I have one of those toddlers who is always hungry and asks for snacks a lot. Often I set the expectation early on in the day and at lunchtime I will explain that in the afternoon the only snacks available are fruit and breadsticks with a dip for example. As my toddler takes after mummy
Chewy Oaty Cookies: great baby/toddler snacks. Read More »
Warning…. you may find it hard to stop at just one cookie! I’ve slightly fallen back in love with peanut butter recently. It’s more nutritious than butter due to it’s protein content and gives a great taste to baking. So today inspired by my recent oaty ball success I decided to venture a little further
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Bananas and Baking, one of my favourite combinations. We often have a couple of bananas hanging around earmarked for mummy to bake with as no-one like over-ripe bananas in our house. This weekend I decided to move away from our beloved flapjacks and try out some muffins. I’d seen a recipe somewhere that used yoghurt
Banana yoghurt muffins, perfect for healthy snacking Read More »
I’ve been meaning to play around with making these for absolutely ages. It’s been on of those things on my very long list of things to make. However babies and toddlers seem to take over slightly 😉 Today has been a fairly relaxed day and suddenly in the middle of te toddler finishing her tea
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Christmas has come and gone but I’ve still got cranberries to use up. I’ll be honest, I’m a flapjack-a-holic, so even after making the cranberry muffins I had to play around and make up some flapjacks too. Life with out flapjack is not worth thinking about. However my flapjack has to be a healthier version,
Healthy Cranberry and Orange Flapjack for a Flapjack-a-holic. Read More »
I’m constantly on the look out for quick, easy, healthy snacks. Life with a toddler and baby with 2 businesses to run means I’m constantly on the go running from the kids to a Pilates class to cooking dinner or to a clinic. So with some baking time on my hands the toddler and I
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Christmas, often a time of rich food, sweet treats and excess. Now with a toddler around and my love of healthy eating I decided to revamp our usual flapjack recipe. My husband is a huge mince pie fan and this rather inspired me to use the mincemeat in a different way. What I love about
Christmas Flapjack (wheatfree, dairy free) Read More »
This week hubby went scrumping in our friends parents garden, which is officially not scrumping as he had their permission, but I like the word so I’m using it. Here he is in action. Didn’t he do well…..here’s a snapshot of the bounty I was brought home – 2 types of delicious apples, pears
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Having just given birth to my gorgeous baby boy I’m in need of quick, easy, healthy snacks that I can eat whilst breastfeeding. Here is my latest favourite version of a flapjacky bar. It’s also a great option as a breakfast bar and a good snack for the whole family. Breakfast biscuits, bars and eat
No Bake Breastfeeding/Breakfast Bars (wheatfree, glutenfree, dairyfree). Read More »
