Pistachio lemon matcha muffins

With St Patrick’s day around the corner I always get inspired to cook some green recipes and matcha is one of my favourite ingredients to use that gives a nice green hue. It’s also packed with antioxidants and great for a caffeine boost other than coffee!

You can sub it for a greens powder if you prefer, its not essential just great for a boost!
This recipe can also be adapted to be vegan and gluten free.

Pistachio lemon matcha muffins snack vegan

Pistachio lemon matcha muffins snack vegan

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Carrot cake flapjacks (dairy free)

Spiced, warming carrot cake flapjacks with no refined sugar & lots of healthy fiber & fats from oats, rye, flaxseeds and fruit/veg. I purposely lowered the amount of fat from oil that standard recipes use but they still came out great with a slightly crisp texture!

Carrot cake flapjacks (dairy free) Breakfast snack vegan

I also made these dairy free by using coconut oil instead of butter which works really well with the carrot cake flavours. Perfect for winter time when carrots are so easy to get & the spices are lovely on cold mornings, plus they’re portable too for an on the go healthier snack!

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Peanut butter berry cookies

I love a berry and peanut butter combo so this was bound to happen eventually.
The addition of the slightly tart berries with the creamy peanut butter is lovely and makes for a healthier cookie.Peanut butter berry cookies snack

PLUS this is a great way to use up that hard bit of natural PB that you find at the bottom of the jar or tub that most people don’t know what to do with, I simply use a small food processor to blend it into the other wet ingredients so that it doesn’t go to waste.

Peanut butter berry cookies snack

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Peanut butter berry cookies snack

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Easy blackberry Barbie icing

Barbie icing?! Well what else could I call it?

I absolutely love this icing but especially the colour and I first made it just after the Barbie movie came out so it seemed like a logical name.

The colour is all natural and comes from blackberry juice, I also used a sugar free alternative to icing sugar (that you can find in Tesco) in order to make this refined sugar free but still fun so you don’t miss out on anything!

Easy blackberry Barbie icing Desserts snack vegan

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No bake rich chocolate torte

No bake, rich, dark chocolate torte made with natural ingredients and can be refined sugar, gluten & dairy free!

No bake rich chocolate torte Desserts snack vegan

Such an easy dessert with nutrition, fiber and rich chocolate goodness, plus you can make this a head of time and bring to room temp before serving. It is also a great option for anyone with allergies as it is easy to make gluten or dairy free and you can decorate this however you like and tailor the flavour of the choc however you choose very easily so it’s quite versatile too.

No bake rich chocolate torte Desserts snack vegan

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Easy banana protein oat cookies

Sometimes you just want a snack to tide you over in between meals or maybe just something small with a bit of fruit for those of you who don’t have a huge appetite at breakfast but want to get more goodness into your day. Then these are a great way to do that, plus, no added sugar!

Easy banana protein oat cookies Breakfast snack vegan

I used a plant protein here to balance out the carbs but it also makes a good post exercise snack until you can get home/to work to make a proper breakfast. These cookies are also pretty flexible in terms of adding different ingredients to make them taste they way you want. I like coconut and berries as I used a white choc coconut flavour protein but you can do whatever you like such as spices e,g cinnamon/ginger or some chopped dark chocolate!

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