Quinoa Power Brownies (or cake)

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 ripe bananas large
• 3.5 tbsp. raw honey
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1 cup fresh shredded coconut
• 1 cup raw rolled oats
• 8 packets Xylitol or stevia (approx 1/3 - 1/2 cup)
• 2 scoops chocolate protein powder
• 2 - 4 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp olive oil

METHOD:

1. Preheat oven to 375. Grease an 8X8 or larger pan with olive oil.

2. In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork. Add the honey, vanilla, quinoa, coconut, oats, and sweetener. Mix until well combined.

3. In a small mixing bowl, mix the cocoa and the protein powder together. Add this to the wet mixture.

4. Pour the batter into the dish. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until the center feels solid. Let it cool, slice it up and enjoy!

photo courtesy of Lori Cipolla !

Green Goddess Cinnamon Roll Parfait/ Smoothie

INGREDIENTS:

• 145g spinach
• 2 kiwi
• 21g oatmeal
• 78g plain nonfat yogurt
• 2/3 scoop protein powder
• 1.5 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp flax oil
• 1 tsp sugar-free syrup
• 5 drops liquid stevia or approx 1/4 tsp powdered

METHODS:

Parfait:

Using the steel blade of a food processor, dice up the spinach. Scoop it out into a bowl. There’s so much spinach, it has to be done separately.

Next, in the food processor, dice up the kiwi and oatmeal. Scoop it out and add to the spinach. Stir well. Add the flax oil, syrup and stevia.

In a separate bowl mix together the protein powder and cinnamon.

Now mix the dry with the wet ingredients. Enjoy!

Smoothie:

Blend up all the ingredients in a blender, add 4 ice cubes and approximately 1/4 - 1/2 cup water.

Change your Smoothie into a Milkshake without Dairy!

Bananas are great to put into shakes/smoothies, even frozen!  Because frozen bananas are too hard to put in a Magic Bullet, put the banana in the microwave on defrost for 30 seconds just to get it soft enough to break part.

To make this successful you will need to put in a bit less liquid than usual. So instead of 1 cup water maybe 2/3 cup or 3/4.

Also, if you pre plan this you can take your banana out of the freezer 1/2hr to 45 minutes earlier instead of using the microwave.

Here is a sample recipe from Inside Fitness Magazine.

Peanut Brittle Shake
1 frozen banana (softened as above)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 tbsp sugar-free caramel syrup (bought from Starbucks)
2/3 cup - 3/4 cup water

Blend & enjoy!

{Idea shared by Brandi Gagnon}

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