Blueberry & Carrot Oat Muffins (SW, WW & low calorie friendly)

New and updated baked oat recipe! This is just one version, so please check my blog for other baked oat ideas.

These baked oats are 1/2 syn for 7 muffins, using oats for your hexb, part hexa, so the only syn is the blueberries. 

Blueberry and Carrot oat muffin recipe

• 40g oats (hexb)
• 40g grated carrot (speed)
• 70/80mls of almond milk (part hexa)
• 1 egg (protein)
• 2 caps of vanilla extract or a flavouring of your choice (free)
• 2 tsp cinnamon (free)
• Blueberries (Free food and syns can vary depending on many you use, mine was 1/2 syn but please check your app to protect your weightloss)

***No sweetener needed

What you need;

• Muffin tray
• 7 silicone cases
• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees

Measure your 40g oats and 40g carrots then put in a jug with your 80mls of milk and stir. Then add in your egg and mix throughly. Then add your cinnamon and flavouring of your choice. Combine all together. 

Place your silicone cases onto your muffin tray or tray, then pour in the mixture. Weigh out your blueberries and then pop a few in each case. You can just drop them on like I did on push them right into the mixture.

Put into your oven on 180 for 25-30 mins. Then leave to cool for 3-5 mins. You can add maple syrup or choc shot for an extra treat but I quite like them as they are.       

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Serve with some speed food and yogurt or quark! Quark for extra protein and filling power 💪🏻 

If you make them be sure to let me know here, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or add me on snapchat “justjulietta” as I’d love to see and hear from you. 
I hope you enjoy x 

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*please check the syn values of the brand of Milk & other products to protect your weight loss. Syns do vary with brand labels. 

If you want to syn your Oats instead of using your heathy extra b you can, just make sure to check the syn values in your book or the slimming world website. 

*All syn values are correct at the time of posting this recipe, if you’re viewing at a later date please check the syn values to protect your weight loss. 

Sweet Freedom Choc Pot review (new product)

I have done a review on the Sweet Freedom range before and you can find that here, but today I want to share with you the brand new product they released, the Sweet Freedom Choc Pot.

Firstly, I would like to take a little bit of appreciation on the new branding and packaging. The woodland creatures and darker packaging really sets the product apart from its former white, clean label and you can tell the company has developed and created a unique brand that appeals to mass market.

Okay let me start with the question on everyones lips “how many syns?” it is 0.5 per level teaspoon and 14 cals. If you use 1 level tablespoon it is 2 syns. Now many people argue this point because 3 tsp are in 1 tbsp so technically that would be 1.5 syns BUT it is 14cals per tsp so 14 x 3 +42cals = 2 syns. Phew! that’s that cleared up 🙂

Now this product is exciting for me because I love chocolate spread in my breakfast, on fruit and in baked oats. Half the syns as normal spread, but what’s the catch? There isn’t one, there is just a different taste. So choc pot to me is more a dark chocolate spread, it has a bournville taste and I love bournville so it’s perfect for me. If you are not a fan of dark chocolate then this isn’t the spread for you! Anymore than 1 tbsp, it is sickly.

In porridge it melts through like a dream, it is easy to spread and it has a thick consistency. It doesn’t taste like the liquid choc shot, I find sometimes the liquid choc shot can have an aftertaste but I don’t find this with the choc pot.

The choc pot is 250g that does seem like a lot but it actually isn’t as much as it seems, it is around 16.5 level tbsp. So if you like to use it everyday like this chocoholic here, then you would need to buy a tub every few weeks. It lasts up to 6 weeks in the fridge, so maybe don’t be like me and have it everyday 😉

Here are a few breakfasts I have been enjoying using choc pot;

Carrot Cake & Chocolate Oats

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Pancakes

Chocolate & Date Creamy High Bran

Carrot & Chocolate High Bran

You can pick up the Choc Pot from Asda, it was released on 20th February but it was in limited stores, the product has now been released into over 300 stores. It is priced at £3 per tub.

Sweet Freedom Choc Pot Chocolate Spread is a Gluten Free and Dairy Free Chocolate spread made with 100% natural ingredients.

• 250g.
• Vegan.
• Made in the UK.
• With 75% less fat.
• Gluten, wheat & dairy free.
• Only 14 cals per teaspoon.
• No additives, chemical processing, palm oil, GMOs or preservatives.

 

*Disclaimer – Sweet Freedom kindly sent me the Choc Pot to test and review. All opinions are completely honest and my own! No sponsored content.

Low syn Chocolate coconut weetabix muffins | Just Julie Bake’s (slimming world)

Low syn chocolate coconut weetabix muffins.

You need:

• Blender
• Silicone muffin cases
• Muffin tray

• 2 x Weetabix (hexb)
• 2 Eggs (protein)
• 1 cap full of Vanilla extract
• 1/2 Mullerlight Vanilla with dark chocolate sprinkles (free)
• 1 tsp (1/2 syn) Sweet Freedom Choc shot coconut 
• 1tbsp (4 syns) Nutella
• Apple (or speed of your choice)
• Banana (to top)

Put the weetabix in a blender and blend into a fine powder. Then add the sweetner, eggs and extract, then blend together. Once combined add the muller light and Sweet Freedom Choc shot coconut then blitz all together.

Now spoon the mixture into the silicone moulds, I put my moulds into a muffin tray to help keep the shape. Then the oven will be on 180 degrees for 25-30 mins.

I like to switch the oven off and leave them in there for 3-5 mins to cool down.

Then once you take them out, use the Nutella to top the muffins, place a slice of banana on each muffin and chop up the apple. I’ve been using an apple cutter I got from Asda for £1. (Can be seen on my Instagram) 

Make sure to have the rest of your yogurt, banana and any other speed or free fruit you fancy! Keeping to plan. Or keep the banana and yogurt for a nice dessert later 😋

This mixture will make 5 muffins and if you use the syn amounts I have provided it will be 4.5 syns and hexb.

I hope you enjoy x 

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If you want to syn your weetabix instead of using your heathy extra b you can, just make sure to check the syn values in your book or the slimming world app/website. 

All syn values are correct at the time of posting this recipe, if you’re viewing at a later date please check the syn values to protect your weight loss. 

Chocolate orange low syn weetabix muffins | slimming world

You need:

• Blender
• Silicone muffin cases
• Muffin tray

• 2 x Weetabix (hexb)
• 2 Eggs (protein)
• 1 cap full of Orange extract
• 1/2 Mullerlight orange with dark chocolate sprinkles (free)
• 1 tsp (1/2 syn) Sweet Freedom Choc shot orange spice
• 1tbsp (4 syns) Nutella
• Satuma/orange

Put the weetabix in a blender and blend into a fine powder. Then add the sweetner, eggs and extract, then blend together. Once combined add the muller light and Sweet Freedom Choc shot orange spice then blitz all together.

Now spoon the mixture into the silicone moulds, I put my moulds into a muffin tray to help keep the shape. Then the oven will be on 180 degrees for 25-30 mins.

I like to switch the oven off and leave them in there for 5 mins to cool down.

Then once you take them out, use the Nutella to top the muffins, place a piece of orange on each muffin, grate some zest if you wish and then can top with more Sweet Freedom Choc shot orange spice. *note* this would be extra so make sure to syn it (1/2 syn per teaspoon)

Make sure to have the rest of your yogurt, orange and any other speed or free fruit you fancy! Keeping to plan. 

This mixture will make 4 muffins and if you use the syn amounts I have provided it will be 4.5 syns and hexb. If you top the muffins with more Choc shot remember to add another 1/2 syn making it 5 syns and hexb. 

I hope you enjoy x 

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If you want to syn your weetabix instead of using your heathy extra b you can, just make sure to check the syn values in your book or the slimming world website. 

All syn values are correct at the time of posting this recipe, if you’re viewing at a later date please check the syn values to protect your weight loss. 

Sweet Freedom (Review)

Do you ever find a staple product and always have to have it? Well thats how I feel with Sweet Freedom products. If you have been following my blog you know I am following Slimming World and being a chocolate and honey lover well that makes it difficult, until I found Sweet Freedom. For each of their products it is only 1/2 syn per level teaspoon!! Yes you read that right!

Sweet Freedom has 5 different products;

• Choc shot
• Choc shot coconut
• Choc shot orange spice
• Syrup
• Syrup (dark)

I use the syrup (which tastes like honey/maple syrup) in my over night oats, pancakes, baked oats, over fruit and nuts. The choc shot I use over ice cream, fruit, pancakes, baked oats, to bake with and a hot chocolate! The hot chocolate is so good when it’s made with Choc shot and Almond unsweetened milk!

I was so surprised by the taste of the syrup, it is a beautiful and thick syrup. I was worried that it wouldn’t be thick because it is so low calorie and vegan friendly, but it is! Heavenly! The same applies for the Choc shot, it is thick and has a gorgeous taste. I have raved about it that much in my Slimming World group around 50 members have bought it in the last few weeks, as we have our own group page and I always share my baked breakfast which all have Sweet Freedom products used in them.

Each product for me serves a different purpose depending what I am in the mood for. Recently I was inspired by the Slimming World HiFi macaroon bars and made Chocolate macaroon baked oats, where I used the Choc shot coconut which worked a dream.

Chocolate Macaroon Baked Oats (5 syns)

When I fancy a Terry’s chocolate orange the Choc shot orange spice hits the spot! I bake with it then add some over the top, delicious!!

Chocolate orange weetabix (5 syns)

The syrups are perfect for pancakes and waffles, yum! I am getting hungry just thinking about those. Waffles are my new obsession and the syrups are like the icing on the cake.

Chocolate weetabix waffles (1 syns)

The things you can make with Sweet Freedom products are amazing. If you check out their Instagram and website you’ll be blown away by the range of recipes and how other people are using the products ever day. The fact it’s low calorie and a vegan product, makes it top marks! It is a staple that I could not be without, I use it almost everyday and replace it every few weeks!

You can purchase Sweet Freedom products from Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Boots and many other stores, which you can find here.

COMPETITION to Win the set of Freedom Freedom product ends 30th September 2016.

A little stop motion I created:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK8R5QHh8FT/?taken-by=justjulie_sw

Salted Caramel Breakfast Muffin recipe

Morning all!

I have been sharing my favourite breakfasts over on Instagram and I’ve been asked a few times for the recipe, so here it it.

You need:

• Blender
• Silicone muffin cases
• Muffin tray

• 2 x Weetabix (hexb)
• 2 Eggs (protein)
• 2 cap full of Salted caramel extract
• 1/2 Mullerlight toffee (free)
• 1 tsp (1/2 syn) Sweet Freedom Fruit Syrup
• 1tbsp (4 syns) Nutella
• Sea Salt

Put the weetabix in a blender and blend into a fine powder. Then add the sweetner, eggs and extract, then blend together. Once combined add the muller light (it also works well with vanilla sprinkled with dark chocolate) and Sweet Freedom fruit syrup (dark is my favourite) then blitz all together.

Now spoon the mixture into the silicone moulds, I put my moulds into a muffin tray to help keep the shape. Then the oven will be on 200 degrees for 25-30 mins.

I like to switch the oven off and leave them in there for 5 mins to cool down.

Then once you take them out, use the Nutella to top the muffins and sprinkle some sea salt over the top. 

Have some speed with your breakfast keeping it on plan 😬

Such a nice treat and for breakfast how can you say no?

This mixture will make 5 muffins and if you use the syn amounts I have provided it will be 4.5 syns and hexb for the 5 muffins, making them (rounding up) 1 syn each. 

If you want to syn your weetabix instead of using your heathy extra b you can, just make sure to check the syn values in your book or the slimming world website. 

All syn values are correct at the time of posting this recipe, if you’re viewing at a later date please check the syn values to protect your weight loss. 
I hope you enjoy 😘