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Sarah will share 3 meal ideas:
- 15 minute meal - Fruit salad with cinnamon and ginger yoghurt, nuts, chia and honey
- 30 minute meal - Banana and Blueberry oat bake
- 1 hour meal - Healthy big weekend cafe style breakfast. Served with a coffee frappe with oat milk and cinnamon.
Recipe below
15 Minute breakfast
Fruit with cinnamon and ginger yoghurt, nuts, chia and honey
Serves 1
3/4 cup of Greek yoghurt
1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon of chia seeds
Small handful of nuts
Mint to garnish
1 cup of chopped seasonal fruit of choice
1 teaspoon of honey
Method
Mix the cinnamon and ginger into the yoghurt.
Add the fruit, nuts, chia seeds over the top, garnish with mint and drizzle the honey over the top.
30 minute breakfast
Banana and Blueberry oat bake
Serves 9
Ingredients
2 1/4 cup of rolled oats
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
2 large or 3 small ripe bananas mashed
3/4 cup of milk of choice
1/4 cup of maple syrup
1 egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup of fresh or frozen blueberries
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and spray an 8 inch square baking pan with cooking spray. Mix the dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl mix he wet ingredients including the banana.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix, fold in the blueberries.
Pour into the prepared dish and bake for 30 - 40 minutes.
Remove and cool.
Serve with fresh cut banana and berries and some Greek yoghurt. (optional)
Healthy big weekend cafe style breakfast - 1 hour
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 slices of Sarah’s - Gut health bread
2 x poached eggs
Smoked salmon
Cooked spinach
Cooked mushrooms
Slices avocado
Cooked tomato
Gut-healthy bread
Makes about 10 slices
Ingredients
2 cups ground almonds
¼ cup chia seeds
¼ cup flaxseed meal
2 teaspoons psyllium husk
1/3 cup pepitas
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup oat flour
1/2 teaspoon of Himalayan salt
5 eggs
3 tablespoons coconut oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 160ºC. Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
2. Put the dry ingredients in a food processor and blitz to combine. Add the wet ingredients and pulse until everything comes together to make a dough. Alternatively if you like a more nutty version then mix the wet ingredients first and add the dry ingredients then combine in bowl.
3. Fill the loaf tin with the mixture and put in the oven. Bake for 55 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. You can check this by inserting a skewer to see if it comes out clean.
4. Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving. This loaf needs to be kept in the fridge.
SERVE WITH COFFEE FRAPPE WITH CINNAMON AND OAT MILK
Ingredients
1/2 cup of black coffee cooled
1/2 cup oat milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Sweeten with honey (optional)
Ice cubes
Method
Mix well in the blender with ice and enjoy.
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