Making a fruit loaf or fruit muffins is a great way to put ‘not so good fruit’ to a good use. I had a bag of peaches that were going brown pretty quickly so instead of throwing them away I just diced these up and put them in the baking. You could the same with any fruit. If you are going to put anything in your mouth, make sure it has some nutritional benefit to it as we all know that you get your vitamins and minerals from what you put in your mouth! Hence try to add extras to your recipes like wholemeal flour, seeds or nuts, spices, bran flakes or wheatgerm (outer husk of wheat- very nutritious). These can all help boost your daily nutrient intake in a yummy flavoursome way. (And a good way of getting them into the kids).

1 cup white flour
1 cup wholemeal flour
2tsp baking powder
1 pinch of salt
1/2 cup castor sugar (can use brown sugar or standard sugar)
3Tb honey
2 eggs
3-4 peaches (about 2 cups- but flexible)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
2tsp vanilla essence
100ml trim milk or soymilk
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp cinnamon

Turn oven on to fan bake 180 degrees and grease a 6 case muffin tray (I use spray olive oil). Sieve the flours and baking powder into a large bowl, add salt, cinnamon, sugar and sunflower seeds. In another bowl combine well the eggs, milk, vanilla essence and oil. Take the skin off peaches and dice them into small chunky pieces (about 1 cm) and add the honey, mix well. Then add peaches to dry mixture and fold in, followed by the wet mixture, just add it in slowly, you don’t want it too wet or to overmix it. Then fill into muffin tray and fan bake for about 15mins or until cooked. (to check if they are cooked- stick a knife into the centre and if it comes out clean then they are ready, if there is still residue on knife, leave in oven for another few minutes.)