Skip to recipe I’ve been back at work for a few weeks now after 10 months of maternity life and – boy! – life has certainly picked up the pace. When people ask me how I shed all that weight I gained during the pregnancy (we’re talking North of 30kg), I jokingly respond: “I run…
Category: Breakfast
4-ingredient pancake
Ingredients 140g gluten-free flour 200ml dairy-free milk 2 eggs, separated 2 tbsp nut oil Instructions Separate the eggs and whip the whites to stiff peaks with your trusted kitchen machine, handheld whisk or – for gentle strength training – by hand. Whisk the egg yolks into the milk and fold under the egg whites. Gently…
Oat-banana-blueberry muffins
Baby Lemons isn’t big on porridge at the moment, but I’d like him to have some oats in the morning… just because. He does love bananas and could happily devour a whole one in one sitting. So I made him some oat-banana-blueberry muffins. I skipped the dairy, gluten and sugar though; dairy and gluten so…
Banana almond bread
Compared to the bready banana bread recipe elsewhere on Growing Up and Liking It, this is a a light, cake-like and extremely moorish version. As you can tell by the featured image, even though this banana bread is certainly satisfying by itself, I couldn’t help but top it with cream cheese and a hazelnut-chocolate spread…
Granola
I’ve got to be honest with you: Breakfast is not my favourite meal of the day. Although I’m sufficiently hungry – especially now that I’m nursing at night, I don’t have an appetite for anything. I much prefer lunch. With a hungry baby relying on his food coming from me, there’s no way I can…
Green smoothie with chia
If you are a breakfast lover or loather, if you like to take your time in the morning to enjoy an elaborate meal or rush out of the door, a smoothie is a great way to get your daily vitamin boost – even on the go. I’m pretty frugal, so for me, a smoothie is…
Bready banana bread
Banana breads are a great way to use up brown bananas left over in your fruit bowl. Frugal much?! Some recipes get you a rather cake-like banana bread that goes well with a cup of coffee as a sweet treat in the afternoon. Nothing wrong about that. But not this guy. This guy is the…
Pancakes
Happy Pancake Day, one and all. While the normal eating world is digging into piles of pancakes, the Low FODMAPers don’t need to feel left out. Ingredients 90 g rice flour 35g cornflour 75g brown sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp xanthan gum 30g butter (if tolerated), melted 185ml almond milk Instructions Whisk eggs and…
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