Hello hello!

When I went to bed last night, I was excited to wake up this morning and whip up a breakfast smoothie using my brand spanking new GNC Total Lean 25 French Vanilla protein powder.  Yes, I was actually excited about it!

Oh haaaeey!

BUT when I woke up this morning to a cold and very windy day, it suddenly didn’t sound so appealing anymore.  You know what did sound appealing though?? PANCAKES!

Vanilla Protein Pancakes!

I made a couple of little tweaks to this awesome recipe and ended up with some pretty darn delicious and nutritious pancakey-cakes.

What You Need;

The goods.

1 Banana (overripe and mashed)

1/4 Cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk

Small dash of Vanilla extract

1 Tsp Vegetable Oil

2 Egg Whites

1 1/2 Scoops of GNC Total Lean 25 French Vanilla (or vanilla protein powder of your choice)

1/4 Cup Rolled Oats (dry, uncooked)

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

1/4 Tsp Baking Soda

1 Tbs Brown Sugar

Pinch of Salt

1 Tsp Coconut Oil

What You Do;

In a medium bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients until well combined.

In a separate bowl, whisk together your wet ingredients (try to make the banana as smooth as possible).

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well (if your mixture is too dry, add another splash of milk).

Heat Coconut Oil in a non stick pan over a medium low heat.

Pour your batter into pancake size portions and KEEP YOURSELF BUSY! Protein pancakes do take a bit longer to cook than ordinary pancakes and they’re best left alone until they’re ready to be flipped.  So, if you can keep yourself busy for about 8-10 minutes that’s great.  I did the dishes, made a cup of tea, figured out world peace etc etc.

Once they’re browned on the bottom and can be easily flipped, flip em’ good and leave them only for a couple of minutes on the second side.

Serve them up with your favourite toppings! I made myself two pancakes and went with a ‘berry sandwich’. Berries in the middle and on top with a little maple syrup.

And Voila! Delicious.

Yep, this morning was pretty darn tasty!

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Workout…

With the wind blowing like a maniac, I took my workout indoors to the gym today.  I started off with a nice easy 5K on the treadmill (still easing back into running) and a .15 mile cool down walk.

Nice and easy.

And followed it up with another full body Tabata workout. Going from squat jumps to jumping lunges today was killllerrr on the old legs and buns.  I finished everything up with a nice long stretching session.

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Even though it was windy as a mother today, it was also very sunny and I didn’t want Annie to miss out on the sunshine, so as soon I was finished at the gym, I scooped her up and we headed down to the beach.

First we said ‘Haaaeeey’ to the neighbours.  They’re friendly folk.

Alpacas!

Annie is a beach dog through and through.

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Lunch…

After the gym and running around in the soft sand, I was one hungry lady! I opted for a simple but delicious shmorgishborg.

Shmorgishborg is fun to say.

Toast with PB and honey, some sliced deli turkey, string cheese and fresh raspberries.

Simple and effective.

From the top.

Wow, it’s been a pretty delicious day!

What’s the tastiest thing you’ve eaten today?

Do you have any weird neighbours? Animals or otherwise?