Back by popular demand here is the 3rd instalment of me showing you what Little Lady eats for lunch in a typical week. I have a slight admission this week though. She has been quite poorly recently so her appetite has been (and still is) pretty rubbish but this is what I have offered her this week. It is a bit simpler than what I normally give her (as seen in “7 Days of Lunches” and “7 Days of Lunches Part 2” ) but as she hasn’t eaten much I have been trying to offer her things that I know she likes. You will also see that I have given her some frozen potato shapes (shock horror yes I do give my children processed food!) and a good old sandwich but honestly sometimes you just have to do the easy thing! I hope you find this as useful and enjoyable as Parts 1 and 2.
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MMM Mates Monday – Easy Macaroni Cheese by Deborah
I love getting ideas from people about what they are making their children so I have decided to open up MyMiniMeals on a Monday for my lovely friends and followers to show everyone their recipes. So if you have a fab recipe please either send it to me via the Contact Me page on this site or pm me through my FB page www.facebook.com/myminimeals .
I can’t promise to publish every recipe sent to me but will do my utmost best to post as many as I can. The only criteria is that the recipe is suitable for children and babies and ideally has no added sugar or salt. Apart from that the world is your oyster! I am very excited to see what lovely things you are all making your little ones.
To start things off my fab friend Deborah has kindly shared with me her recipe for her completely delicious and so easy to make Macaroni Cheese. Continue reading
Easy Peasy Pizza Parcels
I scour the internet all the time for inspiration for recipes and I recently came across a method of making dough that is incredibly simple and only uses 2 ingredients! This method is ALL over the internet so I can’t even credit anyone for its invention but it is fantastic and I am excited to think of lots of ways to use it. For my first attempt using the dough I decided to make some easy to hold, easy to make and so easy to eat pizza parcels. The Boy loves pizza but always moans that he can’t hold it easily as the cheese and sauce get all over his hands so these “pizza parcels” are like mini calzones and encase the pizza filling inside yummy dough. They are perfect for an on the go snack as they are also delicious cold and you can add any filling in them at all. They are also egg free so great for those of you who are allergic. Let me know what you think! Continue reading
It’s All Bananas – Part 1
I use bananas a lot in my cooking as they are a great substitute for sugar. Both my kids (yes even The Boy!) love bananas so I buy tonnes of them.
Here are some of my favourite banana recipes and, as I have so many to choose from, watch this space for more! Continue reading
Simple Salmon Bites
I buy a lot of salmon and Little Lady eats it quite often. I usually make her Salmon with Broccoli and Cheese tomato sauce or Salmon and Broccoli Fishcakes but today I fancied making something that didn’t use flaked or mashed salmon. So I came up with these ever so easy, ever so tasty and ever so simple salmon bites. They only took me about 20 minutes from start to finish and were gobbled up by my little pink dustbin in no time. Continue reading
Sugar Free Biscuits – Part 2
Here is the long awaited (!!!) sequel to my post “Sugar Free Biscuits – Part 1” which, after many sleepless nights, I cleverly titled Sugar Free Biscuits – Part 2.
I love making biscuits for my children and they love having one as a pre bedtime treat or as a snack during the day. Obviously none of us really want our children loaded up on sugar just before bed so these are perfect as they are sugar free and easy to make. Continue reading
Sweet Potato Heaven
I LOVE sweet potatoes. The Boy isn’t so keen (sigh). Little Lady pretty much likes anything. Mr MMM would probably marry a sweet potato if he could! I have given up trying to get The Boy to eat them but I use them a lot in my cooking so here are some great ideas using these yummy potatoes. Continue reading
DIY Crisps
Both my kids love store bought crisps – in particular ready salted and teddy bear shaped ones. While I am a firm believer that everything is fine in moderation I do watch their salt intake and don’t want them having these crisps too often. I have never made potato crisps before but the other day I had a glut of potatoes that needed using up so thought I would try to make my own. I have made apple crisps before and they were a huge hit so I also thought I would try the same method with pears. I then found some carrots lurking in my fridge and decided to make those into crisps too. Both kids loved them – well, The Boy liked the potato and pear crisps but Little Lady loves carrots so she wolfed the carrot crisps down. Obviously it’s quicker and easier to buy crisps from a shop but these really don’t take much effort or time so have a go and let me know what you think of these DIY crisps!
Nuts about Peanut Butter
We are a peanut butter loving family. Smooth, crunchy, extra crunchy, in cakes, in snacks, on toast, in ice cream – you name it, we love it! Since having children I buy sugar free and preferably salt free peanut butter and it tastes just as nice as the sugar and salt loaded versions. Peanuts are a great source of protein so I’m more than happy to give my kids peanut butter as a snack and The Boy frequently has it on toast or with breadsticks as a bedtime snack. Here are 3 of my favourite recipes using peanut butter and, especially if you use the sugar and/or salt free versions, they are really healthy. Enjoy and go nuts about peanut butter! Continue reading
Sneaky ways to hide vegetables
My last post on Cauliflower Cheese Biscuits prompted quite a lot of people to message me saying how popular they were with picky eaters and what a great idea it was to hide veg in a biscuit. I realised that I actually hide vegetables in most of The Boy’s meals as he really refuses to eat most kinds. I thought you may want to see some of my favourite sneaky ways to hide vegetables in everyday meals – so here they are! Continue reading