Coconut, mango and banana shake

Had a heavy weekend and fancy something nutritious and filling, without having to eat a load of food? Try this shake.

Ingredients:

- 200ml coconut milk

- 150ml yoghurt

- 1/4 mango
- some ice (5-10 cubes)

Optional:

- 1tbsp Chia seeds

- 1tbsp Maca powder

Method:

Put all the ingredients into a blender and mix until smooth. 

Banana frappe's

serves 2

If you love bananas and coffee then you'll love this cool drink. Perfect for the summer.

Ingredients:

- 1 banana

- a cup of coffee (I used a Nespresso capsule)

- 100ml coconut milk

- 50ml milk (I used normal milk but you can use any)

- ±15 ice cubes

- ½ tsp vanilla paste

- ½ tsp agave syrup

Optional:

- ½ tbsp chia seeds

Method:

Put all the ingredients into a blender and mix until smooth!

Salmon and egg salad

serves 1

Ingredients:

- mixed salad leaves
- ½ avocado
- 1 piece of salmon
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp of coconut oil
- a pinch of rosemary 
- salt and pepper
- ½ lemon, juice

Method:

Melt the coconut oil into a frying pan. Add the salmon skin-side down, season with rosemary, salt, pepper and squeeze over a little lemon juice. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then turn the salmon over and cook for another 1-2 minutes, or until cooked. 

Cut the avocado into slices and place onto the mixed salad leaves.

Whilst cooking the salmon, you can either add the egg to the same pan or use another pan with coconut oil.

To serve, place the salmon and egg on top of the salad.

Banana and coconut milk ice-cream

serves 2

The most delicious guilt free ice cream! 

Ingredients:

- 2 frozen banana's

- 50/75 ml coconut milk or any other milk

Toppings: (obviously you can have whatever you like but I used)

- hazel nuts

- desiccated coconut

- cocoa nibs

Method:

Put the frozen bananas in the blender and add the milk until it turns into an ice-creamy texture (at first it will go lumpy and then all of a sudden it goes all smooth and delicious). Depending on how big the banana are you can add more or less milk. Add the toppings and you're done. Easy!

Cinnamon Granola

Ingredients:

- 50g dried dates

- 100g jumbo rolled oats

- 2 tbsp honey

- 85g mixed raw cashews, pecans, walnuts, hazle nuts, bazil nuts etc.

- 1tbsp cinnamon

- 3 tbsp coconut oil, melted

Method:

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/gas mark 3.

Simmer the dates in 1cm water until soft and then blend until smooth. Stir in the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Spread the mixture on a baking tray (cookie sheet) and bake for 15 minutes until golden, then reduce the oven temperature to 110°C/225°F/gas mark ¼ and bake for further 30 minutes or until the mixture is dry and crisp.

Leave to cool completely, then store in an airtight container.

Buckwheat pancakes

makes 6-8 pancakes

Ingredients:

- 70g buckwheat flour

- 70g rice flour

- 1 tsp baking powder

- ½ tsp himalayan pink salt

- 300ml coconut milk (use any milk of choice)

- 1 tsp lemon juice

- 1 tbsp coconut oil (melted) plus extra for greasing

- 1 tbsp rice syrup

Optional:

- cocoa nibs

Method:

Place the buckwheat flour, rice flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl and mix well.

Then place the milk, lemon juice, coconut oil and rice syrup into another bowl and mix well, stir in the dry ingredients and mix gently until just combined, being careful not to overmix.

Wipe a frying pan lightly with some coconut oil and place over a medium heat. Cook until air bubbles start to apear on the surface of the pancake. Do not turn until this point. Turn the pancake and cook for about 1 minute on the other side, until set. Repeat until all the mixture is used and cooked.

Serve in a stack, layered with blackberry compote and yoghurt, or with fresh fruit and agave syrup. Or just a bit of everything with a sprinkle of cocoa nibs to make it extra delicious!

Blackberry Compote

Ingredients:

- 200g blackberries, rinsed and drained

- 2 tsp water

- 1 tbsp honey

Method:

Place the ingredients in a pan over a low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until berries are lovely and soft.

Blend the compote until smooth and serve warm or chilled with pancakes, granola or yoghurt.