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Tropical breakfast bars

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Wrap up these tropical breakfast bars and pack up for an on-the-go fruity breakfast that will help to fill you up. Make them with just five ingredients, plus oil from your storecupboard

 

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Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra for the tin
  • 2 large, very ripe bananas
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 70g light brown soft sugar
  • 250g nutty muesli
  • 100g tropical dried fruit mix

 

Method

  • STEP 1

    Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly oil and line a 20cm deep square tin with baking parchment.

  • STEP 2

    Mash the bananas in a bowl until smooth, then stir through the oil, egg and sugar. Fold through the muesli, most of the tropical mix and a pinch of salt. Spoon the mixture into the tin and sprinkle with the remaining tropical mix. Bake for 35-40 mins, leave to cool in the tin, then turn out on to a board and slice into 10 bars. Will keep in an airtight container for four days.

     

Goes well with

Mango smoothie

 

Cool down this summer with a fresh and fruity mango smoothie. Mango and banana are blended with orange juice for a burst of tropical flavour.

 

Ingredients

  • 1 medium mango
  • 1 banana
  • 500ml orange juice
  • 4 ice cubes

 

Method

  • STEP 1

    Cut the mango down either side of the flat stone, then peel and cut the flesh into chunks.

  • STEP 2

    Peel and chop the banana.

  • STEP 3

    Put all the ingredients into a food processor or blender, then process until smooth and thick. Keep in the fridge and use the day you make it.

 

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