Simply Scrumptious

Just 4 ingredients to make these healthy muffins, they're moist, oaty and naturally sweetened from the bananas Prep time 5 minutes Cook time 30 minutes Total time 35 minutes INGREDIENTS 3 medium ripe bananas 2 cups of oats 2 eggs 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda ¼ cup honey (optional) METHOD Preheat oven 180ºc / 160º fan Lightly grease a muffin tray (you may need more than one) Add all the ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth and all the ingredients are combined Pour your mixture evenly into your muffin tray (s) Place in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for approx 30-35 minutes, checking after 20 minutes. To check if your muffins are baked, insert a skewer or toothpick into the centre of a muffin, if it comes out clean muffins are baked, if not continue to bake Let your muffins cool for at least 10-15 minutes before removing from the muffin tray, then transfer them to a cooling rack

Just 3 ingredients to make these delicious melt in the mouth shortbread thins. Not so healthy though, none the less they go down a treat with a hot afternoon cuppa INGREDIENTS 24g caster sugar 34g butter, sofened 44g plain flour METHOD Beat together the caster sugar and butter in a small bowl until pale and smooth. Sift the flour into the mixture, mix until all is combined and use your hands to bring the dough together Roll the dough into a sausage shape, wrap tightly in some cling film and pop in the fridge for at least an hour or until the dough is solid Preheat your oven to 200ºc / 180º fan and line a baking tray Unwrap the cling film and slice the sausage into rounds, approx 8mm in thickness. Place onto your lined baking tray and bake for approx 15 minutes or until the edges are beginning to turn brown/golden Leave to cool for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely 

Just 4 basic cupboard ingredients needed to make these sweet treat White Chocolate Chunk Muffins These muffins contain no added sugar - no added fat and have no egg! WHAT YOU WILL NEED Mug or cup of your choice (the bigger the mug/cup the more muffins you make) Muffin tray Mixing bowl & spoon PREP TIME - 10 minutes OVEN TEMP - 200 ºc / 180ºfan BAKE TIME - 20-25 minutes INGREDIENTS 2 cups of self raising flour 1 cup of milk ½ cup of white chocolate chunks ½ cup of Cadburys drinking chocolate METHOD 1. Preheat oven & grease your muffin tray 2. Sieve flour and drinking chocolate into a mixing bowl 3. Stir in your chocolate chunks 4. Add milk to the dry mixture and mix until all the ingredients are combined 5. Scoop mixture into your prepared muffin tray 6. Place muffins in the oven on the middle shelf and bake, check muffins half way through baking, to check if your muffins are baked insert a cocktail stick into the centre of a muffin,...

I adapted this recipe to healthier ingredients than what a normal scone recipe would use, I swapped the butter to a low fat olive spread, the milk from full fat to skimmed and the full fat flavoured cheeses to a very low calorie, low fat and high protein cheese (eatlean) INGREDIENTS  225g plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 42g low fat olive spread (cold and cubed) 175ml skimmed milk 125g low fat cheese (I used eatlean high protein cheese) crumbled into chunks or roughly sliced into little cubes METHOD  Preheat your oven to 200c / 180 fan / Gas 6 Sieve your flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl Rub the butter into the flour using your hands/fingertips until you have what looks like bread crumbs Pour your milk into the flour and mix well using a wooden spoon to form a dough, if your dough is very stick just add a little more flour Add your cheese to the dough gently kneading into the mixture Shape your dough int...