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 :-)

Vegetable Smoothie Vitamin Bomb

 

Pure Vegetable Smoothie Vitamin Bomb

Serves 2 glasses

Ingredients:

1. A handful of spinach
2. A handful of kale
3. 1-2 carrots chopped
4. 1 inch of ginger diced
5. 1/2 cup fresh skimmed milk or water

Directions:

Add all ingredients into a power blender and blend.

Additional Information:

This is a vitamin bomb. It actually tastes good on its own, at least to me. After drinking, you will feel very good. It's like your body is thanking you :-) 

It is very simple. You only need 2 - 3 main ingredients: spinach, kale and carrots. Adding any others (cabbage, beetroots, tomatoes, raspberiies, blueberries, etc.) are just bonus adding to variety and depending on what are available in your pantry.

J likes to add a banana to sweeten it, while I drink it without any sweetener.

I love my Magimix power blender. It has been with us for many years and is still working as well as ever. Worth every penny :-)

You can get Magimix from Magasin Departmental Store. They have discounts on Magimix power blender on a regular basis.

Try it :-)

References:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/best-vegetables-to-juice#TOC_TITLE_HDR_12

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/2019/06/06/nutrients-in-spinach-kale/

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/kale-vs-spinach

https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition-pictures/best-salad-greens-for-your-health.aspx

Today's Vitamin Bomb contains spinach, kale, carrots, ginger, raspberries, fresh milk (and banana for J)

Vitamin Bomb is ready :-)

Bottoms up :-)

Rainbow Fruit Popsicle

Ingredients:

For each of the popsicle, add:

1. 2 TBS of blended strawberries sweetened with honey
2. 2 TBS of freshly pressed orange juice
3. 2 TBS of blended pineapple
4. 2 TBS of blended kiwi sweetened with honey
5. 2 TBS of blueberries sweetened with honey

Directions:

1. Freeze and serve :-)

Additional Information:

We got inspired to make this from the cartoon youtube video by Cocomelon, that Baby FECS love to watch, while we are busy working from home, during lockdown due to Coronavirus situation in Denmark:

20 April 2020 (3Y11M4D)

Easy Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup (250 ml) fresh skimmed milk
2. 1 handful (40 g) blueberries
3. 2 handful (80 g) baby spinach
4. 1 large banana
5. 1/4 g parsley
6. 1 tsp sunflower seeds
7. 2 walnuts

Directions:

Add all ingredients in the order listed above into a blender and blend until smooth.

Additional Information:

This is a beginner green smoothie. You can omit parsley, if you wish. C likes this smoothie a lot

The taste of baby spinach is very mild, thus, most people are able to accept spinach in their smoothie. It has the most number of vitamins and minerals, and are more readiness available than kale, if not even cheaper too. And parsley is a super herb too.

 17 November 2019 (3Y6M1D): C likes green smoothie now.

 17 November 2019 (3Y6M1D): Thumbs-up

17 November 2019 (3Y6M1D): Finished the whole glass

Oatmeal with Nut Butter

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1. 1/2 cup rolled oats
2. 1 1/2 cup fresh skimmed milk
3. 1 tsp walnut butter
4. 1 tsp cashew nut butter
5. 1/2 banana
6. 1 tsp wheat germ

Directions:
1. In a pot, add rolled oats and milk, cover with lid and cook on medium heat (no. 4 on my stove) for 20 mins or until cooked.
2. To prepare each serving, scoop into a bowl.
3. Add walnut butter and cashewnut butter and mix well.
4. Mash in 1/2 banana with a fork and mix well.
5. Top with some berries and sunflower seeds and serve :-)

Additional Information:
This is a flavorful way to consume oats that my family likes. I made the walnut butter myself by grinding it with dried dates to sweeten it. I have also made the cashew nut butter myself, but you can use store-bought ones for convenience.

In a pot, add rolled oats and milk, cover with lid and cook on medium heat (no. 4 on my stove) for 20 mins or until cooked.

 To prepare each serving, scoop into a bowl. Add 1 tsp of walnut butter.

 Add 1 tsp of cashew nut butter and...

 mix well...

Mash in 1 banana and...

 mix well

Add wheat germ and mix well (optional)

Sprinkle some berries and sunflower seeds and ready to serve :-)