Hi my name is Aimi and I have a pie caption addiction

It started harmlessly enough, the kids letter cutters were out on the side, there was pastry left over, it just sort of happen. 

But once just wasn't enough. 

My pie caption addiction is out of control. I sometimes only make pie because I have a caption in mind and captions have now turned into pie puns.

It's getting worse every time. 

And my next pie caption is already lined up.......Live and let pie!

Baked mini cinnamon doughnuts

These doughnuts are sooooooo tasty, you'll want just one more. 

Finding a good baked doughnuts recipe has taken me ages.

My first attempts I made in muffin tins ( nicknamed muffnuts ) although tasty these were quite big, in a lightbulb moment I wondered how they would turn out in my cake pop mould. 

Being very impatient I tried to remove my first batch without letting them cool properly and I was left with twice as many half moon doughnuts, undeterered my second batch I left to cool for about 30 minutes in the mould and they all popped out perfectly.  

70g Butter

200g Caster Sugar

1 Egg

200g Plain Flour

1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

125ml Milk

100g Sugar

1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon (for coating)

I'm a massive fan of Mary Berry's all in recipes. So I put everything in the mixer and beat it for a few minutes until I'm happy with the consistency (doughnut mixture should be a little thicker than a cake mix).

Melt some butter (I do a small amount in a cup in the microwave) and using a pastry brush coat your cake pop mould on both sides. Be generous, you don't want them getting stuck. 

Fill half the mould with your mixture, pop the top of your mould on and bake in the oven on a baking tray at 190 for 20 minutes. Then leave to cool in the mould for a further 30 minutes.

Once out of the moulds. Melt some butter in a bowl. Mix your sugar and cinnamon in another bowl. Then you coat your doughnuts in butter, then coat straight away in the sugar mixture. 

Then the waiting is over and the eating can begin. 

If your not a fan of cinnamon, simply leave it out of the mixture and you could dip half your doughnut in melted chocolate. Equally scrummy. 

Summer health kick with our smoothie maker.

So I bit the bullet and bought a Nutribullet.

Buying smoothies at almost £3 a pop when fruit and veg is so cheep in the supermarkets is just not cost effective, and if you can shop clever you can really get the most out of your pennies. I picked up a pineapple in aldi for 69p. Chopped it into chunks and chucked it in the freezer. I can just add a few chunks to my smoothies for weeks, without any waste. I have done the same with strawberries and blueberries. 

I started today with a delicious breakfast smoothie.

Porridge oats

Strawberries

Blueberries

Natural yogurt

Almonds

Milk

A quick blitz (and the nutribullet is very quick) and it's done. The porridge oats make it really filling and it is soooooo tasty.

We did get a few smoothie recipe books, but to be honest you soon get the hang of which fruits and veg work well together and what works for you. My husband and I really love the green smoothies, we normally use. 

Spinach

White cabbage

Carrots

Green apple

Green grapes 

Banana 

Top up with water

This is really refreshing and you can feel smug all day long as it's got so much good stuff in it.

Really loving my Nutribullet and use it every day and as someone who spends most of my free time baking cakes and biscuits it's lovely to have a kitchen gadget that you know is super healthy and I can know eat my cake guilt free.