Monday 15 January 2018

Quick And Easy Banana And Chocolate Chip Muffins...

We had a few extra bananas this week and a couple were starting to look a little bit ropey so decided that I would make a quick (and when I say quick they literally take five minutes to make before baking!).



This recipe is an all in one recipe - yes if you wanted to you could cream the butter and sugar or whack it straight in a bowl with all ingredients and mix but I've done both ways and whatever way you choose to do they turn out just as good.

This is also an ace recipe because it doesn't require any random ingredients and relies on simple store cupboard ingredients - just add bananas!

What you will need...

- 2 mashed bananas - the older, browner, ones that are usually destined for the bin are best!\
- 150g soft unsalted butter (I used salted butter as that's all I had)
- 150g self raising sugar
- 3 x large eggs
- 150g dark/milk chocolate chips (reserve 50g for the top if you wish)

How to make them...

- Line a muffin tin with twelve muffins cases
- Preheat the oven to 180c
- Add all the above ingredients to a bowl and whisk for two minutes until light and fluffy.
- Pour in to the muffin cases and top with reserved chocolate chips
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden on top.

Store in an airtight container and they will last for a good five days which they won't as I guarantee they will be gobbled up before you know it!

Enjoy,

Nathalie x
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Sunday 7 January 2018

What I'm Loving Right Now.....

Wow - the first week of January has flown by!!! I cannot believe that after three weeks off school I am back to work tomorrow - back to the madness of the school runs, after school clubs and general chaos that term time brings with it.



I took a bit of a break for the blog over Christmas and it was lovely to just kick back with the kids and enjoy some proper time off - that said it's a new year and I am back with a bang!

If you don't already follow me on Instagram - hop on over for a look and see what we get up to on a day to day basis. I am so excited to be going on a photography course in two weeks time - I've signed up to one at the Medicine Garden in Cobham with Vicki Knight and I am hoping to really get to grips with my camera so fingers crossed the quality of my pics will be better! I am also hoping to get back into vlogging on my YouTube channel as I am loving watching lots of my fellow bloggers videos and I am feeling very inspired.

Once a week I am also going to post a feature called What I'm Loving Now - this will be a weekly roundup of what I've been watching, doing, making buying and generally anything that fits into that criteria.

So, week one.... here goes!

I have been loving using my new soup maker - my mum got me one for Christmas and now that I am really giving my Slimming World a good go in an attempt to shift 16lbs by the summer this is really helping. My mum got it from Robert Dyas and this is the one that she chose here. You literally bung everything in chopped, stick in some stock, give it a stir, press blend and twenty minutes later you've got fresh amazing soup with little clearing up! I can't recommend it enough!



On TV I am loving the fact that Will and Grace is back on our screens - I was a huge fan of the American series back in the day and have been waiting for the new season ever since it aired in the US late last year. The characters might be older but it's still very funny.



You can catch up here if you missed the first episode.

I've been trying to keep Hector out of mischief recently so decided to make some busy bags for him to keep him amused for ten mins or so. They are really easy to make and the key is to fill each bag with one activity so as to not confuse them or give them too many options.


I also got round to finally organising the office where I work and where the children's learning resources are all kept. I was very pleased that an hour or so clearing out made the whole room look much better.


And finally talking of tidying and cleaning I finally managed to convince Webbo to get a new vacuum after our old Dyson was coming to the end of its days so we've upgraded to the Dyson V7 Handheld Cordless that we bagged in the sale here.

Have a great week back at school and work if you've still been off!

Much love,

Nathalie x

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