Category Archives: Breakfast

Cacao Overnight Oats

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Pretty obsessed with these overnight oats! They’re probably my most common breakfast especially during the winter months. Oats are such a nutritious breakfast and if you’re any bit of a nutrition nerd like me, here’s all you need to know about why them oats are so good for ya! ~ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/9-benefits-oats-oatmeal#section3

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Ingredients

half cup porridge oats

heaped tsp cacao powder

half cup dark chocolate almond milk

half cup coconut milk

Method

  1. Stir the oats and cacao powder together in a bowl.
  2. Add in the milk and stir.
  3. Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge overnight.
  4. In the morning, heat your oats in the microwave for about 2-3 minutes or in a saucepan on a low/medium heat for roughly the same amount of time.

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Enjoy 🤗

Tee. X

Matcha Latte

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I’ve always loved green tea so it’s no wonder I’ve fallen in love with matcha! And it’s only recently that I’ve been introduced to the Matcha Latte & Bulletproof Matcha Latte and it’s safe to say they’re becoming one of my favourite hot drinks as I wouldn’t be much of a coffee drinker anyway 😀

Being a bit of a nutritional geek I had to find out for myself what exactly is matcha and here it goes… Matcha is a form of Japanese green tea which is ground into powder form which means that much more of its nutritional content is retained giving it a higher content of antioxidants and phytonutrients than standard green tea. Matcha helps to regulate neuro-hormones, boost adrenal function and offers a steady boost of energy and focus. My favourite benefit though has to be that matcha contains an amino acid called L-theanine – aka meditative brain wave food! L-theanine stimulates the production of alpha waves in the brain those found in deep mediation, and is associated with relaxation and mental alertness, as well as influencing dopamine and serotonin our feel good neurohormones… which explains why I’m always left feeling so zen after my matcha 🙂

(References ~ http://nyssaskitchen.com/bulletproof-matcha-latte/ & http://www.carolinehansennutrition.com/recipes/bulletproof-matcha-tea)

Anyway enough of me going on about how great it is! Here’s the recipe for my matcha latte that I made this morning…

Ingredients

1 tsp matcha

1 tbsp boiling water

300ml coconut milk

1 tsp coconut oil

1 tsp organic honey

cinnamon

Method

  1. Gently heat your coconut milk in a saucepan. While that is heating, in a mug mix together your matcha and boiling water until you have a paste.
  2. When your milk is hot enough, pour into a jug along with your matcha paste and coconut oil and whizz these ingredients together with a hand blender until it appears kind of frothy.
  3. Pour back into your mug, stir in your honey and sprinkle some cinnamon on top.

Enjoy the matcha goodness 🙂

Tee.X

 

Zucchini Carrot Oatmeal Muffin/Cupcakes

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Bit of late night baking last night trying out this new recipe! I had my first one this morning and they are really yummy!! A great way to get some veggies in without even knowing 🙂 I made them into cupcakes just because I had no muffin cases and got 15 cupcakes out of the mixture 😀

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Ingredients

1 cup porridge oats

2 cups buckwheat flour*

1 cup coconut sugar*

1 heaped tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

3 eggs

3/4 cup coconut oil

1 cup grated zucchini

1 cup grated carrot

1 cup raisins

*You can replace the buckwheat flour with whatever you like; oat flour, ground almonds, wholemeal spelt flour etc.

*If you don’t have coconut sugar handy, you could replace this with agave syrup, honey, maple syrup etc.

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
  2. Mix the dry ingredients together first in a large bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and oil. Stir in the grated zucchini and carrots. Add to dry ingredients and stir until combined. Add in the raisins and spread them out in the mixture making sure they’re evenly distributed.
  4. Fill your muffin/cupcake cases about 3/4 way full and bake for approx. 20 minutes. They’re done when a knife inserted comes out clean.

Enjoy in the morning or as a snack throughout the day 🙂

Yummy in my tummy 😀

Tee. X

 

Millet Porridge

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Millet is a seed but you can get it in a flake form as well just like porridge oats. It’s that bit sweeter than regular porridge. It’s really nutritious – providing fiber, iron, B vitamins, manganese, phosphorus, and magnesium – and highly alkaline, making it easily digestible and soothing to the stomach 🙂 Here’s a great article with a lot more info on millet ~ http://www.care2.com/greenliving/12-health-benefits-of-millet.html

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Here’s how I made my Millet Porridge…

  1. Rule of thumb: Simmer in 2 parts liquid to 1 part millet flakes. I used 1 cup of almond and coconut milk to 1/2 cup of millet flakes.
  2. I let it simmer on a medium heat for approx 5 minutes and stirring regularly until the liquid is absorbed and looks like a fluffy mixture!
  3. Pour into a bowl and top with preferred toppings, I topped mine with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cacao nibs and a drizzle of agave syrup.

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Yummy in my tummy 🙂

Enjoy,

Tee. X

Donal Skehan’s Strawberry & Chocolate Overnight Oats

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Finally got a hold of Donal Skehan’s new cookbook ‘Fresh’ and I love it! I would highly recommend picking up a copy for yourself because there are so many nutritious recipes in there and pretty straight forward to make as well!

Anyway was feeling like trying out something different for breakfast this morning so I went with one of Donal’s recipes for overnight oats 🙂

I just made a couple of changes to his recipe but nothing major 🙂

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NB. If you are planning on making this recipe, remember you must prepare the oats the night before!

Ingredients

25g porridge oats

1 tbsp chia seeds

150ml almond milk

1 tbsp honey/agave syrup/maple syrup

1 tsp cacao powder

3 strawberries, cut in half

2-3 tbsp natural yoghurt

1 tbsp raw cacao nibs

1 tbsp desiccated coconut

Method

  1. Combine the oats, chia seeds and almond milk in a jar with a tight-fitting lid (or what I did was use a glass and cover tightly with 2 layers of cling film) and place in the fridge overnight.
  2. Mix together the honey and cacao powder and set aside.
  3. (Optional) Warm the soaked oats mixture in a microwave or pan.
  4. Top with the yoghurt, strawberries, chocolate sauce, cacao nibs and desiccated coconut.

So yummy!!

Enjoy 🙂

Tee. X

Quinoa Fruit Bowl

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A quick and nutritious breakfast or lunch idea 🙂

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup quinoa
  • 2 tbsp nut butter of choice eg. peanut, cashew, almond butter
  • toasted coconut
  • toasted ground almonds
  • fruit of choice for topping – I used bananas, strawberries and raspberries

Method

  1. In a medium saucepan bring the quinoa to a boil and then simmer for 10-15 mins.
  2. Remove from heat, drain and mix in the nut butter.
  3. Divide into bowls.
  4. Spread the fruit, coconut and ground almonds on top.

Enjoy 🙂

Tee x