200g wheatmeal or Granita biscuits
1/4 cup ground almonds
1 tbs caster sugar
100g butter, melted
4 eggs, lightly beaten
395g can condensed milk
2/3 cup (160ml) cream
Finely grated rind and juice of 4 limes
ENJOY!
~ Nicko
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For those of you who spend hours bent over books, here’s the college recipes! To regulate mood and anxiety, and improve concentration, here are the banana muffins with chocolate chips!
I’m so stressed about the forthcoming exams! I need something to cheer me up… I can prepare the banana muffins with chocolate chips… and I’ll name them “the good mood muffins“! We’ll need:
• 3 ripe bananas, about 9 (250 g) oz of flesh
• 2 cups (250 g) of flour
• just over ½ cup (125 g) of butter
• 2/3 cup (125 g) of sugar
• 5,3 oz (150 g) of chocolate chips
• just under ½ cup (100 ml) of milk • 2 eggs
• 2 ½ tsp (12 g) of baking powder
• ½ tsp of baking soda
• a few drops of lemon juice
• 1 sachet (1/8 tsp) of vanilla powder
• 1 pinch of salt
In a bowl, combine the softened butter at room temperature with the sugar, and beat until you have a pale and creamy mixture.
Now add the eggs, one at a time, and continue to beat.
Mix in the mashed banana puree, that has been sprinkled with lemon juice to prevent browning. Now add the milk in a thin stream, always beating.
Now fold in the sifted flour, vanilla powder, baking powder and salt… then add the baking soda, too. What’s the chemical formula for baking soda? oh yeah, I’ve just learnt it: NaHCO3!
Now add the chocolate chips to the mixture, and remember to reserve 2 tablespoons.
Line a 12-piece muffin pan with paper cups, divide the batter evenly and sprinkle with the reserved chocolate chips. Now you can bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes.
In the meantime…
Did you know that…
Chocolate and bananas are rich in tryptophan, a substance that regulates mood and anxiety, and improves your ability to concentrate.
This muffin cheers me up just looking at it… not to mention eating it!
The swordfish pizzaiola is a healthy and tasty dish that is baked with tomato, mozzarella, capers and oregano… Deb shows us how to cook it in less than half an hour!
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Are you looking for an easy and tasty recipe? Try the swordfish pizzaiola, ready in just a few minutes. Let’s see how to do! We’ll need:
• 4 swordfish steaks, of about 5,3 oz (150 g) each
• 14 oz (400 g) of plum tomatoes
• 8,8 oz (250 g) of mozzarella 2 oz (60 g) of black pitted olives • ½ oz (15 g) of desalted capers
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 5 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil / salt to taste / black pepper to taste
• oregano to taste
Blanch the tomatoes, remove the skin and the inner seeds, and cut into cubes.
Cut the mozzarella into thin slices, squeeze gently and set aside.
Take a baking dish, grease it with 2 tablespoons of oil, arrange the swordfish steaks without overlapping, and salt.
Top the swordfish with the mozzarella slices and the diced tomatoes. Then add the olives and the capers; sprinkle with oregano and pepper to taste. Finally, add the chopped garlic and drizzle with the remaining oil.
Bake in preheated oven at 390°F (200°C) for 20 minutes. Once cooked, serve the swordfish still hot.
Here is our swordfish pizzaiola… good, easy and quick!
For those of you who spend hours bent over books, here’s the college recipes! To improve your memory (and get rid of leftovers) that’s the recipe right for you: the clean-out-the-fridge quiche!
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