Look out! It's another healthy foodie in Dubai blog! Straight-up Bananas is me trying to throw my own healthy twist on well-known recipes, and making up my own not-so-well-known recipes!
Just loving the weather these days. Outdoor lunches with hilarious company, who could complain, right?
Today’s breakfast in bed is a much needed pick-me-up breakfast smoothie!
All you have to do is blend:
- a handful of strawberries
- some almond milk
- a whole thumb of grated fresh ginger
- a teaspoon of organic turmeric
- 2 bananas
- 2 tablespoons of almond mill
- top with some Chia seeds and sliced bananas
What’s better than a healthy breakfast taco? 4 healthy breakfast tacos in bed, of course. 🍴🌞
These corn tortillas are loaded with scrambled eggs seasoned with paprika, oregano and cumin. Added some avocado, crumbled feta loads of jalepeños 🌋🌋 yumm!
Note to self: never put the peanut butter-stuffed madjool dates after you’ve filled the cup to the brim. 🍺💧
Here you’ve got a thick banana and almond milk smoothie, topped with chocolate shavings, peanut butter stuffed dates, and a date syrup–add some peanuts, and you’ve got a healthy Snickers bowl in and around your mouth. 👄👅💋
Yum!
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New project on the way! My mother absolutely loves peanut butter cups. Cannot wait to try these and get her off the sugary poison she loves to indulge in :(
Love cookie dough, but hate the love handles? These easy, quick and healthy energy cookie dough bites are for you! They taste like heaven with a glass of milk!
🔼2 cups of almond meal
🔼1/4 cup of melted coconut oil
🔼2 tspn of vanilla bean paste
🔼3 tbspn honey
🔼pinch of sea salt
🔼semi sweet chocolate chips
Mix everything together and form into small balls. Refrigerate for 30 minutes!
What do you do when your husband’s got a massive sweet tooth and yet insists on only eating clean and healthy?
Why you make healthy desserts, of course!
Hence, the conception of this mango pudding. It’s so healthy and energizing that you can have it for breakfast–and so decadent, sweet, and satisfying that it doubles as dessert too!
Here’s what you need:
1- ½ cup of Chia seeds
2- 2 ½ cups of almond milk
3- Honey
4- 2 ripe mid-sized mangoes
5- Pumpkin seeds
6- Cinnamon
7- Vanilla
How to get it done, son:
1- Find yourself an airtight container, and measure out the Chia seeds and milk and place in container.
2- Then, add 3 teaspoons of honey, a pinch of cinnamon and some vanilla.
3- Mix well and close container.
4- Place in fridge, preferably overnight.
5- Separately, dice your mangoes and place in blender and blitz.
6- The next day, layer the Chia seed pudding and mango puree in a cup.
7- Top with pumpkin seeds.
8- Enjoy!
The whole thing is so simple and quick–it shouldn’t take you mare than 15 minutes to get done and your family will love you for it!
This is a healthy, quick, and easy dessert. Go straight-up bananas, try it out and let me know how it goes!