WARM BANANA MILK - without milk

I've recently been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, which is one of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)

I can not eat any fruit at the moment, except bananas. I know and I feel that they are easily digestible. I still have to do a bit of research about their properties regarding our digestive system... 

This recipe is very simple. It is nice and soothing, when you need something warming, comforting, nourishing and above all liquid if your gut can not tolerate any solid or irritating food. 

If you don't have any issue, it is nice too ! 

You will need a blender.

Ingredients

- 1 banana (ripe like on the picture)

- 1 cup 1/2 of filtered water 

- 1 vanilla pod

- 2 desert spoons of coconut cream ( I like the brand Niulife, it comes in a glass jar)

Instructions

- Peel the skin off the banana and slice it into small pieces

- Put the pieces into a pan filled with 1 cup 1/2 of filtered water 

- Add the vanilla pod

- Heat up the pan ( low heat) for 5 minutes. It should not boil. 

- The banana should look softer 

- Remove the vanilla pod and pour the content of the pan into your blender

- Add the coconut cream

- Blend for 15 seconds

Enjoy ! 

If you've got a small appetite, just chill and appreciate it either cold or warm ( reheat it). 

Another tip : I have used the leftover into cooked white rice, to make a warm rice porridge. Yummy! 

Easy Unique Banana Pancake with Raw Cacao Sauce

Last week, I had the flu, and oddly I had no appetite at all in the morning, till 12 PM. It never happens to me!

The idea of eating a savoury meal was not attractive to me. 

However, the idea of eating a pancake was great to stimulate hunger! 

This recipe is super easy. You only need 15 minutes to prepare it, including the cooking time.

Ingredients (for one person only, that' s why it is UNIQUE!)

- One ripe banana

- 1 teaspoon of creamed coconut 

- 1  or 2 Eggs (Pastured Organic)

- 10 grams of Butter (I found one brand of Grass Fed Butter at Woolworth: Westgold, and it is one the cheapest on the shelves!)

- 1 teaspoon  of coconut flour (or not at all will be even more delicate!)
- 1 heaped desert spoon of dessicated coconut

- 2 pinches of Baking Soda Powder

- One good teaspoon of coconut oil 

For the Raw Cacao Sauce

- 1 heaped desert spoon of Raw Cacao Powder

- 1 teaspoon of Raw Honey

- One pinch of Cardamom Power (my touch!)

- 5 grams of Butter

Instructions:

- Melt the butter in a double boiler or in the microwave

- Mash the banana and add it to the butter melted. Stir well.

- Add the creamed coconut and 4 desert spoons of water, or the equivalent in coconut milk.

- Add the whole egg amd mix. 

- Put the coconut flour and the baking soda powder. 

- Preheat a pan over medium heat
- Grease the pan with coconut oil

- Pour the whole amount of batter into the pan
- Put a lid on and cook for 2-3 minutes



- Flip and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes (tricky step as there is no gluten ...) It is not easy to get a well shaped pancake !)
- Add a little bit of coconut oil on your pancake, it s gonna be delicious !

Then for the Cacao Sauce:

- Heat some water

- In a bowl pour the cacao,the butter, the honey

- Pour the hot water onto the previous mixture, stirring well.

- Add the honey and the cardamom powder

Well ... A Table ! Bon Appetit !