:: How to make your day, when you`re sick at home? Make a smoothie, homemade nutella and some Buckwheat pancakes (gluten free) ::

Being sick at home is the worst. I get bored so fast, even though I have a bad version of a headache. So, I`ve slept for two days, which was actually very good for me and yesterday, I was already feeling a bit better, so the only logical thing was to spoil myself with something sweet. :)

But, let`s go step by step.. In the morning it was time to enjoy the morning sun, check out new issues of  the magazines and have a great healthy portion of a green smoothie. Yum! :)

 

 Later in the day, I felt I need some energy + I was craving for something sweet, but I had nothing at
home and since I was sick I couldn`t go to the store, so it was time for plan B. I`ve checked what I have from the ingridients at home and remembered that I saw a recipe for homemade nutella at Urška`s blog, the girl I wrote about a few days ago (check here). Ha, so I had the nutella, but that was not enough, I needed something to eat it with, so the only logical thing was to make buckwheat pancakes. It was the first time I used buckwheat flour and I loved it. I found the recipe over at DB`s blog and the pancakes were delicious! That man knows how to cook! ;)

 

1. GREEN SMOOTHIE:

~ banana ~

 ~ pineapple ~

~ coconut/rice milk ~

~ handful of spinach ~

  

Blend it & enjoy it!  ;)

2. HOMEMADE NUTELLA

Mix together in a pan:

• 2 large spoons of coconut oil
• 2-3 large spoons of cacao
• 1/2 cup of hazelnut spread

How to make hazelnut spread? 

Put a spoon of coconut oil in a pan, add hazelnuts and fry it until it smells good. Then mix them in a blender, together with dates that were soaked in the water for a while, almond milk, vanilla pod and a bit of a sweetener (maple syrup, honey..).

 .. and about the quantities, play a bit, add more of what you like, add some things, whatever. :) I for example didn`t had almond milk, so I`ve used the normal one and I used an extra spoon of cacao + I`ve added one vanilla sugar and I mixed the whole hazelnut spread cuz otherwise I know I wouldnt use it. 

3. BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES

• (3-4 really big pancakes, or 6 normal size)
• 1 egg
• 100g buckwheat flour (gluten free)
• 2 dcl goat`s milk (I only had normal(cow) one )
• 1 dcl of mineral water
• 1 full spoon of tapioca flour (I only had rice flour, so I used it instead of tapioca f.)
• a pinch of salt
• a pinch of brown cane sugar
• a piece of coconut butter 
• You can also add some cinnamon or grate lemon peel

Whisk the egg, add milk and both flours. Mix it well, so you will get a smooth mass, add a pinch of salt and sugar and in the end, just to make the mass a bit softer, add the mineral water.

Heat up the pan and grease it, like you would wipe it with the coconut butter. Than, put a scoop of mass in a hot pan, turn it around after a while, so it will be done on both sides.

More or less, that`s it. I guess you baked pancakes before, so you know the drill. ;) 

Enjoy it! ;)

Hugs, Maja