Good morning friends! Happy Tuesday 🙂 We had so many over-ripe bananas at our house that needed to be used up… so I decided to create a new banana muffin recipe. This recipe is gluten-free and I use the wonderful corn flour by One Degree Organics to do so. You can find their flours andContinue reading “Cocoa Banana Muffins (Gluten-Free)”
Category Archives: Breakfast Ideas & Muffins
Peanut Butter Oat Bars
Ingredients (makes ~9 squares/small bars): 1 ripe banana, mashed 1 3/4 cup oats (I used Hilray Large Flake oats) 1/3 cup natural peanut butter, softened 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1/4 cup + 1/2 tbsp maple syrup 1/4 cup wheat bran 1 tsp vanilla extract Pinch ground sea salt 1 tbsp coconut sugar DarkContinue reading “Peanut Butter Oat Bars”
Brown Rice Crisp Granola Bars
These pretty little babies are gluten-free, refined sugar free… and technically if you want to remove the dark chocolate chips/drizzle (I think not) they can be dairy-free. YUM YUM YUMMMM. Ingredients (Makes ~ 8-10 bars) : 1 1/2 cup Cocoa flavour Brown Rice Cacao Crisps Cereal from One Degree Organic Foods 1 1/2 cup Hilray Gluten-freeContinue reading “Brown Rice Crisp Granola Bars”
Trail-Mix Energy Bites
Do you ever hit a wall mid-afternoon? Looking for a quick pick me up to grab on the go and get you over that mid-day slump? Try my Energy Bite Cookies. With a mixture of nuts, raisins, oats, coconut, and much more… you will get a combo of healthy fats, natural sugars, and protein that willContinue reading “Trail-Mix Energy Bites”
Weekend Waffles!! (Nature’s Path Wildberry GF)
HAPPY SUNDAY! Due to the SNOW that has now returned to cover the ground….I needed some waffles this morning to cheer me up. I bought Nature’s Path Organic Buckwheat Wildberry Waffles for the first time…and fell in LOVE. They have many different flavours, homestyle, chia, ancient grains, etc. I love this product. No need toContinue reading “Weekend Waffles!! (Nature’s Path Wildberry GF)”
No-Bake Vanilla Chip Protein Bars
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! I wanted to kickstart the week by making a healthy bar to have on hand when cravings hit after a chocolate-filled weekend.Nowadays with all the “protein bar” choices at the grocery store its hard to know which one to pick and also hard to investigate theirContinue reading “No-Bake Vanilla Chip Protein Bars”
Homemade Granola + David’s Tea
I have very limited ingredients in my apartment here in Laos. I don’t have access to all the same spices/ingredients as I do at home in Canada. If I can find them here many are very pricey because they are imported. BUT there’s always a way to make things work with what you have! IContinue reading “Homemade Granola + David’s Tea”
Coconut Almond Protein Bars
Ingredients (makes 8 small bars): 1/4 cup protein powder (I used Garden of Life’s raw vegan natural protein powder) 1/2 cup dates, mashed (in small container at 1 tbsp water microwave of 40 seconds to soften then mash). 1 cup oat flour 1 tbsp almond butter 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp coconut oil, melted 1/4Continue reading “Coconut Almond Protein Bars”
Maple Cinnamon Muffins with Spelt Flour
Ingredients (Makes ~8 muffins): 1 1/2 cup spelt flour (I used OneDegree Organics Foods spelt flour) – you can substitute this for Whole Wheat if needed. 1/4 cup large flake oats 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup skim milk 1/2 cup greek yogurt 1/2 cup dates, mashed andContinue reading “Maple Cinnamon Muffins with Spelt Flour”
Banana Nut Granola
Ingredients: 1 banana, mashed 1.5 cup large flake oats 1/2 cup mixed nuts of choice 1.5 tbsp peanut butter 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp raw sugar 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, melted 1/4 tsp cinnamon Add raisins and banana chips as desired. I got my banana chips from Sunripe in London. Directions:Continue reading “Banana Nut Granola”