Skinny banana breakfast split 3x ways

1. Your basic & everyday banana split

You can't go wrong with this one, it's so easy I can't even call it an actual recipe. See it more as a good list of measurements/flavour combinations that you can stick to if you are in need of breakfast inspiration.

You might wonder: why should I not just throw all 'ingredients' in a bowl and be done with it? Why put in all the extra effort? What I have learned over the past year is that really taking your time for preparing your meals, makes you a lot more mindfull and satisfied when eating! Whatever your fit-goals are, the road towards reaching them is not always easy and some days you need something extra to keep yourself motivated. Bringing in the extra effort to make myself a beautiful breakfast plate works for me. It's all about making ordinary things extraordianry, by doing so healthy eating won't ever get boring!

So treat yourself today and create this instagram worthy, but simple-as-shit to make breakfast.

Enjoy friends

Serves: 1 

Time: Prep. time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 150 gr low fat quark
• 50 gr blueberries
• 50 gr raspberries or strawberries
• 15 gr almonds
• 1 tablespoon peanut- or almond butter (check the label, make sure it's without added sugars/oils)
• 1 tablespoon mixed seeds (I use hemp-, lin-, chiaseeds)
• cinnamon, to flavour (I like to use a lot)
• mint leaves, chopped finely (optional)

Method:

1. Slice open your banana and put the two halves on your plate.
2. Scoop the quark on top of the nana's.
3. Wash the berries, cut the larger strawberries in halve/halve the raspberries (this makes them look super pretty) and throw them on the plate.
4. Add a generous tablespoon of peanutbutter and the almonds.
5. Sprikle with seeds and cinnamon.
6. Add mint leaves.
7. Grab your spoon and attack plate.

2. Choco-loco banana split

Chocolate and bananas. I don't need to explain more. You can swop the cacao nibs for dark chocolate, but remember this is a less healthy alternative. Also, you can swop the raspberries for strawberries and peccans for walnuts. The combination of cinnamon and cacao works great for this banana split!

Serves: 1 

Time: Prep. time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 150 gr Skyr (or another thick yoghurt like low fat Greek yoghurt)
• 2 teaspoons cacao nibs
• 50 gr pomegranate seeds
• 50 gr raspberries
• 20 gr toasted peccan nuts
• 2 teaspoons homemade healthy nutella (I use Rens Kroes' recipe for this!)
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest (use an organic orange)
• sprinkle of cinnamon
• sprinkle of raw cacao

Method:

1. Sprinkle your plate with caca and cinnamon.
2. Slice your banana in half, lengthwise and put the two halves on a plate.
3. Pour the yoghurt on top of your banana.
4. Add pomegranate, raspberries, cacao nibs, healthy nutella and nuts.
5. Sprinkle orange zest on top.

Enjoy!

3. Tropical nana

What do you get when you add tropical fruits such as coconut and pineapple to banana? A tropical fiesta that's for sure!!! You can swop the pineapple for any other tropical fruit such as mango or papaya, but for me the combo pineapple and coconut is unbreakable.

Get your hands on some good quality coyo and don't go for coconut flavoured yoghurt, it's just not the same (I know it is expensive but treat yourself, it's sunday). You can swop the brazillian nuts for (toasted!) cashews, this works good too!

Serves: 1 

Time:  Prep. time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 100 gr coconut yoghurt
• 1 tablespoon dried coconut flakes
• 20 gr brazilian nuts
• 10 gr pistachios
• 1 teaspoon mint leaves
• 60 gr pineapple, in bitesize chunks
• 60 gr fresh coconut meat, in bitesize chunks

Method:

1. Toast the dried coconut flakes in a frying pan on low/medium heat until golden brown (or roast them in the oven for 8-10 minutes on 175 degrees C).
2. Slice open your banana lengthwise and put your two halves on the plate.
3. Scoop the coconut yoghurt on top of the banana.
4. Dress the plate with pineapple and coconut meat cubes.
5. Chop up the mint leaves and pistachios finely.
6. Sprinkle the plate with mint, coconut flakes, pistachios and brazilian nuts.

Enjoy!