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
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Sweet Potato
3 Ingredient Sweet Potato Biscones
I’m always on the hunt for snack ideas for my kids and especially love finding sugar free biscuit recipes. This one is bound to please as it only has 3 ingredients and takes 20 minutes from start to finish. Even the Boy – who as you know by now rarely eats any of my “creations” – wolfed down 3 of them! Continue reading
Fun Pizza Ideas
One thing The Boy loves is pizza and although he does have supermarket pizzas I also try to make them from scratch if I can. He has just got interested in cooking so frequently helps me in the kitchen and I find he’s more willing to try new things if he’s had some input into making them. The other day we decided to experiment in the kitchen and see how many pizzas we could make with different bases. We had so much fun and ended up eating quite a lot of pizza!
These fun pizza ideas are so quick and easy to make and if you have a homemade pizza sauce (like my Microwave tomato and vegetable pasta sauce) they are very nutritious too. Give them a go and see what you think!
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
Very veggie pancakes
I frequently am trying to get The Boy to eat vegetables but he pretty much only eats cucumber, broccoli and the odd carrot here and there. I have tried with most other veggies but more often than not he feigns a stomach ache or makes such a face that I just give up and give him the usual suspects. I do sneak vegetables into most stuff I make him and he is aware of this and still eats it up but when faced with anything looking like a vegetable its generally a complete disaster. So this recipe is purely for Little Lady (and Mr Mini Meals just wolfed down half a batch too) as I know she loves her veggies and will eat anything as long as it has some green stuff somewhere. 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.