Life ¦ Sweet and sour recipe

Sweet and sour is one of my all time favourite meals, I also really love cooking it so today I thought I'd share my recipe with you! It's super simple and super quick whilst still being really tasty. This isn't the prettiest of meals I must warn you but what it lacks in the looks department it makes up for in general yumminess! 

Ingredients 

1 pepper (I prefer red or yellow)

200g baby corn 

150g beansprouts

Small tin of bamboo shoots

3 medium carrots

1 pack of mushrooms

(All of the above veggies are completely optional I swap things in and out all the time other things I love in it are broccoli and pineapple!) 

3 Garlic cloves 

1 bunch of spring onions or 1 large onion 

A couple of chilli's

A thumb sized piece of ginger (Grated)

For the sauce 

5 Tbsp soy sauce

5 Tbsp white wine vinegar

3 Tbsp soft brown sugar

3 Tbsp tomato sauce

3 Tbsp corn flour

Heat the wok and stir fry the garlic, ginger, chilli and onions for a minute then add whatever meat and brown. Then add in all your other vegetables. How long the veggies need depends on how much you've got in your wok and how much you want your veg to be cooked. I personally like my carrots still a bit crunchy so I add them in after about 2 minutes of stir frying all the other veg.

Mix all of the sauce ingredients in a jug and make sure the cornflour is fully dissolved. Pour the sauce over the ingredients in the wok, sometimes I find it needs more sauce so I just make up a little bit more if it needs it. 

I then serve it with either rice or noodles and it's done! 

What are your favourite chinese dishes?  

Sweet treats - Apple, Cinnamon and Ginger muffins

Now these are by no account the prettiest things I've ever baked but they were super delicious and fairly simple. 

Makes 12. 

You will need...

115G Flour 

115G Butter 

115G Sugar 

2 Eggs

2 Medium sized cooking apples (Peeled and chopped into small pieces) 

1 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon 

1 1/2 Tsp Ginger 

For the icing 

200G Icing sugar 

4-5 Tbsp water (You may need more this is just a rough guide)

1/2 Tsp Cinnamon 

1 Tsp Ginger 

Step 1 ..

Put the sugar and butter into a bowl and cream together until light and fluffy. 

Step 2 ..

Add the eggs into the butter and sugar adding a tbsp of flour to stop the mixture from curdling. 

Step 3 ..

Sieve in the flour and spices and fold into the liquid mixture with a metal spoon. 

Step 4 ..

Coat the apple in a dusting of flour so that they don't drop to the bottom of the muffins and fold evenly into the mixture. 

Step 5 ..

Fill the muffin cases and put into a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees celsius or Gas mark 6 for 15 to 20 minutes. Once baked remove from the oven and leave to cool for an hour or two. 

Step 6 ..

Make the icing by the packet instructions and add the spices. Spread over the cakes. 

Step 7 .. 

Enjoy! 

I really apologise for the single photo but by the time I realised all the others were blurry they were long gone! 

Apple and peanut butter breakfast muffins.

This has fast become one of my favourite breakfasts, it's super easy, quick, healthy and keeps me full till lunch time. The recipe can use any fruit and the peanut butter can be taken out and doesn't need to be replaced with anything I just love me some peanut butter! It also makes it a little stickier, If you wanted a little bit more moisture in the muffin you can add a teaspoon or two of milk. 

You will need.. 

3 Tbsp Oats 

1 Egg 

1 Tbsp Brown sugar 

1 Tbsp Peanut butter 

1/2 an apple 

Throw all the ingredients into a mug and make sure they are all mixed evenly and there are no lumps of egg or peanut butter. The mug then needs to go into the microwave for a minute. To check that it is done tip the cup and if any liquid can be seen pop back into the microwave for 10 seconds at a time. Once it's done tip the muffin onto a plate. I like to pop the other half of the apple and some more peanut butter onto my plate.

Sweet treats - Lemon and Ginger Cheesecake

I love me some cheesecake! This is one of my grandparents favourite things I bake so I thought I'd share it with you! 

You Will Need 

For the base 

450 G Ginger Nuts

150 G Unsalted butter 

3 Tbsp Golden Syrup 

For the topping

300 G Full fat cream cheese

300 Ml Double cream

3 Lemons 

2 Tsp Vanilla essence 

150 G Icing sugar

1. Start off with the base, crush the biscuits with a rolling pin until the pieces of biscuits are the desired size. Then pop the butter and golden syrup into a pan and melt. 

2. Pop the butter and syrup into the biscuit mixture and mix together and press the mixture into a tin. 

3. Put the base into the fridge and move on to the topping. Start of by putting the cream into a bowl and whisking with an electric whisk (You can do it by hand but i'd suggest you use a electric whisk).

4. Once the cream is forming soft peaks put in the zest of the lemons, the cream cheese, vanilla essence and the icing sugar and fold in with a spatula or a metal spoon. 

5. Pop the filling onto the base and put back into the fridge for at least 4 hours preferably overnight but if your anything like my family it never makes it! 

Smoothie Sundays! #1 Berry blast.

I adore smoothies, so today I though I would share this super easy super delicious smoothie recipie. 

You will need.... 

A couple of handfuls of frozen mixed berries.

About 300ml of Apple juice.

About a tsp of sugar.

This recipie is completely up to you if you want it sweeter add more sugar. If you want it more liquidy add more apple juice. Also if you add some more ice it makes a lovely slushie. 

Literally all you have to do with your ingredients I chuck them all in a smoothie maker. 

I hope you enjoyed this post, I'd love for you guys to let me know what your favourite smoothie/smoothie recipies are! 

Cole xoxo