Superfood nicecream

Hi sweethearts! Today I am gonna share my favorite recipe in the world! Superfood nicecream! Seriously the easiest thing to make (like, you don't even need an icecreammaker!!), it gives you an instant energyboost and most important.. this healthy cream tastes so soo good!

Superfood Nicecream
Ingredients
2 frozen bananas (cut them into small pieces and store overnight, in an airtight container, in your freezer)
2 passion fruits (1 to mix through the cream and one as topping)
Handful of frozen blueberries
½ glass of water
2 tablespoons chia seeds
2 tablespoons acai powder
2 tablespoons coconut chips
Optional topping: goji berries, mulberries and inca berries

Directions
Place the frozen banana pieces and the water in your blender and mix until you have a creamy mixture. Add the frozen fruit and passion fruit and mix again. Finally add the chia, acai and coconut chips. Spoon into a bowl and garnish with your favorite superfoods!
Enjoy loves!!

Sanne

Sunday Morning Lemon Waffles

Sweethearts! I hope you've all had the most amazing weekend! I spent mine with my family, normally I have got so many things to do on Saturday and Sunday. But since life is a bit hectic lately I decided to take some me time and relax with my mum's family. Because you can't come empty handed I made some vegan waffles and brought some fresh fruits from the farmers market for the topping!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vegan, lemon waffles with a tropical topping.

Ingredients

3/4 cup (unsweetened) almond milk

1 tsp apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp melted coconut oil

3/4 cup brown rice flour

1/4 cup almond meal

1/4 cup potato starch

juice of 1 small lemon

2 flax eggs

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp agave nectar

 

Directions

Start by preheating your waffle iron to desired level of heat.

In a big bowl, combine the almond milk together with the vinegar and set aside for a few minutes.

Add the coconut oil, lemon juice, flax eggs, agave nectar and whisk. Again set aside 5 minutes.

Mix all the dry ingredients and mix with all the wet ingredients.

Cook according to the manufacturer instructions. Once baked, place on a baking rack in a 180 degree oven so they stay warm until served!

 

Enjoy!

 

Love,

Sanne

 

Crispy Sweet Potato Fries

Morning loves! Hope everyone is doing really well! As it is almost weekend I decided to share a snack I make almost every Sunday afternoon: crispy sweet potato fries! They are extremely easy to make and you can enjoy them within 30 minutes, which is the reason why they are such a hit in our family!

Health Benefits Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are extremely good for you as they are full of wonderful vitamins, iron and magnesium:
- Sweet potatoes are high in vitamin B6. This vitamin helps reduce chemicals in our bodies. Homocysteine chemicals have been linked with degenerative diseases, including prevention of heart attacks!
- Sweet potatoes are a good source of vitamin C. While most people know that vitamin C is important to help ward off cold and flu viruses, few people are aware that this crucial vitamin plays an important role in bone and tooth formation, digestion, and blood cell formation. It helps accelerate wound healing, produces collagen which helps maintain skin’s youthful elasticity, and is essen­tial to helping us cope with stress. It even appears to help protect our body against toxins that may be linked to cancer.
- Sweet potatoes contain Vitamin D which is critical for immune system and overall health at this time of year.  Both a vitamin and a hormone, vitamin D is primarily made in our bodies as a result of getting adequate sunlight. You may have heard about seasonal affective disorder (or SAD, as it is also called), which is linked to inadequate sunlight and therefore a vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D plays an important role in our energy levels, moods, and helps to build healthy bones, heart, nerves, skin, and teeth..
- Sweet potatoes contain iron. Most people are aware that we need the mineral iron to have adequate energy, but iron plays other important roles in our body, including red and white blood cell production, resistance to stress, proper im­mune functioning, and the metabolizing of protein, among other things.
- Sweet potatoes are a good source of mag­nesium, which is the relaxation and anti-stress mineral. Magnesium is necessary for healthy artery, blood, bone, heart, muscle, and nerve function, yet experts estimate that approximately 80 percent of the popula­tion in North America may be deficient in this important mineral.

Crispy Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients
4 medium sweet potatoes

2 tablespoons of coconut oil

1 tablespoon red pepper powder

1/2 tablespoon chili powder

Sea salt

 

Directions

Soak your sweet potatoes in a bowl for 2 hours (cold water!). After the two hours, rinse and dry them with a towel - this step is not necessary but will make your fries very crispy and yummy! 

Preheat your oven to 420 degrees.
peel and cut the potatoes into this slices. In a bowl, mix the coconut oil and the spices. Add the fries and mix till they are all covered. Take a baking tray, covered with baking paper, lay the fries on the tray and make sure they are separated - otherwise they won't become crispy!
Bake the fries for 30 minutes, flipping them every 10 minutes.
ENJOY!! 

Love,
Sanne

 

Banana pancakes with coyo

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

Why I love (!!) monomeals

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