Pineapple Watermelon Smoothie Bowl

This is really just a fancy way of eating (or drinking) healthy... Smoothies can look & feel boring but this new craze is all over Instagram & Pinterest & has reinvented the classic smoothie. You can literally use whatever you want. My absolute favorite smoothie has always been my pineapple watermelon one as it combines two of my favorite things: pineapple and watermelon... Here's how I make it:


Ingredients:
1/2 cup fresh pineapple juice
1/2 cup diced watermelon
1 banana
1 cup ice (add less ice if you'll be using any frozen fruit)

Toppings:
Blueberries
Diced watermelon
Banana slices
Chia seeds



Method:
1. Put all ingredients into a blender & blend until smooth. You may want to add more liquid or ice according to desired consistency.
2. Pour smoothie into bowl and arrange toppings. You can be as simple or as fancy as you like.


Tips:
1. If the smoothie isn't sweet enough, you can always add honey to the smoothie itself or drizzle some on top after you add your toppings.
2. Note that the smoothie will need to be thicker than the normal "drinking" consistency so that toppings won't sink.

Waffles

One of my favourite things in the whole entire world is hotel breakfast buffets. My favourite part (and my favourite breakfast dish overall) has always been the waffles! I'm almost more excited about the rotating waffle maker and the light, crispy waffles than the actual vacation or outing (I'm still like this even though I now own one of them) Making them takes me back to vacations and how excited I feel to start the day! My version is almost identical so I hope you enjoy and try to recreate it!


Ingredients:
1. 2 cups all purpose flour
2. 1 tsp salt
3. 4 tsp baking powder
4. 2 tbsp white sugar
5. 2 eggs
6. 1 1/2 cups warm whole/full cream milk
7. 1/3 cup melted butter
8. 1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Method:
1. Preheat waffle iron to desired temperature. This will differ for different brands of waffle makers (I use one by Oster and turn it on the highest temperature as I like my waffles as crispy as can be)
2. Mix flour, salt, baking powder and sugar and set aside.
3. Melt butter in sauce pan over low/medium heat. Low if you can't babysit it; medium if you can monitor it (you don't wanna end up with brown butter)
4. Heat milk in a sauce pan on low heat until any coldness or chill has gone away (do NOT bring to a boil)
5. Lightly beat eggs & add milk, butter and sugar. Stir all together quickly to ensure that the slightly heated milk doesn't scramble the eggs.
6. Pour batter into waffle iron until grids are full, but do not overfill!  
7. When timer goes off, gently remove waffle onto cooling rack or plate if it will be eaten immediately .
8. Serve with whatever toppings you like! (My personal favourites are maple syrup, strawberries & whipped cream)

Tips:
1. Read the instructions for your waffle iron carefully and thoroughly.
2. Put waffles on a cooling rack if you won't be eating them immediately as putting them onto a plate will cause the bottom to become soggy.
3. They're freezer friendly! Toast them just like you'd toast store-bought waffles :)
4. You can make numerous variations by adding your favourite things to the batter. I love making chocolate chip, blueberry, strawberry, nutella & apple cinnamon variations!


Waffle iron I use: https://www.amazon.com/Oster-CKSTWFBF10WC-ECO-DuraCeramic-Waffle-Maker/dp/B00GDBU4Q0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478489678&sr=8-2&keywords=oster+waffle+maker