Healthy Blueberry + Oat Muffins

Sometimes you can making baking into something healthy :)

Ingredients (makes 12):
* 170g oats
* 2 large ripe bananas
* 2 large eggs
* 250g yogurt (We used Alpro Plain with Coconut yoghurt)
* 2 tbsp honey
* 2 tsp baking soda
* 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
* Pinch of salt
* 2 handfuls of blueberries – half chopped, half whole

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 210 degrees. Lightly grease a 12-cup standard muffin tin.

Place the all ingredients except the blueberries in a blender or a food processor and blend, stopping to scrape down and stir the ingredients once or twice as needed, until the batter is smooth and the oats have broken down almost completely.

Use a spoon to pop some batter into the muffin tin. Once a bottom layer has been placed in the tin, sprinkle 4-5 chopped blueberry pieces in each of the muffins. Spoon some more batter on top, and then top with the whole blueberries.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the tops of the muffins set and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

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White Chocolate Creme Egg Rocky Road

You got to treat yourself at Easter, so why not try these!

Ingredients (Makes 12)

For the rocky road:

450g white chocolate

100g digestive biscuits

60g mini marshmallows

8 mini creme eggs

For the top:
8 mini creme eggs

½ small bar of milk chocolate

1 tbsp icing sugar

1 tsp orange food colouring

Dash of water

To make the rocky road, pop half of the white chocolate into a bowl and pop into the microwave, stirring every 10 seconds. Once the chocolate had fully melted, add the other half of the white chocolate, stir in and microwave until fully melted.Leave to the side for 5 minutes while you crush the biscuits up and halve the mini creme eggs. Add the crushed biscuit, mini marshmallows and crème eggs into the bowl of melted chocolate and stir so everything is evenly coated.

Line a square baking tin with greaseproof paper and add the mixture in. Melt the milk chocolate for the topping and mix up the icing sugar, orange colouring and water. Pop the rest of the halved creme eggs on the top, then drizzle with the melted chocolate and then the orange icing.

Pop in the fridge for at least one hour…then slice up and enjoy!

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Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry

A great quick and easy midweek meal!

Ingredients (serves 2):
* 250g diced beef
* 1 small broccoli
* 4 spring onions
* 1 egg (whites)
* 1 tbsp plain flour
* 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
* 1 tbsp agave nectar
* 1 tbsp sesame seeds
* brown rice
* vegetable oil

Instructions:
Pop the brown rice in boiling water so it will be ready once the beef and broccoli is finished!

Chop up the broccoli into florets and steam them for around 10-15 mins. Crack an egg into a bowl, remove the yolk and mix in with the flour. Use this mixture to coat the beef. To make the sauce, add soy sauce, agave nectar (or honey if you prefer) and sesame seeds in a bowl and mix up together.

Once the wok is heated,  add some vegetable oil and chuck the beef in. Once the beef is browned, pop the wok onto a lower heat and add in some chopped spring onions and the soy/agave sauce. Add in the steamed broccoli and fry for a few minutes.

The rice should now be ready! Serve the beef and broccoli stir fry on a bed of brown rice, with some extra soy sauce on top!

Mighty Meatzza (meat base pizza!!) #comfortfood

Can't decide on a burger or pizza, why not combine the two ;)

Ingredients (serves 4):
Sauce
* 250ml passata
* 1 garlic clove
* 1 small white onion
* 1 tbsp dried basil
* 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
* dash of worcester sauce

Base and toppings
* 500g 5% fat beef mince
* 1 egg
* 1 tbsp dried oregano
* 1 tbsp paprika
* 2 mushrooms
* 1/2 red & yellow pepper
* 1 tbsp dried basil
* mature cheddar
* mozzarella

Instructions:
To make the sauce, chop up an onion and pop in a frying pan with a little oil. Fry until the onion is softened and then add the passata and crushed garlic. Stir together and add the rest of the sauce ingredients. Leave to simmer while you make your meat base.

Preheat the oven at 175c. Pop the mince and egg in a bowl and mix together. Season with oregano, paprika, salt and pepper and mix through again. Grab a springform tin and spread the mince out evenly across the bottom. Once this is even and compressed, pop in the oven for 10 minutes. While this is in the oven, chop up the mushrooms, peppers and prepare the cheese.

Take the base out of the oven (and pat the top if a little bloody). Spread the sauce on the top, followed by mozzarella, mushrooms and peppers. Add a little grated cheese and dried basil on top and place back in the oven at 200c for 25 minutes.

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