I love making fruit crumbles, it’s always my preferred method to use up any fruit that I have hanging around the house and now that I have rhubarb going crazy in my garden every year, it has quickly become my fruit of choice to use in a crumble. Continue reading “Rhubarb & Strawberry Crumble with an Almond Oat Topping”
Double Chocolate Banana Protein Loaf Cake (DF)
I love banana. Anything flavoured with banana or made with banana and I’m there for it. I mean, all you have to do is look through the blog and you will see my obsession for banana in all the banana flavoured recipes that I have shared over the years. My chunky monkey protein cake being my absolute favourite and one I remember making all the time when I first wrote the recipe. Continue reading “Double Chocolate Banana Protein Loaf Cake (DF)”
Baked Oats with a Rhubarb & Apple Jam Centre.
I used to eat baked oats all the time when I was younger: from chocolate chip cookie dough to black forest flavoured oats; the options were limitless. Now that I’m trying to meal prep a few basic meals a week, baked oats are back on the menu and I decided to use up the jar of rhubarb and apple jam that I made a few months ago to jazz it up a bit.
Continue reading “Baked Oats with a Rhubarb & Apple Jam Centre.”
Cashew Mac n Cheez with Sourdough Garlic Bread Crumble
I’ve been making this mac and cheez for years now and I absolutely love it. It’s the perfect comfort food recipe for the colder months, when all you want is a good hearty meal inside you. But it’s still equally as delicious served cold too, which makes it great for serving at a barbecue in the summer. Continue reading “Cashew Mac n Cheez with Sourdough Garlic Bread Crumble”
Roast Veggie Tomato Soup with Parsley Croutons.
With the utter devastation that’s going on in the world right now, I feel we are all taking comfort in the things that we know and love, and what makes us feel safe and for most people that can be food. Continue reading “Roast Veggie Tomato Soup with Parsley Croutons.”
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ganache Flapjacks
I used to love flapjacks growing up as a kid, the chewiness from the oats combined with the sugar made the little treats so moreish. Now i’m all grown up, I crave flapjacks every so often and as I’m wiser; I now know how easy these babies are to make. But also how easy they are to make healthier too. Continue reading “Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ganache Flapjacks”
Peanut Butter Crusted French Toast
At the beginning of the year I made and ate so much protein French toast that eventually the mere sight of it made me want to gag and the same goes for proats too. I just couldn’t stomach the thought of making either ever again – until Christmas eve when I made this plate of deliciousness. Continue reading “Peanut Butter Crusted French Toast”
2 Ingredient Creamy No Churn Ice-Cream
Ice-cream is one of my favourite dessert foods, it goes well with everything: brownies, cake and cookies and just like the majority of the world I’ve always wanted to make my own ice-cream. But I just don’t have the space in my kitchen for another gadget, which is why this no-churn ice cream recipe is a firm favourite of mine. It’s 2 ingredients and tastes absolutely phenomenal. Continue reading “2 Ingredient Creamy No Churn Ice-Cream”
Crispy Avocado Frankenstein Fingers
Halloween is just around the corner and I have conjured up some scabtastic, crispy avocado Frankenstein fingers just in time for those Halloween parties – dipped in tomato sauce, you will never know the difference 😉 OK. Obviously you will because the Frankenstein fingers are bloody delicious, even Frankenstein himself would be impressed.
It has taken me a long time to appreciate the taste of avocado: it has always been one of those foods that I have always wanted to like because of it’s health benefits and healthy fats, but the taste and texture is just too overpowering for me. I think it’s the soft, slimy texture of the avocado that sends my gag reflexes into overdrive. I know. I know. It’s not very classy of me, but I have tried adding avocado to most food and I always end up resenting myself for it.
I was first introduced to avocado fries by my sister at the beginning of the year: she had tried them on a trip to paris. I wasn’t sure about them when she first offered one to me: the slimy texture still haunted me from my previous attempts of the fatty fruit, but she assured me that I would love them. Against my better judgement I attempted one of the green fingers she was trying to entice me with, all the while sceptical. Although, lo and behold, as much as I hate to admit it, she was right. I was pleasantly surprised – they were delicious and the crunchy texture from the breadcrumbs detracted from the slimy-ness of the avocado, making it an absolute joy to eat. However, It wasn’t until lunchtime today that I actually made a batch of avocado fries myself: I woke up with a craving for some crunchy fingers, dipped in hot tomato sauce and I just so happened to have bought two avocados last week – it was almost fate.
I knew I wanted my avocado fries to have plenty of flavour, with just a hint of avocado sneaking through and I needed them to have the crispiest coat an avocado had ever been encrusted in and I think I succeeded. Actually, I know I succeeded because these fingers were better than delicious, they were all kinds of moreish and it was one of those rare moments in my life, where I actually wanted to pat myself on the back because boys and girls…I had created a monster – make that a delicious monster: crispy avocado Frankenstein fingers. Had I not been lazy, I would have definitely made myself a second batch, which I think makes it’s safe to say that I have finally found a way to appreciate avocados and after you try these Frankenstein fingers, you will too.
Ingredients
- 1 Large Avocado
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Cup Cornflakes
- 1 Slice of Wholemeal Bread
- 1 tsp Chilli Flakes
- 1 tsp Coriander Leaf
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 Egg White
- Salt to taste
Directions
- Add the bread to a processor and blend until you ave breadcrumbs.
- Next, slice your avocado in half lengthways and gently scoop out the flesh with a spoon – cover the avocados in lemon juice to stop them from oxidising and proceed to slice the avocados into long fingers.
- Crush the cornflakes with your hands, just to make them a bit smaller; add in the garlic, coriander and chilli.
- Separate the yolk from the egg white, add the salt to the white and whisk it for a few seconds, before dipping an avocado finger into the egg white, then into the breadcrumbs, and finally into the cornflakes – make sure the finger is coated evenly, then place it onto a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and proceed with the method until all avocado fingers have been coated.
- Now pop the Frankenstein fingers into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Serve with some spicy ketchup and enjoy! I assure you, that they will blow your mind!
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Easy, Low-Fat, Aubergine & Courgette Lasagne
It’s been a while since I last updated you all with a recipe. But today you’re in luck, because I have two. The first is a low-fat – easy to make – aubergine and courgette lasagne. The recipe uses my favourite meat alternative –Quorn Mince. Continue reading “Easy, Low-Fat, Aubergine & Courgette Lasagne”