Breakfast is supposedly the most important meal of the day. But many people don’t have the knack for making something nutritious in the allocated time between getting up, taking a shower and flying out the door. So most of us resorted to boxed cereals and power bars (the healthy kind; fruit loops doesn’t count!) which, in my humble opinion, is pretty much like eating a piece of cardboard. So here’s a recipe for Chocolate and Banana Flapjacks. It’s fudgy, it’s chocolate-y and it’s made with oatmeal, which is good for sucking the cholesterol out of your blood circulation. Ideally you should make this the night before, so all you have to do is cut and eat before taking off to wherever you have to go, but this also works for a rather indulgent snack. It takes 20-25 mins to make (including prep time!) and the chocolate-banana combo will blow you away. Add a handful of chopped walnuts or almond for a protein boost!

Chocolate-Banana Flapjacks:

[ 100g unsalted butter + 100g brown sugar or granulated sugar + 1 teaspoon salt + 2 tablespoon honey + 180g oatmeal + 2 ripe bananas, mashed + 200g milk (or dark) chocolate ] *Optional: 100g chopped walnuts

Preheat the oven to 190c. Grease a small square tin (or use a non-stick spray or a non-stick tin) and set aside.

Put the butter,sugar, honey and salt into a microwaveble bowl and nuke it on full power for 1 minute or until everything is melted (you can also use a saucepan on a gentle heat). Keep stirring.

Mash the bananas.

Then add bananas and oats (and chopped walnuts, if using) to the melted butter mixture. Stir well

Pour the mixture into the greased tin and bake for 20-25 minutes. When the oven bell dings or your timer goes off, take it out of the oven.It should feel slightly soft when pressed. Score with a knife and set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in the microwave or use a double boiler (a bowl above a pan of simmering water). Pour the melted chocolate over the cooked flapjack (I also used a bit of white chocolate on mine).

Leave everything to cool; ideally overnight but I just gave these 1-2 hours in the fridge and they’re good to go. Don’t attempt to remove from the tin while it’s hot cause it will just fall to bits and you’ll end up creating a downright (albeit yummy) mess.

When cooled cut into squares (or any other shapes) and eat! (highly recommended with a glass of milk)

Enjoy!