Are you more of a waffle or pancake person? I tend to go for pancakes - I make my oatmeal protein pancakes at least once a week - but every now and then I get in the mood for waffles. Today's chocolate banana oat waffle recipe was born out of my latest waffle craving. I didn't have all of the ingredients on hand to make other waffle recipes that I've been wanting to make, so I came up with these healthy waffles instead. This breakfast/brunch beauty is pretty simple to whip up, and it features basic ingredients that I always have on hand. The base of the waffles are made with oat flour, fresh banana and almond milk. Maple syrup and hemp hearts are thrown into the mix as well, and then we've got cocoa powder and chopped chocolate to give the waffles its chocolatey dessert feel. All you ... [Read More]
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Healthy Cinnamon Oat Bread {vegan}
No shocker here, but I'm still obsessed with all things cinnamon, so today I have a delicious cinnamony snack/breakfast/dessert recipe to share! Lately cinnamon rolls and breads have been calling me. I ordered a gooey cinnamon roll a month or so ago while working at a coffee shop to satisfy my craving, but it's stuck around. So what did I do my friends? Came up with a healthier version of cinnamon roll bread, of course! This bread is a more nutritious play on the typical white flour, butter, and refined sugar-filled cinnamon swirl breads we all know and love. Instead, we've got an oat + whole wheat flour base. Apple sauce, a flaxseed egg, and coconut oil are added into the mix in place of butter, eggs and vegetable oil. Instead of an excess of sugar, pure maple syrup ... [Read More]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Protein Oat Cookies {vegan + gf}
These healthy cookies are made with oats, peanut butter, banana, and cocoa powder, sweetened with monk fruit, and include chocolate protein powder for a protein boost. Ideal for breakfast, dessert, or anything in between! Have you guys ever seen photos of people's meal prep for the week that includes 5 containers of the same bland thing for each meal? If you've worked your butt off for a bikini competition and ate that way to get there, good on ya, but that looks like a bit of a nightmare to me. I like food too much, and I like diversity in my eats too much. Sure, I have my favorite smoothies and my go-to dinner recipes, but I certainly don't eat them on the daily. In general, monotonous, robotic living scares the hell out of me. No thank you, I don't want to do the same thing every ... [Read More]
Baked Strawberry Donuts with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting {vegan}
Healthier than your typical fried donuts, these vegan baked donuts use fresh strawberries, oats & cashew butter in the batter, & are topped with a strawberry cream cheese frosting! I haven't shared a sweet tooth recipe with you in a solid six weeks. The madness! Truth be told, I've been doing a lot of experimenting in the kitchen with new snack & dessert recipes, but many of them have been freelance projects. But today I'm back with a very delicious donut recipe... my very first donut recipe on the blog! Over the holidays, my hubby's grandmom & mom gave us a gift card to Stonewall Kitchen, and I went ahead & purchased something I'd been meaning to nab for awhile... a donut pan! I've been playing around with my first batches of homemade donuts, & ... [Read More]
Strawberry Banana Bread Bars [vegan]
Sometimes around this time of the year I get a little overzealous about all of the summertime fruit that's in peak season. I eat a ton of fruit, but I wind up getting excited and buying more fruit than even I can eat before it gets too ripe. Case in point was a few weeks ago, when I found myself driving past a strawberry farm stand while out running errands. I simply had to pop in and buy not one, not two, but three pints of strawberries (it was a buy more kind of deal!)... after I had just nabbed a big bag of cherries and a yuuuugggge container of blueberries, on top of my usual banana and apple purchases. For the next few days, I ate lots of fruit: threw some on top of smoothie bowls, in my cereal, mixed in with yogurt, on its own as a healthy dessert... but I couldn't eat all of the ... [Read More]
Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Protein Pancakes {dairy free + gluten free}
Hi friends! Things have been quiet over here this week... because my real life has been hectic! The past week has been a whirlwind, between getting through the busiest time of the year for my publicist job, celebrating a friend's birthday locally in San Diego (with a private Pilates class & smoothie hangout!), then packing, getting organized, and setting off to Las Vegas for work. Last night I flew from Vegas to New Jersey, where we are in the midst of wedding busyness leading up to my brother's wedding this weekend. So, as you can imagine, there has been a lot happening in my world. BUT! Today I'm back to share one of my favorite recipes. It's a goodie! Pretty much everyone that knows me well knows about my love for pancakes. They're my favorite fancy ... [Read More]