So the next recipe we're gonna do is a little breakfast
I have to be honest, I 'm not very good at breakfast
I'm always out so quick, it's carnage in my household
it's kids everywhere; school, bags, homework
It's just... it's a nightmare
Breakfast is sooo important
I'm gonna jam a dish with Laura, a nutritionist, um
I'm gonna call it 3 minutes... um... super oats
we're not making porridge
but we are using oats, um...
so Laura, give me a little run-down on oats
These are whole flattened oats, have a look at this
they've got something called beta glucan in them
which is really good for helping reduce cholesterol, lower risk of things like heart attacks, strokes
They haven’t been highly processed, um.. you know so I think that...
you know, I think they look a little bit better, they got great flavour
fennel seeds, whole, just a little pinch or teaspoon, right
If you’ve never used this before, it’s just a little pop-pop-pop of flavour that just kind of wakes up
I think one of the biggest crimes in the last 40 years, is this kind of horrible, kind of junk foodie cereal attitude,
glug-glug-glug rubbishy old cereal
the truth has started to come out
and actually cereal is great if its’s clean and pure
if it’s loaded with sugar and sugar and sugar it’s just not great
you only need 2 minutes in a pan like this
I‘m also gonna put a little handful of coconut
you can get this lovely shredded coconut
it’s not desiccated so there’s no sugar on it, it’s just natural, but just a little pinch is gorgeous
and it’s staring to smell like breakfast now, really really nice
that already starting to toast up
I’m gonna turn that off now, you can see it’s got nice and dark
put ’em on a plate, you can smell of the coconut, amazing
let’s just put that there for a second
I need to back this up, so we want it to kind of complement
blueberries, gorgeous
now I‘m hoping these are really good for you
yep
because my lot love it
I’m just gonna put these blueberries, just half a punnet goes into a pan
and the juices, the natural juices will come out
you see ’em vibrating just on the heat, it’s crazy
look at how they’re changing colour
the more fruit and veggies you have in your diet, the lower chance of getting things like cancer
now what you can do if you want
is I’ve turned the heat off from this pan
I’m just gonna add a little water
encourage these little blueberries to just bust a little bit
I might have to turn the heat on again now, get ’em going
you’re getting that natural kind of crumbly cobbler like sort of stickiness
coming out, which I really like
now there is a little secret ingredient
it’s rose water, basically, it’s a little syrup, light syrup
you can pop it in dressings, pop it in marinades, it’s amazing in it's stews
it’s really good in desserts and cakes
and if it gets too sticky you can just add a little bit more water
get our lovely yogurt
I’m just gonna do a nice little dollop
we’re gonna take some of that lovely fruit over here
but what I love is when that heat from the blueberries starts to just melt the yogurt
and you get kind of ripply kind of raspberry ripple sort of effect going
that’s kind of ready and rearing to go, but I ain’t happy yet
mango, if you got it kicking around
fingers out of the way
start at the top of the mango and just take a lobe
and if you hit the stone then you can just flex your knife around it
but, I’m gonna do one nice little flab and I’m just gonna hedgehog it, right
I know it’s what the kids like
but also it’s just the easiest way to prepare it
not quite through the skin, sort of centimeter slices
doesn’t take any time at all
I know you probably seen this before, no big deal
but it’s just kind of fun
a ripe banana has a lot more sugar than a green banana
so as it ripens, yep, more and more sugar develops in the, in the bananas
you’re best off kind of eating it quite early on really
when it is green it is actually less fattening, less sugar in it
eat bananas as you always do
but if you’re watching the calories, if you’re trying to lose a little bit of weight
then the unripe bananas are much more favourable
take a little bit of lime
and it just brings out some incredible flavour in the banana, and the mango actually
so for me in 3 little minutes you can knock together something that’s beautiful and fun
so there you go guys, that is a lovely little breakfast
beautiful toasted oats, coconut, fennel seeds with those bursted blueberries and the lovely yogurt
some limed up banana and a bit of mango
super quick, fills you up, full of the good stuff
um, very very nice.