LIFE IS SWEET

If you are on form with your nutrition and eat well 80 percent of the time, you exercise regularly too, why not have the occasional sweet treat?  Don’t feel guilty…take a look at these great recipes and enjoy 🙂

CHOCOLATE STUFFED RASPBERRIES

Serves 2-4Takes 20 mins
1 punnet Raspberries
1/4 cup dark chocolate

Melt Chocolate in microwave then stir
Meanwhile freeze raspberries for a few minutes in freezer
Use a teaspoon to gently fill center of each raspberry with the chocolate
Place in fridge or freezer to set.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BITES

1 bar chocolate
2 organic bananas, ripe but firm

 Slice the bananas into 1/4 in thick slices.
Place the slices on a piece of greaseproof paper, and freeze them until they are firm (about 1/2 hour)
Melt the chocolate
Using a toothpick, dip the bananas into the chocolate and place them back onto the paper.
Return to freezer, and freeze until the chocolate is set
Transfer to a container with lid, and freeze for eating as and when!

PEANUT BUTTER & JAM HEALTHY OATMEAL COOKIES

2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup of uncooked oats
2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
4 teaspoons reduced sugar jam

Preheat oven to 175°C
Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper
Combine the mashed bananas and peanut butter in a medium bowl
Add the oats and mix
Place batter by tablespoons (little more than level) on the baking tray making an indent with the back of a teaspoon
Repeat until you have 16 cookies.
Bake 15 minutes or until golden
Remove from oven and top each with 1/4 teaspoon jam