Welcome to my very first InstaMeal! These won't be a detailed how-to posts as the other ones. Instead I will also start to share a quick meal inspiration for you which I have previously posted to my Instagram. I hope you like it!

I will start this series of posts with a healthy and beautiful Banana/Mango/Frozen Berry Smoothie Bowl - topped with more berries, more Mango, Chia and roasted Osts. Yummm.

 

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I'm having a moment with quick breakfast Ideas. As a fan of hot apples I came up with this healthy idea: Breakfast Apple Strudel.

For this Recipe you will need:

• 1 Apple
• Oats
• Cinnamon
• Flax seeds (optional)
• Vanilla (optional)

(Excuse the quality of the pictures - it was kinda dark in my kitchen)
Decore your apple and cut it in quarters. Leave on the skin for now.

Take a grater, lay the apple flat on it and start grating. You will reach a point when the skin of the apple will protect your fingers and you can grate the last bit of meat off it.

Add the grated apple to the oats and season with Cinnamon. Personally I like to add flax seeds and vanilla as well.

Mix it up.

And put it into the microwave for 2 to 3 minutes.

The heat will soften the apple and the juices will soften the oats. Enjoy this deliciouses of  apple with cinnamon while hot!

If you're using Weight Watchers: This bowl of Breakfast Apple Strudel had around 4 ProPoints.

Enjoy,
Anna

Who doesn't love Chocolate Chip cookies? They just combine everything that's tasty - but with the 'tasty' part being Fat and Sugar and Chocolate ... yeah, they're not exactly on the 'healthy' side. But don't despair! Because I might just have THE recipe for you.

Chocolate Chip cookies - healthified

For a batch of cookies you will need:

• 1 Banana
• Oats
• Raw Kakao-Nibs
• Vanilla (Optional)

This recipe is as easy as it gets. Slice up your ripe, sweet banana and toss it into a bowl alongside all of the other ingredients.

Now mix it all together until you have a nice, sticky ball of goodness.

Depending on the size you want your cookies to be either take a tea-spoon or a table spoon and place individual heaps on a baking tray.

Almost done. Put them in the oven at around 150°C for 10-15 Minutes. It really depends on the size of the cookies and on how you dry you want them to be.

And there you have it! Your very own, healthy Chocolate Chips cookies! They taste amazing with a glass of almond milk.

But keep in mind that they don't keep too long - it's banana after all. Eat them within 1-2 days :)

If you're using Weight Watchers, this batch of cookies has around 5 ProPoints.

Enjoy,
Anna

It was only last week that I had my first taste of Humus, self made even. And I think I might have found my favorite chick-pea dish yet, filling, healthy and even good to take to work or simply to munch on in the evening instead of nachos and cheese.

Who's up for some amazing Humus in only 10 Seconds?

For the Humus you will need:

• 1 can of Chickpeas
• Olive Oil
• Tahin (Optional)
• Water

And some spices:

• Cumin (essential!)
• Smoked Paprika
• Cayenne
• Cinamon
• Garlic Powder
• Curry
• Salt

Step one: Throw everything into the food processor and season the hell out of it - 5 Seconds.

Step two: Blend till you get a creamy consistency - 5 Seconds. Done.

Basically it's ready to eat, but I like to cut some raw zucchini and carrot sticks to dip in the Humus.

And since I will have a very busy day at work tomorrow I packed the rest in my lunchbox for lunch break.

If you're using WeightWatchers, a humongous portion (Half of this recipe) has around 6 to 7 ProPoints.

Enjoy!
Anna

So last week while shopping I bought strawberries for the first time this yeah. They weren't perfect yet but oh, who doesn't love strawberries? This morning I went for a delicious vegan  milkshake to keep me fueled and let me tell you that it was amazing!

Strawberry Banana Breakfast Shake

For this breakfast you will need:

• 1 Banana
• Strawberries
• Soy-milk
• Oats

Cut the fruit up and put the into a blender with the oats.

The oats I used are an awesome mix I found the store thanks to my boss. It's an unsweetened 6-grain oat mix with sunflower seeds. Delicious!

Add the Soy-milk. (Soy Milk is fairly new to me. I heard it's not that wide spread in the fitness-community, but you can always replace it with regular milk or almond milk.)

Mix everything up.

Enjoy!

If you're using Weight Watchers, this whole shake had only around 5 ProPoints. You can always reduce this number by using Almond- or Skimmed Milk or reducing the oats.

Enjoy!
Anna

It's Snack attack once again!
I plan on watching some "Velvet Goldmine" right now. And what sack comes to mind when you think about watching a movie? Exactly: Popcorn.

I will show you the embarrassingly simple recipe for fat free Popcorn.

You will need:

• Dried maize kernels
• Spices (Optional)

For one person 50 grams of maizle kernels is more than enough to munch on. Put the kernels into a pan or pot with a long handle and put on a lid before putting it on high heat, no oil, no nothing.
By the way: I prefer glass lids so I see the action.

I've made my fair share of popcorn in my life and let me tell you: It's worth putting a tiny bit of effort into it. So once the pan gets hot and some leftover moisture from the kernels evaporates, start moving the pan every 10-15 seconds. That's why I chose a pot with a long handle: So I can shake things up properly.

So stand by your pot and shake it every 10-15 seconds. I used to just put the kernels in in the pan and wait for them to pop. Too often I ended up with burned or tiny pieces popcorn. Shaking them ensures every side of the kernels gets some heat before popping properly.

Even while the popcorn is filling up the pan I keep shaking it every now and then so nothing burns.

Finally fill your delicious, hot popcorn into a bowl and season if wanted. I'm a actually fine with just salt.

If you're using Weight Watchers: This 50g bowl of Popcorn only has 5 ProPoints.

Enjoy your movie!
Anna

To answer your question: Yes, yet ANOTHER snack recipe. But honestly: Snacks are my weakness. I can prepare three healthy meals a day and not miss a thing but I would still totally love to go for potato chips and the like. This is why I included many healthy snacks into my diet.

This recipe is as simple as it gets: Apple Chips

For this snack you will need:

• Apples (DUH!)
• Spices (optional)

Clean your apples and de-core them. If you don't have one of those helpfull little kitchen gadges you can do this part after the next step.

Using a mandolin or using you perfect cutting-skills, should you have them (I know I don't), cut the apples into thin thin thin slices, around 1-2 mm the most. This is important because if your apples are too thin they'll stick to the paper or burn. Cut them too thick they won't crisp up but go solid on the outside and stay moist on the inside. Should you have not de-cored them in the previous step you can cut the cores out now. Either use your knife or a tiny cookie-cutter on each slice.

Lay the slices out on an oven sheet and make sure they don't overlap before putting them into the oven at 100° for 30 minutes. Don't forget: We want to dry them, not cook them.
(Also: If you wanted you could add a pinch of sugar or cinnamon at this stage)

After 30 minutes pull the apples out of the oven and flip them over. Put them back into the oven and from now on try keeping an eye on them.

Tipp: After the first 30 minutes you will see that some of the apples might already be darker and crispier than the others others. If that's the case you should have an eye on your apples during the end of the second round. Just take the crispy ones out when they're done, otherwise they'll turn dark and taste bitter.

After all is done let the apples cool. They will get their real crunch after the last moisture evaporated.

(Compare these to the first picture of the rings. Amazing how the shrank :D )

All you have to do now is enjoy them ;)

If you're using Weight Watchers: This snack has fabulous, guilt-free 0 ProPoints.

Enjoy and be sexy,
Anna

TV-Evening tonight - and I'm a bit of a snack addict.
I won't lie. This is basically the exact same recipe as the Brussels sprout chips - but I'm gonna take these in a different direction.

So how about some Kale Curry Chips?

For this snack you will need:

• Kale
• Olive Oil
• Spices (Curry, Cayenne Pepper, Cinnamon, Garlic, Smoked Paprika)

I happen to have a bag of particularly small leafs of kale. If you have bigger leaves, pull the leafy part off the thick stems and tear them into smaller pieces. I did the same with my small leafs. They'll go crunchy yet the stems will get all soggy and gross.

Clean the kale in water and use a salad spinner to dry them again.

Toss everything into a bowl and add all your spices, mix a bit to distribute the taste.

Finally add the olive oil and get your hands in there! The kale is very curly, you need to massage it to get the oil and spices everywhere!

Just get the leafs shiny. DON'T drown them in oil!

Place it on a baking tray, make sure the leafs don't touch and put them into the oven for about 10 Minutes at 100 ° C (Air circulation mode). We want to dry them, not bake.

Check back after 10 Minutes. Mine weren't quite cripy enough so I switched the trays and  gave them another 5 Minutes.

Eventually you will end up with a bowl of spicy, hot deliciousness. I advice you to eat them like NOW. They will lose their crisp if you leave them for too long.

And of course: Best eaten while watching something awesome on TV ;).

If you're using Weight Watchers: This snack has approximately 1 ProPoint.

Enjoy and be sexy,
Anna