5 Ingredient Healthy Pancakes

So I have never been a fan of pancakes, it has never been something I have ever cooked or sought after- I’m more of a waffles girl myself, but over the past few months I have really been craving pancakes- weird?!

So as a girl who strives for a healthy lifestyle, I went out in search for a healthy pancake recipe, and at first came up with didly squat….which was a total suckfest! Then I found blogilates 2 ingredient pancakes (2 eggs and a banana) at which point I thought I had found the solution to my problem – NOPE – To me these just taste like banana omelette, which is fine if you like that sort of thing, but I want pancakes- REAL pancakes…so after plenty of research, and trial and error…I managed to come up with a super simple and healthy pancake recipe- that even got husband approval. So its a winner!

Ingredients:
-1 cup of oat flour (I just put oats into a food processor to make this)
– 1 banana cut into small pieces
-4 egg whites (this is what makes the difference, you ONLY want the egg whites)
– 1 tsp vanilla extract
– 1 tsp cinnamond
(of course if you want to add dark chocolate chips, I am not against that for some sweetness!)

& thats it! combine together in a blender or with a mixer and pour into the pan and VOILA! healthy pancakes, that TASTE like pancakes!

I always top mine with fruit for some added sweetness, and the hubby likes to add nutella on his (if only we could all have mens metabolisms). This honestly is so quick, easy and super yummy!

Do you guys have any healthy recipes to try out? Let me know in the comments!

& As always thankyou for reading

Jess xo

P.S – If you want to watch this recipe in action, check out my youtube channel    youtube.com/user/Jessiikaa…  as this video will be up shortly!

The Snapshot Wedding Edition

On the 2nd of May I woke up a fiancé, in my childhood room at my parents house, in a house full of girls ( & my poor dad) and excitement – because today I was going to become a wife. 

This day was a day full of so much love and happiness, along with laughter and tears & I can honestly say it was the best day of my life. I don’t have my professional photos yet, only some snapshots from my mother in laws & my husbands godfathers & friends cameras, but I wanted to put them up regardless as i wanted to share this special moment in my life with you all.

I believe that a picture is worth 1000 words, so here are a few that highlight a day that will forever be so special to me 

We couldn’t be more grateful for all my family and friends that made our day so amazing & I hope you enjoyed having a little snapshot into our wedding

Love Jess xoxo

A Promise to Spin

About 3 months ago I went to my first spin class & I think it has changed my life, now i know right now your probably like – Jess, who cares- its an exercise class with bikes that causes large amounts of buttock pain- get over it. But in all honesty, when I left the class that Sunday morning I left an addict with a new frame of mind.

I have always been a bigger fan of cycling then I was of running, I have short legs, never had that much endurance or stamina for running and honestly I liked being able to sit on my backside while still working out, its overall a win/win scenario, so to me it didn’t make sense to go to class when i could just sit on my exercise bike and cycle my way to nice legs, right?

But for whatever reason that Sunday morning, I decided to drag my ass out of bed and go to my first ever spin class – fortunately for me I was able to drag my friend along with me to endure what I thought was going to be a ass numbing (pun intended) class but I had been making an effort to try more classes at the gym – Im paying for em right, so why not?

So we rocked up to a full class, and managed to snag the last two bikes in the corner, the instructor showed us how to measure for our handle bars and seat and off we went – well its a stationary bike we didn’t really go far ;).

As the class warmed up and got into its first few tracks I really started to find a rhythm in the moments, the climb, the speed tracks and the resistance tracks and honestly starting enjoying myself (ignoring my ever growing pain the backside – those seats are not made for comfort by any means) and by the end of the class i found myself disappointed that is was over, and proud that I had made it through without dying!!

From that class forward, every Sunday morning I would drag myself out of bed and too the class, where I would leave sweaty and refaced and always in a good mood, but wanting more! My gym only runs 2 morning spin classes a week and evening just don’t suit me with my work schedule, so I discussed with my fiancé (now husband) the chance of me getting myself a spin bike for home & today that finally happened!

Today I became the lucky owner of the lifespan premium SP-550 spin bike! & honestly I can’t wait to use it! 

Today’s post is a promise that I am making to myself & to all of my readers that I will not only use this bike, but I will use it regularly and religiously! I will dedicate myself to more sweaty and endurance driven rides and to hopefully a new me!

If you guys are interested in purchasing a spin bike then I highly recommend lifespan fitness, they have an online store lifespanfitness.com.au where they sell exercise equipment at wholesale prices!

I hope you guys enjoyed this post, stay tuned for wedding and honeymoon photos!

Jess xox

& Tell me

Whats your favourite type of exercise?

Feeling Grateful

Today I woke up and looked out over the beautiful ocean of Fiji, was able to turn and kiss my now husband on the forehead and just said a little thank you to whoever is watching over me- because today I felt truly grateful for everything that I have. 

Not many people can say they married their best friend, in front of everyone they know and love, then get whisked away (in business class i might add) to the beautiful island of Fiji for a week with the love of their life. But I can. And while I sit here writing this looking out over the bay, I can honestly say that I am nothing but grateful for everything that I have in my life that is good to me. 

What are you grateful for today?

P.S Sorry I have been MIA - wedding planning and prep got the best of me and I didn't have anywhere near enough time in the day for work, wedding and blogging- but I should have plenty of time now to update you all on everything! 

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I don't even have enough access to internet here to check my emails properly :( so If you have contacted me- IM SORRY i will get back to you as soon as I am home with reliable Wifi!