LIFESTYLE: Super easy 3 ingredient recipes for a quick treat

I love a little baking session. But as a bit of a novice, I also like simple and easy recipes to follow. So I've pulled together a few really simple, tried and tested treats for you to try at home too. You can also see my no-bake chocolate biscuit cake here if you fancy.


Three ingredient (gluten-free and dairy-free) peanut butter cookies
I made these back at the beginning of the summer for a BBQ with friends. One our friends can't eat dairy due to an intolerance of her daughter who she was still breastfeeding so I decided to bake these little treats so she could still have something sweet. I'm assured by her and Dann that they taste great - I hate peanuts so I can't say!

Ingredients:
260g of peanut butter - smooth or chunky, your choice
200g sugar - I used caster
1 egg - medium

(optional - 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon of baking powder)

The recipe:
Preheat the oven to 200C, and line a tray with greaseproof paper
Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix - handy tip: break the egg in a separate bowl increase the shell goes in
Roll into balls and gently flatten on the tray. Push a fork into the top to make a criss cross pattern
Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins - watch them carefully. They should be slightly golden on top.

Three ingredient naughty chocolate brownies

These are a real naughty treat for any chocolate lover, and a huge hit with Dann who will do anything for brownies.

Ingredients:
275g chocolate spread or Nutella (again I can't eat hazelnuts, so we used chocolate spread instead)
2 eggs - medium
70g plain flour

(optional - add chocolate chips for extra indulgence - lightly cover in flour to stop them sinking in the mix)

The recipe:
Preheat oven to 180C and grease a square tin - I love the greasing! 
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl
Spread into the tin
Bake for about 20-30 minutes, or until the centre is just set
Wait until cool and slice into cubes

^^we had some left over melted chocolate so I drizzled so on to make these extra naughty!^^

3 ingredient frozen banana yoghurt bites (gluten-free)
I guess this one really does what it says on the tin. A slightly healthier treat, great for those with kiddies, especially if they want to help - not too messy! These are great as a snack on their own straight from the freezer, or as an extra for a healthy breakfast with cereal or granola.

Ingredients:
1 large ripe banana
150g of yoghurt - we used natural fat-free
Dried banana (optional)

(optional extras - to make it naughty add chocolate chips - white ones would probably work best)

The recipe:
Sort out 12 cupcake case (silicone ones work best) ready and place on a tray that will fit in your freezer. We stacked it inside our chest freezer.
Peel the banana and mash with a fork, or potato masher.
Mix with the yoghurt in a bowl.
Spread the mix between the cupcake cases.
Top with banana chips if you like
Place in the freezer for about two hours or until frozen all the way through.
Remove from cases if in silicone and serve - or bag up and store in the freezer for later use.

BEAUTY: Lush Summer Bloggers Event

As a bath lover it makes sense that I'm a little bit of a Lush addict. 

Admittedly I was a little late to the party, in terms of obsession, having drifted away from it for many years. But I'm back to my old lover, and it's better than ever. 

Last week I was kindly invited to spend an evening with the team at Lush Southampton, along with a few of my favourite girls for an night of smellies, fruit and bubble bar crafting, all in the name of Lush Summer 2015. 

All the ingredients for our fruit cocktails and drinks were in the Lush products, as they pride themselves on many natural ingredients. 

^^this is the new Avocado Co-Wash and boy does it smell utterly amazing. It's a solid shampoo and it is high on my next wishlist from Lush as it just smells so good.^^

^^can anyone actually resist a bath bomb from Lush?! I thought not! Check out my Instagram to see some in action, including the Experimenter which is just AMAZING!^^

Probably the highlight for everyone was learning how Lush create their infamous bubble bars. All are hand-made in their factories and shipped out to over 100 stores in the UK. The team in Southampton made up a small batch of Creamy Candy, and whilst it sat to rise, we had a little explore of the new products. 

Once the mix was ready, we all got the chance to shape our own! I went for a little heart shaped one! Cute right! Wait to set for 24 hours and jobs a goodun. I'm actually yet to use it at the point of writing this, but I love Creamy Candy* and its oh so sweet smell so I know this will be a heavenly bath time treat. 

And last but by no means least... the goodies. 

Of course I had to buy a few bits for myself, to top up some of my absolute favourites, including Brightside. The Comforter Shower Gel and The Experimenter. 

On top of this, Lush also created us some goodie bags filled with some of the brand new products. Mine included:

Intergalactic*

Kinky hair mask*

Sugar Daddy-O*

Pumice Power*

All in all, spoilt completely rotten!

^^photo courtesy of Alice and her selfie stick!^^

We had such an amazing evening, filled with lots of laughter. And we all came away with the always amazing products from Lush. 

You can keep up to date with all of Lush's products on their Twitter and Instagram, and follow Lush Southampton if you're in the area on their own Twitter and Instagram. 

So over to you? What are you eyeing up for your own collection?

Check out all the products as I test them over on my instagram here!

*post contains PR samples