GUEST BLOG: Madeleine Shaw's deliciously healthy flapjack recipe

Madeleine Shaw is a qualified Nutritional Health Coach and she has kindly designed this deliciously healthy flapjack recipe for Chloe's Pilates readers….

These flapjacks are made of a blend of nuts. Almonds are amazing at dosing your beautiful skin with some Vitamin E, while pecans contain several important B-complex groups of vitamins. Sunflower seeds are also include which you’re body uses with magnesium to soothe the nerves, easing stress, headaches and helping you relax!

Ingredients

• 150g of dates
• 1 banana
• 1 tbsp of manuka honey 
• 150g of almonds
• 150g of pecans
• 150g of hazelnuts
• 150g of sunflower seeds
• 30g of coconut oil
• 1 TBSP of cinnamon powder
• 1 TBSP of ginger powder
• pinch of sea salt
• optional – 1TSP of ground cloves and nutmeg

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 180ºC
2. In a food processor, blend the almonds, pecans and hazelnuts for 30 seconds to a minute – until lightly ground
3. Add in the rest of the ingredients
4. Blitz until totally everything is fully mixed
5. Place into a baking tray greased with coconut oil, bake for 20 minutes
6. We’re aiming for crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside!

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