Healthy Fruity Breakfast Granola

Healthy Fruity Breakfast Granola

Ingredients:

2 tbsp vegetable oil

125ml maple syrup

2 tbsp honey

1 tsp vanilla essence

500g muesli base

200g seed mix (the bag I use is from Lidl & contains 55% sunflower seeds, 40% pumpkin seeds and 5% pine nuts)

100g cranberries

100g diced pineapple

100g diced papaya

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 150C/Gas Mark 2.
2. Mix together in a bowl the vegetable oil, maple syrup, honey and vanilla essence.
3. Add 300g of the muesli base and the seed mix to the syrupy mix.
4. Spread over 2 baking trays and heat in the oven for 15 minutes.
5. Add the cranberries to the half baked trays of granola and mix in.
6. Heat for a further 15 minutes.
7. Allow to cool.
8. Scrap off into a large bowl and add the rest of the muesli base, papaya and pineapple.

Enjoy with cold milk on a lovely summers morning as a healthy breakfast.

Winter Porridge

As the winter draws in what is nicer than a warming winter porridge to fill your morning tummy. Very easy and quick to make it warms you from the inside out.

For one serving of porridge

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of oats

1 cup of cold water OR cold milk (for the creamier taste) OR a mix of the both

Sprinkling of sugar (amount to your taste)

OPTIONAL: jam to put on top, golden syrup, dark brown soft sugar, demerara sugar

Method:

1. Place the oats in the bottom of a small saucepan and pour over the liquid.
2. Place over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until the porridge is boiling and has thickened.

Serve with a sprinkling of dark brown sugar, jam, golden syrup on top to make it even more delicious.

Kiwi & Apple Smoothie

I love the colour of this smoothie, it looks sooo green and full of vitamins :)

Ingredients:

4 kiwis

1 banana

splash of apple juice

1 tbsp honey

Method:

1. Chop the banana & kiwis into small pieces.
2. Put the chopped fruit, apple juice & honey into the blender.
3. Blend and serve as a nice refreshing drink.

Nectarine & Banana Smoothie

Ready to be blended

This has got to be one of my all time favourite smoothie recipes!!

Ingredients:

4 nectarines
2 bananas
5 tbsps lemon yoghurt
1 tbsp oats

Method:

1. Chop & de-stone the nectarines & chop the bananas.
2. Add all the ingredients to the blender...and BLEND!
3. Pour into glasses and...

...ENJOY a really sweet and refreshing smoothie.

Nectarine & Banana Smoothie

Pineapple, Plum Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 banana
2 plums, destoned
Small can of pineapple slices in juice
1 tbsp honey
3 tbsps oats

Method:

1. Chop up the pineapple, banana & plums.
2. Add all the ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth.

ENJOY!!!!!

Plum & Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:
8 Plums
2 Bananas
Splash of Milk (as required) or Yoghurt or Apple Juice
2 tbsps Oats
1 tbsp Honey


Method:

1. Chop the bananas & chop and de-stone the plums.
2. Add all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth, if the mixture is too thick add more liquid ingredients to it and re-blend.

ENJOY as a healthy breakfast or snack!

Banana & Kiwi Smoothie

Banana & Kiwi Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 banana,
2 kiwis,
3 tbsps of lemon yoghurt (or another flavour or natural yoghurt),
1 tsp of honey
Milk (Optional)


Method:

1. Slice the banana.
2. Chop kiwis into approximately cm squares.
3. Place all the ingredients (except milk) into a liquidiser or blender.
4. Blend until smooth.
5. Add a splash or two milk to mixture to make a little thinner as required.
6. Blend again until all mixed together.

Enjoy your very healthy and delicious drink!!!