Hi sweethearts!
I have got another really delicious recipe for to post today! Since a lot of you asked for my banana pancake recipe I have spent the last week perfecting the recipe so I can finally update this on my blog! So weird, the whole time Ive been working on my blog, I haven't posted a simple banana recipe. Shame on me!
A bit over a week ago it was Eastern and I was lucky enough to celebrate this holiday with my boyfriend in Paris. We had the most wonderful time but this meant we missed out on all the holiday festivities with our family and friends. To make up I made these banana pancakes (pretty festive huh?!). I loved the topping of bananas, blueberries and raspberries. We picked them up on boulevard Raspail the day before. Anyone ever been there? It is seriously the most beautiful organic market I have ever seen! I will post some pics to give you guys an impression!
Banana-coconut pancakes
Ingredients
4 flax eggs
2 bananas
1 cup of old fashioned oats
2 tbsp coyo (coconut yoghurt)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Mix all the ingredients in your blender or food processor until smooth and bake like for about 2 minutes on each side! Top with your favorite fruits and enjoy with your loved ones!
Love,
Sanne
What exactly is a monomeal?
A 'mono meal' is simply when you eat only one type of food and you don't combine any food.
Examples of monomeals are:
- eating nothing but bananas for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- eating nothing but mangoes for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- eating nothing but watermelon for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
I understand that, for people who are used to eating meals that involve a lot of ingredients and love fancy food preparations, the idea of eating nothing but pineapple might seem boring and bland, but to me the idea of eating all the pineapple I want (without limitations) is pure heaven! Plus eating a meal that mother nature spent a lot of time and energy creating for you is so fulfilling!
Eating monomeals has a lot of benefits for your health;
- first of all it is the most simple way to eat, if you don't have any time to prepare a huge lunch just grab a watermelon or a bunch of bananas!
- Monomeals are the easiest meals to digest.
- You can find out very easily which foods work for you and which doesn't. Your body reacts to certain foods. When you only eat juicy oranges and you feel healthy, energized and happy you know these really work for you!
- Your body will tell you when you've had enough. You wont overeat. Since you are paying attention to the taste and the texture of what you are eating. This means that your body will let you know whenever you have had enough. This will do so by causing your taste buds to shift in a way that will cause the delicious food you're eating to become tasteless and unappealing, making it impossible to overeat (awesome!!)
I really love monomeals, for the previous reasons mentioned, but too because I often can't choose which of my favorite fruits to eat during the day. Now I don't have to choose and it really makes life so simple. In the morning I eat 4 bananas, as a snack 1 pineapple or watermelon, for lunch I often grab a few mangoes and again as a snack 2 avocados.
Hope I made you guys a bit curious and you're gonna try eating a monomeal in the near furture!
Love,
Sanne
