Healthy Cacao Smoothie in a Bowl

SORRY guys I'm uploading my easy Sunday so late on the day, has been busy. Had a brunch this morning at my boyfriends parent's place and baked a lovely carrot cake oatmeal for the occasion. After i went for a run in the sun, my lord it was such a beautiful spring day! After I went to visit my mom, sister and her 2 little kids. Love to sit there on a sunny day, their garden is on the south so perfect to chill a bit on a lazy Sunday afternoon!

Yup this delicious looking bowl is an easy Sunday, can you believe it? You just need 4 key ingredients and you can fancy it up if you'd like to. It's just a question of putting all the ingredients in a blender and top it off with some (off my) optional (favourite) toppings.

Without additional toppings

Ingredients

For the smoothie
1 banana
300ml almond milk
box of frozen strawberries of raspberries
2 tbsp cacao

Optional:
big hand of kale or spinach
protein powder

Optional toppings:
2 tbsp raw cacao nibs
10 raspberries
2 tbsp shredded coconut
 swirl of soy yogurt (about 100ml)

Add the banana, milk, frozen fruit and cacao and blend it in your blender until smooth. If you like your smoothies thicker add 200ml milk in stead of 300. I like to add kale or spinach for extra vitamins and the protein powder to be full longer.

Nutritional information for this recipe is without all toppings and add-ins, based on 2 servings. (With all add-ins and toppings is about 300 calories).

Breakfast today

It all started two night ago. I was on the couch surfing the Internet and whatsapping with friends when I all off a sudden noticed that my Wifi was off. I tried to make a new connection, but no signals were found. I decided to look after it the next morning. Yes, I made a backup off all my files, 2 to be sure actually and than started surfing about the problem on the web. In the meanwhile my Wifi now was grey, not able to press the button at all any more and I started to find out that this was a common problem with Apple. I completely reset the entire phone, wanting to reset my backup later on. And then, error. Yup.. not able to reset. So there you go, thank you apple with your amazing system, alllllll of my files are gone =(

What does this mean for you? Well, all of my recipes have to be photographed.. and I just lost a bunch of pictures so I won't be able to upload as much as I always do. Today I'm going back to the shop and hooooope they will be able to fix without any costs, legally they should. So fingers crossed!

But today I will introduce you: My Yummy Breakfast! 

I tried out something new! Overnight "oats" but than with buckwheat instead so it's completely gluten free. Oh my it's filling, delicious and yummy I would say: give it a try, definitely!! 

Ingredients

30g buckwheat flakes

drop of vanilla

pinch of cinnamon

100ml almond milk

100ml soy yogurt

15g of seeds (I used linseeds, sunflower and hemp seeds)

handful of frozen berries

fresh mango and berries as topping

optional: kasha and agave syrup

Simply mix all the ingredients, except the toppings (mango and extra berries of course) and let it sit in the fridge by night or at least one hour. The next morning, stir, add you add-ins, I love to use crunchy kasha (hidden under the mango on the picture) and a swirl of agave to give it a healthy sweet touch.

Spoon in, enjoy!! ;-) 

Chocolate cookie dough for breakfast

Be aware, you will have a new addiction. This recipe is incredibly delicious and healthy as well. It's fast, easy and doesn't require a lot. It does need a bit time, like 5 minutes of your real time and the rest it does for you while you are sleeping. And then... when you wake up, it's time to spoon in and enjoy this treat! Try it, it will become your favourite new breakfast, lunch, snack.. or even as a dessert!

Ingredients

30grolled oats
half a mashed banana
1 tsp cacao
100g soy yogurt
1 tsp (hemp) protein powder (optional but great for extra protein)
dash of vanilla powder or aroma
100ml non-dairy milk of choice (I had soy milk sweetened with apple)
tsp stevia sugar

And now the easy part, mix it all and transfer to a bowl. Cover and let it sit and rest overnight in your fridge. The next morning this delicious treat is waiting for you to spoon in.

Serving suggestion: sprinkle with some nuts and/or hot blueberries
Psst: the portion, serving size is bigger than this glass but this way it just looked too cute ;-)