We had this for dinner last night and it was a big hit! It has hidden veggies in and the kids devoured it! It was great as a meat free midweek meal for the whole family and we even had leftovers which is always a bonus!
We had this for dinner last night and it was a big hit! It has hidden veggies in and the kids devoured it! It was great as a meat free midweek meal for the whole family and we even had leftovers which is always a bonus!
I haven’t been experimental in the kitchen for what feels like a long time now but today I got the urge. There’s something about being creative in the kitchen that just calms me and helps clear my mind.
We’re still doing Veganuary at the moment and I’m surprised how much we’re enjoying it. This chickpea and vegetable curry was so filling, tasty and really healthy. It’s definitely something we’ll make again! I can’t believe how much we’ve been enjoying the meat and dairy free meals. Planning more meat free meals is definitely something I want to keep up with throughout the year.
Happy new year!
I haven’t share a meal plan on here for a while but I’m feeling motivated to get organised and we’re trying something different so I wanted to share!
Baked beans are a great food for filling up little tummies with healthy goodness. They’re packed full of protein and are considered one of your 5 a day. When you’re baby led weaning though they can be tricky for little one to pick up and get into their mouth. They slide off toast and through fingers far too easily. The cheesy bean wrap is a great alternative to beans on toast and is so much easier for baby to pick up and feed themselves!
These courgette boats are a really fun way of serving lots of veggies and healthy goodness to your fussy little eater.
This is my take on a Slimming World recipe that you can find here. Continue reading “Crustless veggie quiche”
These quinoa chocolate cake bites have very quickly become a new favourite in our house. They are super easy to make and healthy, but taste really naughty so are a great alternative to standard chocolate cake or brownies!
These healthy, festive chickpea cookies are full of flavour and make the perfect Christmas treat! They’re really easy to make and are refined sugar and gluten free. I’m going to make some of these for Harry’s Christmas party this weekend and I think we’ll make some to leave out for Father Christmas on Christmas Eve too. Obviously, if you don’t celebrate Christmas these can be made without the festive shapes or writing but as Christmas is getting nearer I couldn’t resist putting a little twist on an old favourite recipe!
We’ve been trying to go meat free for a day a week recently and I’ve been getting creative with tasty, ‘different’ meals that we can enjoy together. These Tex Mex bean burgers were really quick and easy to make, super tasty and perfectly filling. They may not look the most refined but the taste more than made up for it!
These soft, tasty oat balls are a perfect healthy treat for your little one! Suitable from 6 months old they are solid enough to hold their shape while baby holds them and soft enough that they are easy to chew!
Harry loves cheese! Anything that has cheese in it he will demolish! This cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake is a great way to get vegetables into Harry when he is going through a fussy phase!
Houmous is a great way of getting healthy protein into your little ones diet. Shop bought houmous is great, and I’l be honest we used to use it a lot, but it can be pricey and have lots of added salt in it. Our simple homemade houmous recipe takes 5 minutes to make. It is delicious and can be kept for a few days in the fridge. Harry loves his with breadsticks and veg sticks or spread on toast!
Continue reading “Simple homemade houmous”
These cauliflower bites are a delicious way to get extra vegetables into even the fussiest of eaters! The recipe is easily adapted, we’ve added tomato and peppers but you could add peas, broccoli, courgette… Whatever you have to use up really!
Sweet potato and apple bites are really easy to make and soft enough to melt in the mouth, perfect for younger babies but were also enjoyed by my toddler as a snack!
Harry loves cous cous! It is so small and tricky for him to eat though that it usually ends up turning our kitchen into a couscous snow globe! It’s amazing how far a tiny piece of couscous can travel when it is thrown by a baby! These couscous fingers are a brilliant solution for how to give couscous without the mess and inevitable frustration caused by it slipping through baby’s fingers!
Harry is a good eater and I know I’m lucky. He is great eating his vegetables now but up until a few months ago if I put a lone piece of broccoli on his plate he would throw it on the floor in disgust. Sneaking vegetables into a recipe like these veggie cheese balls, alongside serving them in their usual form meant I knew Harry was getting enough healthy goodness from his vegetables, even if he didn’t realise he was eating them! The fact that it meant I used up leftover veg and didn’t waste anything was an added bonus too!
This served two hungry adults and one hungry toddler. Continue reading “Spinach and ricotta Cannelloni”