Recipe of the week

These are ideal to have in the house for times when you need comfort foods. They can last for up to three weeks in an air tight container in the fridge.

The recipe uses all healthy ingredients, but they still taste very indulgent. Just make sure you don’t eat them all in one go. Makes 16 300g peanut, almond or other nut butter 150g coconut oil, softened 100g dear honey 75g shelled pistachios, roughly a chopped

75g plain cashew nuts, roughly chopped

75g roasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped

75g dried apricots, roughly chopped

75g raisins 75g goji berries 50g cocoa powder or raw cacao powder 2 tsp vanilla extract 1. Place the nut butter, coconut oil and honey in a large bowl and stir together until smooth and well blended. Add all the chopped nuts and the apricots, raisins and goji berries. Add the cocoa or cacao powder and vanilla extract to the bowl, and stir everything together well.

2. Spread the mixture into a 10cm x 32cm fluted, loosebottomed tart tin (2.5cm in height), smoothing it level with the back of a spoon. Cover and chill in the fridge for at least 8 hours or overnight, until set firm.

3. Just before serving, bring to room temperature for 10-20 minutes or until soft enough to remove from the tin easily. Then cut into eight even sized finger pieces and cut each one diagonally in half to give 16 triangles. This is easiest done using a long sharp knife, dipped in hot water and wiped dry between each cut. Use this workout to tone your legs and bum. It only takes seven minutes but you will definitely feel the burn in your thighs. It’s a great way to tone all of the muscles in your legs. 20 seconds SQUATS 20 seconds LUNGES 20 seconds SPEED SKATERS 20 seconds JUMPING LUNGES 20 seconds SQUAT JACKS 20 seconds ISOMETRIC SQUAT 30 second rest Repeat another two rounds. Watch a video of my boot camp group doing this workout last Thursday night at www.eastcoast-fitness.com/ blog