Home-made Strawberry Milkshake

Despite being in my early twenties & (apparently) a responsible adult, one of my favourite drinks has to be the classic strawberry milkshake.. yummm. However, the other side of trying to act like a responsible adult is knowing that most milk-shakes - filled with ice-cream & sugar - are in no way healthy. 
But - in my opinion - this shouldn't have to mean that those who are - at least trying - to live a slightly healthier lifestyle have to miss out on these delicious drinks. 
So I thought I'd share one of current favourite recipes for a home-made strawberry milkshake... 

Disney glass optional, but highly recommended.

Ingredients for 1 Milkshake: 4 or 5 frozen strawberries 250ml Semi-skimmed Milk  1/2 tsp sugar to taste (optional)
Method:  1) Pop the strawberries into your blender - I personally use the Breville Blend Active 2) Sprinkle in a little sugar for added sweetness if desired 3) Add semi-skimmed milk 4) Slowly pulse the ingredients until you've reached the milkshake desired consistency 
This is a simple recipe that quickly satisfies any sweet cravings that may pop up.. plus it's much healthier (& cheaper) than popping to the nearest Ed's Diner. 
What's your favourite healthy treat? I'm always on the look out for healthier alternatives!

Chocolate Easter Nest Cakes - Recipe

This year I couldn't resits making some cakes to celebrate Easter. I was tempted to make a cheesecake (Yum!) but then decided to take a trip back to my childhood with Easter Nest Cakes.

I haven't written about anything like this before - but thought with it being Easter, why not?

The recipe I used came from Tesco and can be seen in full here or read below for my overview. 

Ingredients: 

170g shredded wheat biscuits

250g milk chocolate

50g butter

3 tbsp golden syrup

3 tsp cocoa powder

mini eggs to decorate 

baking cases

Preparation: 

1.   Break up the wheatabix into a mixing bowl. 

2.   If you don’t like wheatabix you could use another cereal  - such as rice crispies or cornflakes.. but wheatabix give the most authentic “nest look”. 

3.   Break the chocolate into a small bowl & set the bowl over a small pan of simmering water.

4.   Make sure the base of the bowl doesn’t come into contact with the water as it’ll cause the chocolate to burn. 

5.   Add the butter and cocoa powder then stir until completely melted. 

6.   Remove from the heat and add the golden syrup & Stir again until combined.

7.   Pour in the shredded wheat and mix really thoroughly *this will make your arm ache – but think of it as a work out before gorging on chocolate cakes!!*

8.   Spoon into the paper cases & put mini chocolate eggs on top to decorate

9.   Pop into the fridge to set

10.  Enjoy! 

End result: 

Yum! 

And there you have it.. the end result is this cute little cake perfect for a little Easter celebration. These are so easy to make - they probably only took me about half an hour in total to put together - & (I personally think) they taste incredible!

If you can't indulge in lots of chocolate at Easter, when can you?!

What are your favourite Easter foods?

xxx