Simply Scrumptious

Less than 50 calories per biscuit! Scrumptiously tasty,  your guaranteed to be going back for seconds! YOU WILL NEED A BLENDER FOR THIS RECIPE INGREDIENTS 60g oats 1 tsp baking powder 1 egg  10g dark chocolate chips 20g dried cranberries 1 tsp vanilla essence/extract Makes 9 cookies Less than 50 calories per cookie  METHOD Preheat oven 180ºc / 160ºfan and line a baking tray with either a silicone mat or grease proof paper Place your oats in your blender and pulse a couple of times, just enough to break down the oats, you don't want to turn them into flour Pour your oats and baking powder into a medium size mixing bowl Put your cranberries and chocolate chips into your blender and pulse a couple of times just to break them up, then pour them into your mixing bowl and give everything a good stir In a small jug whisk your egg and vanilla essence, pour into your dry mixture and mix well so all the ingredients are ...

Wholesome Fiery Ginger Oat Biscuits that pack a flavoursome punch thanks to the mix of fiery ginger and ground ginger I use. Serves 12 Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 10-15 minutes  INGREDIENTS 75g self-raising flour 75g porridge oats 75g low fat olive spread or spread of your choice 1 tsp baking powder 1 tablespoon honey 2 tablespoons semi-skimmed milk Approx 2 heaped tablespoons of Chopped  Fiery Ginger METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 180c / Gas mark 4 2. Line a baking tray with grease-proof paper 3. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl 4. Stir in the porridge oats and fiery ginger 5. Melt the olive spread, honey and milk in a saucepan and stir until heated  through 6. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well until all is combined 7. Spoon the mixture onto a baking tray and shape into rounds 8. Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for approx 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown 9. Leave to co...

The perfect healthy breakfast muffin on a cold winters morning, ideal to eat on the way to work or on the school run. This recipe is so simple it takes no more than 10 minutes to prepare and can be baking while you get ready for your day ahead. These muffins are delicious 10 minutes after coming out of the oven with the warm juicy sultana's and the subtlety of the cinnamon. INGREDIENTS 1 banana 100g low fat greek yogurt 1 egg 60g oats 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 heaped tbsp of sultana's METHOD 1. Preheat your oven to 160 fan / 180c  2. Mix all the ingredients together, then spoon into a muffin tray or small baking dish (cooking time may vary if baking in a dish) 3. Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for approx 20-25 minutes or until golden brown 4. Turn out carefully onto a wire rack to cool

INGREDIENTS 1 mug of boiling water 3/4 mug sultana's 150g finely grated carrot 1tsp mixed spice 1tsp ground cinnamon 1tsp baking powder 2 mugs self-raising flour METHOD Preheat oven 180 fan Grease & line a loaf tin In a mixing bowl place the sultana's and boiling water, leave to soak until water has cooled Once cooled, stir in the carrot, then sieve in the flour, baking powder, mixed spice & cinnamon. Mix well until all the ingredients are combined. If you find the mixture to dry just add a little more water.  Scoop into your loaf tin and place in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for approx 30 minutes, or until cooked. (if loaf is starting to brown but is not cooked through, cover loosely with some silver foil) When cooked carefully remove from tin and place on a cooling rack NOTES This loaf freezes well, if you decide to freeze I'd recommend slicing the loaf first, that way you can take out a slice as and...

Carrot Jack Bake Approx 60 calories a slice (makes 5 slices) Photo shows two slices together INGREDIENTS  1 cup of oats 60g peeled & grated carrot 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg (optional) 3 tbsp fat free natural yogurt  1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)  Baking dish approx 10cm by 16cm 180c for approx 30/40 minutes  METHOD Preheat your oven at 180 degrees In a mixing bowl, combine ALL the ingredients and mix well Now spray a small baking dish with frylight and pour in oaty mixture Bake in the oven for 30/40 minutes until golden with cracking on the top

Banana Oat Cookies These cookies are so quick and easy to make and are the ideal snack to have between meals.   The oats have a high GI, and the banana a low GI, but putting the two together the banana counteracts the hi GI of the oats, which makes the perfect balanced healthy snack. INGREDIENTS   2 RIPE BANANAS 1 CUP OF PORRIDGE OATS APPROX 1 TBSP OF MIXED SEEDS APPROX 1 TBSP SULTANAS METHOD  Mash the bananas in a bowl Stir in the porridge oats and mixed seeds If you find that the mixture is a little runny just add more porridge oats to thicken up. You may want to add something different than seeds to your mix, you could try -  1/4 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup crushed walnuts 1/4 cup of raisins 1/4 tsp cinnamon Fudge chunks Spoon cookie size portions of the mixture onto a lined baking sheet and flatten slightly with the back of a spoon or alternatively make one big slab and cut up afterwards ...

Banana & Oat Muffins A moist oat muffin that is loaded with fibre and a scrumptious flavour. These can be frozen and are perfect for on the go. 1 Muffin is approx 192 calories INGREDIENTS 3 Cups porridge oats 1/4 cup almond or ordinary milk 5 bananas Optional extras you can try adding, but don't forget to add the extra calories on if counting. Blueberries Strawberries Sultanas Chocolate chips Fudge chunks  METHOD Preheat oven to 180c/160 fan Lightly grease a muffin tin Using a food processor, combine all the ingredients and mix on a medium speed until thick and creamy.  Be careful not to over mix. Fill the muffin tins halfway. Place in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for approx 18-20  minutes or until a inserted skewer or toothpick comes out clean.

Date & Oat Flapjack Slice   Ingredients  1 cup Porridge oats 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground ginger 3 tbsp fat free natural yogurt 1 egg  Approx 10 dates chopped up Prior baking                                                                           Ready to eat                                                               Method                                                 Preheat oven 180c  Mix all the dry ingredients together, including ...

3 Ingredient Date Slice Ingredients 1 large ripe banana Porridge oats, enough to bind the banana (approx cup & half) About half a cup of chopped dates Method Preheat the oven to approx 200/180 fan Mash the banana up in a bowl Add porridge oats and dates, mix well. Add as much porridge oats as needed to bind together. Turn out onto a non stick baking tray, press the Oat slice down, it should be about 1cm thick. Place into oven on middle shelf for approx 15-20 minutes or until the edges start browning. Leave to cool for about 10 minutes before cutting into slices. You could try using - Chocolate chips Sultanas Mixed seeds Cranberries Ginger Nuts