Life of Jana

It has been almost two months since I last blogegd and I've been missing it a lot! The beginning of the year has been quite hectic for me. I will share more about the year so far later but at the moment I want to share an amazing cupcake recipe I came up with recently!  You will all know by now that I am trying to eat as clean as possible, so I'm always trying to invent something new with healthy ingredients I find in my kitchen. I usually have some small jars of nut butters laying around in the cupboard, just because they are super easy to use in baking. I've noticed that they make muffins and cupcakes moist and soft, so they work as a good substitute for regular dairy butter. Ingredients: 2 eggs  1 cup unsweetened apple sauce  1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk  1/4 cup Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon vanilla extract  4 tablespoons almond butter  2 cups self raising flour 2 tablespoons brown sugar or coconut sugar  1 teaspoon baking soda...

  I came up with a health y cupcake recipe that I might use as an alternative to my usual C hristmas baking . I also bought these beautiful gold and green foil cases from Amazon - they make my cupcakes so Christmasy! It ' s an easy recipe and do esn't take long to make . I think the most fun part about baking cupcakes is decorating. I picked up these Milk Chocolate Multi Coloured Sprinkles (mini jazzies) from Tesco especiall y for Christ mas and they were only £1 ! I am really happy with how my cupcakes came out - they are so fluffy, light and do n' t taste overly sweet. I can actually taste all of the flavours and t hey are perfect to have with a hot chocolate! Ingredients: 3 bananas 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup honey (or maple syrup) 3 eggs 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups organic self raising flour (or a c ombination of plain and self raising flour) 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 ...

I've stopped buying cookies, cakes and pastries from the shop since starting my healthier lifestyle, so when I've been getting sugar cravings I have had to make something myself to fit my diet. I thought I would step over the line for once and make some peanut butter cookies with ''real flour and white sugar''. They came out amazing - very crunchy and crumbly! Tristan liked them too! Ingredients:   1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup light brown sugar 2 large eggs, room temperature 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup creamy peanut butter 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup granulated sugar for rolling (optional) Directions:  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Line a baking tray with paper. Cream the softened butter and both sugars together until smooth.  Add the eggs, vanilla and peanut butter and mix until combined. Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt until ...

As you all know by now, I love baking cookies. Most of the time they are chocolate cookies. To spice things up a bit, I decided to bake oat cookies this time with what I had in the cupboard - without any chocolate! I bought a little packet of Goji berries from Tesco a couple of weeks ago, usually I will have them in a bowl of fruit, use them for making tea or have them on top of ice cream. I thought I'd try them in cookies!  These came out amazing so I will share my recipe with you! Ingredients:   A handful of dates A handful Goji berries 1/2 cup water (berry soaked water) 1 egg 2 tablespoons peanut butter 2 cups oats 1 - 3 tablespoons coconut flour (just to make it thicker) Directions: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray Soak dried fruit (dates and Goji berries) in a small bowl with water and set aside. Let them soak at least 5 minutes In a larger bowl, beat an egg lightly and add peanut butter. Mix until creamy Add the soaked fruit w...