Recipe Of The Week: Chewy Cookies!

INGREDIENTS	METHOD
175g Unsalted  Butter	Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees and grease baking tray
225g Light Brown Sugar	Melt the Butter and leave to cool for 2 minutes
100g Granulated Sugar	Stir in the sugars until it is thoroughly combined
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract	Add the Egg, Egg Yolk and Vanilla and beat for 5 minutes
1 Medium Egg	Add all the dry ingredients and fold in choice chips
1 Medium Egg Yolk	Using a cookie scoop, portion the cookies onto the tray (4-6 per tray)
275g Plain Flour	Bake for 12-13 minutes and cool for 10 minutes
1/2 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda 1/2 Tsp Salt 325g Milk Choc Chips

Surprisingly Tasty Apple and Cinnamon Squares!!!

INGREDIENTS	METHOD
1 Cup All Purpose Flour	Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees and grease square tin
1 Tsp Baking Powder	Sift together Flour/ Salt/ Ground Cinnamon and set aside
1/4 Tsp Salt	In another bowl, mix together Butter, Brown Sugar and White Sugar
1/4 Tsp Ground Cinnamon	Stir in Eggs and Vanilla into the Butter mixture
1/4 Cup Butter (Melted)	Mix flour into the mixture and fold the apples and walnuts in
1/2 Brown Sugar	Spread mixture into a square tin
1/2 White Sugar	In a bowl, Mix together the remaining Sugar and Cinnamon
1 Egg	Sprinkle over the top of the mixture
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract	Bake for 30 Minutes and cool for 10 Minutes
1/2 Cup Chopped Apple
1/2 Cup Chopped Walnuts 2 Tbs Brown Sugar 2 Tbs Ground Cinnamon

Recipe Of The Week: Crazy Coffee Cake!!!

INGREDIENTS	METHOD
1 Tsp Baking Powder	Cream together Butter/ Sugar/ Vanilla Escence and Baking Powder
1 Tbs Instant Coffee	Beat in Eggs and alternate between Eggs and Flour
175g Butter	Dissolve Coffee in 10ml of hot water and add to mixture with Walnuts
175g Light Brown Sugar	Spoon evenly into two greased cake trays
175g Self Raising Flour	Bake for 25 minutes at 180 celcius, cool for 10 minutes
3 Medium Eggs	(For Filling)
50g Chopped Walnuts	Cream Butter and Icing Sugar in a small bowl
1/2 Tsp Vanilla Escence	Dissolve Tsp of Coffee into 2 Tsp of Hot Water
(For Filling)	Add 200ml of double cream and mix
100g Butter	Spread half the mixture on the top of the cake and half in the middle
150g Icing Sugar	Decorate the top of the cake with spare walnuts and TAH DAH!
1 Tsp Instant Coffee
200ml Double Cream

   

Recipe Of The Week: Cranberry and Orange Flapjacks! (Better Than Starbucks)

INGREDIENTS	METHOD
500g Butter	Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (fan)
300g Golden Syrup	In a pan, melt the Butter, Sugar and Golden Syrup
350g Brown Sugar	Once the ingredients have melted add the oats
750g Oats	Mix until the oats are completely covered in the syrup
1 Cup Cranberries	Once that is done, take the pan off the heat
(For Orange Icing)	In a greased baking tray, add half the mixture
1/3 Cup Butter	Then evenly distribute half of the cranberry over the mixture
200g Icing Sugar	Add the over half of oats evenly over the mixture
2 Tbs Orange Juice	Then add the last half of the cranberries
	Bake for around 25minutes
	(Cool for 1hr before putting icing on)
	(For Icing)
	Mix all the icing ingredients together in a jug till it is smooth
	Pour the icing over in a criss cross manner
	(A piping bag can also be used if you wanted the icing to be more    precise)
	Leave to cool for 20mins

Recipe Of The Week: Cinnamon Topped Blueberry Muffin Loaf!

INGREDIENTS	METHOD
200g Plain Flour	Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
150g Sugar (Granulated or Light Brown)	Grease and line loaf tin
1/2 Tsp Salt	Combine Flour/ Sugar/ Salt and Baking Powder
2tsp Baking Powder	Mix in Oil/ Egg and Milk
75ml Vegatable Oil	Fill loaf tin with mixture
1 Egg	(For Topping)
75ml Milk	Combine Sugar/ Flour/ Butter and Cinnamon
150g Fresh or Frozen Blueberries	With cool fingertips rub ingredients together
(For Topping)	The ingredients should become a crumb-like mixture
100g Light Brown Sugar	Sprinkle topping over cake mixture
50g Plain Flour	Bake for around 50minutes
50g Butter (cubed)	Cool for 10minutes
2 Tbs Ground Cinnamon

Recipe Of The Week: Carrot Cake With Orange Drizzle!

Ingredients

• 3 Large Eggs

• 140g Grated Carrot

• 1 Large Oraged (Zested and Juiced)

• 175g Self-Raising Flour

• 1 Tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda

• 1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon

• 1/2 Tsp Grated Nutmeg 

(For Frosting)

• 175g Icing Sugar

• 2 Tbs Orange Juice

Method

• Heat the oven to 180c/Fan 160/Gas 4 and oil and line the tin

• Tip the sugar into a large mixing bowl and pour in the oil, eggs and lightly mix. Stir in grated carrot and orange zest

• Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices then sift into the bowl and lightly mix all the ingredients

• Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 40-45minutes. Cool for 5mins and then empty onto a wire rack

• Beat frosting ingredients in a small bowl and drizzle over cooled cake

Recipe Of The Week: The Most AMAZING Apple Crumble

Ingredients 

• 6 Apples (Peeled, cored and diced)
• 250g Caster Sugar
• 200g Flour
• 120g Butter 
• Cinnamon Powder

Methods 

• Put the apple chunks into a pan, add three quarters of the sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon powder (I LOVE cinnamon so I put an extra teaspoon but add to your own preference). Allow to stew gently for half an hour, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Keep checking as they can easily burn at the beginning.
• Check that the fruit is cooked by mashing it a bit with a wooden spoon. The apples should be soft but not puréed.
• Put the apples into the serving dish and allow to cool. Set the temperature of the oven to 150 C / gas 2.
• Mix the flour, remaining sugar and the butter with your fingers in a bowl until it becomes like a breadcrumb consistency. Cover the stewed apples with the crumble topping, without pressing down.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the crumble is golden brown and crunchy. Spoon a helping of crumble into a dish and serve with custard or ice cream.

Recipe Of The Week: The Easiest Brownie Recipe

Ingredients 

• 400g Caster Sugar
• 225g Butter (Melted)
• 60g Cocoa Powder 
• 1 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 4 Eggs
• 225g Plain Flour 
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Method

• Mix ingredients together in the order given
• Pour into a greased baking tray
• Cook for 20-25minuties on 180c/Gas 4
• Cool, and cut into equally square shapes 

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3 Tips To Help Drink More Water

Now, If you are like me drinking 8 glasses of water a day doesn't sound as easy as 8 glasses of wine. BUT change is happening. Over the next couple of months, I am aiming to change my lifestyle and become healthier..zzzZZZ...Yeah, how many times have you heard someone say that?

Has anyone else been in that position where you have a drastic change of mind and think..'I need to change my ways, I need to eat healthy, I need avocados to make avocado on toast so at least social media thinks I am healthy', we have all been there!

That happened to me a month before I started university. I had it all panned out. Being a student, I would have no money for food and therefore loose weight, sounds simple doesn't it?. Well. Apparently theres always money for food, even when you're broke. Now I am back at home and ready to change my unhealthy ways, starting with water.

Drinking, water all day is understandably boring. So, I have 3 tips on how to make it a little more exciting (as exciting as it can get).

Now, before I give you the tips. They are not the general tips like: Drink a glass of water before every meal or use an app on your phone because one, who thinks of water when dinner is ready? and two, who uses those hydration apps for more than a week?! The tips below are things than can easily be adopted by diet.

Tip 1 - Add Flavour & Ice

Details: No instructions needed, just put the fruit in a glass with some ice and leave for 20mins to allows the flavours to infuse the water.

Lemon, Orange & Lime: Really refreshing and light, the cucumber takes the tanginess away but leaves the citrus flavours of the lemon and orange. YUMMY.

Blueberry, Raspberry & Lime: Honestly, I could only taste the lime and raspberry. Not my favourite as I would have rather eaten the raspberries!

Peach & Cherry: The peach flavour comes through really well and reminded me of a much healthy version of the Volvic Peach flavoured water. A drink I would much rather drink but not now I have my healthy head on.

Tip 2: The Swap 

The swap. I rarely drink fizzy drinks but I am a big lover of fruit juice. Orange, Apple, Cranberry, Raspberry and blueberry...all which  probably have a similar amount of sugar in as any fizzy drink. The one thing that keeps me drinking water is the noticeable difference between having a glass of orange juice and having a glass of water. I could drink a whole bottle of orange juice and still be thirsty and hungry, drinking one glass of water makes me feel hydrated and fuller. Water is a winner. 

Tip 3: Drink Herbal Tea With No Added Extras 

This is one of my main habits, Tea. Green, Earl, Peppermint. Warm water is so beneficial as it helps speed up your metabolism, helps lose weight, detoxifies your body and helps prevent acne. Plus all the individual benefits from each tea. 

Happy Friday!