| Breakfast is a really important meal, no matter how | | | | seeds, and bake for 20 minutes or till a skewer |
| you try to justify it. Eating a meal in the beginning of the | | | | inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave in the |
| day will make you less hungry at the other mealtimes, | | | | tin for 5 minutes, then cool on a rack. Eat when still |
| and will also set your metabolism straight for the day. | | | | warm. You can prepare the dry and wet ingredients |
| Try the following muffin recipe, its really nutritious and | | | | the night before. Combine the two in the morning and |
| easy to make: | | | | you'll have a fresh-baked breakfast. |
| Breakfast Muffins | | | | Try the following muesli recipe, and try putting yogurt |
| 1. Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas mark 5. Lightly | | | | and fresh fruit on the top: |
| oil a non-stick muffin pan with 12 large cups. | | | | Homemade Muesli |
| Combine the first nine ingredients (300g plain | | | | 1. Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas mark 5. Spread |
| wholemeal flour, 50g rolled porridge oats, 3 heaped tsp | | | | 350g jumbo oats in a large roasting tin and bake inthe |
| baking powder, ½ tsp mixed spice, ½ tsp | | | | oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Tip into a |
| ground cinnamon, 100g raisins, 100g chopped dried | | | | large bowl and leave to cool completely. |
| apricots, 50g chopped pecans, 50g caster sugar) and | | | | 2. Mix together 50g sunflower seeds, 50g pumpkin |
| set aside. | | | | seeds, 200g mixed nuts (roughly chopped), |
| 2. In another bowl, mix the remaining wet ingredients | | | | 200gsemi-dried figs (quartered), 75g fried cranberries, |
| well (100ml sunflower oil, 150ml natural yogurt, 150ml | | | | 100g dried apple (roughly chopped) and then tosswith |
| milk, 1 medium beaten egg, 2 medium mashed | | | | the oats. To serve, soak a portion of muesli in a little |
| bananas, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 small grated apples, 1 | | | | yogurt or milk, overnight in the fridge, readyfor |
| medium grated carrot). | | | | breakfast the following morning. Soaking the muesli |
| 3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until just | | | | softens the oats and will give it a lovelycreamy |
| combined. Spoon into the prepared pans. Sprinkle with | | | | texture. |
| a few extra oats and some sunflower and pumpkin | | | | |