Looking for a 'healthy' alternative to my usual baking treats, I stumbled across Nic Nutrition's recipe for Oat Bran muffins and whipped up a batch at the weekend.
Great as a snack with only 100 calories and with a low GI, it means they keep you fuller for longer. Sometimes baking can be healthy :-)
If you want to try out the recipe, follow this link:
http://nicsnutrition.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/cholesterol-lowering-muffins.html
Nic has some great healthy recipe ideas on her blog. Definitely worth a look!
Have you heard of Cookie Girl www.cookiegirl.co.uk? A regular supplier of cupcakes and sweet snacks to the stars, she's a pretty well known figure around the Kensal Rise way - back when i was living there, we used to receive a free magazine where she would have a column every publication.
So when an opportunity arose to spend 2 hours learning to improve my cupcake decorating piping skills for a mere £20 each via Time Out vouchers I jumped at the chance.
Held in the upstairs area of Idlewild http://www.idlewildmaidavale.co.uk/ (where we incidently had our dinner - sausages, squid, chips and other munchies - highly recommended), around 20 of us gathered round tight tables, sharing decorations and passing around coloured icing.
We learnt 4 techniques and took away a decent 8 cupcakes to share with friends and family (or to scoff on the way home). Some of them were incredibly basic, and I was a little disappointed not to have learnt more detailed decorating technique (but then again, we had booked onto the 2 hour slot) and i'm sure some of the other classes were more detailed.
My friend and I had a fantastic time and the recipe for the icing was amazing, and i've been using it since on all my cupcakes.
I would definitely recommend a team bonding/friend outing/hen do event with cookie girl.
Book it!
