Better sleep Chicken & pearl barley broth
A deep bowl of pulled chicken, barley and root veg; the batch-cook that owns winter evenings.
Banana oat pancakes with warm blueberries
Three-ingredient-adjacent pancakes for breakfast-at-dinner nights, topped with warm berries.
Ingredients
Servings 2
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Method
- Step 1
Blitz bananas, eggs, oats, baking powder and cinnamon; rest 5 minutes.
- Step 2
Fry small pancakes in the butter, 2 minutes a side; makes about 8.
- Step 3
Warm the blueberries with honey until they burst.
- Step 4
Stack with berries and yogurt.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 420 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 17g |
| Carbohydrates | 62g |
| – of which sugars | 26g |
| Fibre | 8g |
| Fat | 12g |
| – of which saturates | 4.5g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.3g |
| Calcium | 180mg |
| Iron | 2.4mg |
| Salt | 0.5g |
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