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  • Peanut Butter Protein Balls

    Makes around 14 balls

    You will need:

    • 80g oats
    • 75g flavour – e.g. chocolate chips, crystallised ginger, dried fruit
    • 1 scoop of protein powder
    • 2 tbsp peanut butter
    • 1.5 tbsp sweetener – e.g. honey, agave (or mixture of both)
    • 1 tsp
    • 1 tbsp oil – e.g. olive
    • 2 tbsp water

    Mix all the ingredients except the water in a bowl until it all comes together.

    Add the water a bit at a time until the mixture is no longer dry.

    Break the mixture in to balls, around one very heaped teaspoon, and roll in the palms until smooth and shiny – like in the picture!

    Set to one side on a plate until slightly firmed. Then place in a container and leave in the fridge until set.

    The protein balls are ready to eat as soon as they are set, normally takes around 1 hour.


    TIP: Measurements do not need to be exact for this recipe, as long as the mixture isn’t too dry when rolling, all is well. It is possible to leave out the oil and replace with water. Ingredients can be adjusted to taste and preference.

    Original recipe: allrecipes

  • Sparkling Cosmopolitan

    Recipe makes 1 drink.

    You will need:

    • 1 1/2 ounces vodka
    • 1/2 ounce triple sec (orange liqueur)
    • 1 ounce cranberry juice
    • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
    • dash of simple syrup or agave, to taste
    • ice (1 or 2 cubes)
    • 2 ounces chilled dry sparkling wine

    Start by juicing the lime and measure your other ingredients by how much juice you have.

    Tip: 1 fluid ounce is roughly 1 shot.

    Shake the lime juice, vodka, triple sec with the ice in a shaker. Stirred is also fine…

    Once the ice has fully melted, pour the drink into a glass and top with the sparkling wine and enjoy.

    Easy!

    Original recipe: Inspired Taste

  • Wheatflour bread

    Recipe

    Ingredients

    400g wholemeal (or brown) bread flour

    100g strong white flour

    10g salt

    15g fresh or 10g instant dried yeast

    40g unsalted butter, softened

    320ml water

    Method

    Put the flours into a large bowl and either rub in the fresh yeast or sprinkle in the dried. Add the butter in little pieces and the salt and mix.

    Add the water and mix to a dough.

    Tip out onto a surface and knead for 5-10 minutes, until the dough feels smooth and silky.

    Put it into an oiled bowl and cover with a tea towel or oiled clingfilm. Leave for at least an hour or until doubled in size.

    Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and knock the air out by folding it inwards repeatedly.

    Roll it up into a sausage and then roll it with your hands until it is about 30cm long:

    Put the bread onto an oiled baking sheet, cover and leave again for around an hour, or until doubled in size.

    Set the oven to 210ºC. For a lighter crust you can put a roasting tray into the bottom of the oven and fill it with water when you put the loaf in but I didn’t do this.

    Rub flour gently over the loaf and bake for around 30 minutes. Check it is done by tapping the base: it should sound hollow.

    Allow to cool on a wire rack.



    Recipe unapologetically stolen from here.
    https://lovinghomemade.com/2014/03/19/homemade-brown-bread-its-almost-wholemeal/