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Easy Peasy Healthy Puddings
Here are three quick and easy puddings that are good for you too!
Healthy banana ice cream Preparation time: 10 mins no cook Serves 4
Ingredients
4 ripe bananas
Banana, chopped into 3cm chunks, then frozen
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp peanut butter
Add these or other flavours you like, for example ginger.
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp dark chocolate, grated
1 tbsp flaked almonds
Method
Tip the frozen bananas and almond milk into a blender. Blend together to create a smooth consistency. Add the peanut butter and cinnamon, and blend again. Taste and add more cinnamon, if you like.
Transfer to a freezer-proof container and freeze for 1 hr.
Take out of the freezer and serve with grated chocolate and flaked almonds sprinkled over.
Instant Berry banana slush
Preparation time: 5 mins Serves 2
A low-fat berry iced dessert. Sling all your ingredients into a blender and blitz for a refreshing, healthy treat in minutes
Ingredients
2 ripe bananas
Banana
200g frozen berry mix (blackberries, raspberries and currants)
Method
Slice the bananas into a bowl and add the frozen berry mix. Blitz with a stick blender to make a slushy ice and serve straight away in two glasses with spoons.
Vegan Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
Preparation time: 5 mins no cook Serves 2
Ingredients
1 frozen banana
1 tsp cocoa powder
200g frozen berry mix (blackberries, raspberries and currants)
Method
In a blender, blitz the frozen banana with the cocoa powder until smooth. Eat straight away.
This week’s Top Tip
If you’re hungry before you go to bed and you want a snack try the quick banana ice cream. It won’t give you a big sugar hit which could keep you awake longer and the banana and milk have something called tryptophan in them which helps you sleep.
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“You must be careful about the words you use or the words you allow to be used in your house.” Maya Angelou
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Words are very powerful and it’s worth getting into the habit of noticing which words we use about ourselves. We can knock ourselves down or give ourselves a boost simply by the words we use.