Recipe: Healthy Tiramisu Baked Oatmeal (Vegan!)

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My mornings always start with tea and breakfast. 

Some people start with caffeine, others start with food - I start with both... and this recipe is the best of both worlds too. 

Inspired by the flavours of a traditional tiramisu, it combines delicious coffee oatmeal with swirls of chocolate oatmeal for the ultimate breakfast treat. 

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It's a super simple recipe that looks impressive and doesn't taste healthy whatsoever.

I've been enjoying these slices cold with my favourite almond butter and fresh fruit - whilst Jesse likes his hot and enjoyed on it's own. 

The possibilities are endless and you can make the coffee flavour as strong as you like by using more/less coffee - or leaving it out altogether if you just want a chocolate vanilla swirled baked oatmeal.

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But however you make it, it's a delicious recipe - and the perfect one to make in advance as you can bake, slice and freeze or keep your baked oatmeal in the fridge to eat and enjoy later.

So let me share the recipe with you! >>

Recent Things: Bunny Love, Bookworming and Recipe Love

You guysssss, we made it through the week! Woohoo!

This week has been all sorts of crazy. The type of week where I get to 8pm at night, lay down in my bed and my body just melts into a puddle because I've been on the go all day. But really, is there any better feeling than hopping into a cozy bed after a long day? 

But we're not going to bed right now - I have a whole week's worth of stuff to share with you! 

Here's what's been happening in our world this week! >> 

Recipe: Easy Vegan Baked Rice Pudding

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If there's one thing I know for sure about myself, it's this; I hate winter. 

SAD (seasonal affective disorder) is definitely a thing in my mind because, come winter, I go into hibernation. 

On Monday I went to head out on my morning walk in my usual shorts and a t-shirt only to be hit with cold air the second I walked out the door. It's okay, I thought... it'll warm up. 

Ten minutes later, I'm walking around the park covered in goose bumps... looking at the patches of sun but wondering why on earth I wasn't feeling their warmth and then it hit me... 

WINTER IS COMING. 

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Dread. Pain. Anxiety. For a second there I thought I was going to have a full on panic attack. 

If summer was a person, I'd be the one wrapped around it's heels, sitting on it's feet, BEGGING it not to leave me. Forget the promise of returning in 6 months time, DO NOT LEAVE ME! 

But then I realised winter was inevitable (and yes I know, autumn comes first.. but in my world it's either summer or winter - also known as time to be a social butterfly or time to forget my own existence) and I tried to think of all the good things about winter. 

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And then I went home to do what every insane person would do.

I flicked the dial on the oven to heat it up and I made baked rice pudding. 

Why? To get a head start on convincing myself that winter isn't really that bad... and I tell you what, friends... if winter involves steaming hot bowls of creamy rice pudding, I'll take it.... for a few months at least 😜

And northern hemisphere friends, don't let me lose you - I can assure you that this tastes delicious cold too... so you can eat it all year long.

So let me share the recipe with you >> 

Random Ramblings: When Donuts are a Health Food

No cartoons today because things are ALL sorts of crazy this week and I'm just about to rush off for a day of meetings - but luckily for you, busy weeks aren't without random ramblings or crazy moments so let's jump into it!

Here's what has been on my mind lately >>

Recipe: Cheesy Quinoa Zucchini Fritters

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Do you ever find your schedule jam packed all of a sudden? 

I feel like mine is a cycle of feast or a famine. Whilst my week days are always busy, my evenings are usually free - usually being the operative word here.

This week, however? I have something booked in day and night for the whole week. 

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For me, busy weeks like this call for extra planning and preparation. 

When you're a coeliac with a bunch of other allergies, you can't just order takeaway to pick up on your way home - or order off a menu somewhere. You've got to be prepared.

These busy weeks call for food prep and forward planning and this is one of my favourite make ahead recipes at the moment.

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Perfect for eating on the go and delicious both hot and cold - these fritters are even a favourite of my zucchini sceptic of a husband.... though it did take a little convincing to get him to try them. 

So look past the green and the ugly and give these babies a try - I promise you won't regret it! 

So let me share the recipe with you! >> 

Recent Things: Piggy Puns, Massage Fails and Creepy Statues

Well hey there, lovely ones! 

I am writing this post to you very quickly before rushing off to get the bloodwork done I mentioned last week. A big huge THANK YOU to all of you who have been praying for me. You make my heart SO happy and I am beyond thankful for you. 

But nevertheless, I have lots to share with you and little time to do it - so let's jump into it!

Here's what's been happening in our world recently! >> 

Recipe: Healthy Spinach Artichoke Quinoa Casserole

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I love baked recipes at dinner time. Not only are they warm and comforting - there's also a secret not-so-guilty pleasure behind them. 

You see, I often come up with these quick and easy baked recipes simply because it means I have 10-15 minutes to do whatever I please. 

Whilst I'm putting together what needs to go in the oven, I'll prep whatever sides we're having alongside it and then second that baby goes in the oven? I'M FREEEEEEEEEEE! 

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You'll see me dashing out of the kitchen and plonking myself down on my big red chair with whatever I'm reading at the moment, or sitting at my computer catching up on blog posts from my favourite blogging babes. 

Forget slaving over a hot stove, these recipes are my favourite because they take just a little bit of prep and a little bit of waiting whilst they bake away. 

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This Spinach Artichoke Quinoa Casserole is a current favourite in our house. Whilst Jesse turned his nose up at it the first time I made it (because he'd never eaten artichokes), it only took one bite to convince him that it was a winning recipe - and one that needed to be share. 

Fast forward to now and this is a recipe we still make once a week. Sometimes with grilled chicken thrown into the mix, other times as a meatless meal - but everytime gobbled down in moments because it is seriously, ridiculously good! 

So let me share the recipe with you! >> 

Random Ramblings: Where NOT To Do Yoga

Well hey, you! 

Today I thought I'd skip the projects and, you know, productive stuff and share what's been on my mind lately. If you're new around here, you might have never seen one of these random ramblings posts before - and boy oh boy are you in for a treat 😉

Not really... or maybe really, I don't know. But nevertheless, welcome to the inside of my brain... complete with my random cartoons!

Here's what I've been thinking about lately >> 

Recipe: 3 Ingredient Flourless Nutella Brownies

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Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and if you're anything like me - you're probably feeling like it snuck up out of nowhere.

Wasn't it Christmas yesterday? Weren't we just celebrating Valentine's Day? How did we get here. 

If that's the case, worry not.. because I have the perfect Valentine's Day to share with you. Why is it perfect? Because it's a last minute recipe that uses just three ingredients and is ready to devour in less than half an hour... 

And that's where my Valentine's poetry ends, friends (or maybe not... since that rhymed too 😜)

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I wouldn't call this recipe a particularly healthy recipe - but Valentine's Day is the perfect day to indulge and treat yourself. 

This is a recipe we've made dozens of times - but one I'd almost forgotten about until last week when World Nutella Day rolled around and we had a jar of Nutella sitting around that needed to be used up. 

Enter, brownies.

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These brownies are stupidly simple. Using just THREE ingredients and no boxed cake mixes or weird hard to find ingredients, they can be mixed up and poured into a pan in just a few minutes and before you know it, you've got a tray of brownies ready to eat.

A tray of brownies with gooey fudgy centres and crispy, chewy edges. 

Brownies so good that you'll have to hide them from your husband who would happily devour an entire tray in one sitting. 

So let me share the recipe with you! >> 

Recent Things: Puppies in Pants, Silver Linings and Rollercoaster Weeks

Hello lovely ones! This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster of highs and lows, happiness and joy, stress and sadness - but we made it to Friday. 

Luckily a rollercoaster week means I also have lots to share with you, so let's jump into it. 

Here's what's been happening in our world recently >> 

Recipe: The Best Paleo Zucchini Bread

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My Paleo Banana Bread Recipe is a family favourite recipe that never gets old - regardless of how many times I make it. As soon as we have spotty bananas, you'll find me in the kitchen with my coconut flour, almond flour and all the ingredients needed to whip up a batch. 

But what do you do when you don't have any bananas? And you don't have any pumpkin to make The Best Paleo Pumpkin Bread Recipe?

Why, you take those base recipes and create something totally new, of course! 

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This Paleo Zucchini Bread Recipe is a new take on both of those recipes and it's seriously delicious.

Though my family weren't so convinced when I first told them about it (because, uh.. vegetables), one bite was all it took for them to fall in love with it too. 

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It's moist and delicious and only requires one bowl to make it. Forget food processors and mixers, a spoon and a bowl are all it takes!

The hardest part of the recipe is waiting for it to bake - and cool.... though I found a loophole for that too. If you're impatient like me and can't wait for it to bake for an hour and then cool - simply make muffins instead. The cooking time will vary depending on the size of your muffins but they'll take a fraction of the time! 

So let me share the recipe with you! >>