A friend of mine is riding the Tour of Wessex this weekend and asked me for meal plan advice. He's camping, so everything has to be cooked on a gas burner and needs to fuel and recover from 100 hilly miles for 3 days! Good luck with that in this heat! I promised some healthy treats to keep him going. Here are Marathon Muffins Version 2. Preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160C. Grease 12 holes of a muffin tin well with a little oil. Measure out into a mixing bowl 300g oats, 2 tsp m

"Helen, Helen! Please come and run MK Half with us! And bring cake!". The bling looked great, so I said yes ... story of my life! I have a large bag of carrots in the fridge, so it was either going to be soup or cake. And cake won! I seem to have got a reputation for baking cake, but alongside baking this weekend I'm also researching veggie meals to try out over the next few weeks. Soon there will be no cake posts, just lovely healthy meals to try! Carrot cake is a real crowd

Its been a busy afternoon in cheesecake runner invention kitchen. I took a carrot cake recipe I had baked for coffee with friends after park run and added beetroot nuts, seeds and sultanas to make this delicious cake. Its got a touch of ginger and cinnamon which goes well with the earthiness of the beetroot. I'm resisting a second slice ... just! This cake is packed full of nutrients from the veg, nuts seeds and fruit. It’s made with rapeseed oil rather than butter, rich mus