HEALTHY RECIPES OF THE WEEK: GF + VG

About three weeks ago I removed all wheat from my diet. Since doing this I have searched the Internet for yummy and wheat-free dishes! Below are my top two recipes that I have tried and loved! They are both gluten-free and healthy (for the most part)

1       “Bright Mango Goodness” – ORIGINAL RECIPE HERE 

I found this recipe on the Coconut Goddess website and boy oh boy is it delicious! I have eaten this at least two times a week since finding it and it has become one of my favourites, especially in the hot weather we have been having.

   

          

    If you want extra coconut flavour you can pour some coconut milk on the bottom of the bowl AND on the top!

s    "French vanilla cacao banana oat-bread bites” ORIGINAL RECIPE HERE

I came across this recipe through Instagram. It is very simple and if made like the original recipe is both vegan and gluten free! I prefer to double the ingredients since it doesn’t make very many. These are perfect to whip up in your spare time and put aside for a healthy snack J

1 mashed Banana

1 tsp cacao

1Tbsp French vanilla protein powder

1/3 cup rolled oats

Roll into balls and bake at 175 Celsius on greased sheet for 10-20min.

** I made this with normal cocoa powder and since I didn’t have any protein powder I threw in a few extra oats and a tsp of vanilla for some flavour. Also, the recipe says to bake for 10min. but I found it took mine about 20min. **

Give these recipes a try and I promise you won’t be disappointed!

 *DISCLAIMER: These are not my original recipes. All credit goes to the coconut goddess and vanxfit :)

PUPPIES FIRST OUTING

On Saturday we decided to take our puppies, Rosie and Benjie for an outing, as they have grown stronger and bigger since the day we found them. As we pulled onto the main road and headed out of town we noticed an on-going, solid line of traffic going the opposite way…back towards our house. After 10 minutes of driving we turned back, worried we would get stuck on our way home and what would normally have taken another 10min. took 45minutes. 

Instead of heading out of town we just took the puppies to a field up the road from where we live. Uganda traffic is always unpredictable but most of the time you can assume it will be backed up! What should have been a small drive ended up taking as un entire hour and in the end we were five minutes from our house!