I don't know about you, but I'm always on the hunt for a good filling breakfast. Bonus points if I can cook it on Sunday for the whole week. However, I easily get tired of always eating the same things and I will almost never have the same breakfast two weeks in a row. That makes me search and search for fresh ideas (you can find my Breakfast Pinterest Board here), but as much as I love eggs and bacon and the likes, I'm craving something a lot lighter during the hot days of summer.

This is how I came up with this breakfast idea.

This is basically a play on sushi bowl or burrito bowl, but as a sweet breakfast meal.

Based around rice, because carbs, proteins are also added by the greek yogurt and the nuts to keep you full until lunchtime. You can also add as much fruity topping as possible, plus a drizzle of honey for added sweetness is a must.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 tbsp sugar or other sweetener
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup greek yogurt, your choice of flavor. I used vanilla
• Any fruits you have on hand. I used frozen mango, frozen coconut flesh and fresh blueberries.
• Nuts of your choice. I used Cashew nuts.
• Drizzle of honey

Step 1
Cook rice as you normally would, either on stove top or rice cooker, using the rice, water, sugar and vanilla extract.

Step 2
When the rice is cooked, let it cool completely and then add the yogurt.

Step 3
In the morning place one portion of rice in a bowl and add the toppings and a drizzle of honey.

Pretty easy, right? I hope you will enjoy it as much as I am!

Please let me know if you try. You can also tag me on Instagram @gendots if you share a picture of your Sweet Breakfast Bowl!

I don't know about you, but for me hot summer days like we had this weekend really make me want to have a nice cocktail under an umbrella by the pool. I don't have a pool, or an umbrella, but I can still manage to mix up a refreshing drink.

The people at Ungava were nice enough to send me a bottle of their gin. And it is good. It is made of indigenous Canadian herbs and plants which really give it something unique.

So here is the cocktail I made this weekend on Friday night to celebrate our day off.

• 1 oz Cider or apple juice
• 1 oz Ungava Prenium Gin
• 2 oz Sprite or enough to fill your glass
• Lots of ice
• A slice of lemon zest

Shake the cider, gin and ice in a mason jar, add the sprite. Curl the lemon zest and add it to the drink.



I hope you enjoy the summer as much as I do!

I am usually someone who liked salty more than sweet. I don't know what is happening in the last couple months, but I just want to eat all the cookies and donuts around! So I had to find ways to satisfy my (newly found) sweet tooth and would not have me weighting a hundred pounds more by the end of the summer.

Here are three desserts that are easy to do, ask for a maximum of 3 ingredients and are more healthy than a slice of chocolate cake.

Mango sorbet

What you need:
Frozen mangoes
water, or juice
sugar, if you feel like it

What to do:
Put everything in the blender. If it's too liquid, add more mangoes.
Then eat it fast before it melts!

Fruity truffles

What you need:
56 g of dark baking chocolate, I used 2 squares of Baker's unsweetened chocolate
111g of applesauce, I used one container of Mott's flavored applesauce
Powdered sugar to taste

What to do:
Melt the chocolate. Then mix it with the applesauce and sugar. Place it in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight. Once it's hard, take a spoonful of it and roll it in your hands and in the sugar (or in cocoa). Replace it in the fridge at least half an hour and then it's ready!

Mandiants

What you need:
Chocolate
Nuts, dried fruits and/or whatever else you want (had it once with chunks of Oreos, it was great - but not so healthy)

What to do:
Melt the chocolate. Pour it on a non-stick surface, making one or two inches circles of chocolate. Add nuts and dried fruits on top and let it set!


That's it!

Easy, right?

Please let me know if you try any of these and tweet me pictures of your creations @gendotsblog I would love to see it!

I always loved chocolate with a passion. Even if I'm more of a salty than sweet kind of person, it definitely has a good place on my favorites food/treats list. I don't eat lots of desert nowadays, but a piece of dark chocolate always ends nicely a meal.

And sometimes, just having something cocoa-scented to smell fills up my chocolate obsession. So here are some of my favorite decadent smelling product that I like to use.

David's Tea in mint chocolat rooibos
First of all, I have this David's Tea choco-mint tea. It really feels like a treat because it's chocolate flavored, but it's still fresh because the mint.

La Sanza chocolate candle
This is a really old candle. I think I was in highschool when I got it, which means it was at least 8 years ago. It was from La Sanza, and of course it is not on sale anymore. I actually just started to burn it this year, which I know sounds weird. I was just not into burning candle back then, I guess.

Lindt passion orange & pistachio
I am usually a dark chocolate lover, but even if this one is milk, this hint of orange was a nice touch.

The Body Shop Chocomania line
Is a body moisturizer more loved than the Body Shop ones? I know it is the one product I can really feel the moisture lasting an entire day. Last winter I got that valentine day kit. It was chocolate and on sale, how to resist that. The kit also included a lip balm and a srub that is also really nice.

Do you love chocolate as much as I do? Leave a comment if you think there is any other chocolaty things I should try!

Right now, I don’t have a job. And that means I have all morning long to prepare a good breakfast. But I don’t that won’t last. At least I really hope I will find a job soon. And I know that I’ll need some easy and fast breakfast. Maybe even something I can eat on the go while going to work.

 

And what’s better than a good coffee in the morning? The thing is, I like my coffee at a certain temperature, not too hot, but not completely cold yet. But mostly I hate to burn my mouth with a hot coffee, or any other beverage for that matter. So I though an overnight coffee flavored oatmeal would be a good idea!

I'm really getting into smoothies lately. But the one thing I hate, is cleaning the blender, especially if I'm having more than one a day.

A couple of months ago, I came across this tip and it really changed things. I can't remember where I've read/hear about it, sadly. 

Here's the tip : a standard mason jar fits on a blender. So you put your fruits and everything in the jar, put it on the blender and then blend like normal. Then you only have the knives to clean. 

It's really good if your on the go or you don't want to have too many dishes to clean.

I thought I would have a lot of favorites this month. I was wrong. It’s been a half busy, half boring month. Busy because I went out of the city twice this month, which never happens to me. I usually leave Quebec City for Christmas when I go back to my parents house. At least this is how it’s been for the last three years.

But in April, my boyfriend and I went to Montreal two weekends in a row to find an apartment. We are moving in July. He will go to university in Montreal and I decided to go along.

Even if it’s been fun, it has been kind of exhausting too, especially since I’ve been kind of sick. And I missed my cats. And I ended up being really tired. I feel like this is the first time in three weeks that I am taking a night off to do something I like. That also explains why there’s been a lack of substance on the blog.