Banana & Coconut Muffins - guilt free

Using wholemeal flour and no butter or sugar makes these muffins guilt-free. This recipe makes 12 and they go well with a morning or afternoon cuppa!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups wholemeal flour
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs
• ⅓ cup coconut oil, melted slightly in the microwave if it isn't already a liquid
• 1-2 tablespoons of honey, depending on how sweet you like them. I only used 1
• 2 ripe bananas, peeled 
• 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees celsius
2. Spray your muffin tray with coconut spray oil
3. In a large bowl mix together with a wooden spoon the flour, baking soda, salt, desiccated coconut and baking powder. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and drop in the eggs, coconut oil, and honey. Mix with a fork until it just comes together and set aside. The mixture will look a bit dry but it's OK
4. In a small bowl mash the banana with the back of a fork
5. Fold the banana into the muffin batter and mix well with a wooden spoon. You'll need to distribute the clumps of banana and coconut oil around the bowl and kind of 'press it' all together with your spoon. When it stops resembling a crumbly dough - stop
6. Spoon into a 12 cup muffin tray leaving room at the top for expansion
7. Bake until they begin to brown on top and a toothpick comes clean when inserted in the centre, about 15-18 minutes

Banana and Kale Smoothie

I always thought smoothies consisted of fruit blended with milk. How wrong I was!!! You can add fruit AND vegetables to a smoothie and it doesn't even need milk.

I created this smoothie 6 days ago and have made it for breakfast EVERYDAY and am not bored with it. It's packed full of Vitamin B and Iron so give it a go - you will be pleasantly surprised.

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe banana
• 6 green grapes
• 1 kale leaf (stem discarded)
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon almond meal
• 1 cup cold water (refrigerated, not straight out of the tap)
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter

Method:

1. Add all ingredients to a blender, NutriBullet or Ninja - whichever you use for blending and blend... viola. How easy is that?
2. Drink up!

Delicious  XD