Emma's Health Ideas

I think being healthy is a very important part in beauty and can give you a real vibrance that is hard to get any other place. I've been on a health kick for a little less than a week and as I'm going, I've been doing excersize and eating healthy food. But I've really been craving something like cake or sweet bread (in this short amount of time, yes. Probably since I've been binge watching The Great British Baking Show waay too much this week). Even though I don't like bananas, this gluten free, sugar free banana bread recipe was fantastic and super healthy and kept my cravings down without cheating. Usually gluten free isn't the way I'd go. Just use normal flour. But when the pantry is running low, sometimes you've got to MacGiver it and use rice flour. Usually rice flour gives the batter a grainy consistancy that is really thick and close. But this had a really great texture and wasn't too grainy. Best part is, it didn't taste any different than normal banana bread. Will definitely be making this in the future (would've put a picture but it was gone super quickly :D). The recipe is at the bottom of this post.

So like I said, I've been trying to get in shape. But it's hard to get protein without having too much fatty, bready foods. Here's a menu to give you ideas, this is basically what I've had every day but with alterations to flavours and stuff like that.

*Breakfast*
Smoothy with frozen berries, spinach (can't even taste it and gives great nutrition), coconut milk, cottage cheese (make sure to blend this in really well. This is your protein) or cream cheese for protein count as well. (if you usually had cereal for breakfast, a great counteract to that is homeade granola. Just toss some oats, maple syrup and cinnamon together, bake until crisp at 350 degrees, cool and add dried fruit--serve with either cows milk or coconut milk, tastes great)

*Lunch*
Grilled chicken breast cut up over a salad

*Snack*
Chopped almonds and dried fruit

*Dinner*
BBQ meat with iceberg wedge salad sprinkled with feta and sliced, dried apricots (wedge salad is just cutting the iceberg head in half, then that half into fourths and just eating it in a big chunk).

I'd love to hear any excersizing tips as well. The best one I've gotten so far was--make a playlist of songs that you aren't allowed to listen to except when you're excersing. Any other tips? Meals?

Thanks for reading, stay classic and see you next time :).


*Gluten free, sugar free banana bread*

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about four--best if previously frozen and then defrosted)
2 tablespoons of natural maple syrup (the legit stuff)
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1-1/4 cup rice flour
1/4 cup chopped nuts
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup melted butter

Add bananas, sugar, and vanilla in medium bowl. Add eggs and mix well. In a large bowl. mix rice flour, nuts, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add banana mixture alternating with oil and mix at low speed in an electric mixer, or by hand till combined. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan.
This makes one medium size loaf. Serve warm with butter or cream cheese. (can be used for a breakfast or just late night munchies.