Vegan Banana Berry Streusel Pizza

So I've been reducing my protein and increasing my carbs lately, because I want to eat less animal products. I was watching this YouTube video by freeleethebananagirl, and I saw how cruelly cows are treated. It was so horrible I literally cried. I'm eating more vegan meals now but I don't think I'll go completely vegan because that lifestyle isn't maintainable for me at the moment. 

Besides I'm actually eating more protein than necessary so it won't hurt to cut down. I want to watching "earthlings", a documentary about animal abuse stuff but I'm worried I'll be a huge sobbing puddle by the time the film is over.

Today's recipe is a wonderfully scrumptious vegan pizza. It has an oat flax base and is studded with banana coins and blueberries, sprinkled with walnut cinnamon streusel, drizzled with coconut cream and finished off with some freeze dried strawberry pieces. 

Food props: I am loving my cute little honey drizzling thing! I don't even really know what it's called haha. Found that little acorn by the pavement near my condo. 

For those who need photographic evidence that the pizza holds together when lifted up....

This was actually a really photogenic breakfast! :D I love it when the food makes my life easy by looking good. Sometimes I get so stressed taking food pictures.........

Healthier Enchiladas!

Asdfghjkl. These are not the cleanest recipe I have but they are certainly super delicious and healthier than other enchilada recipes! When I first took a bite of these I immediately tweeted that I was in enchilada heaven because seriously, I was! It's like pizza pasta deliciousness in a burrito or something. And single serving convenience ~

On a side note, I want to let you guys know that I do iifym and don't eat healthy all the time. In case you don't know. Because someone today was criticizing me of not being truthful. And I did not ever claim to eat completely healthy 24/7 but incase it was implied by my pictures :/ 

What you'll need

1 wholewheat/wholegrain flour tortilla

1 tomato

1/2 tsp olive oil

1/8 cup sliced onions

1/4 tsp minced garlic

50g minced chicken breast

1/4 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp dried herbs

1/2 - 1 red chili, chopped up 

1 tbsp corn kernals 

1/8 cup chopped bell peppers

2 tbsp tomato paste

10g shredded mozerella

Greek yogurt 

Spring onion

How to

1. Rinse tomato and leave some water on the surface. Microwave on high in 1 minute intervals until the skin splits. When cool enough to handle, remove the skin and chop up. 

Preheat oven to 180C. 

2. Heat olive oil in a non stick skillet, over medium heat sauté onions and garlic. When fragrant add in chicken and fry till opaque. 

3. Next add in the spices, chili, corn, bell pepper, tomato paste, and lastly chopped tomatoes. Toss together and keep frying. The chopped/mashed up tomatoes will soften up as they cook. At the end you should have something resembling chicken and vegetables in pasta sauce.

4. Spoon chicken and vegetable mixture into the centre of the tortilla, leaving the sauce behind to use for later. Wrap up burrito style! Fold sides of the tortilla over slightly then roll up tightly from bottom to top. Place into a dish, pour the remaining sauce over the entire tortilla wrap, sprinkle cheese over and bake for 20min. Cool before eating. Top with greek yogurt and spring onion. Enjoy!

Quinoa Pizza Rounds

Another pizza post. Sorry I'm not sorry.

These are like pizza, minus the grease and carbs.

Gluten free too! Quinoa is also higher in protein than other carbs like rice :)

Going for a swim in pizza sauce. Actually I used pasta sauce but what's the difference haha.

I do realised I just spammed you guys with pictures but I can't short list them it's so difficult sigh. 

What you'll need

1/2 cup cooked quinoa 

1/3 cup shredded cheese 

1/4 cup chopped shallots

1 tsp minced garlic

Slightly under 1/4 cup parsley or basil 

1/2 tsp chili flakes

1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs (ensure there's oregano in there) 

1/2 tsp smoked paprika 

50g turkey breast, chopped up

1 egg

Serve with: pasta or pizza sauce

How to 

Preheat oven to 180C

1. Mix everything together except egg. Beat egg and combine with the other ingredients.

2. Divide into 5 greased muffin cups. Bake for about 18min. Cool slightly, remove from tray and serve with sauce!

Ps you can try less cheese and an extra egg white if you want.

Reese's Pizza Pockets

Peanut butter and chocolate. I just never get sick of this combination. These Reese's pizza pockets are wonderful if you're like me. Peanut butter chocolate chip deliciousness wrapped up in cinnamon spiced pizza dough, baked to perfection and drizzled with maple sweetened chocolate syrup. 

Delicious fresh out of the oven. But today I had one chilled and it was really yummy too. Although I forgot to add sweetener to the filling, it turned out perfect, to me. If you prefer things sweeter sub the 1 tbsp of water in the filling with 1 tbsp of maple syrup. Also feel free to add more cacao nibs! Cacao nibs can be subbed with dark chocolate chips :) 

Can't take dairy? Sub cottage cheese with something of a similar consistency like mashed banana or something! You can even omit that and just add more peanut flour and pb and water ☺️ 

What you'll need

Pizza dough: 

1/2 cup whole-wheat flour

1/2 tsp quick-rising yeast

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/3 teaspoon honey/brown rice syrup

5.5 tbsp water,

1 tsp coconut oil

Peanut butter filling: 

1 tbsp peanut butter 

1/4 cup peanut flour 

1/4 cup Cottage cheese

1 tbsp water

1 tbsp water OR maple syrup 

1 rounded tsp cacao nibs

Beaten egg

Chocolate syrup:

1 tbsp maple syrup 

1 tsp cocoa powder 

1. Mix flour, yeast and cinnamon together. 

2. Make a well in dry ingredients and pour 2 tbsp water, oil and brown rice syrup in. Knead. Add the rest of the water in tbsp by tbsp, just enough that you can form a ball of dough. Let the dough proof for 20 minutes. If the dough is sticky add flour, if it's dry and water! 

3. Make filling by mixing all the filling ingredients together.

4. Now roll out dough on some wax paper into a 6 x 6 inch square. Cut it into 6 squares. Then roll each piece out somemore until it's about 0.1-0.2 cm thick. 

Preheat oven to 230C. 

5. Fill up the pieces with the filling. Dampen the inner edges with water, Fold the squares over into triangles, and press down with a fork to seal. 

6. Brush lightly with beaten egg. Bake for 12 min. 

7. Mix sauce ingredients together (takes a bit of stirring) and drizzle over! Then stuff your face. 

P.S don't waste the egg. Please eat it after!

Broccoli Paleo Pizza Crust

Like who wouldn't want a green pizza. 

This is low carb pizza crust that is way better for you than a regular thick carb-y pizza crust. It's basically like a cauliflower pizza crust but with broccoli which I think, makes it look cooler. If you use a gluten free flour instead of oats it'll be gluten free! To make it paleo sub oats with almond meal ^^ 

What you'll need

2 cups chopped broccoli 

1 egg 

1 tbsp nutritional yeast (can sub with oats)

1 tbsp oats (can sub with other kinds of flour)

1 tsp herbs

1/3 tsp chili flakes 

Pizza toppings

How to

1. Chop up broccoli in a food processor till it becomes like "rice". You should get about 1.5 cups riced broccoli. 

Preheat oven to 150C.

2. Put the broccoli "rice" into a bowl and microwave for 4 minutes. Then dump all of it on to a tea towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible.

3. Beat the other ingredients together and then mix in the broccoli "rice".

4. Put the entire mixture onto a piece of parchment paper. Spread out into a 7inch circle or whatever shape you want. Make the edges of the crust thicker to avoid burning. The thickness of the inner part of the crust should be 3-5mm.

5. Bake for 20min. Add toppings. Bake for 5min again. 

ENJOY XX

Healthy Calzone!

Before I started eating healthy I loved the calzones from breadtalk! Well technically they're the only calzones I've ever eaten haha. Haven't had them in soo long! Anyway calzones are like inverted pizzas. The fillings are inside the dough instead of on top. Kinda like pizza pockets! 

Made these for dinner yesterday and they were sooo delicious! Though I think what pasta/pizza sauce and cheese you use makes a difference. I used organic roasted pepper pasta sauce from the brand 'naturel'. I think their basil one is nicer though! Oh and I marinated my chicken with smoked paprika before I baked it.