Banana Blueberry Oat Buns

 

Ingredients:
1. 10 large ripe bananas mashed
2. 50g frozen or fresh blueberries (optional, you can leave them out if you run out of supplies. It won't affect the taste.)
3. 100g rolled-oats
4. 150g white wholewheat flour (or plain flour if you don't like wholewheat flour)
5. 2 TBS olive oil (optional)
6. 2 tsp baking powder
7. 2 eggs

8. tsp brewer's yeast (optional, added for more nutrition value)
9. 50g raisins (optional)

10. 50g walnuts chopped as desired (optional)

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 200 °C (390°F).

2. In a mixing bowl, add the bananas and mash them with a fork.

3. Add all other ingredients and mix well.

4. On a baking tray lay with baking paper, form into desired shapes, e.g. fish with a spoon if you are baking buns or in a bread loaf pan laid with baking paper. 

5. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes for buns or double the time (30-45 mins) if you are baking a loaf of bread.

Tips:
1. As you eat them, you can tell the story of Jesus feeding five thousands with five loaves and two fish (from John 6:1-14 and Matthew 14:13-21) or Noah's Ark, depending on what animals you shaped.

Additional Information:
It's J's 5 year old birthday today. I baked it this morning for him to bring to his kindergarten and share. I am going to bake it again for his birthday party this Friday.

For everyday simple recipe, please click here:

http://familyfecs.com/2014/02/fish-shape-banana-bread.html

This is very healthy - no sugar, no butter, but they still taste super sweet because the bananas is a natural sweetener and they are full of goodness from the oats, carrot, nuts and brewer's yeast.

Rolled-ats and blueberries not shown.

Mash 10 bananas with a fork

J's finished work of mashing bananas

J completed mashing the bananas with fork



Add 100g rolled-oats



Add a handful of chopped pecan nuts



Add 150g white wholewheat flour

Add 2 tsp baking powder

Mix well



J mixing the ingredients




Form into shapes with a spoon



J adding raisins as eyes to the animals



Bake in oven at 200 degree celsius for 12-15 minutes & ready to eat :-)

J enjoying his animal buns

Bread pan laid with baking paper.

Done :-)

Quick & Easy Raw Oats Breakfast

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 cup rolled oats

2. 1/2 cup fresh skimmed milk

3. A handful of goji berries, pumpkin seeds, raisins, wheat germ and chia seeds

Directions:

In a bowl, add rolled oats, add milk and topped with a handful of goji berries, pumpkin seeds, raisins, wheat germ and chia seeds.

Additional Information:

The Danes eat raw oats with fresh milk. Sometimes, when our children are tired of eating oatmeal, I will serve them this raw oats breakfast, and they like it. This is also very easy to prepare, when we are in a rush in the morning. Daddy FECS loves it too. For our Little FECS, I also add in brewer's yeast for added nutrition, although I don't do that for the rest of the family, as they don't like the taste of brewer's yeast.

Healthy Banana & Oats Cookies

Banana & Oats Cookies

Adapted from The Healthy Chef

Makes 2 trays 

Ingredients:

1.  3 (300-350g) large ripe banana smashed

2. 1 tsp cinnamon powder (optional)

3. 2 full cups (200g) rolled oats

4. 1/2 cup raisins

5. 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

6. 1/4 cup olive oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 130°C / 270°F.

2. Mash the bananas well with a fork or a food processor.

3. Mix well all the ingredients into a large bowl.

4. Press and squeeze tight and form into bite size cookies and flatten.

5. Bake for 30 mins or until golden.

6. Cool and serve.

Additional Information:

I have some over-ripe bananas and decided to make them into banana & oats cookies. It can keep in an air-tight container for 4 days. I divided the dough into two and added 1 tablespoon of honey to the other half. The half without honey tasted sweet enough for me and Baby FECS. She ate a lot of it. So actually I don't need to add honey to sweeten it.

References:
https://thehealthychef.com/blogs/recipes/banana-oatmeal-cookies

 Add 3 large bananas into a mixing bowl

 Mash the bananas thoroughly well with a fork or a food processor

 Add 1 tsp cinnamon powder

 Add 2 full cups of rolled oats

 Add 1/4 cup of olive oil

 Add 1/2 cup of raisins

 Add 1/2 cup of walnuts

 Mix and squeeze the dough well

 Form into bite-size cookies

 Flatten the cookies

 Bake at 130 degree celusis

Bake for 30 mins or until golden. You can bake it for 45 mins before burning the raisins, since the oven is at fairly low temperature.

Let cool and enjoy. Store leftovers in an air-tight containers. They can last for four days.

Raspberry Snack

This is J's idea of making raspberries as a snack by stuffing them each with almond or raisin. He was showing it to me, when we had our yogurt ice-cream at Yummy Yogurt and he was eating his lunch box.

I incorporated it into his lunch box... but the rest of his lunch box is starting to look mediocre... I am running out of steam...

Healthy No-Cook Swiss Bircher Muesli with Raspberries

Adapted from The Yummy Life

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup rolled oats
2. A handful of sunflower seeds
3. 1/4 cup mixed nuts chopped (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts and pecans)
4. A sprinkle of raisins
5. 2 TBS Greek yogurt 0% fat
6. 8 raspberries
7. 1 tsp maple syrup
8. 3/4 cup fresh skimmed milk
9. Half vanilla pod (optional)

Directions:

1. Add 2 layers of rolled oats, 1 layer of sunflower seeds, 1 layer of chopped mixed nuts, a sprinkle of raisins, 1 layer of yogurt and 1 layer of raspberries into a mason jam jar.

2. Add 1 teaspoon of maple syrup.

3. Fill it with fresh skimmed milk.

4. Stir, mix well and refrigerate overnight.

5. Serve with some fresh raspberries on top.

Step-by-Step Pictorial Guide:

1. Add 2 layers of rolled oats, 1 layer of sunflower seeds, 1 layer of chopped mixed nuts, a sprinkle of raisins, 1 layer of yogurt and 1 layer of raspberries into a mason jam jar.

2. Add 1 teaspoon of maple syrup.

3. Top it up with fresh skimmed milk, stir and mix well.

4. Stir, mix well and refrigerate overnight.

5. Serve with a little sprinkling of chopped nuts and some fresh raspberries on top.

Additional Information:

I normally doesn't measure, but just estimate it into a mason jar jam as shown in the picture. This is a healthy and tasty way of making oatmeal, that can be done the night before and save the morning rush.

References:

http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal
http://www.theyummylife.com/recipes/224

Healthy Monkey Food/Sund abemad

Makes 2 glasses

Ingredients:
1. 1 apple
2. 1 banana
3. 1 orange
4. 100ml Greek yogurt 0% fat
5. 1 vanilla bean (optional)
6. A handful of chopped chocolate (20g)
7. A handful of chopped nuts (pecans, almonds or walnuts)
8. A few raisins
9. 1 tsp maple syrup

Directions:
1. Cut fruit into bite-size
2. Mix Greek yogurt with vanilla and maple syrup.
3. put the fruit into individual glass.
4. Top with 2 TBS Greek yogurt.
5. Sprinkle chocolate, nuts and raisins on top.

Additional Information:
J came home from school, and told me that he had monkey food. "What, what monkey food are you talking about???" I asked. I realized that it is actually a type of fruit salad. The Danes call it "abemad" meaning "monkey food." J's school sometimes serves this as snack for the children. He loves it and requested that I made it. Today, he made it for me, and he was so proud that he taught mommy how to make it. But actually I googled for the recipe, and helped him :-) This is a healthier version, with Greek yogurt instead of heavy cream. We made it for his play date with M today :-)

References:

https://www.madplanuge.dk/opskrifter/34/sund-abemad
http://www.maduniverset.dk/opskrift.php/8481/Desserter-opskrifter/Abemad--frugtsalat-med-raacreme
http://www.madabc.dk/6/abemad-med-r%C3%A5creme

Banana Oatmeal Buns

Recipe adapted from JS

Ingredients:
1. 10 large bananas mashed
2. 2 carrots grated fine (optional)
3. A handful of chopped pecan nuts or other nuts as desired (optional)
4. 1 cup oatmeal
5. 1 cup grahams flour (125g)
6. 1/2 cup flour (60g)
7. 1 tsp baking powder
8. 1/2 tsp baking soda
9. 3 tsp wheat germ (optional, added for more nutritious value)
10. 3 tsp brewer's yeast (optional, added for more nutritious value)
11. A handful of raisins (to decorate as eyes of the animals)

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 200 °C (390°F).
2. Mash the bananas, add all other ingredients and mix well.
3. On a baking tray lay with baking paper, form into desired shapes, e.g. fish with a spoon.
4. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes.

Tips:
1. As you eat them, you can tell the story of Jesus feeding five thousands with five loaves and two fish (from John 6:1-14 and Matthew 14:13-21) or Noah's Ark, depending on what animals you shaped.

Additional Information:
It's J's 5 year old birthday today. I baked it this morning for him to bring to his kindergarten and share. I am going to bake it again for his birthday party this Friday.

For everyday simple recipe, please click here:

http://momlearnings.blogspot.dk/2014/02/fish-shape-banana-bread.html

This is very healthy - no sugar, no butter, no egg, but they still taste super sweet because the bananas acted as a natural sweetener and they are full of goodness from the oatmeal, carrot, nuts brewer's yeast and wheatgerm.



Mash 10 bananas with a fork

J's finished work of mashing bananas

J completed mashing the bananas with fork



Add 1 cup oatmeal



Add a handful of chopped pecan nuts

Add 2 grated carrots



Add 1/2 cup white flour



Add 1 tsp baking powder & 1/2 tsp baking soda

Mix well



J mixing the ingredients




Form into shapes with a spoon



J adding raisins as eyes to the animals



Bake in oven at 200 degree celsius for 12-15 minutes & ready to eat :-)

J enjoying his animal buns