Cherry tomatoes. Fresh basil from the garden. Summer love! These quiches are tiny bites of cherry tomato heaven. I know I’m onto a winner with a new recipe when it is requested unprompted for kindy lunch!
Apple and sunflower seed muffins
Muffins, the perfect pick-me up in the morning. They really are one of the best portable snacks. Easy to make, and compact. But unfortunately, they’re generally a little carb heavy to be a great after exercise snack. To fill the void, I’ve been working on a series of low sugar, high protein muffin recipes.
Homemade baby rusks
These rusks are so easy to make, made from real ingredients, with no added salt, sugar or preservatives. They’re not exactly pretty but they are healthy, tasty and super chewy.
Blueberry, banana & pepita muffins
In the U plus house, we try hard to live consciously, keeping things as clean and green as possible. Family time, eating well and keeping fit are top priorities, but we also try to buy fresh, local, sustainable produce and minimise our waste. Food waste is something we struggle to minimise as we generally shop once a…
Spiced seed bars
Ginger, cinnamon, cloves and honey – just like Christmas but in a healthy snack bar! I have always been a lover of snack bars – muesli bars, nut bars, protein bars. But many, even those marketed as healthy, are full of sugar, vegetable oil and additives. So lately I’ve been experimenting with homemade versions. Over the…
Cheesey polenta & green bean bites
The last few week’s recipes have relied on eggs as a protein source, so this week we are going egg-less. Super simple. Mix some cheese sauce and veg into polenta and bake. Take to the park as a tasty after exercise snack, use as the base of a light meal, or even skip the baking step…
Choc-banana Pikelets
Over-ripe bananas! The bane of my life! We love bananas and seem to eat an excessive number each week. I buy them at the markets each weekend, so try to buy some ripe ones and some green ones so we never run out. But this week, I obviously got it wrong. We had over-ripe bananas coming…
Savoury Brown Rice Slice with Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes really are the bomb… Who knew they came in so many different varieties? Orange, purple-skinned with white flesh, white-skinned with purple flesh and just recently I have found a purple-skinned, purple fleshed one. They are all jam-packed with nutrients and antioxidants. I love to buy the ridiculously over-sized ones at the markets. I roast…
Carrot, ginger and coconut muffins
Does your daycare have rules on what food your little ones can take? The first daycare our eldest attended was super strict. When we enrolled him, then just 12 months old, we were given a copy of the food policy, including a list of “everyday”, “sometimes” and “never” foods. We were even told that inappropriate foods…