Weekly Recipe
Healthy Banana Smoothie
This is my favourite smoothie to have in the morning, because you can prepare everything the night before. This recipe serves 1-3 depending on size of glasses.
I peeled banana
1/2 cup of oats/muesli
1/2 cup milk to soak muesli
1/2 cup of greek style/flavoured yoghurt (I use a mixture to minimise sugar)
Milk depending on how thick you like it (You can use coconut, almond or soy if you are gluten free)
1 tbsp of ground/whole chia seeds
The night before:
1. Wrap banana in Glad Wrap and freeze overnight
2. Put oats/muesli into a bowl with milk and soak overnight in fridge
3. Put yoghurt into freezer safe container and freeze
In the morning
1. Put banana and yoghurt in microwave for 20 seconds
2. Pour semi-defrosted yoghurt, banana and soaked muesli into blender/ container you use for stick blender
3. Add 1/2 cup of milk and blend
4. Add milk if you are happy with consistency
5. Stir through/sprinkle chia seeds on top
6. Enjoy!!!
If you want, you can add frozen berries, cacao powder, honey or protein powders to your shake
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| World's Best Banana Cake
My mum has made this for us nearly every week of my school life. She knows the recipe by heart and could probably make it with her eyes closed.
We reduced the sugar from the original recipe, and made it our own.
What you will need:
125 g of unsalted butter
3/4 cups of white sugar
2 eggs
2 old, brown bananas
1 tsp of vanilla
250 g of SR Flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2 cup of milk
Method
1. Line a 20 cm square tin with baking paper, and set the oven to 180 degrees C
2. Cream butter and sugar
3. Beat in eggs, banana and vanilla
4. Sift dry ingredients and add milk
5. Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer stuck into the middle comes out clean
6. Let the cake cool for a few minutes, and then turn it out onto a rack
You can serve it with some cream and cinnamon, or just on its own
Makes approx 16-20 slices, but you can cut them in half |
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