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Peanut Butter Chocolate No-Bake Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup each of oats, cranberries, chocolate chips, and peanuts
OR
1 cup each of rice krispies, broken up pretzels, cranberries and peanuts.
190g peanut butter
30g icing sugar
1/4 cup silan
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

Mix together the oats, cranberries, chocolate chips and peanuts (or rice krispies, pretzels, etc)
In a saucepan over a low heat, combine the remaining ingredients until smooth. Mix with the dry ingredients.
Roll into balls and place on a lined tray or in a single layer in a container, then store in the fridge to become firm.

Variation: Chocolate Peanut Butter Drops
Dry ingredients as above
190g peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup silan
1/2 cocoa
1/4 cup water

Melt the ingredients in a saucepan over a low heat. When combined, mix in the dry ingredients. Drop teaspoonfuls onto lined trays, and leave in the fridge to set.

Healthy Breakfast Cakes

Ingredients

3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup water
3/4 cup sr flour
3/4 cup oats
1/2 cup apple sauce
Fillings of your choice: fruit, jam, chocolate chips etc

Method

Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence. Alternate mixing in the flour and oats, with the water, then add the apple sauce.
Spoon into 24 cupcake cases, and drop a teaspoon of your choice of fillings in the centre of each.
Bake at 180 for 15-20 mins.

Mushroom Burgers

Ingredients

600g mushrooms, finely diced
1 onion, diced
Crushed garlic
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
2 eggs
2 tbsps soy sauce
Parsley
Salt, pepper

Method

Saute mushrooms, onion and garlic for 10 minutes or until liquid evaporates. Roughly mash, then mix in the remaining ingredients.
Form into 8-10 burgers, and place on a lined tray. Grill on each side for 8-10 mins.

Lentil Loaf

Ingredients

1 cup lentils (200g)
2 1/2 cups stock
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
Coriander
1/2 tsp cumin
Salt, pepper
400g chopped tomatoes
1 egg
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
Glaze
2 tbsps ketchup
1 tbsp silan
1 tbsp soy sauce
Method

Boil the lentils in the broth for 15 mins. If the liquid evaporates, add some water.
Saute the onion, garlic, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper.
Combine with the cooked lentils, chopped tomatoes, egg, and breadcrumbs.
Transfer to a lined loaf pan. Mix the ingredients for the glaze and spread over the top.
Bake covered at 180 for 1/2 an hour, then 15 mins uncovered.

Variation: Lentil Casserole
As above, saute onion, garlic, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper. Add 1 cup lentils, 1 cup water, and 400g chopped tomatoes. Transfer to a casserole dish and bake covered for 45 mins, then uncovered for 15 mins.

Chocolate Fudge Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup sr flour
1 1/4 cup oats
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
125 mls oil
1 egg
Chocolate Fudge
2 cups/350g chocolate chips/dark chocolate
4 tbsps oil
3 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
Method

Mix together the flour, oars, sugar, vanilla and oil. Set aside 1/3 of this mixture, and add the egg to the rest of it. Press the mixture into a lined baking pan, and bake at 180 for 10 mins.

For the fudge, whisk the eggs, oil, flour and sugar. Melt the chocolate chips, then mix it in. Pour this over the crust, and crumble over the remaining oats mixture. Bake for 35 mins.

Leave to cool before slicing into bars - or serve hot with vanilla ice cream.

Variations: Instead of the fudge, make a fruit, jam, or lemon filling.

Cinnamon Sugar Bars

Ingredients

75g marge
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup oil
2 eggs
1/4 cup water
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups sr flour

1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tbsp cinnamon

Method

Whisk together the marge, sugar, oil, eggs, water and vanilla essence until blended. Stir in the flour. Spread the mixture into a lined baking pan. Mix the sugar and cinnamon, then sprinkle it over the batter. Bake at 180 for 20 mins. When cooled slightly, cut into bars.