains to create new flavor combinations and twist traditional recipes. It’s the magic of vegetarian and vegan cuisines, anything is possible, you reinvent recipes everyday !
If you want to try this one, follow the link below.
I hope you will enjoy it and share any comment you might have with me !
My daughter loves smoothies. This Sunday she asked me for one of her favorite: strawberry, banana and almond milk. With such a pretty color, we have renamed it “Ballerina smoothie”.
If you want to taste it follow the recipe !
Intense morning run today. Usually I will drink lots of iced red tea or cold press a juice, but today I was in a smoothie mood.
I decided to make a delicious avocado, banana, almond butter blend.
Super yum and loaded with the proteins, good fats and potassium.
Recipe is there if you want to try ๐
In Singapore the local food courts – Hawker centers – are packed all day long, starting with breakfast where you can find noodles, ramen, fried rice, eggs any style… and porridges.
So this morning I thought I would try a savory oat porridge for breakkie for a change. I twisted it with a Japanese umami flavor, using miso and gomasio.
Only 10 min to prepare and super yummy, nutritious and colorful.
You can even prepare it the night before and reheat it in the morning.
Follow the link to get the full recipe.
Enjoy and don’t forget to rate this recipe and share your comments if you try it.
This morning I decided to make an easy breakfast using some of the remaining plum compote I had made for the kids. I toppedย overnight oats with this beautiful red sauce, added some cinnamon roasted pecans and pumpkin seeds, a dollop of plant based yogurt and pomegranate.
What a treat to start the day.
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