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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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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Mulled Hot Apple Drink (Non-alcoholic Mulled Cider)

  Not only is it the month of eating all things festive, it is the time to drink all things festive. Most people will be making up batches of mulled wine or cider, but for those that don’t drink alcohol, Christmas is normally filled with plain juice or water. This drink tastes just like mulled cider, with all the...

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Bounty Balls

  Right, I am not going to claim that these are in the least bit good for you. Well, coconut is good for you, but the other ingredients, not so much. But, Hungry Healthy Happy is not necessarily about health food, but making healthier alternatives to the foods you love. These are a healthier alternative in the fact that I...

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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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Chocolate Covered Cinder Toffee

Crunchies are probably my favourite chocolate bar. It’s honeycomb (or cinder/sponge toffee, depending on where you live) covered in chocolate…what’s not to like? But now bars of chocolate are pushing 60p, it just seems like such a waste of money when it is so easy and cheap to make. This is not remotely good...

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