I buy a lot of biscuits from the baby food aisle and both my kids love them but it’s always nicer (and cheaper!!) to make your own. The Boy loves helping me in the kitchen so I try where I can to involve him when I bake. As you have guessed by now I try to avoid giving the kids sugar wherever possible so here are 3 biscuit recipes that are baby, toddler, child and adult friendly and none of them have any refined sugar in them. The first one does have honey but it’s a small amount so it’s good for children over 1 but remember that under 1’s should not have honey. I have called this post Sugar Free Biscuits – Part 1 as I have a few more recipes in my collection but want to save them for another day! Continue reading
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Easy Butternut Risotto 3 Ways
I love it when I make something and then think of other ways to use the same ingredients. I was tidying out my freezer the other day (as you do!) and found a bag of frozen butternut squash that had been lurking in the depths of my freezer. Little Lady loves butternut squash but I haven’t used it for a while so I decided to attempt to make her some risotto. You know me well enough by now to know that I have no patience in the kitchen so I wasn’t going to stand there stirring my rice for hours to get the perfect risotto so I came up with my own version that, as usual, is far easier to make than the proper one. I then decided to experiment with the cooked risotto and see what, if any, finger foods I could make from it. So here is the result of my experimenting – Easy Butternut Risotto 3 ways!
Quick chicken and pesto stew
This recipe is unashamedly stolen from my sister. She is a really adventurous cook and makes most of her meals from scratch and whenever my kids go there they always get something yummy to eat. This week she made this delicious stew which was promptly wolfed down (including seconds) by Little Lady while her non adventurous brother would only eat a hummus sandwich. Of course I asked for the recipe and I was amazed by how easy and quick it was to make. It’s a really quick chicken and pesto stew which is full of vegetables and protein and, as it has potatoes, it doesn’t really need anything else (although Little Lady then had it again for lunch today and I added some extra couscous in with it). Continue reading
Courgette / Zucchini Muffin Loaf
I love online shopping and get a delivery of groceries once a week. This week I used a new company and made quite a large mistake when ordering courgettes (zucchini for all my non UK friends!). Instead of ordering 4 courgettes I ordered 4 bags of them and now have 16 courgettes to cook with! So I’m desperately trying to think of ways to use them all up. The Boy loves cucumber but he wasn’t fooled when I tried to pass off a courgette as a cucumber sadly. I then had a thought I could make some kind of savoury muffin using them. Continue reading
3 Easy Tuna Recipes
I love tinned tuna and luckily both my kids do too. It’s such an easy ingredient to work with as it’s already cooked and all you need to do is think of different ways to use it. I prefer to buy it in spring water rather than brine but if you can only get brine then I would try rinsing it off under some water first so it isn’t too salty. Also the one in sunflower oil is great for kids to add in a bit of fat for them. My 3 Easy Tuna Recipes are really so simple and taste totally delicious. In fact Mr My Mini Meals keeps asking me to make them for his dinner as he likes them so much. I hope you enjoy them as much as all the My Mini Meals family do! Continue reading
7 days of lunches
Since starting this blog people are constantly asking me what I feed my kids. They presume that I never give them anything processed and that every meal is full of couscous, quinoa and vegetables! I tell them they are very much mistaken and my kids, like most others, happily chomp on fish fingers, oven chips, ready made pizzas and peanut butter sandwiches. However I do try to limit the amount of processed food they eat and ensure that the majority of their food is home cooked. Continue reading
Spinach and Cheese Polenta Fingers
There are certain ingredients that just seem scary to use and polenta is definitely one of them. Whenever I see it on cookery programmes I always say I am going to make some but to be honest I have had a box of it sitting in my cupboard for a while and just haven’t got round to using it. I was cleaning out the cupboard the other day and found it so thought I would give it a go and see what I could make. I had some spinach that I needed to use up too so figured I could somehow make something tasty for Little Lady using both ingredients. Continue reading
Lentil and sweet potato cheese pie
This is another recipe that I found online but made some slight amendments and I have to admit I think it tastes better than the original. Its a carb filled, protein packed pie that is, yet again, so easy to make.
Salmon and Broccoli Fishcakes / Mash
Salmon is so good for children but it’s not the easiest thing to get them to eat so this recipe is a great, quick and easy way to hide such a healthy food. Like many of my recipes I make good use of my microwave! It’s also great as can be adapted to suit spoon fed or children who can feed themselves.
Tuna Melt Couscous Muffins
I love using couscous as it takes 5 minutes to cook and has an amazing cake like texture when cooked and bound with egg.