24 maja Digestible and gluten-free buckwheat pancakes with beetroot, zucchini and chicken

I tried incredibly long to write this post and to give you new recipe. Recently, there was a lot of happening in my life and I haven’t been here for a while and I am perfectly aware of that. It is associated with an attempt to reconcile fairly intensive study (surprisingly intense as for Erasmus), fast living, traveling and generally living in another country – Croatia. In addition, recently some thoughts about my current diet came to my mind. Don’t get me wrong, I still eat healthly, I try to cook most of my meals throughout the day, I eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and I provide myself with many vitamins, I run, do sports, and so on and so forth – it remained unchanged. But I still feel that something should be different …

Today’s post is quite different than usual. This time I won’t write about the nutritional value of buckwheat, beets, zucchini and chicken. Well, the chicken …

Recently, my diet is almost vegan diet. Already stopped eating dairy, I limited it virtually to zero. When I was living in Poland, I was eating way too much, considering that I need more and more protein. I also ate a lot of meat, but still lean meat. I could practically eat chicken for breakfast. Because athletes need animal protein to have power and that’s the only thing that counts. If someone had told me a year ago that I would have to live without meat, I would say to him that it will never happen in my life. Here in Croatia, everything changed. Meat doesnt interest me so much and I realized that I feel much better without it (physically and mentally) in my daily diet. Certainly I have more energy and don’t feel bloated. Instead of that, I consume large amounts of carbs, good carbs.

For a long time I was thinking whether I should post here the recipe with meat. I feel less and less good with this thought, but I decided to give it a try. My less interest in animal products is due not only to health, but also ethical reasons, which is increasingly reaching me. Just to be clear, I am not fully vegan yet. As of now I am in the testing phase and I try to discover what works best for me and what is good for my stomach, body and mind. Who knows what will happen next? Maybe this blog will become fully vegan blog, or maybe the whole animal crisis will pass? One thing is certain, on high-carb diet, full of vegetables, fruits and whole grains, I feel amazing! And regarding the protein – vegetables have also quite a lot of it!

Please find below recipe for buckwheat pancakes with beets, zucchini and chicken. Enjoy it and see you soon!