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Brain Food
Delicious recipes to feed your body and mind throughout the day
Fruit & Seed Yoghurt Pot Apple & cinnamon overnight oats
A quick and easy energy boosting snack
Ingredients
1 tbsp of chia seeds 1 tbsp of pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds 2 sliced bananas
1 to 2 handfuls of your favourite berries 200g of vanilla yoghurt Method
1) Mix the seeds together (if seeds are not your thing, just use more berries)
2) Mix the banana and berries together
3) Layer the bowl with the seed mixture, followed by yoghurt, followed by fruit
4) Repeat the layering until the bowl is full A super-fast breakfast or snack to prepare you for the day
Ingredients
One apple 120ml milk
120ml plain yoghurt Half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon 65g rolled oats Method
1) Cut the apple in to chunks and grate into a container
2) Add the remaining ingredients to the same container, put the lid on top and shake to stir
3) Put in the fridge and leave overnight
4) Give it a stir and sprinkle a tiny bit more cinnamon on top before eating
5) If you’re not a fan of apple or cinnamon try some different fruit combinations to replace them, like strawberry and banana or kiwi and mango
BRAIN FOOD
Delicious recipes to feed your body and mind throughout the day
homemade fruit ice lollies Apple & sultana muffins
A cool, refreshing and tasty treat
Ingredients
1 banana
Raspberries Strawberries
Blueberries
Your favourite fruit juice (no added sugar) Method
1) Slice up the banana and add to an ice lolly mold with the fresh berries until it is almost filled to the top
2) Add your juice to the mold, but make sure you leave about one-eighth of mold
3) Place ice lolly stick into the mold
4) Place in the freezer and leave overnight
5) If you do not have an ice lolly mold at home, you can slice the fruit up in to smaller pieces & use an ice cube tray A healthy alternative & perfect to keep you going between meals
Ingredients
200g self-raising flour 1 tablespoon of baking power 1 tablespoon of cinnamon 50g wholemeal flour 100g golden caster sugar 2 eggs 125ml semi-skimmed milk
4 tablespoons of sunflower oil 2 apples, grated 100g sultanas Method
1) Heat oven to 180OC fan/Gas Mark 4
2) In a large bowl mix the self-raising flour, baking powder, cinnamon, wholemeal flour and golden caster sugar
3) In another bowl, mix the eggs and milk, then stir in the grated apples and sultanas
4) Divide the mix into 12 muffins and bake for 25 minutes
5) Leave to cool on a wire rack or plate and then you are ready to start enjoying them!
