Breakfast

Creamy Vanilla Chia Pudding with baked Banana

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Breakfast Love Are you a breakfast lover? If yes, you should try out baked banana with oats, chia or yoghurt. If not, you should start with this vanilla chia pudding soon. Frying bananas is really simple and so delicious. They are getting sweeter after frying and you can add your favorite spices as well. Ground … Weiterlesen

Sunflower seed tzatzki sandwich and Blog Carnival Participants

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A healthy vegan sandwich and lots of fun! That’s what you find in this post.

Finished! My #healthyfastfood4 Blog Carnival is over. I’m happy about your enormous participation and I love to see so many “food” friends from Instagram as well. As promised I share the list of your delicious recipes, Websites and Instagram Accounts today and I would be totally happy if you would do the same on your social media and Website. It’s such a great way to share our passion of food. You find the complete list of all participants at the end of this post. Thank you all for your participation! I had so much fun and all participants would be really happy if you find the time to share the complete list also on your blog. To share our Passion for Blogging, Food, cooking and Food photography.

I like to introduce you to one participant who joined as well and published her eBook last week. It is Traci from vanillaandbean (@vanillaandbean).
You can find her amazing eBook here: grab-n-go snacks. I bought it and I am totally satisfied.

Be You

I want to share a little bit about my feeling to be more YOU in this life.

At the moment I’m really in a lazy mode and spend a lot of time with relaxing and slow movement. I’m thinking about what’s really important for me. I like to discover more silence, calm and awareness because I feel that I really enjoy it. I don’t like to run across my life and recognize nothing. So many people are busy and stressed from their own timeframe because they want to fulfill the expectations from others and their own. The expectations from the world and from yourself are so high. Nobody can fulfill them the whole life. Don’t fulfill the expectations means to be not everybody’s darling. And some people won’t understand you when you act like yourself but that’s the only way to find happiness in life. To find your own way.

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I recognized I need a change. I needed a break from the society to think about my truly needs. I recognized I don’t want many people around me. I don’t want to join every party or event. Instead of this I love time with myself, my cats, my food and my hubby. I love to meet family and friends from time to time but not every day and not every weekend. I enjoy to do some sports, yoga, meditation in my free time. I enjoy to cook. I enjoy to read books and watch movies. I love cuddling my cats and I love to sleep early to feel fit the next day. I’m truly happy I realized this.

What are your Needs?

Food to Go – for example a sandwich

Because I’m really lazy at the moment I don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen. I try to find more easy recipes to relax in the evening. I am a full-time worker and be in the kitchen mean a kind of meditation but I can’t meditate hours and hours. I don’t want to spend more time than 1 hour after my work with cooking and cleaning. I discovered Sandwiches for me to have a great and healthy lunch I can easily prepare in advance. I often prepare the ingredients in the evening and put them all together in the morning for my hubby and me.

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As you already know I don’t eat animals because I love them. My base bread topping is cheese and avocado. But I try out other toppings as well like this sunflower seed tzatziki. It is so easy to made, vegan and full of healthy nutritions. For example it’s is full of Vitamin E. I love Vitamin E because it is really helpful for a good skin. Maybe I’m crazy but I recognized my skin is so much better since I eat more seeds and nuts. I eat them every day. Vitamin E also help neutralize free radicals to protect brain health.

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RECIPE
Sunflower seed tzatzki sandwich

Serve 2

100g sunflower seeds (soaked for 4 hours in water)
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
2 tbsp fresh dill (chopped)
1/4 cucumber (grated, scrape out the seeds with a spoon to avoid liquid)

4 slices of whole wheat bread
6 slices of smoked tofu
salad

Preparation

  1. After soaking your sunflower seeds, drain and rinse them.
  2. Add lemon juice and olive oil and mix in a blender or with a immersion blender.
  3. Add the grated cucumber and the dill.
  4. Season with salt and pepper.
  5. Serve your sandwich with tzatski, fresh salad and smoked tofu.
  6. Enjoy.

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Participants of #healthyfastfood4 Blog Carnival

Thank you all for your participation! I had so much fun and all participants would be really happy if you find the time to share the complete list also on your blog.
To share our Passion for Blogging, Food, cooking and Food photography. I would be happy if you share this list as well on your Blog to share the food love.

Blogger Recipes

Sweet Potatoe Sandwich with beetroot cashew cheese from Tiina @myberryforest

Pumpkin Millet Burger from Klara

Pineapple Lime Coconut Parfait from Dee @greensmoothiegourmet

Golden roti, curried carrot falafel and masala corn Bo from @bos.kitchen

Spiced Fall Porridge von Lynn

Strawberry Rhubarb Tart and salted brownie cheesecake bites from Mitra @nutriholist

Healthy fast food pizza from Jo @healthyeating_jo Pumpkin millet burger from Klara @klaraslife

Vegan saitan chicken sandwich from Lauren @rabbitandwolves

Sri Lankan beetroot curry & toasted coconut sambol from Annabel

Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry from Nattalie @healthynatty

Healthy Indian Chaat from Meghnas @meghnas_

Quinoa-Pumpkin Burger with veggie chips from Verena @frei_style

Pink dream cream parfait from Corinne @healthypieceofcake

Antioxidant Açai Chocolate Oatmeal Bowl from Brenda @crave.the.benefits Cashew cream kale Caesar sald and fried shallots with parmesan vegan from Lyndsey @lyndsey_eden

Raw vegan oreos from Sara

German

Regenbogen-Lunch: Buchweizennudeln mit Tofu und Tahini from Anna

Healthy Sushi from Steffi

Schnelle Beerenmuffins für das Wochenende from Jessi

NEWS!

One of my favorite food blogger published her eBook. Traci participate with one of her new recipes from her eBook: Almond Chocolate Coconut Bars from @vanillaandbean
Download: grab-n-go snacks

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Instagramer Healthy Fast Food Ideas

Portobello Bun Red Lentil Burger / Slider from Marisa @missmarzipancom

Cauliflower pizza crust from Chloe @the_smallseed_

Mexican taco style from Annelina @food_without_regrets

Savoury Rainbow toast on glutenfree bread from Dora @theradiantkitchen

Rainbow Veggie Open Pittas from Lorna @eatmyyythoughts

Breakfast bowl from Jenny @jenny.rai

Mango Vegan no churn ice-cream from Arzu @vitalityandmore (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vitalityandmore)

Potato chili fries with the best plantbased cheesesauce from @lenkas_kitchn

Spring rolls with satay and sweet chilli style sauce from Lee @vegan_naturalee

White and red quinoa from, hummus, eggplant dip, chimmichurri, vegetable stock and 4 greens pesto and Tropical Bliss Pitaya, mango, Pineapple, Banana Nicecream from Silv @minimuncherbali

Creamy Millet Porridge from Philine

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Apple Pie Smoothie from @klaraslife

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Who gets mouth watering by reading apple pie? You will love this smoothie for sure!

I’m totally happy today because I introduce you to a special girl I met on Instagram. I love to share my passion of food and blogging with others who feel exactly the same. It is really special to learn all this blogging and photography stuff and it is really helpful to talk to each other and learn. Klara is a person living in Germany with her dog and her chickens (aww I love them!). She is a quiet and balanced young woman who shares her passion of food in her blog and Instagram account. I adore her recipes and love every single one. It’s a dream from us to visit a food photography course together sometime. It is a bit difficult because we live far away from each other. I’m so happy to publish an interview as well as one of my favorite smoothies from her. Her apple pie smoothie. This creamy filling smoothie is a base in my weekly breakfast routine. It is easy to prepare, super healthy and tasty so good. Thank you Klara!

Interview with Klara

What’s your Name?

My name is Kathrin Salzwedel.

Where are you living?

I live in a small town near to the beautiful university town of Tübingen.

Can you tell me something about you?

I love to be in nature, preferably on horseback or while hiking in the mountains. I also go running regularly during the week. You can enjoy your workout and your head will be free.
On my blog Klaraslife I share my passion for healthy, simple and delicious dishes.

Wheat means healthy living for you?

Besides my passion for nature. I live a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Healthy living means to me, that you can hear what your body wants and needed. He knows very well what we needed.
If possible avoid stress and hectic to take time for themselves and learn to appreciate the little things in life. This has all to do with each other. I always like to eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, legumes, plant based or coconut yogurt or vegan cheese. Everything fresh and without additives. If I’m sweet tooth have, then I eat a piece chocolate or homemade cake.
And I´m happy. One should not put under pressure, it is „only“ eat 🙂

What is your favorite meal?

I’m a total breakfast lover. I prefer to get up earlier, than I start my day without my breakfast. My favorite food is overnight soaked oats and porridges in different versions; with fresh fruit, nut butter or with matcha or baobab powder. And smoothies like my Apple Pie Smoothie.

Recipe
Apple Pie Smoothie from Klara

Serve 1

200ml almond milk (or any other milk you prefer)
2 small apples (pelled)
5 tbsp rolled oats
2 tbsp hemp seed
1 tbsp almond butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preparation

  1. Place oats and the milk into your blender and let it soak for 30 minutes. The oats should be soften.
  2. Now add all ingredients into the blender. Blend until soft. If it too thick add more milk.

*NOTES: If you don´t have time in the morning, soak your oats overnight!

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Ohne Titel

Website: klaraslifeblog
Instagram: @klaraslife

You could be interested in these posts as well:

  1. Make the perfect smoothie more filling
  2. Spirulina Smoothie Bowl with green
  3. Blueberry Amaranth Smoothie
  4. My latest baby – walnut oat cream with baked banana – sooo good

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Walnut Oat Cream with baked Banana

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Walnut, Cashew Nut, Oats – mix whatever you want! Welcome simply Breakfast Creams! I already published one of my favorite nut creams, my base Cashew Cream. After eating it for a long time I wanted to try another version of a nut or grain cream. So I decided to mix some of my favorite breakfast ingredients and await the result eagerly.

Walnut, Oat and baked Banana!

What a mouthwatering combination. I love to smell the flavor of the baked banana when I fry them in the morning. It’s only a few minutes of work and the result is so amazing. As you already read in one of my previous posts “Dietary Change” it’s one of the best decision to start with changing little things in your life to change your diet. Start with your breakfast! Prepare this walnut oat cream in advance to have a healthy and tasty breakfast for 3 days. You only need to fry the bananas in time because they are not that flavorful when they are cold. Instead of baked bananas you can use any other fresh fruits like apples or simply unbaked banana.

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Have you heard about the disadvantages of phytic acids?

Phytic acid has a strong binding affinity to important minerals. Soaking nuts or grains is really healthy because oats contains phytic acids. You need to soak the nuts or grains to break it. For more information read this article: Phytic acid

You can also add a pinch of apple vinegar to make the oats more digestible.

Oats are one of the best breakfast ingredients to make you feel full for longer. They are also one of the grains with the highest protein volume.
And they taste very good and are really versatile. You can soak them, cook them or simply add them cold to your muesli.

Vanilla Almond Butter for everything

By the way: I love to top EVERYTHING with my home-made Vanilla Almond Butter. I always stock a jar of it in my house to have it on hand when I need something sweet. Topping your nut cream or your baked banana with this nut butter brings you to another level of taste! I never know it until I tried it out. You find the simple recipe here: Vanilla Almond Butter

So guys, as promised on Instagram here is the recipes for this walnut oat cream you asked for 😉

Walnut Oat Cream with baked Banana

Serve 4

Cream

100g Walnuts
100g Oats
4-5 Dates
1 Tsp ground vanilla
1 cinnamon stick (or ½ tsp)
200 ml water

To Serve

4 ripe bananas
Coconut oil for frying
Vanilla Almond Butter for topping

Preparation

  1. Soak all ingredients for the cream in 200-300ml water and store in the fridge overnight
  2. Mix the cream in the morning
  3. Fry the banana over medium heat in coconut oil
  4. Serve with baked Banana and Vanilla Almond Butter

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The Breakfast Basis: Cashew Cream

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I prepare my breakfast in the evening to have less stress in the morning very often. A light Cashew Cream is the base of my favorite breakfast variations. This cream is season independent. You can enjoy it in the summer months with cold fruits or in the winter months with baked banana or hot berry sauce. Whatever you want. The possibilities are amazing! You can store this cream up to 3 days in the fridge in a closed container.

For my it is always really special to discover new diet ideas like this Cashew Cream. You only can discover new ones when you release old habits. Sometimes it is really difficult to release them but it worth it. Trust me. Change is often a possibility to grow in your own way.

Healthy Nuts

Nut are a big component in my daily diet since years. Nuts have such a high nutrient content on a small size. You get lots of vitamins and minerals when you enjoy such a small amount of nuts a day. They are also really filling and a perfect ingredient to make you full for longer. This is really important for me because I’m a 4-times eater and don’t eat between breakfast and lunch. Cashewnuts are used very often in my kitchen. Not only for breakfasts. They are perfect for soups as well or smoothies because you get such an amazing creaminess by adding them. My absolutely favorite smoothie with Cashewnuts is this one: http://nutsandblueberries.com/turmeric-cashew-smoothie-with-lemon/

The fat rate of 40% in Cashewnuts is low by comparison with other nuts like Walnuts (60%). They also contains healthy high valuable protein, vitamin B and folate.

Fresh Fruits

I love to add cherries in my Cashew Cream. I’m so happy cherry season began here in Germany. They are perfect when they are really cold and fresh so take care to use them within a few days. To avoid an attack from bacteria keep the stalk. It protect the cherry.

Favorite Topping

One more high recommendation is use almond butter as a topping. Have you ever made your own one? It’s so easy and bring you to another level of enjoyment. Trust me! I eat it nearly every day. I use almond butter as topping on smoothies, smoothie bowls or simply eat it together with apple slices. I added the recipe as well if you like to try it out. Give it a try. Please!! You won’t be sorry about it. I make mine with ground vanilla and nothing more. You don’t need to add other sweetener because the almonds are sweet itself.

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Recipe
The Breakfast Basis: Cashew Cream

Serve 1

50g cashew nuts, soaked overnight
30g buckwheat, soaked overnight
2 dates
1 tsp ground vanilla
pinch of nut milk (I use my self-made walnut milk)

My favorite Topping
handful of fresh cherries
Almond Butter (Recipe below)

Instructions

  1. Rinse the cashew nuts in the morning
  2. Mix them together with the dates, the vanilla and a pinch of nut milk
  3. You can mix it completely or not if you prefer a crunchy structure

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Recipe
Vanilla Almond Butter

Serve 1 Jar

500g raw almonds
2 tsp ground vanilla

Instructions

  1. Add the almonds and vanilla in a high speed blender
  2. Mix it until you get a creamy nut butter
  3. The time dependds on how strong your blender is (I need 7-10 minutes with my Vitamix)

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