Tag: banana

Hummingbird bircher muesli
21Mar

Hummingbird bircher muesli

We are on full weaning mode in our house. Flo is still figuring out what she likes and dislikes and in order to not waste a lot of food I am trying to incorporate different flavours and textures to some of her firm favourites. In Flo’s opinion, there is no better breakfast than oats, and I don’t completely disagree (they come a close second to eggs for me). And rather than having the same old milky porridge with a sprinkle of fruits on top I started making her batches of bircher muesli the day before with a variety of fruits blended in: bananas, coconut milk, and applesauce. It has become a family favourite and a regular midmorning snack for me with all kinds of toppings: yoghurt, berries, toasted seeds, nut butter…the options are endless. This bircher muesli is inspired by one of my favourite cakes: hummingbird. Because I am a sucker for anything with pineapples. And if you are feeling extra indulgent you can add more pineapple, just keep the sugar tablespoon ratio the same to the 100g for the pineapple. Hummingbird bircher muesli (serves 3-4) 100g rolled oats 200ml oat milk (any other plant base milk would work too)
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Banana bread trifle with custard and salted caramel
12Aug

Banana cake trifle

Our fridge has buckled during the heatwave, it has slowly given up on us and the amount of food we’ve had to throw away is tragic. We’re big on bananas but we haven’t been able to keep up with how quickly they have gone from green tips to freckled black, the perfect excuse to experiment with banana bread recipes. I have made banana bread with sour cream, yoghurt, buttermilk, black treacle. My work colleagues were sick of it and so was my family, my freezer started to work overtime to keep it all from going to waste. There are no rules when it comes to layering these trifle pots, mix and alternate as much as your glass is tall with banana, cake, custard and salted caramel. Top it with loads of caramelised nuts. Banana cake trifle (serves 3-4) For the custard: 150ml milk 150ml double cream 1 tsp vanilla paste 1 tbsp cornflour 3 egg yolks 50g sugar 1. Add milk, double cream and vanilla paste to pan and bring it to a slow boil, remove from heat and leave it to cool 2. Whisk the yolks and sugar until pale and fluffy, add to milky mixture, return to hob
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Apple oat muffin with chai icing
15Feb

Apple oat muffins with chai icing

  I am not the best at picking breakfast. It’s for sure my favourite part of the day, but sometimes I  wake up craving for something sweet and unhealthy to have with my coffee like…chocolate cake. In fact when I was a kid, while everyone was having cake for dessert, I used to save a slice in the fridge just so that I could have it for breakfast the next morning. Many people frown upon this practice, so as an adult I kinda made a connection that bran cereal or poached eggs for breakfast show a certain level of maturity. So here’s my compromise: a small muffin, naturally sweetened with bananas, apples and oats with a healthy (ahem) dollop of sugar and chai on top because…well mornings are tough and you should have something to look forward to on a Monday morning. So when you can spare an hour, whip up this recipe and keep it in an air tight container and it will last you for at least half of your week. Apple oat muffins with chai icing (yields 10 small muffins) 100g oats 100g plain flour 2 eggs 90g softened butter 80g golden caster sugar 1 banana, mashed
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06May

Applesauce banana loaf [Dairy Free]

I am sitting here trying to describe how I have been feeling in these last few days. Tired is the first adjective that comes to mind. At first I thought the word was so salient in my mind because of how the physical side of my job had left me sore in my legs and arms, with 5 am starts thrown in the mix too.  The first course of action for me to counteract this was to dive into a diet of spirulina smoothies and sugar free snacks. The food has given me an energy boost, but on my days off I can’t shake off the wanna-be-in-bed-all-day feeling, so I had to think a little harder about what else I was be doing wrong. Thinking being the key word here, I was in my head too much. I have an emotional job, where you make decisions about people’s lives, and that is something that can be highly rewarding at times, but on the other hands it makes me over analyse every decision I make. It leads to a very judgemental cycle in my head and by the time i get home I am in this deep emotional pit, no one can rescue
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31Mar

Banana and dark chocolate chia pudding

I  laid in bed yesterday thinking since when did I become such an angry, inpatient person? I have been snapping at everyone recently and even beeped my horn at a slow driver yesterday – a big no-no in England. The feeling of guilt ate me up afterwards. How must I have made that driver feel? What if it was an old lady or a teenager learning how to drive? I am a strong believer in “owning up”, in the sense that I don’t like using external reasons to blame for my own actions. But this week I am going to have to make an exception and blame my period. The changes are palpable, not only in terms of emotions but also in regards to my stomach. My diet has changed considerably in the last few months, I have been trying to cut down on refined sugar and starchy foods and as a result I have been craving chocolate less and less, or in fact any sweet stuff. Result! But do you ever feel like sometimes food rules your emotions? My period then came and like clockwork, chocolate is all I thought about. Food is an emotional thing, and my body
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14May

Banana cake with nut streusel

There was no big planning behind this recipe, it was a spur of the moment thing: I had very, very ripe bananas at home and had to do something with them. When you grow up in Brazil you learn that you wait for a banana to be over ripe before you eat it. In Germany however people think that because the banana starts to form those little black spots it is no longer good to eat. So I have a lot of bananas laying around because my German husband won’t eat bananas with the little black spot. I don’t get it, but what are you going to do? I looked through my recipe books and found an interesting recipe to use them up. It is adapted from Lecker Magazine. Super easy, delicious and moist. Banana cake with nut streusel (serves 12 slices) For the streusel: 85g butter, melted 100g nuts, chopped 125g flour 60g brown sugar 1 tsp cinammon Pinch of salt For the cake: 125g butter 100g brown sugar 1tsp cinnamon zest of a lemon a pinch of salt vanilla pod or a tbsp vanilla extract 3 tbsp flour + 100g flour 3 eggs 3 very ripe bananas 100g
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