Fruity breakfast fingers

***Dairy free, egg free, nut free and gluten free***

Ingredients

2 tbsp milled flaxseed

half a cup/125ml warm water

1 banana

1 cup /125g raspberries/chopped blueberries/chopped strawberries/mixed berries

4 tbsp/50g any butter or oil

1cup/110g flour (any flour)

1 cup/110g millet flakes (or any other breakfast flakes)

4 tbsp/50g corn flour

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Mix the milled flaxseed with the water. Whisk with fork. Set a side for at least 10 minutes.
Mash the banana and other fruit and add all other ingredients. Mix well.
Put in lined tin and bake for 18/20 minutes. It should start going golden brown but not hard.

Alternatives

Add half a cup of raisins/dried fruit
Add 2 tbsp of maple syrup/honey/golden syrup
Add a grated apple
Add 2 tbsp of any nut butter
Add half a cup of chopped nuts
2 tsp nutmeg / cinnamon
Half a cup of dairy free chocolate chips
Add half a cup of any fruit puree

Peanut butter porridge fingers

***Dairy free, egg free and gluten free***

Ingredients

1 banana

2 tbsp peanut butter (or any nut butter)

1 tbsp milled flaxseed

50ml warm water

50g flour (any flour)

50g millet flakes (or any other breakfast flakes)

2 tsp corn flour

2 tsp cinnamon

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Mix the milled flaxseed with the water. Whisk with fork. Set a side for at least 10 minutes.
Mash the banana and add all other ingredients. Mix well.
Put in lined tin and bake for 15/18 minutes. It should start going golden brown but not hard.

Alternatives

Add half a cup of raisins/dried fruit
Add 2 tbsp of maple syrup/honey/golden syrup
Add a grated apple
2 tsp nutmeg instead of cinnamon
Half a cup of dairy free chocolate chips

Banana bites

Very simple banana bites. No added sugar.

3 ingredient banana snack

*** Dairy free, soya free, egg free, gluten free and no added sugar ***

Ingredients

1 ripe banana

100g plain flour

50g nut butter

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcuis.
Put all ingredients into blender and mix well. If it doesn’t come together, add a small a moment of water.
Roll out on floured surface and cut as required. You also cut after baking if you prefer.
Bake for 15 minutes.

Alternatives

If nut free, use any butter and add nutmeg or cinnamon for flavour.
Add a tablespoon of flaxseed.
Add raisins/dried fruit/chocolate chips.
Serve with chocolate spread or make a sandwich biscuit.
Add a grated apple.
Replace 20g of flour with 20g of cocoa powder.

Ice cream

** Icecream ***
Dairy free, egg free and sugar free ice-cream

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas
150ml coconut milk (any milk will work)

2 tbsp cocoa powder

5 strawberries chopped in small pieces

2 tsp vanilla essence

1 tbsp golden syrup/maple syrup/corn syrup (optional)

Method

Chop banana and put in freezer over night.
If using canned coconut milk, put in fridge over night so you can take off the cream.
Blend frozen in blender and add milk and syrup, blend until you get a creamy consistency.
Split mix 3 into 3 separate bowls.
One bowl add the vanilla essence and mix well – Vanilla ice cream
One bowl add the cocoa powder and mix well – chocolate ice-cream
One bowl add the strawberries and mix well – Strawberry ice-cream.
Put back in freezer for at least 3 hours to set.
If you prefer soft ice-cream serve immediately.

Alternatives

Half a cup of Chopped raspberries (or any fruit)
2 tbsp of peanut butter
2 tbsp Chocolate chips
Broken up cookies

Banana and apple scones

*** Banana and apple Scones ***
Dairy free, egg free, gluten free and no added sugar

Extremely easy

Ingredients

200g gluten free flour
100g Dairy free butter
2 ripen bananas (well mashed)

1 apple grated
1 tbsp cinnamon (optional)

Method
• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius.
• Rub the butter into the flour and cinnamon.
• Add the mashed bananas and grated apple and mix well.
• Roll out on a floured surface and cut with cutter.
• Bake for around 20 minutes.

Pancakes – vegan

*** Simple egg free and dairy free pancakes ***

Can easily be made gluten free too.

Ingredients

1 cup/180g of any flour
1 cup/240ml of milk (any milk will work)
A banana or cup of apple puree
1 tablespoon of oil

Method

Mix the flour, milk and oil together.
Mash the banana/apple puree and add to mixture and mix well.
Best to use either an electric mixer or blender otherwise you will end up with lumps of banana.
Fry on a hot frying pan using either df butter or df margarine.

Alternatives

For thickener/fluffier pancakes use self raising flour and fry on a medium heat until golden brown.
The crepe/thinner pancakes are really nice using buckwheat flour.
Instead of the banana or apple use a tablespoon of milled flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons of hot water.
Add chocolate chips or cocoa powder for chocolate pancakes

Nutty banana bread

*** Nutty banana bread ***
Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free.

Easily made free of added sugar

Ingredients

2 ripen bananas well mashed
200g self raising flour (I use Aldi gf self raising)
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey (optional)
50g chopped nuts
70g dairy free butter (I use Stork margarine)
30g nut butter

** Method **

Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius
Sieve the flour, baking powder and cinnamon together.
Mix in the mashed bananas
Add the chopped nuts and honey
Melt the butters and add. Mix well.
Place in loaf tin and bake for 40/45 minutes.

Carrot and Courgette muffins

** Carrott and courgette muffins ***

Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free

*** Sugar free ***

High in omega 3

Ingredients

5 oz self raising flour (I use Aldi self raising gluten free flour)

1oz milled flaxseed

A pinch of salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon mixed spice

50 ml rapeseed oil

1 carrot (finely grated)

1 courgette (finely grated)

2 well ripe bananas

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Put all ingredients except bananas into a bowl and mix well.
Mash bananas into other ingredients and completely combine.
Put in bun cases.
Bake for 15/18 minutes.

Alternatives

If not gluten free, this recipe works well with half wholemeal flour/half white flour
Add a handful of well chopped spinach

Banana bread

*** Dairy free, soya free, egg free and wheat/gluten free ***

*** Banana bread ***
Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free

Ingredients

8oz flour (I use gluten free plain flour but any flour mix will work)
A pinch of salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
4oz sugar
80 ml favourless oil (sunflower, vegetable, rapeseed etc)
3 well ripe bananas (well mashed)

Method

Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius
Mix all ingredients except bananas together.
Add the bananas into other ingredients and mix well.
I sprinkled some sugar on top
Bake for 50 minutes.

Alternatives

If not gluten free, this recipe works well with half wholemeal flour/half white flour
Add 50g raisins
Add 50g grated apples
Add 50g chopped nuts
Add 50g chocolate chips
Swap 30g of flour with cocoa powder

Healthy Vegetable muffins

*** Vegan gluten free vegetable muffins ***

Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free healthy savoury muffins

1 medium courgette – finely grated
1 medium carrot – finely grated
30g peas
30g sweet corn
100ml any milk
60ml yogurt
60ml flavourless oil
1 well mashed banana
250 plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt

*** Method ***

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
• Mix the vegetables, milk, yogurt, oil and banana well together
• Slowly add the flour, baking powder and salt. Make sure it’s fully mixed but do not over mix.
• Spoon in to bun cases
• Bake for 15/18 minutes

TIPS

Rice milk is the best alternative milk for baking
I use coconut yogurt (koko)
If you use fruit flavoured yogurt it adds a variation to the flavour
I used rapeseed oil but sunflower or vegetable oil also works
If there is any of the vegetables you do not wish to use, add more of a different vegetable.
I used Aldi Gluten free flour
If you remove the juice from the grated vegetables then add 30ml extra milk.
If you are not gluten free then this recipe works well with half plain flour and half Wholemeal flour.
They freeze well so handy for lunch box.