Flourless Chocolate Brownie

  Right, stick with me here. I have always been experimenting with a healthy brownie, as I love brownies so much. I made these no bake brownies, but I wanted something with a bit more of a brownie consistency. I have been reading up a lot about using beans in cooking. There, I said it. BEANS!! Please don’t stop...

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Healthier Cinnamon Rolls

  This was a recipe I came up with over Christmas. I realise that the festive season is well and truly over now, but it is never too late to have cinnamon baked goods. It’s the weekend, so it is time for a treat – I shall be making these and pretending it is Christmas again! Serves 6 Ingredients: Rolls: - 7g...

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Healthier Banana Bread

This is never going to be the healthiest thing in the world, but some small changes make it a healthier alternative to the usual banana bread you could make/buy and as a treat, it is great. This is perfect for a Sunday afternoon with some tea.     Ingredients: -  200g whole wheat flour - 1 tsp baking powder - 0.5 tsp...

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Festive Gingerbread Shapes

  A classic Christmas treat, lightened up by using whole wheat flour and halving the butter and using yogurt.         Ingredients: - 175g Whole wheat Plain Flour - 2 tsp Ground Ginger - Half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda - 50g Butter - 25g Low Fat yogurt - Half a beaten egg - 2tbsp golden...

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Christmas Biscuits/Cookies

Makes 8 larger or 16 smaller biscuits/cookies I had intended for these to be kind of like shortbread, but as I made them a little healthier, they didn’t have the buttery/crumbliness of shortbread. They turned out to be really nice, festive flavoured, biscuits. They are healthier than the usual biscuit recipes, as they use...

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Chocolate Mince Pies

It’s official….there are now less than 6 weeks to Christmas. That means it is time to start perfecting all those recipes that that you will be making over the festive season. Nothing says Christmas like Mince Pies and this recipe combines them with everyone’s other favourite festive treat, chocolate. As if you...

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Apple and Date Slice

I only recently discovered dates when I made these brownie bites and have been looking for other ways to use them. I wanted to make a fruity flapjack type dish, and I came up with this. It has a really nice autumn flavour to it with the apple and cinnamon.     Serves 8 Ingredients: - 125g porridge oats - 65g wholemeal...

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Healthier Chocolate Cake

Well, here it is, finally – a healthier chocolate cake. I could eat chocolate cake until it comes out of my ears, but sadly that would do nothing for my health. I have been experimenting for a while to try and get the measurements right in a basic chocolate sponge, but replacing some of the ingredients for healthier ones....

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