Homemade Sushi

Made homemade sushi for lunch. 
I say "made" I didn't actually make or fold them my mum and brother did. I just bought the ingredients, supervised and ate...

Sushi is actually pretty hard to make - trying to fold it is hard to ensure your filling doesn't fall out and stays neat. It is a skill to perfect it. 

We have sushi rice which is different to normal rice as it sticks more. Cook it in the rice cooker then cool it with ice water. Once it's cooled mix in rice vinegar and a bit of sugar - your rice is ready to use. We used smoked salmon, omelette, cucumber and avocado. You're suppose to have a bit of wasabi but my brother doesn't like it so we never put any in. We also had black sesame seeds to roll in. 

They were really nice and filling. The cost of all this would probably be the same as a try you would get to take out from a restaurant. Only they would use fresh raw salmon we used smoke salmon.

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Healthy Snack Bars

 I made healthy snack bars as Liverpool is currently in tier 3 lockdown means the gym is shut again.. so I have to try and keep myself busy. (I'm actually doing home workouts this time and not wasting the time away like last time!) 

I tried another Kayla Itsines recipe - healthy snack bars which are super easy to make and are also sugar free!

Ingredients:

4 tbsp Peanut Butter/Nut Butter of your choice

4 tbsp Honey

½ tsp Vanilla Extract

100g Rice Crispies

30g Mixed Nuts

30g Mixed Seeds

30g Dried Fruit

What you will need:

Mixing Bowl

Scales
Wooden Spoon
Measuring Spoons

Spoon
Jug (Microwavable)

Baking Tray

Baking Paper

Wire Rack

Oven 150°C

Baking Time 20 - 25 minutes

Method:

Melt your peanut butter, honey and vanilla extract in a jug in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds till it turns into a liquid and smooth. (I forgot to take a photo of it!)

Mix all your dry ingredients - rice crispies, nuts, seeds and dried fruit in your mixing bowl. 

Once it's all mixed pour your melted peanut butter, honey and vanilla extract mixture in. 

Mix until well coated and combined

Once it's well mixed place into your baking tray which has been lined with baking paper - ensure the baking paper overhangs the sides so you can easily remove the bars from the tray once cooled.

Using a spoon ensure it is flat and evenly spread in the tray.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden.

Leave to cool in the tray for a couple of minutes then pull it out using the baking paper and place onto a wire rack to completely cool.

Once cooled you can cut to size you want.

Trying to do a photoshoot is hard especially when you're not using natural light. These look and taste so much better than the photos look!

They're super easy to make and perfect as a post or pre workout snack. You can use any nuts, seeds or dried fruit you like. I had sesame, pumpkin, sunflower and lin seeds (bag of mixed seeds.) Cashew, blanched almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, (bag of mixed nuts) pecans and sultanas. I toasted the seeds and nuts first in the oven for about 5 minutes first and let them cool before using them.

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Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

 Dairy and sugar free oatmeal cookies

Made these healthy dairy and sugar free oatmeal cookies. The photo on the top has coconut and the bottom doesn't. They also have different nuts in them. They're super easy to make, quick and you can change and add whatever you want in them!

Ingredients:

100g Porridge Oats
60g Desiccated Coconut
50g Ground Almonds
1 tsp Cornflour
1 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
3 tbsp Melted Coconut Oil
2 tbsp Honey
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
4 tbsp Warm Water

Optional:

Mixed Seeds

Dried Fruit

Nuts

What you will need:

Mixing Bowl
Wooden Spoon
Measuring Spoons

Spoon
Jug (Microwavable)

Flat Baking Trays

Baking Paper

Fork

Scales

Makes - 16 cookies

Baking time - 12 - 15 mins

Oven - 170°C

Method:

Mix all your dry ingredients together until well combined - porridge oats, coconut, ground almonds, cornflour, baking powder and salt.

In your jug melt your coconut oil in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds until it turns to liquid. Then add your honey, vanilla extract and warm water. Then pour your liquid into your dry mixture until well combined with your wooden spoon.

Once it's well combined roll them into a ball with your hand and place them onto your baking tray. Use a fork to flatten them (I forgot to do this).

Leave enough space for them to spread.

Leave them on the tray to cool down for 5 minutes before transferring them onto a wire rack to completely cool.

Tray 1 has a handful of sultanas, some roasted pistachios and toasted pine nuts I had left over and mixed seeds - sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and lin seeds.

Tray 2 - I ran out of coconut so used 110g of almond flour. It has some left over toasted cashew nuts and mixed seeds as tray 1.

I prefer tray 1 as it has coconut which makes everything taste better and the sultanas gives it that little extra sweetness. They are super easy and quick to make thanks to Kayla Itsines recipe which said you would get 16 cookies and it did as I did 2 separate batches. 

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JD Williams

JD Williams TV Christmas Ad 2018

So I'm in the JD Williams Christmas ad this year as an extra! This was filmed in September in Lytham St Annes and came out about 2 weeks ago. I've not seen the full ad on TV yet but Danielle has. You can watch it on Youtube here. You'll see me 10 seconds in after the woman in lingerie sitting on the chair! 

It was fun getting my hair and make up done and given clothes to wear. The only thing that's mine is the jeans everything else they provided. It was different to doing the usual TV stuff I do.

Behind the scenes of Christmas day on the beach which everyone does in England right?

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