Grandma’s Groovy Cheese Flapjack
If ever there was a budget bite, this is it! It’s also a Low GI vegetarian dish and while it’s wheatfree, I can’t promise you gluten free.
You can change this around and add different herbs or perhaps some caramelised onions and garlic, or pumpkin seeds even, it’s up to your own individual taste and creativity in the kitchen.
Ingredients
8 Oz Porridge Oats
6 Oz organic grated mature cheddar
3 Oz organic unsalted melted butter
2 large organic eggs
1 grated carrot
1 handful of chopped fresh coriander
Maldon salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
You can literally throw all of this into a large mixing bowl (I add the eggs last to bind) and stir with a wooden spoon until it’s all nicely blended. Spread the mixture evenly, making sure it is level around the sides, into a non stick swiss roll tin.
A nice touch is to garnish before cooking with vigorous splashes of Worcestershire sauce and hey presto! Grandma’s Groovy Cheese Flapjack is ready to go in the oven…for a mere 25 minutes on 175 degrees heat.
When it’s done, remove from the oven and lightly slice it into 16 pieces while it’s still in the tin. Wait until it cools and carefully remove it with a flat spatula and dress up with a colourful salad before eating!
For this lunchtime treat, I made a simple salad mixing up rocket and lambs leaves and sliced tomatoes with a simple dressing topped with pumpkin seeds and pine nuts – add a bowl of Paupers Lentil Soup if you dare!
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Thank you! I shall try this out. Always good to have some low-GI snacks hanging around.
R and I made these today (without the coriander, as we didn’t have any). They are gorgeous and a hit with everyone. I am going to have a go at adapting it to make a reasonably healthy sweet flapjack. Using the eggs is great, because it binds it all together without having to resort to syrup or honey. I shall report back!
That’s brilliant to hear, the original recipe used rosemary so I think the herbs are interchangeable. I didn’t have time for breakfast today so grabbed one of these before heading out the door. Please share your experiences with the sweet one – how about try honey and cinnamon? I’d say Maple Syrup but it’s costly at £4 per jar.
I made these last night and they are gorgeous. I’m recommending these to my friends. I didn’t have corriander so put a little bit of cayenne pepper. These are great for my husband as he is diabetic.
Glad to hear you’re enjoying them – I’ve managed to snaffle a few myself this morning. Please don’t make the gonzo fairy cakes for your husband – total sugar overload!
Made my sweetened version today and they were lovely, as evidenced by the darned dog’s scoffing the lot of them.
Have put the recipe up (with a link to you’re inspirational cheese flapjacks!) over at mine. Have linked directly to it but, in case that doesn’t work, here’s the URL:
http://wahm-bam.blogspot.com/2009/02/apples-oats-and-greedy-dogs.html
Thank you again – you are going to be a great friend of my waistline!