Banana Bread Chia Muffins

Hallo meine Lieben!

Heute gibt's mal wieder etwas Gesundes zu backen.
Ich wollte ja schon immer mal dieses "Banana Bread" testen. Bis jetzt bin ich aber komischerweise noch nie dazu gekommen.

Deswegen hab' ich mich diese Woche mal an die Rezept-Entwicklung gemacht und ein bisschen in der Küche herumexperimentiert.

Das Ergebnis: Banana Bread Chia Muffins (...und ein klitze-kleines Chaos in der Küche)

Sie eigenen sich perfekt als gesundes Dessert oder auch als pre-workout Snack beim Morgentraining! Allerdings schränke ich dann den restlichen Tag das Süße etwas ein.

Für 6 Muffins braucht Ihr:

2 Eier
2 Bananen
1 EL Öl
1 EL Honig
2/3 Becher Chia Samen
1/3 Becher Mehl
1/2 TL Zimt

Zuerst trennt Ihr die Eier und schlagt das Eiklar zu einem festen Schnee auf. Dann mixt Ihr die Dotter, den Honig und das Öl zusammen. Die Bananen zermatscht Ihr mit der Gabel und rührt sie löffelweise unter. Anschließend kommen Chia Samen und Mehl hinzu. Ihr mixt wieder gut durch und lasst die ganze Sache kurz stehen (Dann ziehen die Samen ein bisschen Wasser und Ihr könnt im Notfall noch etwas Milch zugeben. Bei mir war es nicht nötig). Zuletzt den Zimt einrühren und die Schnee unterheben. Die Masse füllt Ihr in 6 Muffinformen. Wenn Ihr wollt, könnt die Muffins noch mit Nüssen oder Schokosplittern bestreuen. Gebacken werden Sie bei 150°-180°C etwa 15-20 Minuten.

Lasst sie Euch schmecken!
Ich würde mich freuen, wenn Ihr das Rezept ausprobiert und Ihr mir ein paar Fotos schicken (an fulltimefoodie.blog@gmail.com) würdet.

xoxo
Andrea

Pre-workout Snack: Apfel-Zimt Scones

Hallo meine Lieben!

Wie geht es euch am ersten Montag des Jahres? Frisch und munter?

Heute habe ich für Euch wieder einen Pre-workout Snack: Apfel-Zimt Scones.

4th of July can come...with these red, white & blue salads

 

Hey guys!

You all know 4^th of July is right around the corner and with it lots of garden parties, BBQs and fun with friends!

And...I have the perfect recipes for you!

Healthy, delicious and totally „Instagram-worthy“ because everything is blue white or red.

Today I present you two summery salads: the classic tomato mozzarella salad with blueberries and the fancy watermelon, blueberry and goat cheese salad.

Let's start with some infos about the nutrients:

tomatoes - ...are full of vitamins A,C, E (antioxidative) as well as vitamin B. In addition tomatoes contain a lot of magnesium, iron and calcium and rare micronutrients such as cobalt and zinc.

blueberries -  ...are really a secret weapon of health. They contain a lot of carotene and vitamin C. The best ingredient is by far the natural colorant „myrtillin“: Together with iron and vitamin C it protects your blood vessels and can prevent strokes.

watermelon - ...is like a big red bottle of mineral water. It cleanses your kidneys and contains 95% water and a bunch of good micronutrients such as calcium, iron, iodine and fluorine.

cheese - …is are great way to add protein to your salad. 100g of mozzarella cheese contain 18% and goat cheese has even 21% of protein.

And now let's prepare delicious salads!

I started with chopping ¼ of a watermelon. I removed the green parts, cut the rest in bite-size chunks and placed them in a bowl. I added one cup of blueberries and stirred a little. Next I cut about nine cherry tomatoes in half and placed them in another bowl. Afterwards I mixed in half a cup mini mozzarella balls and half a cup of blueberries.

For classic salad dressing I blended ¼ cup of vinegar and 3 tablespoons of olive oil together. I added a pinch of salt and half a glove of garlic and mixed again. Afterwards I tossed my tomato mozzarella salad with the dressing and set it aside.

I marinated the fancy watermelon salad with a dash of lemon juice and one teaspoon of honey.

At the last I took a cookie cutter, cut out little goat cheese stars and placed them on the watermelon salad.

If you throwing a garden party/BBQ on your own, you can totally change the salad into cute skewers or a mini appetizers.

I hope you enjoy!

...and if you recreate my recipes please send me a photo...I'd love to see all the healthy dishes.

xo

Andrea

Father's Day special...Daddy's guest post

On the occasion of Father's Day I talked my Dad into writing a guest post for this blog.

He isn't quite a genius when it comes to cooking (there's a reason why my mom cooks everyday) but when I was little I really enjoyed his noodles with sour cream and ham every Tuesday.

So a big “Thank you” to you Daddy and I hope all of you like it!

Please comment down below what you think and let my Dad know that he is a real chef. ;)

Hi folks!

This is Andrea’s dad!

Today I proudly present my favorite recipe: a typical Austrian dish called “Reisauflauf” which is basically baked rice with eggs and raisins. (Remark by my daughter: “This is not a real 'Reisauflauf' it's your version of it!”)

I like it so much because I can do it on my own whenever I want. Moreover it tastes pretty good and is loaded with energy for my endurance workouts.

Here’s the how-to:

Start with cooking up the milk because it will take exactly the amount of time you will need for preparing the rest. Keep an eye on it...burnt milk smells awful.

Then mix sugar, eggs and raisins until it’s combined well.

As soon as the milk is boiling pour in the rice and keep stirring to avoid scorching. The rice will absorb the milk and when it has a thick consistency turn off the heat and continue stirring until boiling stops.

Next add in the egg sugar mix and blend well. Place the rice batter in a greased pan and bake it for about 40mins at 150°C [300F].

Afterwards remove it from the oven, cut it into pieces and serve it with apple sauce (I really enjoy raspberry syrup with it!).

And at the end...the ingredients summed up:

3 cups of rice

2 l milk

3 tbs sugar

3 eggs

1 cup of raisins

As you can see in the pictures my daughter decorated her serving with more raisins and a cherry.

I hope you’ll manage otherwise there is pizza service. ;)

My favorite pizza...fruit pizza

Last week I really had a sweet tooth….I cooked several desserts and eat quite a big amount of fruits. They all were delicious (and healthy, for example a melon sorbet…)

…but today I wanna share with you another one of my favorites.

Here comes the fruit pizza!

It’s sooo easy to prepare and offers a variety of micronutrients which benefits your health.

Let’s get started:

Take a wholegrain tortilla and place it on a bigger plate. (That was hard right? :P)

Spread one tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter on it. Please make sure that the penaut butter contains no added sugar or additives.

 Then it’s time to cut up some fruits. I sliced up about 5 strawberries, a little bit of ananas, a banana, and half an apple. Place them on your „pizza dough“ also known as wholegrain wrap.

You can do  a special order or just throw them on., it’s really up to you. As you can see in the pics I placed the apple in one quater as well as the strawberries, the banana and the ananas.

Next, for some extra flavor add several toppings. I sprinkled my ananas quater with a little bit of grated coconut (about one tablespoon) and my apple quater with a pinch of cinnamon. Moreover I added some blueberries to the strawberries and topped the banana quater with dark chocolate.

And now…

(…take a photo and send it to me, before you…)

dig in!!

Enjoy

xo

Andrea

On my birthday....homemade frozen yogurt!

Last week it was quite sunny and hot outside. So a friend and I decided to get frozen yogurt to “celebrate” the beautiful weather.

Since there were no lectures but both of us had to get up in the morning anyways (my boyfriend left for vacation), we met quite early as well. Too early!

We didn’t get froyo because the shop was still not open at that time. But…for all those who are wondering…we got ice cream instead

To cut a long story short…I decided to do my own frozen yogurt at home.

You can take exactly these topping you like (without any compromises ;) ), it’s cheaper and healthier and it is soo much fun!

So let’s play iceman…

Here are the directions:

Line a seeve with two to three sheets of paper towel and pour in 2 cups of Greek yogurt. Make sure that the paper towel won’t tear if it gets wet, because you wanna extract all the water from the yogurt. This will take at least 3 hours. Save some time and perpare it the night before and let it sit overnight.

Afterwards place the yogurt in big bowl. If you want you can add one tablespoon of honey but I skipped that part.

Separate two eggs and beat the egg whites until they’re white and stiff. Add it to the yogurt and carefully fold in. Then place your frozen yogurt in the freezer and let it sit for two to three hours.

Now you can prepare the toppings. Just cut all of your fruits (or anything else) in bite-size chunks. I got a mango, ananas and frozen raspberries.

Next I placed a little bit of my frozen yogurt in a bowl and sprinkled it with the fruits. As you can see in the pics I used a pipping bag…you know fot that extra glamour. But you can spoon it as well.

Here are the ingredients again:

Have a great and (hopefully sunny) day!

Let me know in the comments which toppings you prefer!

Enjoy

xo
Andrea