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This healthy banana muffin recipe makes eating cake for breakfast guilt-free! Ripe bananas add sweetness to muffins, so you don't have to use much sugar. Wholemeal flour give the muffins plenty of fibre, keeping you full for longer.

Equipment: You will need a six-hole muffin tin.

Each muffin provides 206 kcal, 4.5g protein, 30g carbohydrate (of which 13g sugars), 7.5g fat (of which 0.8g saturates), 1g fibre and 0.4g salt.


Healthy banana muffins

grams/4½oz wholemeal flour

tbsp light muscovado sugar

level tsp baking powder

medium free-range egg, beaten

grams/1¾oz low-fat plain yoghurt

milliliters/2fl oz rapeseed oil,

bananas (175 grams/6 ounces peeled weight), roughly mashed

Courgette fritters are an easy, cheap and quick vegetarian lunch or dinner. This recipe uses peas and cumin, but you can use whatever vegetables and spices you have.

Each serving provides 283 kcal, 15.5g protein, 24g carbohydrates (of which 4g sugars), 15.5g fat (of which 2.3g saturates), 3g fibre and 1.8g salt.

Courgette fritters

120 grams/4½oz courgette, coarsely grated

sea salt

½ tsp baking powder

tbsp plain flour

1½ tsp ground cumin

grams/2 oz frozen peas, thawed

vegetable oil,

black pepper

tbsp plain yoghurt

mango chutney

These easy sweetcorn fritters from the Hairy Bikers are the perfect accompaniment to fried chicken or pulled pork, but also good as finger food for little ones or brunch with sliced avocado and toast. 

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