This back-to-school season,  Flahavan’s wants to help with prepping ahead and be the key to having a smooth morning before school.

Flahavan’s Fuel For School recipes 2024

Nut-Free Banana Oat Bars

Makes: 12/16 bars 

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups (175g) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
  • 1 Fyffes banana, mashed
  • 1/3 cup (65g) raisins
  • 1/2 cup (55g) chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup (45g) seeds
  • 110g butter
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) honey

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 160°(gas mark 3).
  • Melt the butter and honey together in a pot.
  • Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a bowl and pour in the honey-butter mixture.
  • Put the mix into a lined baking tray.
  • Bake on 160° for 20 mins.
  • Let cool completely, ideally in a fridge overnight before cutting.

 Raspberry & Banana Muffins

Makes: 12 Bars

Ingredients:

  • 2 bananas
  • 1/3 cup (75ml) olive oil
  • 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup (120g) self raising flour
  • 1/2 cup (75g) wholemeal flour
  • 1/2 cup (45g) oats
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
  • 2 cups (230g) raspberries (frozen or fresh)

Optional Topping:

  • ¼ cup (50g) oats
  • ¼ cup (50g) brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp (30g) soft butter

Method:

  • Mix everything leaving raspberries till last
  • Divide mixture into muffin tin
  • For the crumb top mix ingredients with your hands and sprinkle on top of each muffin
  • Preheat oven to 200° and bake for 5 mins
  • Turn oven down to 170° and bake for a further 20 mins and Enjoy!

Banana and Cinnamon Overnight Oats

Serves 1

Ingredients:

  • 40g Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
  • ½ Fyffes Banana
  • 1 tsp chia seeds
  • a pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 100ml milk

2nd layer

  • 100g vanilla yoghurt
  • Top with your favourite toppings, i.e sliced banana, cinnamon, oats, nuts, granola

Method:

  • Mix oats, milk, banana, cinnamon and maple syrup until combined.
  • Microwave for 1½ mins.
  • Spread yoghurt over the oat layer.
  • Leave in the fridge overnight
  • Top with your favourite toppings in the morning – banana, cinnamon, nuts.

Banana and Oat Energy Balls

Serves 15

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups (170g) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
  • 1 Fyffes Banana
  • 12 dates
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup (80g) chocolate chips
  • Some boiling water to loosen if necessary

Method:

  • Mix all ingredients together (except chocolate chips) in a blender.
  • Remove from blender and mix in the chocolate chips.
  • Shape into balls.
  • Drizzle some chocolate on top or roll in oats and/or cinnamon sugar.
  • Let the balls firm up in the fridge and they’ll get less sticky
  • You can freeze these, and put in the lunchbox in the morning. They’ll be defrosted by the time the kids eat their lunch!