Family evening

Today i will go out with family to eat pizza at Peppes (this was our xmas present to our parents =p), followed by watching Star Wars 7 on cinema =D We have now watched Star Wars 1-6 during the xmas holidays, so going to cinema to watch the 7th one is a nice finish =D

Started this day with a banana-raspberry shake made of frozen bananas, water and home made raspberry jam =D Very yummy =D

I also ate some leftover strawberry yoghurt from oatly (i prefer alpro) with müsli =p

Biked 10 minutes on my stationary bike and did some strength exercises today =p Time to hop in the shower now before i leave =p

Mothersday

Yesterday (9th February) was mothers day in Norway, so i decided to do something nice for my mother =p

When me and my sis and bro were kids we used to give breakfast on bed for this occasion (if i remember correctly xD). Last years though she normally wakes up before us so then it's a bit harder xD

This year i wanted to surprise her with breakfast though so i putted my alarm at 7:30 (but i woke up before 7 xD) and made pancakes (with this recipe from vegetarbloggen *norwegian*). That's my favorite pancake recipe. I replaced half of the flour with whole wheat flour, and i used only half of the sugar, so it would be a bit healthier =p

I figured it would be a bit awkward though if i went into her room with food while she was sleeping, so i cleaned the kitchen a bit instead and made it a bit cozy. Then when she and my dad came, we enjoyed pancakes for breakfast ^.^ (my sister and brother were sleeping so i didn't make for them xD). I forgot to take pictures of the pancakes, but they looked more or less like pancakes xD

Then later i made pineapple upside down cake (recipe from veganeren *norwegian*) and peanut butter cookies with chocolate pieces (recipe also from veganeren *norwegian* who got her recipe from theveganzombie here *english*).

I also had a blueberry banana ice cake in the freezer (basically frozen bananas blended to cream, then frozen blueberries added, followed by some soaked almonds and dates and a bit of vanilla sugar, blended good, put in cake shape and stored in freezer).

Everyones favorite was the pineapple upside down cake. It was really fresh and tasty and so easy to make! I will definitely make it again! :D

The peanut butter cookies with chocolate pieces were also pretty good :p they kinda tasted just like they sound like xD So if you like peanut butter and cookies you will like these cookies :D

The blueberry banana ice cake was nice as well xD This one is more healthy and could probably have a bit better taste xD Actually it is so healthy that you can eat it for breakfast every day without feeling guilty xD It is practically a frozen smoothie, and it can be made with infinite varieties and can be made raw xD

We kids also gave my mom an orchid flower since she likes them :D

So i hope it was a nice day for her =)

Thick raspberry mini pancakes

I guess most common berry pancakes are blueberry pancakes, but i wanted to try out raspberry pancakes instead, but since the raspberries are bigger than blueberries i wanted to make thick pancakes. Turned out nice too =D Had some syrup on top too for extra sweetness since the raspberries are a bit sour.

This recipe made 3 thick mini pancakes for me.

Ingredients:
2 dl flour
 0.5 dl sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
A little bit of salt
About 1.5 dl non-dairy milk (adjust to get desired thickness, dough should be pretty thick)
2 tablespoons soyayoghurt
2 teaspoons melted vegan butter (or oil)
Raspberries (i used frozen, i guess fresh will work also, you can use as much as you want, i didnt measure mine but think i used maybe 1-2 dl or so)

Directions:
Mix together dry ingredients, add milk and yoghurt and mix. Add more or less milk if needed, it should be thick consistency but not too thick. Melt butter in pan then add to dough and mix, then add raspberries and mix carefully so they dont break (unless you want it more mixed). Bake a thick pancake in a small pan on both sides on medium heat until done. Enjoy with syrup or something else, whatever you like =D

Yammie =D

Tofu scramble

Today is the 17th of may which is the norwegian national day, so then all the norwegians are celebrating =p Ofc i join in with some yummy food =D But other than that, i'll just stay at home and be lazy =p Many people wear the norwegian national costume (called bunad) and are in town, but i dont wear it unless i have to xD

I kinda wanted to have a bit the same as the rest of my family had for breakfast, and they had scrambled eggs, so i had scrambled tofu =D This time i added some (vegan) sausage in it too for extra coolness =p

Heres what i used, and sorry for not more specific amounts, i kinda did a splash of each xd
About 85 g tofu
Water (maybe 0.5 dl? more if needed)
Turmeric (to make it yellow =D)
Paprika powder (dunno why i added this, so it's optional)
Coriander (also dunno why i added this, so it's also optional)
Black salt (for eggy taste)
Nutritional yeast (makes it even more yummy!)
1 vegan sausage in pieces (i used Taifun Tofu-Wiener) optional
Pepper
Chives (optional)

First i squeezed some of the water out of the tofu (mine had been frozen btw). Then i ripped it into little pieces and put it in a pan and put on medium high heat. In a cup i mixed some water with turmeric, paprika powder, coriander, black salt, and nutritional yeast, then i added the mixture to the tofupieces and mixed it nicely while tasted if i needed more of some spices (where i needed more black salt, nutritional yeast and water xD). Then later when it was warm, i added the sausage pieces and let it heat up some more. Then i did fresh grinded black pepper on top and mixed in some fresh chives.

Scrambled tofu

Pretty easy and yummy stuff to make, and you can use whatever vegetables and spices you have or want to use =p

Here i used about 50-75g tofu (where i squeezed as much water as possible out of it first before i ripped it into small pieces).

First i sauted onion, garlic, carrot and green bell pepper, then i added tofu and spices and soy sauce. The spices i normally use are something like black salt (gives a bit eggy taste), turmeric (yellow ftw), paprika, coriander, cumin, chili, pepper and normal salt if needed.

Then i serve on bread with margarine =p

Perfect breakfast! =D