Cookies and Cream - healthy style

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;

They sit no more at familiar tables of home;

They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;

They sleep beyond England's foam.
Lest we forget

The boys visit their Great Grandfathers memorial - Anzac Day 2014

Cookies and cream. When I was younger I used to love dipping my cookies in full cream milk. You know the days when the milkman would leave milk on your front doorstep and that cream on top of the glass bottle! Yum….. 

Oh how those days have changed. 

Now it's these beauties gluten free and no added sugar biscuits with almond milk. I just had to reminisce after making a huge batch for the kids lunches this week.

LSAnzac biscuits

LSAnzac biscuits

Ingredients
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup LSA mix (linseed, sunflower, almond meal)
5tbs macadamia oil
4 tbs honey (or maple syrup, agave etc...)
2tsp vanilla extract
1ts chia seeds
2tbs water

Method
Place all the dry ingredients in a blender

Whizz in your blender until combined

Add the oil, honey and vanilla. Gradually add the water which will combine the mixture.

Roll and flatten your cookies. Bake until golden brown in a 150-170C oven. Depending on the size of the balls you roll and flatten, this mixture makes approx. 35 cookies.

Real ingredients

What are some traditional meals you've grown up with and now have put a healthy spin on it?

Happy Sunday!
XxDani

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Healthy living and what we typically eat

I was looking through some of my old posts today and came across this one I did in the very first month of my blogging venture.

Not much has changed and it's great to see that we are not on any yoyo diets, this is now our healthy lifestyle.

June 2012

Here is what we ate today....

Almond Milk

I occasionally substitute cows milk with almond milk which is 1 cup of almonds blended with 2 cups of filtered water (or just depends how thick and creamy you like it). I know some recipes suggest to soak the almonds overnight, I find the result is the same......so just keep blending the almonds until they completely infuse into the water making it look all creamy like milk. Then strain in a cheese cloth and voila! you have an amazing tasting milk alternative, especially for those that get some tummy bloating after having too much cows milk.

Breakfast ~ Quinoa with strawberry, kiwi and raspberries

Simply cook the quinoa as per package instructions, add milk and load up with fresh fruit and there you have an amazing supportive and clean eating breakfast that will keep you fuelled for the morning!

Quinoa with strawberries and kiwi fruit

Morning snack ~ Yogurt with pineapple pieces

Super fast, as there is always yogurt in the fridge and if ever your fresh fruit supply is down, make sure you have some handy "tinned" fruit to add. Also nuts are power protein food!

Yogurt with pineapple

Lunch ~ Salmon beetroot salad with corn kernels

We had salmon last night and this was my left over. Mixed some salad, canned corn kernel and beetroot. Super fast, super tasty!!!! Simply splashed vinegar and olive oil and voila!

Salmon beetroot salad

Afternoon snack ~ Chick peas, celery, gala apples with dip

Our kids are famished when they come home from school and kinda and love this snack. We also incorporate rice crackers too

Chickpeas with with dip 

Dinner ~ Poached chicken with broccoli & peas on a bed of rice

These are considered my cheat nights, where I just wrap the chicken in foil and spice accordingly, in a steamer beside the broccoli and peas whilst the rice cooker does it's magic. Then crumble feta cheese over it. There's no slaving over a hot stove for this ripper dinner!

Poached chicken with broccoli and peas

So that was our day of meals. I hope it gives you some insight on how you can eat healthy and colourful dishes and not spend too much time in the kitchen. I'd rather play "cars" with our kids, as I did while dinner was steaming away :-) XxDani

Do you plan your meals and keep a record of what you eat? 

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Weekend tradition

We typically indulge in pancakes over the weekend and I experiment with various "healthier" option toppings but I also do love the really delicious classics like lemon sprinkled with sugar, caramelised bananas with ice cream, condensed milk (I know it sounds wrong but TRUST ME it's dejour!) and my most favourite is walnuts with sugar.

Pancakes served with yogurt, raspberries & walnuts

However I know if I continued down this path I would also be wondering why my muffin top likes to make appearances when I'm wearing my jeans, pants and skirts. So now I just alter some of the higher sugary stuff with supportive ones. Eg: instead of sugar, I'll now use honey or maple syrup in certain recipes.

I'll also post my more supportive pancake recipe for those that have issues with wheat. I simply blend our porridge into fine flour and make up the same mixture.

What are some of your favourite pancake toppings?

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