Fruit and Nut Breakfast Bar Recipe with Lyle's Golden Syrup

Lyle's have challenged me to make one of their breakfast recipes created by Jo Pratt using Lyle's easy to squeeze Breakfast Bottle Golden Syrup. Jo's recipes are great for winter mornings when you need something hearty to give you the energy you need to get through the day.

The recipe I chose to make was Lyle's Golden Syrup Fruit and Nut Breakfast Bars. This recipe is particularly appealing because I have lots of left over dried fruit and nuts from Christmas, making this a great way to use them up. With a few tweaks of the recipe (such as using vegan margarine instead of butter) I was able to create a vegan version of the bars, packed with oats, cranberries, dates, almonds, Brazil nuts, linseed, pumpkin, sunflower and chia seeds.

The Fruit and Nut Breakfast Bars are compact, nutrient dense and energy giving. They are great for when on the go and can be enjoyed with a glass of juice or milk or a pot of yogurt. They would also be perfect for lunchboxes. (Click on the image below to open it to full size for recipe.)

The recipe is pretty easy to make and can be adapted to suit what you have in the cupboard. It is a lovely way to use up nuts and seeds and dried fruits, and if stored in an airtight container will last up to 2 weeks.

The bars are colourful with a lovely, flapjacky texture and a sweet, fruity, nutty and rich flavour. Although not low in calories, they are nutrient dense and rich in fibre.

Pancake Day with Lyle's Golden Syrup

If you are looking for something sweet and scrummy to serve with your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday then look no further than these easy to squeeze Lyle's Golden Syrup bottles in Original Golden Syrup and Maple Flavoured Golden Syrup varieties. Priced at just £1 each you can find them in supermarkets ready for Pancake Day!  Just squeeze over your freshly cooked pancakes and enjoy! 

If you are looking fpr a super simple pancake recipe to serve up with your Lyle's Golden Syrup, here is a video of Kizzy making No Recipe Pancakes.  Great for the kids to make as all they need is a cup to measure out equal parts flour and milk, then add an egg and mix together.


                                

Brighten up Breakfast with Lyle's Golden Syrup

Lyle's have a new, easy to use, mess free Breakfast Bottle to add to their range of Golden Syrup products. The handy sized bottle has a flip top lid and non-drip valve making it easy to squeeze some delicious Golden Syrup over your pancakes or porridge in the morning.  It will bring a smile to breakfast time, especially welcome at the moment with this awful weather we are having!

Freddy loves to start the day with a bowl of porridge topped with a golden syrup smile.  The girls love it on American pancakes.  The new Lyle's Golden Syrup Breakfast Bottle is much easier to use than spooning from a sticky jar or tin and makes a minimal mess, even in the kids' hands.

Lyles have come up with some great recipe ideas to liven up your morning porridge.  How about serving with juicy blueberries, hazelnuts and a squirt of golden syrup?  Or how about pomegranate and berries or even a sticky toffee apple topping?  You can find details of these and other Golden syrup recipes on their website at www.lylesgoldensyrup.com.

The new Lyle’s Golden Syrup Breakfast Bottle is available now in Tesco, Asda and Ocado stores nationwide with an RRP of 1.75 (340g).  I received a bottle for the purpose of this review.