Chocolaty Flapjacks

Incase you haven't already noticed by the general themes of my recipes I'm a chocoholica, an addiction beyond many other. So I've braved it and given it up for lent, mad I know, but I'm going to do it, I'm certain. 

But this defiantly doesn't stop me from baking chocolaty treats as my very trusted brother is the perfect person to taste/gobble them all down for me. 

Flapjacks are really one of the simplest of things to make.

All you need is ;

175g Butter

100g Light Muscovado sugar (basically just brown sugar

2 tbsp Golden syrup

225g Porridge oats

150g Chocolate of your choice 

Pe-heat the oven to 180`c/150`f and grease and line a 20cm (ish) square tin.

Put the butter,  sugar and syrup into a heavy based sauce pan on a low heat and stir until everyone has melted into a dark coloured syrup. 

Take off the heat, and stir in the oats.

Chop up 100g of chocolate in to little squares (1/2cm would be fine) and stir into the mixture. 

Scoop into the tin and level out, put in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, this mixture should be golden brown with slightly more colour around the edges.
Melt the rest of the chocolate.  Mark out the squares you are going to cut. 

Once the flapjacks are cool pour the chocolate over and place in a cool place so the chocolate hardens slightly, if you decide to place them in the fridge then only put them in For a maximum of 10 minutes other wise the flapjacks will go hard and won't taste as naughty. 

Once cooled and chocolate is hard enough cut the slices properly and serve :) they will
keep in a tin for 3-4 days so if you haven't eaten them in one day then they will defiantly keep for round two! 

These are great to experiment with, next time I really fancy trying pineapple flapjacks, ill let you know how they go. 

Have fun.

K x

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Bucket List

So for me 2013 hasn't had the best start, although I am convinced it will get better! I have realized that you should never take anyone or anything for granted and that you never know what is around the corner so make the most of every little moment and don't hold back with anything. 

So I thought I'd put together a little bucket list of things to do in life, several of the most fabulous things in my own opinion (in no particular order), see how many you could do. 

1.  Invent something.
New things are being invented all the time, so why not make your own little piece of history

2.  Fly a plane
I think the best view of anything and everything is from above.

3. Hang your art in a gallery (for the artistic people out there).

4. Watch the sunset at the Grand Canyon.
One of the natural wonders of the world, I don't think there would be anywhere better to watch the sun set.

If america's not quite in your budget then thousands and thousands of people year in and out have been watching the sunset through the giant stone formations of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

5. Visit the salt flats in Bolivia.
Think of the amount of picture fun you could have here!

6. Go ice skating in Central Park, NYC.

7. Stay at the Ice Hotel, Sweden.

8. Spend Christmas in Lapland.
This would defiantly be an unforgettable Christmas, especially if children are involved.

9. Walk with lions in Zimbabwe.

10. Scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef.
The underwater world is something we defiantly don't see everyday.

I'm going to try and do all of these in my life, starting with the scuba diving this summer when I visit Australia. 

Have fun and let me know how you get on, and any other suggestions you may have please let me know. 

K x 

P.s check out the twitter account @fascinatingpics for some unbelievable pictures of places you might want to visit.

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White Chocolate & Nutella Strawberries

Yes I should be doing dissertation work but being in the kitchen today seemed like a much better idea to me!
I made two extremely naughty treats today, the first one being 'The Londoners' extremely chocolatey mars bar melts, they are so easy to make and defiantly will impress anybody you have round for a sunday afternoon cuppa. Now I'm not going to post this recipe as that would be stealing, but you can find it by clicking here

Now its time to hit the fruit and chocolate option, a bit more healthier I like to think (really, I must be kidding myself) during procrastination this morning I stumbled upon the fact that it is world Nutella day on Tuesday, I got so incredibly excited by this, that I thought I must make something with this incredible pot of irresistibleness, so here goes...

White chocolate and Nutella covered strawberries, so simple to make and take no time at all
You will need;
Strawberries (preferably not the ridiculously large ones) 300 grams (ish)
Nutella 2 massive tablespoons (the more the better, in my opinion)
White Chocolate 200grams
Milk Chocolate 100grams

First if all you need to cut the strawberries into half, I cut mine horizontally, but that's just personal preference, you can do it either way.
Next you need to melt all the chocolate, I've always found the best way to do this is in a glass bowl on top of a pan of boiling water, this way the chocolate doesn't burn to the bottom of the pan. Once the chocolate is melted take it off the heat and scoop in the Nutella, stir it in until it is all mixed together, it should be a milk chocolate colour.
Place the strawberries onto a baking tray covered in foil, and make sure they aren't touching. Pour the melted chocolate and Nutella mix over the strawberries, making sure each one is as covered as possible.
Pop them in the freezer for 15 minutes or when the chocolate has hardened, take them out and peal them off the foil, put them in a bowl then voilà you are done!

I tend to store them in the freezer, just purely because our fridge isn't very cold and I like the chocolate to be rock solid, but the choice is yours.

These are the perfect spring treats, and 'hey' they have one of your 5 a day in, so defiantly a good make.

K x

Just delish... now time to hit the gym

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