Overnight Oats

Hello guys, how is it going? Lately I've been loving foods in season, right now persimmons and pomegranates are in the groceries, so I've been eating them a lot. I use persimmons as jam, because the texture is similar and also because they are 100% natural :). Pomegranates are not my favourite, not because of their flavour but because of the time you spend getting the seed out of the fruit, so I don't use them that much. When I made this recipes, figs were also in season unfortunately these fruits are expensive in comparison to apples and bananas, so I can't eat them as much as I would :( but anyway maybe you are lucky and can get them more often. I hope you enjoy this combinations and try to make them at home :)

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup of rolled oats
• Milk (any kind) to cover the oats
• 2 Tbsp of yogurt (regular, Greek, soy yogurt, coconut yogurt, etc.)
• 1 Tbsp Chia or flax seed

To give your overnight oats more flavour add whatever you want, I usually add chopped pineapple, banana, apple or any fruit that I like/have. Also some spices like mint, cinnamon, vanilla extract can  be added. To sweeten it up you can use whatever you prefer, sugar I you don't mind it or some natural alternative like honey or maple syrup of you are like me just use artificial sweeteners.

Procedure

• You can make this on a jar or a bowl, that's up to you.
• The night before you eat your overnight oats, put half a cup of rolled oats in a container.
• Then pour some milk over the oats just to cover them.
• Add the yogurt and the chia or flax seed.
• Give it a good mix or a good shake if you are using a jar (of course don't forget the lid).
• Next morning add your favourite fruits, some classic combos are: pineapple and dry shredded coconut, apple or banana and cinnamon powder. The options are endless :)

Banana Pancakes

Hello everyone I hope you are doing great this week, today I'll show you how to make some really easy to make banana pancakes, enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 Mashed banana
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 Tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4 Tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 Tsp baking powder
• A splash of milk or water if necessary

Process

• Mash the banana really well
• Crack an egg in a bowl and whisk it.
• Add the mashed banana and mix it with the egg.
• Add the whole wheat flour, mix until everything is well combined.
• If you want to add a little bit more of flavour add the vanilla extract and the cinnamon powder.
• Depending on the size of the banana and the egg you will need to add a splash of milk to adjust the consistency, the consistency should similar to the one of normal pancakes.
• Finally to get a more spongy pancakes add the baking powder.
• Using a paper towel spread the oil through out the pan.
• Add some of the batter to the pan and when the bubble start to pop on the surface then it is time to flip the pancakes over.
• Then wait about half a minute and remove it from the pan.
• Finally you can add some fruit and maple syrup on top.

How to make Narutomaki

Hello everyone, I'm not a big fan of fish, I used to analyse fish at my previous job so I had enough fish, I didn't eat it but I had to smell it and work with it... so yeah not a big fan. The only time I'm happy to eat fish is when I eat ramen, one of the most iconic ingredients of ramen is a fish cake and it's called Narutomaki (that round think with a pink spiral in the middle). Unfortunately finding this ingredient can be challenging, so as I am a resourceful woman I thought... if I can't find it I'll make it!! And that's how it began hahaha, I made my first narutomaki with a traditional recipe, but I didn't like it, it wasn't like the industrial narutomaki... So I did some research and found more recipes I tested them and the one I liked the most is this one, I hope you like it

Ingredients

• 200 g fresh white fish
• 6 g salt
• 6 g sugar
• 6 g mirin
• 1 egg white

Procedure

• Remove the skin of the fish and any fat
• Rinse the fish under cold water.
• Squeeze the fish with your hands to get rid of any excess water.
• In a food processor or something similar, put the fish, together with some salt, sugar, mirin and an egg white.
• Process  everything together until an homogeneous paste is formed.
• Divide the paste in two.
• Use one of the halves and spread it over plastic wrap to create a 19 by 15 cm rectangle.
• Then with some pinkish red food coloring, dye the other half of the paste (you can use some beet juice to create this color).
• Put a second layer of pink paste over the first layer, leaving one centimetre at the bottom and at the top of the rectangle free.
• Roll the fish cake, roll it carefully but tightly so you don't get air pockets.
• Put the roll into a steamer and steam it for about 15 minutes.
• Let it cool.

Here you have the video