Hi all!
Last week my Mum sent me this photo displaying the price of bananas in my home town of Townsville in Australia.
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Can you believe they are paying $10/kg for bananas??! The hike in price is due to the hurricane and flooding that occurred earlier this year throughout Queensland. When I was back home in June the price was about $13/kg, so everyone is excited for the (slight) price drop.
I took this photo while grocery shopping last week and emailed it back to my Mum.
Yup, 55c/lb for bananas here in Greeley 
I’m sure my Mum will take full advantage of these prices when she is visiting later this week and have all the ‘nanas she can handle with a price like that!
I’m glad weather hasn’t affected banana crops in the US. I love bananas. And i also love granola. This is how my new granola flavor was created. Usually I enjoy a bowl of oatmeal with sliced banana and a sprinkling of nutty granola on top for breakfast. So, yesterday when I was staring down into my breakfast bowl I decided to experiment with some granola flavors (it also provided the perfect excuse to continue avoid packing whenever possible).
After a little experimenting I came up with a banana coconut combo. It was hands down delicious!
Banana Coconut Granola
- 2.5 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 extra ripe banana
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
In a large bowl combine oats and coconut. In a blender, combine water, banana, honey, cinnamon and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the oats and coconut, stirring well. Spread granola mixture on a cookie sheet and bake at 375F for 35-40 mins. Every 10-12 mins, be sure to move the mixture around the tray so granola does not burn in any one spot while cooking.
And there ya have it! An easy-peasy slightly tropical granola flavor
Question: Have you ever tried making your own granola from scratch? What inspires your granola flavors?
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class the instructor continually reinforced the importance of keeping our minds ‘in the room’ and to try and avoid letting our minds wander. Unfortunately, my mind kept wandering to one thing: Breakfast.
I was in the mood for trying something a little different this morning and realized I had two ingredients in the pantry that I don’t normally keep. Canned pumpkin and cranberry granola. I then immediately thought of Kristen’s pumpkin yogurt parfait recipe that was recently featured in the Canadian magazine Glow.
By this point, my mind was back in my kitchen and definitely not ‘in the room’ like the teacher was enforcing. Ooopsies!
Happy Sunday!! And for all the Australian readers, happy Monday!
Today I did a class at the gym called ‘willPower & grace’. The class focuses on lower body and core strengthening exercises all performed barefoot to develop ankle, knee and hip
stabilization while preventing injury.
Although the only weight used in this class is your own body weight, it is the best lower-body workout I have personally experienced. The first time I ever attended a class was a Sunday morning. I then returned to the next class offered on Thursday of the same week and my hammies, glutes and quads were STILL hurting! After so many years of weighted squats, lunges, deadlifts etc. from basketball, this class totally redefined my love/hate relationship with lower body strengthening and toning exercises.Another thing I love about this class is that they have a ‘word of the week’ which is read allowed, along with a brief definition and how the meaning of the word can be implemented into our lives. This week’s word was ‘dignity’.
“Dignity is listening to your moral compass, your golden rule, your inner voice. Know your worth, behave with dignity. “
After the class I headed upstairs to complete 30 mins of interval training on the treadmill. Wowee were my legs were h.e.a.v.y!
This morning I had two parts t0 my breakfast. Part one was enjoyed before heading to the gym. I cooked a piece of toast, spread the new honey I bought yesterday at the Farmers Market and layered slices of banana on top. I love how fresh honey is slightly grainier than most options available at the grocery store.
Part two of breakfast was an oats combo I’m currently loving:
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 2/3 cups water
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Mix the above ingredients and microwave for 1 min 40 secs. Top with fresh diced apple and 2 tablespoons plain non fat Greek yogurt.
This left my tummy full and content all morning
Most of my afternoon was spent working on case studies and assignments for the internship. While out running a few errands later in the day I picked up a fresh guava, peach, passionfruit and mango fruit smoothie.
This tropical combo = ahhmaazing!!
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