{Day 12/365} A late start of the day

I like to start my day off right (and slow!), and having my first class at 11 o'clock instead of 9 is just perfect if you ask me. This morning: freshly squeezed orange juice, and soy yoghurt with homemade chocolate granola (recipe) and banana.

{Day 7/365} Home made chocolate granola

Today I complete my first week of project 365, hooray! It was a great first week. My delight of today is most definitely the taste of the homemade chocolate granola I made yesterday. A couple of days ago I found this recipe on Aleksandra's lovely blog Eat Me!, which is certainly worth a visit.

For a big jar of granola you will need:

- 300 gr rolled oats

- 3 tablespoons cocoa

- 3 tablespoons shredded coconut

- a handful dried cranberries

- a handful chopped walnuts (I used hazelnuts instead)

- a handful of almond flakes

- 2 tablespoons honey (or the sweatener of your choice)

1. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celcius

2. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss well. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread evenly the mixture on it. I used a baking tray because of the size of my oven, that works too.

3. Bake for about 20-25 minutes. Pop in every five to ten minutes to toss the granola and watch not to burn it. 

That's all there is! It's one of the simplest recipes I have ever seen, and one of the most delicious, too. Try this, and you know why home made goods easily beat supermarket bought goods. Enjoy this breakfast with (soy) milk or yoghurt, and fresh fruit.

{Day 6/365} Banana-avocado bread

Last week I was stuck with two very ripe bananas and avocados and I found a delicious recipe for banana-avocado bread on a food blog called A Little Yum, via May Richer Fuller Be. I adjusted the recipe just a little bit, and I'd cut out the majority of the sugar next time. 

For approximately 15 slices you will need:

- 150 gr sugar

- 60 gr softened vegetable butter

- Half an avocado (I used the entire avocado)

- 240 gr flour

- 2 eggs

- 1 teaspoon baking soda

- 1/4 teaspoon salt

- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

- 3 very ripe bananas (I used two)

- 3 tablespoons milk

1. Cream together sugar, butter and avocado.

2. Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.

3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt until well mixed.

4. Fold together the butter and flour mixture until well incorporated.

5. Mash the bananas. Mix in the mashed bananas and milk.

6. Bake at about 175 degrees Celcius for one hour or until the top springs back when you press it.

{Day 3/365} A healthy breakfast to go

Lately I have been exploring new kinds of breakfasts with oats. I have loved my standard (hot) oats breakfast since forever, but now I'm experimenting with the cold, overnight version. You can add literally everything to your taste, such as goji berries, chia seeds, raisins, and of course fresh fruits (which I like to add in the morning). I added everything I mentioned here to the jar on the picture below, and the taste was heavenly. The recipe for this amazing breakfast is as follows:

for 1 serving you will need:

- 1 tbs rolled oats

- 1 tbs (soy) yoghurt

- 1 tbs goji berries

- 1 tbs raisins

- 4 tbs (soy) milk or water

Mix all above mentioned ingredients in a jar and let it refrigerate overnight. In the morning you can add whatever you like, for example banana, strawberries, blue berries, black currant, red currant, kiwi, rhubarb, etc. You can add whatever you like, really.