Ingredients:

240g white spelt flour (or a mixture of white and wholemeal)

130g dates chopped

190ml coconut milk or almond milk or other diary free milk.

small to medium bananas mashed (about 180g)

30ml of maple syrup

30g chia seeds

30g pumpkin seeds

50g pecans chopped

30g oats

60ml coconut oil melted

1 teaspoon of mixed spice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar

Medium carrot finely grated (about 80g)

pinch of salt

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 190˚C/gas mark 5/350°F.

Put the mashed banana in a big bowl with the carrots, milk, maple syrup, vinegar and vanilla extract  and melted coconut oil, mix well.

Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, mixed spice and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.

Gently fold in the seeds, nuts, dates and oats.

Don’t over mix as this helps keep the muffins fluffy.

Place the mixture in 12 muffin tins.

Bake for about 25 minutes. You can test with a skewer and if it comes out with mixture on it bake for a few more minutes.

Cool on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes or so.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

For the granola:

150g organic oats

50g organic jumbo oats

50g organic desiccated coconut

50g organic walnut halves

80g organic coconut sugar or light brown muscovado sugar

100g cooked quinoa

2tbsp organic coconut oil

a pinch of sea salt

100ml organic maple syrup

2tbsp organic nut butter

1tsp organic vanilla extract

1tsp organic ground cinnamon

1tsp organic ground ginger

Splash of water

For the breakfast parfaits:

1 tub of organic natural yoghurt

A mixture of organic raspberries, chopped strawberries and blueberries

Toasted coconut flakes

Instructions

For the granola:

Measure out the oats, coconut, walnuts, sugar, quinoa and spices then place them into a mixing bowl

Melt the coconut oil together with the peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla and water in a saucepan

Pour the melted mixture over the dry ingredients and stir thoroughly

Tip the granola into a baking tin and bake for 15 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 160 degrees

After 15 minutes stir the granola well and place it back in to the oven for a further 10-15 minutes

Leave the granola to cool in the tray before breaking up into chunks

For the parfaits:

Mash the raspberries into a sauce then fold in the chopped strawberries and the blueberries

Put the fruit on the base of your serving glasses followed by the yoghurt, honey (optional) and finally the granola

Finish off the parfaits with some toasted flaked coconut pieces.

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