Blueberry breakfast muffin! Yep I’ll have one to go please, Leanora too!! Weekday mornings are manic, who has time to have a proper breakfast when you got to get the kids ready for school and yourself for work, get a load on timer, feed the cat and take out the rubbish, not me that’s for sure.
Breakfast should be comforting, healthy and filling and these blueberry breakfast muffins are just that. Loaded with oats soaked in milk, some honey, a little vanilla and that warming cinnamon and those sweet blueberries, these loaded breakfast muffins are a total breakfast game changer.
I like to plan ahead, I always have been the type of person who thinks days ahead, I mean when I get home from work I’m already thinking and planning out breakfast, believe it or not even what we are having for Sunday dinner, yeah I know I’m a weird, but if I don’t plan I can’t think straight. Whilst whipping up our quick mid-week dinner consisting of polenta and mushrooms and Leanora running round the house hunting for our grandmas birthday cake who turned 90 a few days ago, the idea came to me to make some blueberry breakfast muffins, winner winner, breakfast made at dinner! A cross between a pud brekkie!
This recipe I have to say has no sugar in, zilch! I thought it may have needed it but it truly doesn’t you get enough sweetness from the blueberries and subtle hint of the honey and cinnamon.
I was skeptical at first if Leanora would like these, so on the school run I gave her a piece of my own and that was it, whole thing gone in minutes, just annoyed with myself as I only brought out the one.
Not only are they tasty, but super filling too thanks to the oats. Normally come 10am I’m looking to pick at something bad for me or I’ll reach for some granola as I know I should go for the healthier option. But truly I am content until lunch, that’s what we want something that’s healthy, tasty and can curb hunger and keep you filled and fueled through you're the morning.
I recommend making these the night before, so you don’t have to faff around in the morning, giving you more time to get you and your family ready and out of the house on time.
If you make this recipe I’d love to hear your comments below and I’ll be sure to respond, also if you whip up a batch share it and tag me on Instagram.
Ingredients
1 cup (240ml) milk
1 cup (80g) oats
1 and 1/4 cups (156g) plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (115g) butter, melted and slightly cooled
1/2 cup (120ml) honey
1 medium egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup (190g) of blueberries
Directions
- Soak the oats in the milk. Set aside for 20 minutes so the oats soak up some moisture, this is very important.
- Preheat oven to 200C). Lightly grease a muffin/cupcake pan with butter or use muffin liners.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl until combined. Set aside. Whisk the melted butter, honey, egg, and vanilla extract together in bowl until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir then add the soaked oats and blueberries. Fold everything together gently just until combined.
- Spoon the batter into the muffin liners, fill them all the way to the top. Top with oats and a light sprinkle of Bake for 5 minutes at 220c then, keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 200c Bake for an additional 16-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the muffins to cool for 5 minutes in the muffin pan, then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Store these into an air tight container and keep them at room temperature and will stay fresh for a few days or store in the fridge for a week.
Lindsey
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Granola Breakfast Tarts are the way forward in life, especially to fuel yourself for the day. Keeping in tune and continuing to eat healthy and kicking my day off the right way, this weeks brekkie has been a combo of fruit and yoghurt with my homemade Granola that we can't stop eating.
I have been super stocked about the fact that Leanora has been loving the granola and I can't make it quick enough, as she has been wolfing it down, so I decided to use my noggin...For once! Create these epic tarts.
Last weekend, after we purchased the weekly shop in the morning I felt for something fresh, so I decided to eat some of Leanora's yoghurt. I am not normally a yoghurt person, anything to soft and no texture freaks me out, but it is a delicious pairing with the granola and fresh fruit, great way to get your 5 a day in.
Most weekends we always make a cake, it's a great way for Leanora and I to bond and spend quality time together making something together. honestly weekends are my favourite time, not only because I am not at work, but I get to spend all my time with my best buddy, well until she drives me insane and I pack her off to Nannies house.
Cooking with kids, is a great way to introduce them to new foods, they are more inclined to eat it when you are creating something together and what better way to start than with this tasty granola breakfast tart.
Ingredients to make 8
2 cups of my easy granola
1 cups vanilla yogurt, coconut yogurt, or almond yogurt
strawberries, raspberries, blueberries for topping
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 325°F.
Mix the granola, melted coconut oil oil in to a food processor to crumble
Press about 3 tablespoons of the mixture into 8 greased mini tart pans
Bake in the center rack of the oven for about 15, or until golden
Remove your pastry tarts and allow to cool completely in the pan before removing
Fill each tart with a few table spoons
top with your fruit and eat
Let me know if you make this tasty recipe in the comments below!
Lindsey
Sometime you just got to keep it super simple! This granola recipe is tasty, healthy and is best enjoyed with yoghurt and fresh fruit or as a tasty snack on its own no matter the time of day.
Breakfast I have a tendency to be naughty with, in an unhealthy way! But a new year calls for new beginnings. I want to enjoy breakfast or a snack anytime of the day, knowing that I’m eating healthy and putting good fats in to my body and not just mine but my daughters too, it’s easy to stop off to Greggs grab a steak bake loaded with salt and bad fats, which in truth will fill my up for a short period, leave me sluggish and in no way good for me.
So this year I want to start off on the right foot making good healthy choices and what better way to kick it off, is with a healthy breakfast to keep me energised all the way through to lunch.
Another way that I am making healthy choices and starting my day right is with a 30 minute work out or a 10 minute meditation, I honestly can not recommend it enough, I feel great, my head is clear my mind is right and makes me crave even more putting healthy food into my body.
This super simple granola I make on a Sunday to see me through the week, you can store it in an air tight container such as Kilner jar or a Tupperware box and it keeps it fresh for the whole week.
Ingredients
4 cups of oats
1 ½ cup raw nuts and seeds (I used pecans, sunflower seeds and chopped almonds)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup melted coconut oil
½ cup maple syrup or honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
A pinch of sea salt
Directions
- Pre heat oven to 200 degrees and line a baking tray with parchment paper
- In a large mixing bowl pour in your oats, nuts, seeds, cinnamon and salt and combine
- Melt your coconut oil and pour over your granola mix along with your maple syrup and vanilla extract, mix well
- Pour your granola mix onto your lined parchment paper spread out and then place in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes
- Take out and leave to cool for up to 45 minutes, then eat if you like and store the rest in your airtight container and enjoy throughout the week
Lindsey
It is the ultimate in comfort food, all the ingredients are sitting nicely waiting for you to cook’em up and when brought all together it’s like little angels singing the perfect hymn in your mouth.
The ultimate cheese sandwich screams comfort, perfect for a weekend brekkie in bed or a little naughty mid-week treat. Hands down you know you can not beat it, it's great and damn sure it can be eaten at any time of the day, I mean cheese a naughty wedge of bread a cheeky bit of butter what’s not to love!
I love cheese, the kids love cheese, you love it, well all freaking love cheese especially melted that bubbly molten golden silky cheeses gouda goo is a thing of wonders and this bad boy is jazzed ups or perfection.
With rain and cold weather about to grab us here on old Blighty and before you ask, no this is not an April fools joke, boy I wish it were, this toasted cheese sandwich is the perfect comfort food. Another one of my favourite comfort foods in my leftover humble chicken pot pie or my cauliflower cheese & pancetta soup, or if looking for something a little lighter but still comforting then you damn well gotta try my kale pesto pasta, after why not curl up on the sofa with a new book with my ultra tasty moon milk.
This version of cheese sandwich takes no time to make at all, and it's super versatile, I'll be trying it with a different cheese and maybe knock up super fresh pesto to go with it, but for now I certainly recommend that you guys try this tonight, a great meat-free dish, this would work also wonders as an accompaniment to my gazpacho dish or served with a salad too.
Ingredients - To make 2
4 slices of fresh bloomer bread (or bread of choice)
10 slices of Gouda cheese (or any other good melting cheese)
sprinkle of chilli flakes
2 large nobs of butter
sprig of thyme
1 clove of garlic
Instructions
1. In a small pot melt butter, with grated garlic and add a sprig of thyme.
2. whilst butter mixture is melting, heat up a frying pan with a small cube of butter to coat the frying pan. Cut your slices of bread. Once butter has melted brush over bread and then place bread brushed side down.
3. Add on top of the non buttered side of your bread 3 slices of cheese, sprinkle some of your chilli flakes on top, add the last two pieces of cheese on top, then place non brushed side down of your bread and place on top something heavy (tin of beans to press down the bread.
4. After 3/4 minutes turn over your toasted cheese sandwiches and fry on the other side.
5. Serve immediately, works great with a side salad, or if feeling extra naughty a few slices of Proscuitto ham.
Lindsey
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All right folks, today I am talking about breakfast smoothies and changing some eating habits!
Over the holiday's I can honestly say and unmercifully admit I went to town, I went to China town on the food, but I need to change all that and get my body and pocket from all the money spent out dining and partying back in to check and what better way to start all of that than by making a super tasty and healthy breakfast smoothie to start the day and save some money too with a little help from bespoke kitchens.
Britain especially is a nation of foodies, we love nothing more than dining out and spending a small fortune doing so or on takeaways.
Takeaway service is big business, I didn't realise until recently a survey hosted by payment sense, found that the average Brit spends around £9.75 on a takeaway for themselves at least once a month, but really I think it's more that, I mean weekends for me, Friday night is takeaway night for me and Leanora, so annually I'm looking at £507! Mr Liu, my local Chinese must be raking it in, but as I sit here I know I'll happily come order come the following Friday, but I will try my hardest to reign it and whip up some of my delicious Chinese sweet chicken wings saving me some money.
Dining out is a big business for us millennials, we probably eat out more than any other demographic, but millennial or not us Brits according to the sun can spend around £288k in our lifetime eating out at restaurants. London is the city that dines out the most, more so than any other city according to The Chronicles, with The South East and Northern Ireland are not far behind. Can you blame us Londoners, with so many new pops and restaurant openings each week!
Yes with busy lives, family dining is no longer the same. In 2017 it is said that just over 20% of British families sat down to dine together once or twice a week, with everyone preferring to take a more relaxed approach by eating on the sofa and talking about the day's adventures whilst watching tv. Now, this I can certainly believe because A I do not have a dining table B after a long day then coming home to cook I want to be able to enjoy it in a more comfortable setting, where after I can relax and unwind with Leanora.
But I digress, in order for me to get to the latter, I am going to make sure I start my day the healthiest possible as well as Leanora's and what better way to get all the nutrients we need to have a great day than with a tasty breakfast smoothie perfect for the whole family.
Super easy and super quick and you can pop everything into the blender and drink within a few minutes.
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Ingredients for 2
Half an avocado
2 bananas
2 handfuls of grapes
2 handfuls of spinach
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
2 tbsp of maple syrup
2 cups of water
half a cup of ice
Directions
1. pop all ingredients into your blender whizz for a minute, then enjoy!
London Mumma xx
Everyone should start the day off in a great way and the best way possible. What better wait to kickstart the day than with a strawberry and vanilla breakfast smoothie bowl.
With busy days and always in a hurry it is easier to just pick up something unhealthy filled with bad sugars. But with this super tasty and healthy breakfast smoothie jampacked with nuts, fruit, dairy or not, a smoothie is a great way to start the day and help keeps you fuelled all the way up to lunch.
This super easy super quick strawberry and vanilla breakfast smoothie takes no time at all, a quick whizz in my snazzy new Blendtec blender or any other good strong blender that you may have, it can be done in less than five minutes and in your stomach within three, so no excuse to not have best breakfast to start your day and can even be done whilst you're in the shower getting ready, putting I load of washing in, or quick zip around with the hoover, so there is no excuse not to make the super tasty dish.
Ingredients
1 cup of frozen strawberries
1 cup of vanilla yoghurt/plain or vanilla non-dairy yoghurt
1 tbsp of maple syrup
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
Toppings
Sunflower seeds
Chia seeds
Cornflakes
Directions
1. Add all of your ingredients into your blender and blend until smooth
2. Pour your blended smoothie into a bowl, and sprinkle your sunflower seeds, chia seeds, and cornflakes.
3. Tuck in!
Super easy and super quick and extremely tasty breakfast to start your day, perfect not just for you but family and friends too.
How do you like to start your day, what is your go-to breakfast superhero? I would love to hear in the comments below!
London Mumma xx
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Well hello, lovers, the past few weeks have been mental, but with things finally slowing down and filled with new found inspiration, I decided to get on with making that treat with the lemon curd that I promised you weeks ago. So here it is my new obsession these lemon curd, mascarpone, raspberry tarts, they are super quick and simply delicious summer treat.
I am totally living in a lemon siesta at the moment, from my Instagram page to my lemon curd recipe, for now, these gorgeous little tartlets and take less than 30 minutes to make and in my case share out and gobble too!
Ingredients
1 pack of filo pastry, left to one side so that it adjusts to room temperature 10-15 minutes
150g of Lemon Curd (find here to make your own)
50g of melted butter
15g of mascarpone cheese
150g raspberries (extra for you to eat)
Mint and icing sugar for decoration
Directions
- Preheat your over 180C
- Melt your butter
- Grease your 6 hole cupcake tin
- Take two pieces of your filo pastry, one at a time, brush one sheet after the other with your melted butter.
- Cut your pastry lengths Ways, then into 3 square, large enough to be able to fit into and cover the sides of your cupcake tin.
- Pop your tin into the oven for 6-8 mins or until lightly brown and crisp.
- Remove from the oven and place each filo casing on a cooling rack.
- Mix together your lemons curd and mascarpone.
- Spoon in your delicious lemony mixture and top with raspberries, dust with icing sugar and finish off with a piece of mint each.
Serve with, champagne, flowers and great company and if you are really lucky, a sunshine filled day.
London Mumma xx
Take one great ingredient and you can make wondrous magic with it - Yep that's right, Lemon!
Ever since I was a kid, I loved lemon curd, that sweet lemony jam spread all over a mountain pile of toast every Saturday for breakfast all whilst binge watching cartoons. Now an adult, armed with some basic tools, kettle, pot, glass bowl a few key ingredients and every day could be a Saturday, totes living the dream!
This delightful lemon curd is totally effortless and can go on anything and can be used for a variety of desserts too, which I will make for you soon I promise.
Ingredients
125 grams unsalted butter
Juice and zest of 3 lemons
220 grams of caster sugar
6 egg yolks
Directions
- Boil some water in a pot and place a heat proof glass bowl on top, make sure the bowl does not touch the hot water.
- Melt the butter in the glass bowl, whisk in the lemon juice, zest and sugar.
- Add the egg yolks and whisk until the Lemon curd is smooth. Continue to do so for 15 minutes, taking care not to let the curd boil. The consistency you are after is one the will coat the back of a wooden spoon.
- Remove the curd mixture from heat and pour into your jars and set aside to cool before placing in the fridge. Or if in a plastic container store in the freezer, it will keep for 2 months.
Told you that was easy peasy, lemon squeezy!
The greedy piggy I am, I like to slather this on a nice slice of cake immediately or some toast whilst it's still warm. These lemon treats also make great little gifts to friends and loved ones too.
Will you be trying this Delightful Lemon Curd recipe? I hope you do! Let me know in the comments below. For more tasty recipes, don't for get to sign up or follow me below.
London Mumma xx
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