Breakfast Bowls

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I told the Boyfriend that we'd go out for breakfast (he treated me to dinner last night), but a side affect of travelling appears to be that I wake up at 6am every day without fail. So it's Saturday, early morning, I'm starving and he's sleeping. It's breakfast bowl time.

I love spring/summer because they open the door for endless fruit possibilities. I am totally a berry-breakfast kind of girl, and breakfast bowls and smoothies were my go-to last year. Breakfast bowls are incredibly easy, and delicious, and healthy, and bright and happy for your beautiful mornings.

 Plus, they put me in a really good mood. Can you tell?




Breakfast Bowls

What You Need
1/2 banana, sliced
1 Tbsp all natural peanut butter, slightly melted in microwave
1 Tbsp honey
About 1 cup total berries (whatever is in season/your preference - I used blueberries and raspberries today)

What You Do
1. Add banana and berries or other fruits to bowl
2. Drizzle melted peanut butter over top of fruit, mix if desired
3. Top with 1 Tbsp of drizzled honey

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If there's one thing my week-long UK/European adventure taught me, it's that I need to better hone my "listen to your body" skills. A few examples: I would not have wolfed down the haggis that caused the catastrophic food poisoning had I been listening to my body. I would not have been terrified of my flight out and therefore medicating if I had been listening to what I actually wanted. And it took me almost until the last leg of my trip to realize that a lot of my behaviour is rooted in anxiety and paranoia and I need to just drop the front, listen to myself and it magically cures itself.

Since coming home, it's something I have been working on.

I have fallen off the zero gluten ever wagon, I will admit. Yes, I have indulged in some baked goods but only because, at the time, my body was all "heck yes". Have I avoided gluten at the same time? Yes, very much so. I have only eaten whole grain items and even then, as soon as I feel full I stop, if they don't look or feel appealing, I don't force myself to eat them.

I would have, in a past life.

But it took a trip and being sick to have this dawning realization that I do not need to go to extremes with my diet, nor do I need to pick and choose allergies. I can't eat everything, but I already know what doesn't jive with me - like barley and beer - so why am I avoiding everything else as well? I mean, it was getting bad. I could barely find food to eat in Paris. I was scared to eat seafood in case I was allergic, avoiding gluten, unable to find a supermarket, and steering away from junk food. I literally survived on Powerade and bananas for three days, until I was too weak and tired to do much at all.

My decisions here won't affect the blog. I'm going to keep it gluten-free up in here because there are still things I will be avoiding. Plus, I do generally feel better since going gluten-free. I think a lot of it actually has to do more with concentrating my efforts on homemade meals and such, but regardless, I've been feeling good.