Food Friday 9.05.2014

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On Food Fridays I will tell you about everything I ate that day. Healthy or unhealthy: you will see it all.

Today was a rather regular boring day: sleep, work out, study, small break to get my race stuff, study some more, hopefully go to sleep at a normal time. Managed to even cook some food in the meanwhile. Keeping up healthy eating habits can get quite tricky when you’re super busy all the time…

 

 

Pre-workout: 7.30 AM

If anyone knows how to make a banana look great on a photo, let me know 😀
  • 1 large banana

 

Breakfast: 11 AM 

  • half a cup of full-grain oats

  • half a cup of oat bran

  • 1 cup of milk

  • water

  • black currants

  • 1 teaspoon of honey

  • 1 large carrot

  • 1 apple

 

Lunch: 4 PM

I couldn't make this rice dish look good forthe life of me. At least it tasted great…
I couldn’t make this rice dish look good for the life of me. At least it tasted great…

  • 40 grams of brown rice

  • 65 grams of minced meat

  • 130 grams of mixed beans

  • 1 tablespoon of sugar-free ketchup

  • 1 tablespoon of teriyaki sauce

  • 3 slices of turnip

  • 1 carrot

  • 1 slice of rye bread

 

Dinner: 8.30 PM

A failed protein waffle
A failed protein waffle

  • 125 grams of curd

  • 1 egg

  • 2 teaspoons of honey

  • 5 grams of olive oil

  • 12 grams of protein powder

  • cinnamon

  • black currants

 

 

Nutrition information  

Not too much more to explain: today was a normal day. Now going back to study materials and working hard. Tomorrow will be a moment of truth at the 4,3K Charity Run: can I run the 10K on Sunday or not. I’m so anxious. I want to run so bad but at the same time, what if it hurts? What if I find out I can’t race on Sunday? That would make me really really sad. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow. I’ll keep you updated on my blog’s FaceBook page.

 

Next Food Friday in a week!

Banana protein waffles

Published on by MargitLisa kommentaar

A delicious banana waffle recipe that is perfect as a post-workout meal since it contains a good amount of both protein and carbs.

This is NOT a crispy waffle, it’s more like a pancake: soft and cakey. It is dairy-free, grain-free, gluten-free and added sugars free, so thoroughly healthy and suited for all tastes. The recipe makes two big waffles, so it might be even enough for 2 servings, depending on your hunger level.  🙂

 

What do you need?

  • 1 banana

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 scoop (= 25 grams) of protein powder

  • 5 grams of melted butter / oil

  • 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda

  • a dash of cinnamon

 

How to make them?

First of all, get your waffle maker preheating to high heat.

Whisk up your eggs well. Add in the oil and mix again. Set that mixture aside.

Now it’s time to mash up the banana. I just use a fork and mash it on a cutting board. Add the banana to the egg mix and whisk again until the mix is smooth. Now add in the dry ingredients: protein powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix really well until there are no lumps in the batter.

Pour about half of your batter into your waffle maker and wait until the waffle looks golden brown and done. Repeat with the rest of the batter.

Serve with whatever you like: curd, sour cream, whipped cream, berries, nuts, nut butter or plain. I added some cocoa curd cream (kohupiimakreem kakaoga) and it was delicious.

 

What about nutrition?

The whole recipe (without toppings) is 425 kcal, 36 g of protein, 17 g of fat, 33 g of total carbs. Ratios: 31% carbs, 35% fat, 34% protein.

If you want to cut the fat content, use 3 egg whites instead of 2 whole eggs. Then it’s 316 kcal, 33 g of protein, 6 g of fat, 33 g of total carbs. Ratios: 41% carbs, 17% fat, 42% protein.

 

Bon appetit!