Grain-based salads are filling and nutritious, and work really well with fresh fruit, which adds colour, texture and taste.
Banana and honey muffins
Banana and honey muffins
These muffins are ideal for using up ripe bananas. You could also use other fruits that need using up, such as apples, cranberries, oranges, pears or even some tinned fruit!
They're extra delicious topped with sweetened crème fraiche, honey or banana crisps.
They're extra delicious topped with sweetened crème fraiche, honey or banana crisps.
By Tony Budde
Serves 6
Prep/Cook time: 20-30 minutes
Ingredients
150g banana cut into small pieces
Brown spotted bananas that need using up are ideal
250g self raising flour
100g caster sugar
5ml spoon runny honey
2 x 5ml spoon baking powder
250ml milk
1 egg
90ml oil
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Preheat the oven to 180°C or gas mark 4.
Sieve the flour and baking powder into a large bowl, and add in the sugar.
Whisk the egg in a small bowl using a fork.
Pour the milk, oil, honey and egg into the flour mixture and mix well to form a smooth batter.
Stir in the banana pieces.
Spoon the mixture into muffin trays. You can bake excellent muffins and remove them safely from pans without using baking liners as long you effectively grease your baking pan.
Bake for 20 minutes until the muffins have risen and are golden brown.
Carefully take the muffins out of the tin and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
Make the most of your leftovers
Store in
Airtight container
Time
Cool, dry place for several days, freezer 3 months
Where to store
Cool, dry place or freezer. Slice and wrap if freezing. Defrost in fridge.
Reheat
Not applicable
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