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Sugarfree Microwave Brownie
- 1 lightly beaten eggwhite
- 1 heaped tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 20-25 drops liquid Stevia extract
- 1 tbsp buckwheat flour
- 1 tbsp water
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
Quick dessert in 2 mins!
- Lightly mix all the ingredients into a runny ‘batter’ and pop into a microwavable cup.
- Microwave for 2-3 mins!
CHOCOLATE ANTIOXIDANTS BREAKFAST QUINOA!
We all know that chocolate is full of antioxidants, right? Well, here’s a little taste of the goodies contained in unsweetened cocoa powder:
- Vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E, calcium, copper, iron, zinc, potassium, pantothenic acid, magnesium & manganese.
Sound good so far? Well what if I told you that today for breakfast I had something that tasted like I was eating a decadent dessert. In fact, I think it tasted like chocolate crackles (those puffed rice and cocoa cupcakes!)
How to!
- Cook up a cup of quinoa and mix it with 1 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder AND some natural sweetener to taste. I also added a bit of Ovaltine Lite mix to mine for a little energy kick!
- Step 2….well there’s no step 2 really! It’s just THAT easy =D
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‘Had a cake craving…So I made a mini Banana/Blueberry Pudding! (look at how decadent and gooey it is!!)
I really felt like eating something sweet and caloric and comforting…you know those urges you sweet-teeth get? Yep. They’re deadly! Well, instead I made a little microwave muffin! And this time I added some ripe mashed banana to my buckwheat flour, so it turned out very gooey and moist like a hot mini pudding! It was the PERFECT thing for me and was very low in fat!
Serves 1
Calories - roughly 200-300 (it’s quite a decent size)
- 1 ripe mashed banana
- 1 heaped tablespoon buckwheat flour/wholemeal flour
- 1 eggwhite
- natural sweetener (I used 15 drops Stevia extract)
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 heaped tablespoon frozen blueberries
- splash of water
- olive oil
WHAT TO DO!!!!
- Grease a wide microwaveable cup with a tiny bit of olive oil.
- In a separate cup, mix the remaining ingredients and pour into cup, leaving about 6cm from the rim of the cup (as in, you need room for the pudding to rise!)
- Microwave on high for 3-4 minutes until it’s finished bubbling on the surface and looks cooked.
- Carefully remove from microwave and tip onto a little plate (it will be very hot!)
Chocolatey Buckwheat Crepe with Bananas and Yoghurt
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Tropical Quenching Sorbet Smoothie!
This is such a delicious smoothie I just made, and it’s milk-free (for all you people who don’t like milk!). Here’s what you need to do!
Ingredients:
1/2 or 1 cup tinned pineapple pieces (frozen in the freezer for 30 mins)
1/2 or 1 cup watermelon pieces (as above)
1/2 banana
6 large icecubes
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup frozen raspberries
Optional - few drops Stevia IF you want it extra sweet.
Method:
Well, you know what to do when you have a blender nearby…
Yum!
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CHOCOLATE YOGHURT ICECREAM
The other day I made some delicious frozen chocolate yoghurt icecream! It’s very low fat and absolutely delicious! Here’s how:
Mix together the following, then put in the freezer for about 15 minutes —>
- 4/5 large dollops of natural fat free/sugar free yoghurt
- 1 heaped tsp cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 15 drops Stevia extract (more or less, whatever you fancy!)
Serves : 1
Calories : about 150
Why it’s good : there is no added sugar in this dessert, only the goodness of summer fruit! Plus, it looks VERY pretty, and pretty things are always more fun to eat!
Ingredients:
- 1 white peach (you can use yellow, but white have a more summery flavour!)
- 1 tablespoon of crushed up Special K cereal
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- some cubed up rockmelon/cantaloup and sliced strawberries for a little salad on the side.
- Optional : dried raisins and sultana mix.
Method:
- Cut the peach in half, take out the stone, sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and Special K and put it under a grill or in the oven for about 5 minutes (to heat it through and soften the peach. This will also bring out the natural sugars in the fruit)
- Put this onto a plate with some fruit salad on the side and the remaining Special K mixed with the cinnamon. You can also add some thick natural yoghurt mixed with the cinnamon, if you have it!
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HIT CHOCOLATE CRAVINGS IN THE FACE!
Sometimes you just want some chocolate icecream, chocolate bar, chocolate milkshake, chocolate cake, chocolate pizza, chocolate pasta, chocolate sandwich, chocolate fridge, chocolate chair….Yes, especially if you are a chocoholic like me. Well, today I made an extremely delicious chocolate banana smoothie which was creamy and velvety and FULL of chocolate flavour. Plus it’s healthy and low fat and low sugar! Calorie-wise, i’d average it out to only about 150calories =) Here’s how:
VELVETY AND FROTHY MOCHA BANANA SMOOTHIE!
Blend together:
1. 1 ripe banana
2. 1/4 glass skim/nonfat milk
3. 6 icecubes
4. 1 heaped tspn coffee mixed with 1tspn of hot water to dissolve, plus 9 Stevia extract drops (or any other natural sweetener)
5. 2 teaspoons of low sugar chocolate powder (something good like Milo or Nesquik or even better —> unsweetened cocoa powder which is FULL of antioxidants)
Blend this up and you will get a frothy, delicious icecreamy thickshake (hence the close-up photo shot) ! The coffee really accentuates the taste of the chocolate/cocoa! A GREAT shake for the morning or brunch!
ENJOY!
:: 150calorie SUGAR&SPICE CARROT ICECREAM ::
Okay, so in actual fact this isn’t icecream, but frozen yoghurt. However it tastes like an absolutely DELICIOUS icecreamy dessert! And who would’ve thought you could add carrot (with all its fibre and nutrients!!) into a quick and easy dessert?? Here’s how you make it!
Mix together:
- 1 small tub of fat free, low sugar vanilla yoghurt (such as Yoplait Forme)
- 1 finely grated carrot
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg powder
- 1/2 mashed ripe banana
- *OPTIONAL: 5 drops stevia extract for sweetness, some raspberries and walnuts for a healthy garnish.
Then put this into a small bowl and freeze for 30-45 minutes!
Serves - 1 healthy person
Calories - Less than 150
MANGO SMOOTHIE!
When it’s hot outside, we all want to get stuck into the icecream and cold fizzy drinks, right? Well how about you make a delicious summer mango smoothie which is super healthy, super yummy and super refreshing!
All you need is the flesh of one large mango, half a banana, half a cup of skim milk and a splash of icy cold water! Blend all of this until smooth, and you have something tropical to enjoy!
Fresh, Juicy, Sweet and Healthy!
‘FRUIT’ doesn’t always mean the ordinary stuff like apples, pears, bananas, oranges…Mix it up with delicious vitamin-packed summer fruits like MANGOES, STRAWBERRIES, MELONS, PINEAPPLE, KIWI, PAWPAW etc!
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No, this is not a recipe for an apple pie…But this is a photo of the apple pie which I had today…with thick cream…
My point is —> don’t deprive yourself of things you love. If eating unhealthy things makes you happy, then don’t completely get rid of them out of the diet. Sure, today I had A LOT of apple pie, and I don’t even want to think of how many calories I consumed, but I enjoyed myself, and tomorrow I know I will work hard to work it off. I will eat healthy clean things, and exercise plenty. All that is worth it =)
So don’t deprive yourself of things you love, otherwise you’ll want it more and more!
Rustic Apple and Cinnamons Mini Muffins
This is pretty much a freestyle recipe of mine, so give it a go and see if you like it! They turn out chewy and crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside, like little pies!
Dry Ingredients:
Cup of wholemeal selfraising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon powder
1 grated apple (any kind)
Wet ingredients
1 eggwhite
1 teaspoon olive oil
21 drops liquid Stevia extract (equal to about 7 teaspoons of sugar)
5 teaspoons skim milk
Mix the wet and dry ingredients together, gently until you have a thick batter. If it’s TOO thick and dry, add some water.
Pile into a nonstick muffin pan, sprinkle with sesame seeds if you want, and place into a preheated oven on medium heat for about 25 minutes (while they’re baking, go do some exercise! Make some calorie room!)
Take out, allow to cool for about 5 mins.
***It’s gooey on the inside not because its raw but because the grated apple softens down and turns into a puree!
Makes about 5 mini muffins (I ate one from the pic already). Equal to ROUGHLY 80 calories per muffin, but don’t forget that we’ve replaced all the normal cake ingredients with healthier/low fat alternatives:
White flour —> wholemeal flour
Sugar —> natural sweetener
Milk —> skim milk
Butter —> olive oil
Egg —> eggwhite
Flavour —> healthy cinnamon, apple and nutmeg.
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Fat free, sugar free chocolate spread!!! (Yep, you heard right)
I know chocolate spreads like Nutella or that Milky Way stuff are SUPER amazing and you can eat them straight out of the jar, but they DO contain lots of sugar and fat. So today, before my workout, I decided I wanted a slice of wholemeal bread with some chockie spread…So I made one which tasted SO rich and chocolatey…and a teaspoon of this stuff contains no more than 20 calories!
Mix together: a teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder, half a teaspoon of low fat/no fat milk and 15 drops of Stevia liquid extract until you have a thick chocolate paste/sauce.
Spread it onto some bread, and enjoy!
I spread mine on a piece of Burgen wholemeal and seeds bread, so the little seeds gave it the same texture as if I was eating a chocolate pastry with nuts or something! AMAZING.
Wholewheat Blueberry Pancakes with Strawberries and Cream
I’m going out for my best friend’s birthday party tonight, so I figured I need lots of wholesome energy. So I made some low GI pancakes! This batch will make about 3 or 4 medium pancakes! Here’s how:
- Mix together the following ingredients:
- 3/4 cups wholewheat flour
- 1/2 cup buttermilk OR skim milk with a squeeze of lemon
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 lightly whisked eggwhites
- 1/2 cup thawed blueberries (I used frozen ones in mine and the pancake didn’t turn out very ‘blueberryful’ because they didn’t have time to thaw, so this is a better alternative!)
- 2 teaspoons of liquid Stevia extract
- Spray a pan with some low-fat/fat-free oil and heap a thick tablespoon of the mixture into the centre.
- Allow to bubble a bit around the edges and try to lift the edges with an egg-flip/spatula. If it lifts without falling apart, that side is cooked.
- Quickly spray some more oil onto the pan and place the pancake un-cooked side down.
- Repeat steps with the remaining mixture and serve with fresh strawberries and a teaspoon or two of low fat sour cream (or yoghurt if that’s more your thing!)
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