Healthier and still scrumptious!
- 2 sweet potatoes
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup almond meal
- 4 eggs
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tsp vanilla
Chop up sweet potatoes into little chunks (the smaller the quicker they will cook), and mix with ¼ cup maple syrup and cinnamon. Bake in a moderate oven until tender. Bung sweet potato and everything else in a food processor and whiz the bajeezus out of it until really smooth. Split into 2 loaf tins and bake at 180 deg cel until a skewer comes out clean.
Yummy served as is but also worth trying popping a piece in the toasted sandwich maker and served with greek yogurt and fruit.
Calories and nutritional values are calculated based on chopping each loaf into 8 pieces using my fitness pal.
Per piece: Fat: 9.25g, Carbohydrates: 21.25g, Fiber: 3.25g, Protein: 5.25g.
The Ramblings:
My world is pretty intense at the moment (all my own silly fault) but with that I know I need to prioritise looking after me. It’s the age old ‘if you don’t make time for health, you will have to make time for sickness’ theory. I find it so so true for me; my tonsils go feral at the first sign of getting run down or over doing it. So, as always, first thing I’m doing is cleaning up my diet a bit, fueling rather feeding. Which is easier said than done when my kitchen is constantly churning out cakes, biscuits and slices for the boys….
I find I get put off because a lot of healthy recipes call for all sorts of weird and wonderful things that I either can’t get out here or I would have to take a mortgage out on. So, I’ve been getting creative with what I do have, and things I can mostly put on stores. I love almond meal and coconut oil so always have them on hand, but other than that, I’m trying to stick with stores ingredients (why pay for food when you don’t have to right?).
Anyway, sorry no giggle worthy story today, just a girl who is determined to make time to look after herself a bit better.