Naturally I jumped at the chance to come up with some creative recipes using chiaseeds. Made with cranberry chia mix and dried cranberries, it’s fruity with a moreish chewy-yet-crumbly texture
This is not my first time experimenting with the use of black seeds in flapjacks - check here. I spent my weekend baking with date paste i had leftover from Makrout making for Eid al adha
Apple Crumble Flapjacks. Adding all the votes from the polls, comments, emails, twitter AND Facebook (god, so many social medias) meant that these tasty little buggers won with 32% of the vote
Apple crumble flapjacks – Golden flapjackswith a layer of juicy apple and raisins. The problem is, when Jon sifts flour he seems to think that it needs to be done with a flourish, leaving a thin layer all over the kitchen that I (as his sous chef on this occasion) am then responsible for cleaning up
Top with the flapjack mix in an even layer. Once all the milk is added, pour it back into the pan over a medium heat and stir gently with a spoon till the mixture thickens
Tip the cooked apples into a large bowl, then peel, core and slice the eating apples and add to the cooked appleswith the lemon juice and toss together
A fresh and fruity Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding bursting with raspberry flavours. Little shortcuts to help me gain back some time here and there and keep up with busy family life
So when I saw a recipe for flapjacks on the BBC website, I decided to make something similar but adding porridge oats and mixed nuts so that we can have a slice on the days we miss breakfast or after a gym workout
Chiaseeds are very versatile when it comes to how you eat them, you can add them to liquid for them to absorb the flavours as I have done, or to yogurt, porridge or simply add to a salad boosting your daily nutrition and with the combination of fibre and protein the chiaseeds will help you to feel fuller for longer
I’m not one for filling my diary with dinners, social events and brunches all day, every day. Chiaseeds are so versatile, and have been getting more and more popular over the last few years
If you think about it we aren’t going to have regrets about any things in our life but we could have regrets with the who’s or relationships in our life
Chew fruit flapjackswith a soft apple and date centre. More Apple and Cinnamon featured over at Feeding Boys and a Firefighter with her Toffee Apple Cupcakes – These look just up my street
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