Choc Cookie Bananaberry Waffle Grilled Cheese

Hello. Brace yourselves for I am about to do a mass recipe update on this blog. Lately, I've been fairly busy with school, I'm secondary 3 now and my O levels are next year so life is only going to get busier. 

Anywho, this is the best grilled cheese I've ever eaten. 

1) It's grilled in a waffle iron. No explanation needed.

2) There is a cookie dough quest bar in there. 

3) The sweet and savory flavours work really well together! Cheese and fruit and chocoate and cookies yum. 

Strawberry frangipane galettes (vegan)

Mm galettes for breakfast. Galettes are tarts but are made without a tart pan so the sides are just folded over to keep the toppings in. I filled these spelt flour galettes with frangipane, an almond cream, and some fresh strawberries. A fairly simple recipe to make, but that's what I always say :/ 

Took a while to get this up as I've been awfully busy with school work although it is the march holidays :( I still need to share the recipe for my sweet potato kimchi sliders and teriyaki tofu fried rice! 

Watermelon Goats Cheese Salad

A quick, simple and refreshing salad, perfect for a hot day ^^ 

The watermelon can be cubed if you dnt have a melon scooper but I find the little melon pearls really adorable :-) Oh and I absolutely love feta cheese! You can add more but I think this amount is enough because the cheese flavour is quite intense so a little goes a long way ~

For 1 serving

What you'll need

1 cup of watermelon balls

1/2 cup spinach leaves 

30g Feta cheese cubes (or crumbled) 

10g walnuts (chopped or whole) 

2 tbsp orange juice

How to

1- Just toss everything together and serve up!

Waffled Vegan French Toast

I was so scared to make this. The previous time I did this, it a literally hot mess. The bread stuck to my "not so non stick" waffle maker, and I had to waste food, which sucked. But on Friday my parents bought me a new cuisinart Belgium waffle iron of amazing waffle making quality, which allowed me to create the crispest most delicious french toast ever. You can't even tell that this has no dairy or egg!! All these flavours work so well together :>

DOES IT NOT LOOK SO COOL? I was really quite fascinated when I opened the waffle iron. The first one stuck a little but but the second slice practically detached itself from the waffle iron. Which is funny because the second round, I didn't add extra oil and just used the leftover oil from the first slice! I guess Baylie just needed some warming up. I've named my Belgium waffle maker Baylie!!! 

Raw Vegan Lime Bars w/ Pistachio Graham Crust

I took one bite, then the flavour sunk in and all I wanted to do was dance and proclaim to the entire universe how fantastic these babies turned out to be. Gluten free, dairy free, added sugar free, vegan, raw, tastes like ice cream what more can you ask for? 

(Hey that rhymes) 

They're simple to make and really are quite delicious if I do say so myself. Parents really like these and my critical brother said they were "not bad" aka "very good". He asked if there was sugar. Well, there isn't! Apart from non processed sugars like dates and maple syrup :-) Really glad these turned out well because this morning's breakfast got screwed up when everything got stuck to my not so non stick waffle maker. Need a new one now, care to sponsor me anyone?

I was scrolling through Pinterest (follow me @healthiepanda) the other day and I saw these divine looking lime squares with a pistachio graham crust, courtesy of Martha Stewart. So this Sunday afternoon I decided to healthify them. Oh by the way keep pinning my pictures! Really makes me so happy :-) 

I love that green from the avocado! (YES THATS THE SECRET INGREDIENT) The ones I used were perfectly ripe and not brown at all! Pity I didn't take a picture. Avocados make up a good portion of this recipe so please get good avocados. Brown avocados will not give you such a pretty green. 

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.........