Being that kind of person who needs to munch something all day long these easy to make and healthy cookies are perfect for me. Glutenfree oat cookies with lots of seeds and no sugar, only a banana to give a bit of sweetness, are rich in nutrients.

Crunchy glutenfree oat cookies

1 banana

2 eggs

2 cups oat flakes (gluten free)

1/2 cup poppy seeds

1/2 cup sesam seeds

2 tbs chia seeds

2 tbs pumpkin seeds and/or sunflower seeds

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp organic vanilla seeds

Mash banana in a bowl, add eggs and whisk it. Season with spices. Add oat flakes and seeds. Make it a nice dough. 

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop roinded tablespoon of dought and roll into balls.

Bake in 200C/392F until golden in the bottom for about 10-15 minutes.

These are nice to munch all day long. Make a good breakfast as well.

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(FI) Olen sitä tyyppiä jonka täytyy saada mussuttaa koko ajan jotain, joten nämä helposti valmistuvat ja terveelliset keksit ovat just mua varten. Gluteenittomissa kaurakekseissä on paljon hyvää ravintoa - siemeniä, ei ollenkaan lisättyä sokeria sillä makeus tulee banaanista.

Rapeat gluteenittomat kaurakeksit

1 banaani

2 kananmunaa

2dl gluteenittomia kaurahiutaleita

1/2dl unikonsiemeniä

1/2dl seesaminsiemeniä

2 rkl chia-siemeniä

2 rkl kurpitsan- ja-tai auringonkukansiemeniä

1 tl kanelia

1 tl kurkumaa

1/2 tl luomu vaniljansiemeniä

Survo banaani kulhoon ja lisää munat. Sekoita ja mausta. Lisää joukkoon kaurahiutaleet ja siemenet. Sekoita kunnes taikinasta tulee tasaista.

Tee lusikalla taikinasta pieniä kekoja leivinpaerilla vuoratulle uunipellille.

Paista 200C noin 10-15 minsaa kunnes keksit ovat pohjasta kullanruskeita.

Näitä on kiva popsia pitkin päivää. Sopivat myös hyvin aamiaiselle.

Feel Delighted!

(EN)I found a perfect snack!

Been looking for a snack that would be full of protein, fibre and vitamins, easy to carry in a handbag and with a solid texture - and of course, it should come with a delicious taste. I think it can't get any better than these Delight protein bars.

I often carry a smoothie or a bottle of juice with me but I also feel that I need something to chew as well so I easily choose a bisquit (or 2, well, a package) as most of the nut bars are full of sugar and they are too crunchy (so are the bisquits & cookies too) - there're bits & pieces everywhere, especially in the bag.

It says that these Delight bars have less than 2g sugar, 13g proteins and 16g fibre. So they are pretty high in protein & fibre. They also have vitamins, like D & E, and minerals like zinc and folic acid. There are 3 different flavours - Mocha White Choco, Vanilla Raspberry and Cookie Dough. My favourite is the raspberry one!

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 (FI) Täydellinen välipala on löytynyt!

Jo pidemmän aikaa mulla on ollut hakusessa välipala, joka olisi täynnä proteiinia, kuitua ja vitamiineja, helppo kantaa käsilaukussa ja jonka koostumus olisi jämäkkää ja kiinteää sekä vielä että maku olisi herkullinen. Se taitaa nyt olla vihdoin löytynyt sillä Delight proteiinipatukasta on paha enää pistää paremmaksi.

Kannan usein mukanani smoothieta tai mehupulloa, mutta päivän mittaan tulee tarve myös syödä jotain jota voi pureskella. Helposti tulee napattua mukaan keksi (tai siis koko paketti), koska monet pähkinää sisältävistä patukoista on täynnä sokeria ja ne ovat liian murenevia, samoin kuin keksitkin - murusia on sitten joka paikassa, varsinkin laukun pohjalla.

Delight proteiinipatukoissa ilmoitetaan olevan vähemmän kuin 2g sokeria, 13g proteiinia ja 16g kuitua. Proteiinia ja kuitua on siis melko runsaasti. Niissä on myös vitamiineja kuten D ja E sekä mineraaleja kuten sinkkiä ja foolihappoa. Makuvaihtoehtoja on 3 - Mocha White Choco (kahvi), Vanilla Raspberry (vadelma) ja Cookie Dough (piparitaikina). Suosikkini on Vanilla Raspberry! 

(EN) Why a snack is important?

Snacking is an effective way to fit extra nutrients into diet and prevent overeating at meal times. It keeps from getting overly hungry in between meals. A small heath snack tides you over and keeps blood sugar levels steady. A snack should be around 100 kcal, but if you need to use a snack in place of a meal eat a slightly larger snack containing around 250 kcal. 

Deligh protein bars contain 120 kcal.

What is your favourite snack?

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(FI) Miksi välipala on tärkeä?

Välipalan avulla on helppo lisätä ravintoa päivittäisen ruokavalioon ja ehkäistä ahmimasta liikaa ruoka-aikana. Välipala auttaa pitämään nälän kurissa pääaterioiden välissä. Pieni terveellinen välipala auttaa selviytymään ja pitää verensokerin vakaana. Välipalan tulisi olla noin 100 kcal, mutta jos sillä pitää korvata kokonainen ateria, kannattaa valita hieman tuhdimpi noin 250kcal sisältävä vaihtoehto.

Delight proteiinipatukka sisältää 120 kcal.

Mikä on sinun lempparivälipalasi?

Quick & Easy Lunch

One of the easiest & quickesst made lunch or snack is definitely this from Sarah Wilson's book "I quit sugar". All you need is haloumi cheese and an apple.

Salted Caramel (well, almost)

4 slices haloumi

1 apple sliced into wedges

salt and cinnamon are optional

Place haloumi and apple slices in a hot non-stick frying pan. Jiggle the pan a little so the fat from the haloumi coats the apple. Cook on both sides until both the apple and haloumi have a lovely caramel colour. Toss salt and cinnamon (if you like) over the lot and serve. 

//Yksi helpoimpia ja nopeimpia tehdä lounas tai välipala on ehdottomasti tämä Sarah Wilsonin kirjasta "Irti sokerista" löytyvä resepti. Siihen tarvitaan ainoastaan halloumi juustoa ja omena. 

Suolaista makeaa (no, melkein)

4 viipaletta halloumia

1 omena viipaleina

suolaa ja kanelia mausteeksi, jos siltä tuntuu

Aseta haloumi ja omenaviipaleet teflon-pannulle. Heiluttele vähän pannua, jotta halloumista irtoava rasva peittää myös omenaviipaleet. Paista molemmilta puolilta kunnes sekä omena- että halloumiviipaleet ovat saaneet kauniin kultaisen värin (hups, mulla meni vähän liian tummaksi!). Ripauta pinnalle sulaa ja kanelia(jos siis haluat) ja tarjoile. 

Yummy!

//Herkullista!

Energy Bombs

Got this wonderful recipe from a friend of mine. An awesome little snack to have on hand in the fridge when you need something to nibble on to give you a boost. 

Spirulina, a type of algae, is packed with protein, essential fatty acids and B vitamins. 

Unfortunately I don't have a food processor, but luckily my friend invite me to her place to make some nutty balls. Brought a package of dates and desiccated coconut and she had walnuts and spirulina.

Energy bombs

250g pitted dates

250 raw walnuts

3 teaspoons spirulina powder

desiccated coconut, to coat

Put the dates, walnuts and spirulina into a food processor, and process at full speed until a stiff paste forms.

Sprinkle the desiccated coconut on a plate and have another clean plate handy. Processing the ingredients at high speed will have squeezed the oil from the walnuts, so the paste will be very oily. Break off thumb-sized pieces of paste, roll them into balls, then roll in the desiccated coconut. Place the coated balls on a clean plate.

Once all the paste has been rolled into balls, place in the fridge for several hours, which will make them firmer and give them a fantastic chewy texture.

Delicious!

Don't eat them all at once - have one with afternoon coffee or tea.

Sain tämän ihastuttavan herkullisen reseptin ystävältäni. Todella kätevä jääkaapissa säilytettävä välipala, kun tarvitsen jotain pientä antamaan lisäpuhtia päivään.

Spirulina on proteiinia, tarpeellisia rasvahappoja ja B-vitamiineja sisaltävää levää.

Harmi, ettei itselläni ole monitoimikonetta, mutta onneksi ystäväni kutsui minut kotiinsa valmistamaan näitä pähkinäisiä palleroita. Vein mukanani paketillisen taateleita ja kookoshiutaleita ja häneltä löytyi saksanpähkinöitä ja spiruliina-jauhetta.

Energia pommit

250g kuivattuja, kivettömiä taateleita

250 raakoja saksanpähkinöitä

3 teelusikallista spirulina-jauhetta

kookoshiutaleita palleroiden pinnalle

Laita taatelit, päkkinät ja spirulina monitoimikoneeseen ja kone käyntiin täydellä teholla. Jatka kunnes seos on taikinamaista.

Sirottele kookoshiutaleet lautaselle ja aseta toinen puhdas lautanen viereen. Valmis taikina on öljyistä, sillä sekoitettaessa raaka-aineita täydellä teholla, pähkinöistä puristuu öljyä. Ota noin peukalon kokoisia paloja taikinasta ja pyörittele pieniksi palloiksi. Kieritä niitä sitten kookoshoitaleissa ja aseta puhtaalle lautaselle.

Kun kaikki pallerot ovat valmiita, laita ne muutamaksi tunniksi vetäytymään jääkaappiin. Näin niistä tulee rakenteeltaan mukavan sitkeitä.

Herkullista!

Älä syö kaikkia kerralla, vaan säästä iltapäivän kahvi- tai teehetkiin.

Welsh Rabbit

 Forgot to put this delicious sandwich picture

to the previous post, sorry!

It should be under "eating in".

This is a combination of Welsh Rabbit and Croque Monsieur,

actually. 

The original name for Welsh Rabbit is Welsh Rarebit,

but very rarely it's called that way.

Srawberry Oatmeal Bar

Walked all the way to get...
... a strawberry oatmeal bar at Hope Town Coffee Shop - delicious & so healthy (or is it??)
,
A dove, not a city pigeon!
.

Waves of the ocean in White Sound.
.

And at the same time on the opposite side of the road - the distance is about 100m - the Sea of Abaco

is so calm & steady!

.

Supper

No, not my supper!

- this is my evening snack

Had some take-away Indian

from Taj Mahal for supper
.

Kingsplace Festival'10

Before going to Kings Place listening to

London Sinfonietta playing 2 concerts

had some take away sushi from Tesco's
- nice!

.

Bought also new Time Out to see

what's going on in town

- so many things to do in London...

not in New York,

well, there too, of course
.

100 performances in 4 days

at Kings Place

- just 300m from Kings Cross

by the canal

- nice modern building
.

Broadcaster from BBC radio 1 Sarah Mohr-Pietsch

presenting
the works of tonight:

Chamber Music by Thomas Ades

at 8.30pm

Catch

Court Studies from The Tempest

- both very interesting pieces of music!

In the Catch Mark was walking around the hall

and playing clarinet!!!

Court Studies sounded almost like jazz

Mark van de Wiel playing clarinet
.

Second concert started at 9.45pm

Postcards from Europe:

French Regis Campo Pop-Art

Finnish Osmo Tapio Räihälä Damballa
.

Interview of Finnish composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä

by Sarah

.

Pop-Art by Regis Campo was really interesting,

almost like a black&white film,

where someone is trying to run away & hide

from someone

in a big city

like thief & detective

- if that makes any sense???

- happy feeling afterwards!

.

Some pieces of art at Kings Place:

.
.
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
http://www.lingsplace.co.uk/

Finland-USA

Had cheese tray ready for the evening

.

Would've been great to eat marvellous cheese

& watch a fantastic professional ice-hockey match...

Well, it didn't quite go that way...

.

Very sad & dissapointing night for the Finns

.

As was surfing to find out more about the horrible earthquake in Chile,

read on the front page of Miami Herald:

"Two little American boys decked out in red, white and blue

waved a pair of homemade posters that read:

``Finnish 'em!''

The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team granted their wish

- in 13 high-flying minutes that left Finnish forward

Teemu Selanne wishing he were on the curling team."
.

Loosing 6-1 doesn't leave much for explanations.

.

Funny Bagel

Had lunch today at California Coffee Company

on Teréz krt

- bagel with turkey looked so delicious in the vitrin,

but the waitress heated it!

- after the heating the look wasn't so delicious...

- taste was good, a bit dry though
.

Milk

Went to Művész to see the Milk on Sunday afternoon.

It's the film where Sean Penn playing Harvey Milk won Oscar as the best actor.

.

The film is more like a document about gay activist Harvey Milk's life in 1970's.

It surprised that the life, even in San Francisco,

was still so utterly concervative in the late 70's.

.

After seeing Milk it was quite clear that Sean Penn won the Oscar.

.

There were some disturbing elements in Művész,

like the smelly man sitting almost next to me...

and the other one eating a tuna sandwich and cookies...

.

Művész

Teréz krt. 30.

Budapest, VI

www.artmozi.hu

....

By the way, had a delicious omelet after gym:

Omelet filled with paprika dices, black olives and grated cheese,

basil on top

Evening snack

Activities

Running 1 round on Margit Island in the morning

Beauty treatments

Facial with vacum treatment, ultrasound massage and mask

at Beauty Box, Szinyei Merse utca

- Véra was late from schedule app. 20mins - didn't really matter, nothing special in the evening

- Always a different mask in the end of the treatment. This time a chocolate one. Delicious smell.

Dinner at home

Paguette filled with crayfish

Paguette filled with tuna

- more like an evening snack. No time for a prober dinner. But anyway delicious!