Yogurt

Going Bananas

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Or Banana Nesquik rather… Decided to put a spoonful of the banana powder in my overnight oat mixture and it tasted pretty good mixed with chocolate chips and a touch of granola. I have a couple healthier ones to finish out the week, been doing my best to try and plan ahead. I made a blueberry matcha one, and a strawberry one with garden strawberries and some (British) strawberry nesquik for extra vitamins and natural strawberry.

I would have also shared another round chicken dinner porn, but I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture. Oh well, consider yourselves spared!

Now For Something Completely Different

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Every once in awhile I’ll make a savory yogurt type of cold soup that consists of cucumbers, spring onion, walnuts mint and dill. I sometimes make it during the summer, but wanted to have it on top of some quinoa. I made this particular one with plain greek yogurt, half of a grated cucumber and the other half chopped, grape tomatoes, chopped baby spinach with a mix of other salad leaves, chopped green onion, a serrano pepper, chopped pecans (ran out of walnuts), mint, dill, a pinch of salt and some milk to thin out the greek yogurt. It was a refreshing way to start the day, and I have a couple day’s worth for the work week! I don’t know many people that eat yogurt with savory ingredients, and I’m sure if they saw me eating this at work I’d probably get the stink eye.

Maple Chai Yogurt Concoction

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I’ve been having a hankering for chai pudding lately. I’ve searched the internet but haven’t found many results. Instead of making a dessert though I opted to make a yogurt cup with chai spices instead. I took oatmeal, vanilla greek yogurt, milk, chia seeds, fresh ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and maple syrup to make something like a maple chai. For the crunch topper I have chocolate granola with dried red berries. I’ve already had a little taste, and I’m already looking forward to lunch breakfast tomorrow!

This thread is brought to you by several balanced breakfasts

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I’ve more than fulfilled my promise this weekend for healthy breakfasts, and even managed to get over my fear of oatmeal. I grew up not really caring for it… and I think in part it might be in how it was prepared for me the few times I had to to try and stomach my way through a bowl. Now that I’m an adult with an overactive imagination and an appetite to apply a small amount of it to I think I’ve managed to actually make oatmeal to be proud of. The above is a mix of chopped frozen black cherries, whole recently frozen blueberries, dried cranberries, sliced fresh banana, pralines, maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon and just a touch of salt. It was the right amount of sweetness, and the addition of nuts and berries gave it additional flavor. I was so proud of myself that I decided to do a different variant today:

This one consists of brown sugar, vanilla extract, walnuts, frozen mangoes, strawberries and pineapple chunks, and another chopped banana. It felt nice to have something warm with the taste of the tropics on an otherwise cold morning. I’m thinking of next week of making some breakfast curry of some sort; until then I have these to look forward til hump day.

The one in the middle is a raspberry white chocolate parfait that I plan to bring to work tomorrow. The one on the left is a caramel banana oat parfait (though they all have oats in them), and the one on the right is basically the same thing as the one on the left but with maple syrup instead of caramel, and the addition of walnuts. Oh, and they all have cocoa granola because that just sounds good with any of these. :trollface:

If anyone has good breakfast or any other kind of food ideas you’ve tried recently I’d like to hear it!

Food Thoughts For Thought

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I’ve been continuing to experiment with yogurt parfaits. While I like them they are still very liquid based, including the THICC Greek variants. Adding granola doesn’t seem to help absorb much, though adding pulverized oats to the parfaits thickens them up kinda like a pudding, and I feel even fuller for longer without having to piss like a race horse. The first two days are cocoa parfaits; one is a chocolate cinnamon crunch parfait and the other was chocolate raspberry.

I’m thinking Thursday I’ll make a caramel banana nut oat parfait, then Friday and Saturday will be matcha based. Start the week off with indulgence, and end it with some balance. I’ve also been formulating breakfast plans for the weekend. Last weekend was Japan, the week before was Curry, and I still want to keep it on the healthy side for another week (must… resist… bacon). I’ve been looking up a few ideas on both the sweet and savory side… I’ve even entertained the idea of a vegetable/tomato based yogurt parfait with peppers and quinoa. It would be based off of a Bulgarian yogurt soup recipe I found years ago; Consisting mainly of tomato, peppers, cucumber, walnuts, and a few other ingredients. I was also thinking of adding quinoa into the mix. Despite what you might think plain yogurt mixed with vegetables, tomatoes, herbs and nuts isn’t as bad as it sounds.

Random Yogurt Parfait Appears

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Today was a busy one, both at work and at home. Finally mailed off a couple packages and managed to even make myself a special work breakfast for tomorrow. Vanilla Greek yogurt mixed with matcha and honey, frozen blueberries and a crunchy topping made of organic cinnamon toast square cereal and walnuts that I crushed in a mortal and pestle. I wanted to do something different from the usual meal bars I’ve been eating during the week. I’ve also somehow managed to lose more weight despite my lack of trying. I figured with vacation and me being a human vacuum of food I would have put something on, but I’m continuing downwards. I haven’t lost a whole bunch (155 to 152), but I’m definitely at a spot I haven’t been in years, I’m at a point now where I might have to go through my wardrobe and discard some trousers, as well as buy some new ones.

As if I needed a shopping excuse… :zorak: