Snack attack!

 

Today it rained all day. I did a 10 mile run and was hypothermic on return, so spent the rest of the day devising snack ideas....

Hot bananas and cinnamon
Take one banana (a brown mushy one is best). Chop into thin slices. Put in bowl. Microwave on full power for 2 minutes. Sprinkle over some ground cinnamon. Mash with a fork. Serve with some yoghurt (plain/ Greek/ vanilla are nice).

Fruity Flapjacks (make 10 little ones)
125 g butter or marg
3 dessert spoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
175 g porridge oats
1 apple, chopped into small pieces
100 g raisins / dates / mixed dried fruits
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
50 g pecan nuts (or whatever you like best), chopped into small pieces 

1. Heat oven to 180oC (fan assisted) and grease and line a loaf tin
2. Heat the butter, sugar and honey together in a pan until they melt
3. Add the oats to the melted butter mixture and mix until all are coated
4. In another pan, put the apple and raisins and cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes until the fruit goes soft. Using a fork or a potato masher, mash the fruit up into a paste.
5. Assemble the flapjack: spread half of the oat mixture into the bottom of the loaf tin. Then layer on top of this the fruit mixture. Sprinkle the pecan nuts over this. Finally spread the second half of the oat mixture on top. Be careful when spreading the layers that you don't disturb the layer beneath.
6. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes until the top is golden brown.
7. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes or so, then cut lengthways down the loaf tin, and into 5 across, so you have 10 flapjacks. Leave in the tin to cool properly, then turn the pieces out onto a plate.
8. Eat.

I made it with raisins because dates in Sainsbury's were the price of gold. Raisins were nice, but I think dates would be better. 

Bread
Get one of the 500g ready to make bread packs you can get in supermarkets. You can get all sorts: white, brown, seeded, tomatoey - I got a seeded one. Follow instructions on packet, it's dead easy! Fresh bread in a couple of hours! Nice pre-run snack with some peanut butter and chopped banana. Also a nice post cold/ rainy/ miserable run treat served warm with butter and cheese to cheer you up. Happy days!