So if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter (if not, follow me here on Twitter and Instagram) you'll have noticed I've been really into fitness and health recently, and also in last week's blog post I talked about what I've been doing to stay fit/train - if you haven't had the chance to read that post, read it here!

The other day I was really hungry for something that was tasty but also healthy and I did some research and eventually I decided to make these - Banana and Oat Protein Pancakes. Now I'm sure there are loads of different or maybe the same recipes all over the Internet, but I thought I'd share with you what I did to make mine.

Equipment:
Blender
Frying Pan
Spatula

Ingredients:
Pancakes:
1 OR 2 bananas- you be the judge
Oats- I like to just guess, because life is too short to be perfect #preach
1 egg
Half a teaspoon of baking powder
Cinnamon - as much as you like, although you don't want to go overboard!
Toppings:
Strawberries
Honey
Chocolate Sauce

Step 1.) Blend the banana, oats, baking powder, egg and cinnamon together in a blender until it's a creamy consistency.

Step 2.) Heat up your frying pan and put some oil in it.

Step 3.) Spoon out some of the pancake mix and put it in the frying pan in circular shapes (well, you know what pancakes look like). The mix I made this morning was enough for 4 little pancakes, the perfect amount and they all fitted in the frying pan at once.

Step 4.) Flip them when they have started to go golden brown on one side. Keep doing this step until both sides look nice and golden!

Step 5.) Pile up the pancakes on a plate.

Step 6.) Drizzle some honey in between the layers of pancakes or just over the top if you like.

Step 7.) Cut up some strawberries and place them around the outside of the pancakes or on top!

Step 8.) Drizzle some chocolate sauce on for a bit of naughtiness.

Step 9.) Make yourself a beverage, maybe a cup of tea because every day should start with a brew.

Step 10.) Eat the pancakes and feel amazing!

So I hope you find this recipe useful. It's super easy and actually rather healthy because it contains lots of fruit! It's a much healthier alternative to normal pancakes and yet it tastes amazing. It's a fabulous breakfast to have before a big day or a big workout! So try it out and let me know how it goes!

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Hello my festive friends! Today I have an awesome recipe for you. Now it's not one of my own but it is one that myself and my dad have followed this year, and honestly it creates such yumminess! I got the recipe from All Recipes. I'll post the recipe here too, but please follow the link to the website for more recipes. I love this site and use it a lot!

Ingredients

• 110g (4 oz) butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 4 teaspoons cocoa
• 225g (8 oz) Rich Tea biscuits, crushed
• 1 handful of raisins
• 225g (8 oz) cooking chocolate - half milk & half dark

This is the easiest thing to make and taste super! So if you're looking for a quick and easy recipe for Christmas, this Tiffin will do the trick!

Method

1. In a saucepan, melt the butter, sugar, syrup and cocoa. Add the biscuits and raisins when melted. Stir to combine.
2. Pour mixture into a Swiss roll size tin and press down. Melt the cooking chocolate and pour over the mixture in the tin.
3. Pop the tin into the fridge and leave for about 1 hour to set. To serve, cut into about 20 pieces.

 I hope you enjoyed this recipe! Let me know if you use it and how it went!

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 and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
 

Ingredients:
4oz Butter
4oz Caster Sugar
2 eggs
4oz Self Raising Flour
Vanilla Extract
Icing Sugar
Food Colouring

If you want to make more, you could double (8oz) or do 6oz of everything and 3 eggs.

Recipe:
1.) Measure out the butter.
2.) Measure out the sugar.
3.) Put butter and sugar together in a big bowl.
4.) Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
5.) Crack the eggs. You may wish to beat them first.
6.) Add the eggs to the mixture one at a time. Be careful not to let it curdle.
7.) Stir until light and creamy.
8.) Measure out the flour.
9.) Sieve the flour into the bowl.
10.) Mix the flour in, using figure of  eight motions and add the vanilla extract.
11.) Spoon into paper cases, ready for the oven.
12.) Remove from the oven after 15 minute and leave to cool

To make the butter cream

Mix icing sugar with butter- you have to guess a lot with this as it depends how you like it. Then add the food colouring of your choice and pipe onto the cupcakes.




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