Basil, Balsamic vinegar and pine nut dressing

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
• 5 tablespoons of Emerald Oils Rapeseed Oil
• 1 good handful of fresh basil- chopped
• 1 good handful of pine nuts - roasted and chopped
• Add pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  

method

• Put all ingredients into a jar and shake well.
  

Honey and mustard salad dressing

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of Emerald Oils Rapeseed Oil
• 1 tablespoon of white wine or cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon of wholegrain mustard
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 1 clove garlic (crushed)
• Sprinkling of parsley
  

method

• Pop the ingredients into a jar and shake it until it is mixed.
  

Pesto Dip

Emerald Oils Basil Pesto

ingredients

• All you need:
  
• 45 g of roasted pine nuts ( in the oven 200oC for 10 minutes)
• 1 basil plant
• 2 small cloves of crushed garlic
• 60 g parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice 
• 5 tablespoon Emerald Oils rapeseed oil
  

method

• Place nuts,basil,garlic and cheese in a blender and blend.
  
• Add lemon juice and bend again.
  
• Add Emerald Oils rapessed oil slowly and keep blending until smooth.
  
• Serve with pasta.Enjoy.

Roasted Carrots & Garlic Hummus

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

• 225g of plain flour.
  
• 2 level teaspoons of baking powder.
• 150g of light brown sugar.
• 125 ml. of Emerald Oils rapeseed oil.
• 2 tablespoons of milk.
• 2 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon of mixed spice.
• 450g of dried fruit, soaked in 400ml of tea overnight and drained before adding to dry ingredients.
  

method

• 1)Sift the flour, baking powder and mixed spice into a bowl.
• 2)Add sugar.
• 3)Measure the rapeseed oil in a jug, add eggs and milk and beat together.
• 4)Add the oil mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
• 5)Add fruit and mix.
• 6)Pour mixture into an 18cm round, lined tin.
• 7)Bake for 1 hour @ 170˚C and then 1¼ hours @ 150˚C.
• 8)Use a skewer to check if cake is cooked, the skewer should come out clean - if required the cake may need to bake for an additional 15 minutes.
• 9)Allow the fruit cake to cool in the tin.

Tips:
If you think that the top of the cake is browning too much, cover the top with some parchment paper.
This cake is best eaten a few days after baking.
Because of the use of rapeseed oil - this cake is a healthier bake for lowering cholesterol.

Emerald Oils Banana Bread

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

• All you need:
  
• 120 ml Emerald Oils rapeseed oil
• 160 g caster sugar
• 3 bananas, using ripe works best
• 225 g plain flour
• 2 eggs besten
• 60 ml milk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 100 g chocolate,cut up into small pieces
• 2 lb lined loaf tin
  

method

• Preheat oven to 180oC/160oc fan.
• Mash bananas in a bowl using a fork.
• Beat together the oil and sugar in another bowl.Continue whisking while preparing other ingredients.
• Add the eggs into the oil mixture, one at a time,whisking continuously.
• Add in the remaining ingredients one at a time-flour,baking powder,chocolate,banana,milk and vanilla essence.Fold them together and mix well.
• Transfer the mixture to the loaf tin.Place the tin in preheated oven for first 15 minutes then reduce the temperature to 170oC/150oC for remaining 50 minutes.
• Overall cooking time 65 minutes.
• Serve with chocolate drizzle over the cake.Enjoy.
  

Tips: for healthy option replace plain four with wholemeal and chocolate chips with dried fruit eg sultanas and cranberries.

Emerald Oils Chocolate Chip Brownies

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

All you need: 

• 3 medium eggs
  
• 200g light brown sugar 
• 150g Self-raising flour
• 50g cocoa 
  
• 100ml Emerald Oils rapeseed oil
  
• 25 g chocolate chips 

method

• Preheat oven to 180 o C and line a 22 cm square dish
  
• Whisk eggs and sugar together until pale and creamy. Sieve flour and cocoa together and gently add to egg mixture, then whisk in oil and fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour into prepared dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes and cool slightly before turning out of dish. Cut into 12 pieces.

TIP: For a healthy option - Replace chocolate chips with dried cranberries and replace self-raising flour with self-raising wholemeal flour. Enjoy.

Emerald Oils Flapjacks

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

All you need. 

• 80 ml Emerald oils rapeseed Oil 
  
• 3 tablespoon of golden syrup 
• 120 g brown sugar 
• Juice and zest of half of 1 orange 
  
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  
• Small handful of sultans or dried fruit of your choice
  
• 200g porridge oats 

method

• Put oil,golden syrup,cinnamon and sugar in a pan and heat slowly until melted
  
• Stir in orange juice,zest, oats and dried fruit
• Spread mixture into a lined dish 9 inch square
• Bake at 180oC for 25 minutes
• Leave in tin for 5 minutes, then cut into squares
• Remove from tin when cold. ENJOY..

Tips: Can also add chocolate pieces to mixture and for gluten free use gluten free oats.

Emerald Oils Chocolate Biscuit Cake

This is a very simple recipe, but it works, so just stick to it!

ingredients

What you need: 

• 65ml Emerald Oils rapeseed oil 
  
• 200g milk chocolate 
• 130g dark chocolate. 
• 3 tablespoons of golden syrup, 1 tablespoon milk
  
• 250g of biscuits (mixture of toffee pops,rich tea and digestive)
  
• 1 handful of maltesers 
  
• 1 crunchie 1lb loaf tin 

method

Method: 

• Line loaf tin with cling flim 
  
• Break chocolate into small pieces add oil,milk, chocolate and golden syrup into saucepan and melt over low heat,stir well
  
• Take pan off heat and add broken biscuits and broken crunchie, mix in maltesers 
• Pour into the lined tin and cool in fridge for three hours
• Remove the biscuit cake from the tin and peel off the clingfilm 

Cut into small pieces and enjoy.....