kids food – NEW YUMMY MUMMY

GRANOLA

Home made granola with yogurt is a great alternative to the breakfast or just a yummy healthy snack for kids (or grown ups). This is so easy to make and so yummy to eat.

INGREDIENTS
– 200g oats

– 50g sunflower seeds

– 50g pumpkin seeds

– 50g almond flakes

– 1 big tbsp maple syrup
COOKING METHOD

Mix oats and maple syrup together, then combine everything together.

Put all ingredients on to a roasting tray and roast for 20 minutes or until golden (oven at 160C).

Serve with natural yogurt or soya alternative for a milder taste.

You can also add dried fruits if you desire.

BREAKFAST (healthy) DOUGHNUTS !!!!!

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BREAKFAST (healthy) DOUGHNUTS !!!!!

Looks like a yummy, sweet full of sugar and fat doughnut ? Taste like one but thanks to Jamie Oliver those doughnuts are quite healthy ! No added sugar and full of vitamin C and iron. Your child (… and you 😀) will love those.

INGREDIENTS:

– 100g Medjool dates

– 100g wholemeal self-raising flour

– 100g self-raising flour , plus extra for dusting

– 30g ground almonds

– 1 large free-range egg

– olive oil

– 320g blueberries

– 1 tablespoon runny honey

– 4 tablespoons Greek yoghurt

COOKING METHOD :

Tear the stones out of the dates and place the flesh in a food processor with the flours, ground almonds, egg, a tiny pinch of sea salt and 70ml of water.

Blitz until combined and forming a ball of dough, then roughly knead on a clean flour-dusted surface for just 2 minutes. Roll out the dough 1.5cm thick and divide in to 4, cut a hole in the centre of each one.

Simmer the doughnuts in a large pan of gently boiling water for 5 minutes, very carefully turning them over halfway through.

Place a large frying pan on a medium heat with 1 tablespoon of oil. Drain the doughnuts, then transfer them to the frying pan to get golden for 10 minutes, turning regularly.

Then add the blueberries to the pan and the honey. Jiggle and shake the pan over the heat for a couple of minutes. When the doughnuts are purple, ripple the yoghurt through the pan and divide between your plates.

CARROT BISCUITS !

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CARROT BISCUITS !

Those are soft, low in sugar and have hidden vegetable ! Perfect combination !!!

INGREDIENTS:

– 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting your hands

– ½ tsp baking powder

– 1 tsp ground cinnamon

– 1 tsp mixed spice

– 140g butter, softened

– 50g soft light brown sugar

– 1 egg beaten

– 200g carrot, finely grated
COOKING METHOD:

Combine the flour, baking powder and spices in a bowl. In a larger bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. Beat in the egg, followed by the carrot.

Tip in the dry ingredients and mix to form a dough.

Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Dust your hands with a little flour, then divide the dough into 2cm balls. Use the palm of your hand to flatten each one to a thin circle. You can bake them like that or cut shapes out of the dough.

Bake for around 20min at 180C.

SPINACH PICHI PASTA

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL … SPINACH PICHI PASTA
This is a great dinner idea for your little one! What is very exciting is how much fun it is for kids to make it and how healthy it is!

INGREDIENTS:

– 100g baby spinach.

– 150g flower.

– 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese.

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Put baby spinach and flower in to the food processor and mix until combined well.

You want it to be this same consistency as play dough 😁.

Then to the fun part, you need to shape your pasta. Your little one will have so much fun doing it with you. Divided the sought in to 1cm balls and the roll it until you achieve thin rolls of pasta.

Cook the pici straight away, or leave them to dry out for a few hours, or even overnight. If you are Cooking them straight away add to the boiling water and cook for around 8 minutes; if you cooking them from dry then allow extra 5 minutes.

Once ready put on the plate, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve (this will give you quite a few portions which you can freeze).

I have made this pasta from Jamie Oliver recipe from his new book Super Food Family Classic (http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/spinach-pici-pasta/). I have made the recipe for us grown ups and adapted it for Chloe. If your child is older then you probably can follow the recipe and just miss on some chilly flakes.

CARROT & OAT MUFFINS

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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …
CARROT AND OAT MUFFINS

Ingredients:

– 280g flour

– 80g rollers oats

– 2 2/1 tsp baking powder

– 1/2 tsp be carbonated soda

– 1/2 tsp cinnamon

– 1/2 tsp ground ginger

– 1 tbsp of brown sugar

– 1 tsp vanilla extract

– 150g grated Apple

– 150g grated carrot

– 2 large eggs

– 50ml vegetable oil

– 180ml of milk

Cooking instructions:

Preheat oven to 180 C. And prepare your muffin tray or muffin forms.

Add flour, sugar, oats, baking powder, soda and and spaces in to a bowl and stir until all ingredients are combined together. Then add Apple and carrot and mix.

In to a small bowl add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract and beat for a minute or so.

Add the mixture in to your dry ingredients and mix until well combined.

Divide the mixtures between the muffin forms ( you should have 12 big muffins or 24 small ones)

Put in to oven and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Let them cool for around 10 min in the switched off oven before taking them out

Enjoy it

PANCAKES ALERT !

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ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER MEAL …
PANCAKES !

This is a slightly adapted recipe by Annabel Karmel which your kids/babies will love!

Ingredients :

– 100g flower

– 300ml milk

– 2 eggs

– Coconut oil in spray

Cooking method:

Whisk everything together until well combined for together.

Spray small (15cm) frying pan with coconut oil (you can use butter or any other oil, I use coconut one as it seems to be one of the healthier options, and the spray uses very minimal amount of it)

and heat it up. Pour around 2 Tbsp of mixture and tilt it from side to side; can’t ok for around a minute.

I have made Chloe pancakes with blended blueberries and some with tiny bit of honey. You can serve it really with anything that you want ! Enjoy it !

CHINKEN AND MUSHROOM IN CREAM SAUCE

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL ….

CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS IN CREAM SAUCE.

Ingredients:

– 1/2 onion (diced)

– 200g mushrooms (diced in to small cubes)

– 1 chicken breast (diced in to small cubes)

– 50g thin green beans

– 50g pearl barley

– 1 tsp sweet paprika

– 50ml chicken stock (baby one with no salt)

– 1 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce

– 1tsp parsley (sliced)

– 50ml double cream

– 1tsp of corn flower

Cooking method :

Fry onion until golden, then add chicken and sweet paprika; fry until your chicken is cooked. At this point add mushrooms and fry for around 3 minutes, until mushrooms become soft. Add chicken stock and cream, cook for further 5 minutes.

Meanwhile cook pearl barley according to the cooking instructions and also cook green beans for 5 minutes so that they are soft.

If your sauce is too thin add corn flower to thicken it. (Mix corn flower with a few spoonfuls of your sauce and then add to the the pan, bring to boil).

Once green beans are cooked cut them in to a size that your child can manage and add to the pan. Add pearl barley to the mixture and parsley and the dinner is finished!

For an adult version just use bigger quantities :

– 1onion (diced)

– 400g mushrooms sliced

– 1 chicken breast sliced

– 150g thin green beans

– 150g pearl barley

– 2 tsp sweet paprika

– 1/2 glass chicken stock
– 1 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce

– 2 tsp parsley (sliced)

– 150ml double cream

– 1 tbsp of corn flower

-salt to taste

SPAGHETTI A’LA CHILLI CON CARNE

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …
SPAGHETTI A’LA CHILLI CON CARNE

I was making Chilli Con Carne for myself and my hubby and decided to make a version for Chloe by adapting my recipie. Because Chloe refuses to eat any form of mashed up food I ended up making it as a pasta so she can feed herself with it.

Ingredients:

– 200g poor or beef mince meant (I don’t like beef so I use pork)

– 1 small onion (chopped)

– 1 garlic cove

– 100ml vegetable stock (beef stock if you are using beef mince meat) without salt

– 1 tsp parsley

– 1 tsp oregano

-1 tsp cumin

– 200ml can tomatoes

– small can of sweetcorn

– handful of salad beans (optional)

– 100g of pasta (I used normal pasta but you can use the baby one)

Cooking method:

Fry onion for 3 minutes, then add garlick and spices and fry for another 2 minutes. Add mince meat and fry for 10 minutes, then add stock and simmer for 20 minutes (or untill liquid reduces).

Add tomatoes, sweetcorn and beans (if using) and simmer for another 15 minutes.

Cook pasta according to cooking instructions.

Add your last to mince meat mixture and combine well together. Bone appetite !

CHICKEN NOODLES STIR-FRY

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …
CHICKEN NOODLE STIR-FRY

This is an adapted recipe of Ananbel Karmel : First beef noodle stir-fry. I have changed the recipie a little bit by making it with chicken and slightly adapting ingredients of the sauce. For original Anabell Karmel recipie head to her website.

Ingredients:

– 75g carrot (piled and diced)

– 75g egg noodles

– 50g frozen peas

– 1 small chicken breast (diced)

Sauce:

– 1/2 an apple (grated)

– 1tbsp soy sauce

– 1/2 garlic cove

– 4 spring onions finely chopped

Cooking method :

Cook egg noodles according to cooking instructions.

Boil water and cook carrots for 5 minutes or until soft.

Fry chicken for 5 minutes, add peas and cook for another 2 minutes, then add noodles and carrots.

Mix sauce ingredients together and add to the pan.

Meal is ready to serve. Hope that your precious one will enjoy it as much as Chloe did.

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OUTFIT, ANOTHER MEAL …

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OUTFIT…

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …

PUMPKIN A’LA CARBONERA PASTA

Ingredients:

– 100g pumpkin (cut in to small cubes)

– 1 slice of bacon (cut up small without fat)

– 20 ml of cream

– 10g of parmesan

– 50g pasta

– 1tbsp parsley

Cooking Method :

Cook pasta according to cooking instructions.

Fry bacon in tiny bit of olive oil for 3 minutes then add pumpkin and fry for 10 minutes untill soft.

Add cream and parsley and cook for a minute. Mix with pasta, add parsley and it’s ready to serve !