‘Breakfast Boost’ sprinkles!
I was going to put together a another ‘intro post’ to
publish yesterday...but the day ended up being so crazily busy I will have to
do that tomorrow. It’s also coming up to the end of Lent ad therefore the end
of my ‘Whole Foods Lent Challenge’
and my ‘6-week to 6-pack Challenge’
so I will fill you in on both of those tomorrow also. Sometimes I wish there
were simply more hours in the day!
So, first let me fill you in on yesterday’s events...
I launched my ‘Wholeplus’fitness bar range to the public at my local gym...scary and exciting in
equal measures as I just didn’t know what the response would be or quite how
much do people really care about their health in the ‘real’ world? It went without
a hitch, people loved the products and were really engaging with the simple
whole foods concept. It was also so lovely and heartening to know so many
people out there do care about what they put in their bodies. I had some really
lovely conversations and got some great feedback to develop the products
further. I wil keep you posted!
I got a bit carried away and didn’t take many photos... but
I am hoping to do another event in a few weeks so will try and take a few more
then!
On a whim the night before the event I spontaneously came up
with another recipe idea that was also well received... a healthy breakfast mix
in to use instead of sugar or syrup on top of oatmeal, cereal or yoghurt etc. So many people I
know enjoy of bowl of healthy porridge BUT then proceed to load it will sugar
to sweeten it. This mix-in or topping uses dates ground into course granules
and mixed with seeds and various ‘superfoods’ to give a versatile tasty sweet
addition with great texture.
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| These are the only two pictures I got of the event...little cubes of bar tasters, jars of breakfast sprinkle and 2 bowls of truffles. The jars you see along the back of the table are all the raw ingredients to help engage people with visualising the 'whole foods' concept. |
I made up three different jars of sprinkles for my event, but below is
the basic principle I followed and a few ideas to get you going. All ingredients are
approximates as I haven’t quite firmed up the recipes yet, and to be honest you
can just eye-ball the quantities and throw in things you fancy and then process the mix until the texture looks
right to you.
Check out my classic apple oats as shown in the picture...the perfect base for a sprinkly topping!
Recipe : ‘Breakfast Boost’ sprinkles!
Makes approx. 450g
Ingredients
250g dates
50g nut
butter
100-150g mix of
nuts/seeds (I used pumpkin coconut flakes and hemp seed mainly with a little
chia thrown in for good measure!)
2 tbs maca
powder
1-2 tsp
spice – i.e cinnamon, ginger or vanilla
A little sea
salt to taste
½ tsp pure
stevia powder (note: It’s good to make the mix quite sweet since it will be
‘diluted’ in sweetness when mixed through)
20g coconut oil (if needed to help ‘clump’ the ingredients)
Method
Process the dates with the nut butter until you have small
coarse clumpy pieces (i.e 1-2mm grains).
Add all remaining ingredients and pulse to mix until you achieve
desired texture.
Add a little coconut oil at the end if you need a less dry and
a more clumpy mixture. (I only needed this when I made a chocolate protein based
sprinkle as I used proportionally more dry ingredients).
I imagine this would keep for quite a few weeks in the fridge or a cool cupboard.
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| (p.s. Geek mode....I love these photos as the jars make great props and I love the shapes they create!) |
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