breakfast: spiced almond-date-protein-oatmeal

I cooked 1/2cup rolled oats, 1cup water, 3 small chopped dates and some protein powder and then added 1 tsp ground flax, 2 tbsp ground almonds, about 1/2 tsp cinnamon, some cardamom and a pinch of ground cloves. yummy!

gastrogirl:

naturally flavored, herb-infused waters.

watermelon-sorbet 

so easy to make and so refreshing!

just freeze some watermelon-chunks for a couple of hours (until it’s really hard, like ice) and blend it until smooth. Enjoy!

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Robot Heart Recipes Test Kitchen: 10 Easy Vegetarian Breakfasts

So even though your kitchen may find itself abuzz with holiday food prep and cookie baking this week, you (and your house guests) still need to eat breakfast, right? Here is a list of Robot Heart Recipes Test Kitchen Approved quick, easy, and healthy vegetarian (some are vegan too!) breakfast ideas to keep your holiday motor running!

Berries with Cashew Cream and Granola

Breakfast Quinoa with Blueberries

Fig and Flax Muesli

Mediterranean Tofu Scramble

Millet with Pineapple, Coconut, and Flaxseed

Peanut Butter French Toast

Santa Fe Breakfast Burrito

Southwestern Style Breakfast Sweet Potatoes

Strawberry and Goat Cheese English Muffin

Toast with Cinnamon-Almond Butter and Sliced Pears

dinner: cooked spelt, stir-fried spring onions, broccoli, bell peppers and carrots, homemade peanut-sauce

First time eating spelt just like that. It tastes a lot like brown rice, I like it! For the sauce I simply heated about 3 tbsp tomato-purée with 1.5 tbsp. peanut-butter and seasoned it with soy-sauce. Going to add some chili and spring onions the next time but this was really yummy already

I made my own kind of lara-bars.

I processed 1/3 cup of dates, 1/3 cup of almonds, a pinch of salt, some cinnamon and a tablespoon of cocoa, formed it into three bars and dusted them with some more cocoa. Really delish!

recipe: vegan healthy chocolate-oat-pancakes 

for one serving you’ll need:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats, processed into a flour
• 1-2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tsp. agave nectar (or other sweetener to your liking)
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tbsp. natural peanut butter
• 1/2 tbsp. ground flaxseed
• about 1/3 cup water or non-dairy milk 
• a pinch of salt

Mix everything but the liquid and then slowly add as much liquid as you need to form a smooth batter. Bake pancakes in a nonstick-pan. I layered them with sliced bananas, some peanut-butter on top would have been great, too!

recipe: homemade whole spelt-sunflower-seed-bread 

for one loaf of bread you’ll need:

• 500g whole-spelt flour (that’s about 4 1/8 cups), you could also use whole-wheat
• 42g fresh yeast or one packet( i think 7g ?) dry yeast
• 50g (about 1/3 cup) sunflower-seeds + some to sprinkle on top
• 2 tbsp. flax-seed (optional)
• a pinch of brown sugar
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 450ml (1 3/4 cups + 2tbsp.) lukewarm water
• oil for greasing the bread pan

dissolve the yeast in the water, add in all the other ingredients and mix until it forms a soft, homogenous dough. pour the dough into a greased bread pan, sprinkle sunflower-seeds on top and bake at 356°F/180°C for one hour. remove the loaf from the pan and bake for another 5-10 minutes. 

I used the recipe of my tomato-rosemary-bread and made some modifications to make it a more versatile bread. It’s really quick and easy and tastes so yummy right out of the oven!

recipe: lentil-vegetable salad 

for one serving you’ll need:

• 1/3 cup dry lentils (I used masoor lentils)
• 1/2 zucchini
• 1 tomato 
• freshly chopped parsley
• salt, pepper to taste
• olive oil

Cook the lentils until done. Meanwhile chop the vegetables. Mix everything, taste with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Enjoy!

This is slightly similar to tabouleh, but richer in protein because of the lentils :)

breakfast: slightly chocolat-ey vegan coconut-oat-pancakes drizzled with agave nectar with mango and more coconut

I ground half a cup rolled oats to flour, then added, half a tsp. baking powder, half a tsp. baking soda, two tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut, a tablespoon of my homemade chocolate-almond butter and water(we have no more soy-milk meh) until it was a smooth batter. Nom.