Eggy Breakfast Wrap

Happpppppy Birthday to my boyfriend. A guy needs a good breakfast right? And because it was his birthday I promised to make him something good. Fresh orange juice, sliced banana, cup of tea, coffee and a yummy eggy breakfast wrap with avocado. Heaven on a plate!

Ingredients

gluten free or whole wheat wraps
avocado in wedges
3 eggs
fresh sliced fruit
salt and pepper
oil
cheese (I use hard old goat cheese)

The most important thing about this breakfast, are the eggs. I love scrambled eggs, I always use 1 egg and 2 whites a dash of soy milk, a bit of grated cheese salt and pepper. Always. But what does a scrambled egg make a good scrambled egg? Well, the thing is with scrambled eggs that you need a specific trick to make them fluffy, gooey, and yummy. For me this means whisking the eggs together with a fork, adding my cheese and spices, than the milk and just whisk until combined. Don't over mix. Than heat up a pan until incredibly hot, add your coconut or olive oil and pour in the eggs. Immediately turn the heat down on low, wait a bit, like half a minute and then gently stir 3 times until it's "scrambled" turn of the heat, remove the pan and let it sit. The egg will cook trough because of the heat of the pan until just cooked trough. This way you get the perfect eggs!!
In a different pan you heat up your tortilla and then you add the avocado and a bit of the eggs, wrap it up and serve with some fresh fruit.

Happy Mornings!

xoxo

Most important meal of the day II

Updated recipe of my favourite breakfast!!

Because I improved my recipe, calculated nutritional information and got a loooot of responses when I posted another breakfast picture on instagram or Facebook I decided to give you an updated version of my favourite meal of the day!

Ingredients

For a big batch of granola

20g of quinoa pops

50g kasha (roasted buckwheat)

a teaspoon of cinnamon

1 tsp coconut oil

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla aroma

10 almonds, roughly chopped (or pecans)

15g sunflower seeds

20g pumpkin seeds

a handful of raisins, goji berries, mulberries and incaberries

To make the granola preheat an oven on 180 degrees (Celsius). Grab a big pan and start to heat the oil and maple syrup, when it's all liquid you can add the cinnamon and vanilla. Now you can add the quinoa pops, kasha and nuts. Bake the granola for about 3-5 minutes and keep on stirring. Transfer the mixture into a baking dish and put it for about 10 more minutes in the oven. Let it cool down a bit and sprinkle some of the mixture in your morning bowl with soy yogurt and fresh fruit! Mine contained kaki fruit (LOOOOVE it), hot raspberries and pomegranate.

nutritional information: with a serving size of 40g it's under 100 calories!

Yummy porridge

Sometimes I wake up really really really hungry, you know the feeling? Well in that case I always choose for a Porridge recipe. It's comforting, smooth, creamy, delicious, very filling and has many health benefits as well. What more do you want on a hungry morning! 

I was looking in my fruit basket and in my fridge and thinking about a new combination, caramelised pears? Goji's? Raspberries? Sounds yummy right? Well no ordinary bowls today.. I created this delicious bowl and now you can try it out yourself! 

Yummy Raspberry & Caramelised Pear Porridge

Ingredients

For the porridge

1 heaping tablespoon of oats
1 heaping tablespoon of buckwheat flakes
1 heaping tablespoon of spelt flakes
Almond of Soy Milk
Vanilla aroma
(Of course you can also just use buckwheat or just oats as your porridge)

For the add-ins
half a cup of frozen raspberries
table spoon of goji berries
some chopped almonds and pecans
half a pear
cinnamon
coconut oil
maple syrup
optional: almond butter

In a small pot combine all the grains with 150ml water and bring to a boil with the lit on top, make sure you use low heat otherwise you overcook the oats easily. In another saucepan heat up half a teaspoon of coconut oil with a teaspoon of maple syrup (I overindulged a bit with the maple syrup ;-)) Add the pear in dices and bake with a sprinkle of cinnamon until the pear is browned and caramelised. Heat up the raspberries in the microwave and chop up your nuts in the meanwhile. Check the porridge once and a while as well, when the water is absorbed add some milk of choice, vanilla aroma, cinnamon and stir until everything is well combined. Pour the oats in a bowl and top off with the pear, raspberries, goji's and nuts (I love a big teaspoon of nut butter in my oats, so I added almond butter as well).

Going Green

Is it a hype or is it really full of health benefits? I'm talking about the green monsters, aka green smoothies. Slurping smoothies made with raw, leafy green vegetables has become more and more popular. But really, why should we drink these?

Because:

Green smoothies are good sources of minerals and vitamins and it's a good way to get more vegetables in your diet

Juicing VS smoothie: When juices are extracted, you get vitamins and minerals but no fibre. For smoothies the fibre stays in tact so it will keep you filled up for a while as well

Easy and quick to make, you only need a blender

Easy to digest

Low in calories and because they are so filling it could help you lose weight

While fresh is always the best choice, green smoothies will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, which can be handy at work and while travelling

I love to make a green monster when I have been over eating and indulging the day before. In this case my boyfriend made me eat about 15-20 pieces of sushi and I don't know how many side dishes ;-)! So in the morning I felt like I could use something healthy, fresh, low calorie and easy to digest.

My Version 

1 apple

1 big handful of spinach

150 ml yogurt

about a glass of water (first do a half when it doesn't blend all to well add more)

1 tablespoon of goji berries

1 tablespoon of maca powder (super food which you don't have to use when you don't have)

1 tablespoon of protein powder 

1 drop of stevia

Blend and enjoy! 

Tip: Always use 2 sorts of fruits and 1 portion of green raw vegetables. 

Not your ordinary pancakes

When I posted this picture a while ago on instagram, everybody wanted to know... OMG what is this? At that time I was doing a diet for the amazing program modelworkout (www.modelworkout.nl) and was having a strict diet. My nutritionist was immediately thinking I was cheating big time, but guess what? I didn't.. Yup.. this recipe is completely clean and diet friendly. And did I already mention finger licking good? ;-)

Ingredients

Mixed frozen fruit

30 gram oats

100 ml soy yogurt

100 ml almond milk

1 egg

cinnamon

vanilla extract

dash of stevia

coconut oil 

Grab 2 bowls, one small for the frozen fruit and one to make the pancake batter. Combine oats, milk the egg, cinnamon and vanilla extract and give it a good mix. Let it stand for about 5 minutes so the oats will soak up some of the milk. Check your batter, if it looks to dry just add a bit of water and then you can start heating up a pan with a bit of coconut butter. In the meanwhile put your bowl of frozen fruit in the microwave so they heat up, make sure the fruits stay intact so they won't get toooo soggy. Bake a few small pancakes in the pan and then you can grab a plate and start layering up. Pancake, soy yogurt, pancake, soy yogurt until you have the last pancake. Now its time for the fruits to join the party and then it's your turn to start your morning feast meal! 

The most important meal of the day

After all my preparation time the last few weeks,  my Blog went finally online yesterday. It was amazing to see the responses and I'm happy you like it so far. If you do have any questions please do ask, also for tips you can always email me (hungryforhealthyfood@gmail.com) or contact me on Facebook.

Because I'm a full time model one of the first responses on my blog was; "I'll keep an eye on your blog for tips & tricks because I want to lose some weight". Of course, the holiday season is over and we all have eaten a bit too much ;-) For me, personally, it's always about going back on track. Stop eating the junk and start clean eating again. After all the junk food, sugars and processed carbs it's important to eliminate them out of your diet straight away.

For me breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I absolutely love having breakfast and it's the first thing I think off when waking up. With a good breakfast you will feel satisfied and less snacks throughout the day. My breakfast always contains fruit and some form of protein.

Recently I discovered quinoa Pops, a low calorie gluten free grain which I turned into the most delicious healthy granola ever!

Ingredients:

1 cup of quinoa pops (just fill a coffee mug)
1/2 a cup of kasha (roasted buckwheat)
a teaspoon of cinnamon
1,5 table spoon of coconut oil
2 spoons of maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla aroma
a handful of mixed nuts and seeds, I love pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds and pecans.
a handful of raisins and goji berries

To make the granola preheat an oven on 180 degrees (Celsius). Grab a big pan and start to heat the oil and maple syrup, when it's all liquid you can add the cinnamon and vanilla. Now you can add the quinoa pops, kasha and nuts. Bake the granola for about 3-5 minutes and keep on stirring. If the mixture is to wet stir in some more quinoa pops, when it's a bit to dry stir in a bit more maple syrup. Transfer the mixture into a baking dish and put it 10 more minutes in the oven. Let it cool down a bit and sprinkle some of the mixture in your morning bowl with soy yogurt and fresh fruit!