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Crunchy Chocolate Whey Cookies
These crunchy chocolate whey cookies are based on a recipe that @_dereklau_ posted on instagram, sponsored by Optimum Nutrition. It’s the first time I’ve had a protein cookie that wasn’t disappointingly soft or overly artificial tasting. The natural peanut butter we buy doesn’t work well with the original recipe. I’ve added an extra egg to help bind the mixture together though Derek suggested adding additional coconut oil. As the recipe already comes out pretty oily, I prefer the texture of an added egg. Prior to making these, all of the protein cookies I’ve tried have been overwhelming with the taste of artificial sweetener. The texture of prepackaged protein cookies is…
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High-Protein Vegetable Slice
Non your nan’s zucchini slice – this high protein vegetable slice is everything you need to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner. The perfect after school snack, or office pick-me-up. We have crammed it full of veggies and boosted the flavour with a sneaky little bit of bacon. If you’re after a portable high protein snack that you can easily prepare in bulk in advance you really can’t go past this. Looking for more snack-spiration? There are plenty more snack recipes on the blog as well as other high protein recipes Key Ingredients
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Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
Basic pancakes can be made with simply 1 cup self raising flour, 1 cup Milk and 1 egg. However, I very rarely have self raising flour in my pantry. You will see in the recipe below that I have supplemented plain flour with bicarb soda, which works perfectly well here because I’m also adding buttermilk. If you are using regular milk, an extra 1tsp baking powder will help transform your plain flour. This recipe for blueberry pancakes is really easily adaptable. It works with pretty much any type of flour, whether you like wholemeal flour or a gluten free flour blend. It also works with most milks including almond, coconut,…
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Panettone Tart
Sweet Christmas. This tart is the ultimate comfort food, rich with custard and brioche. Oozing with pockets of baked jam and chocolate chips, this is an experience not to be missed!