Serves 4 adults and two babies with left over beef for sandwiches etc and a couple of baby portions of stew for the freezer unless you’re hungry adults! Ingredients: Beef joint eg silverside Carrots x4 (chopped into big chunks, I used organic so kept the skins on as I love …
Tag: BabyFood
One of the tastiest melons I’ve ever eaten. The girls absolutely LOVED it too. Just look at the golden colour ☀️ Rich in Vitamin C, B vitamins, potassium and fibre melons are a really healthy food, with diets rich in these nutrients being linked to health including lower blood pressure. …
Lunch for me & the girls (now 9 months). For me: Egg (mashed with a little salad cream) In a whole meal wrap, Plum cherry tomatoes, Fresh pineapple chunks, Carrot sticks (skins on as organic) & my new humous (minty pea & broad bean) recipe coming soon! For the girls: …
Minty pea and broad bean humous – just finished & I have to admit I’ve already eaten some! Yummy 😍 Ingredients: 300g peas (fresh or frozen) 300g broad beans (I’ve used the ones straight from the garden! But if you’re not growing them they’re in season so in most shops …
This beautifully ripe pineapple gave a great sweet zinginess to our porridge this morning. Did you know that pineapples are not only rich sources of Vitamin C and fibre, but also manganese? Manganese is important for bone health. By eating a good range of fruits and vegetables it allows your …
A lower fat and lower salt version of the classics mac cheese and cauliflower cheese. Adding mustard powered and herbs to the white sauce and just topping with cheese rather than a cheese sauce allows this to be an everyday meal for the whole family. Mustard powder gives the sauce …
This was made extra yummy by using stock made from yesterday’s roast chicken (thank you hubby!) & it meant that it was so low in salt, but you could use a low salt stock cube instead. We grated in the carrot which worked really well. The girls enjoyed this both …
Happy Father’s Day 💙 Here are our little pickles with their daddy enjoy the evening in the beach. Where else would you want to have tea?! We popped to the beach to meet some old friend’s who are back from Sydney. Some things in life change a lot but some …
With all of this beautiful sunshine it’s nice to have a cold treat to help you cool down. This nice cream is a guilt free healthy twist on traditional ice cream. It’s easy to feel in the holiday mood and sometimes that means throwing healthy eating out of the window …
This is my lunch & the girls had a roughly half sized portion (ate 1/3 pitta each) with some additional cucumber sticks and I ate a carrot whilst prepping! Sometimes I hear people say you can’t have too much of a good thing. If only this were true… Grapes are …
Today’s raspberry porridge is topped with 1/2 sliced peach. Seasonal fruit is always so tasty. We always try to get a portion (2 if it’s carrot cake porridge) of fruit & veg in at breakfast. Fruit and veggies are not only great sources of a wide range of vitamins and …
Admittedly not the most frequently asked question in my clinics! But something other than water / water is boring is. We are always saying that variety is the spice, but then when it comes to drinks the advice tends to be water or milk (in moderation) with the occasional …
Getting children to get involved in making their own food is a great way to get them to try new things and to learn to enjoy for food more than just the eating. Both girls loved making and eating their herby rolls as Enys Gardens Food Jam today and this …
Have you tried drink with your toddler’s cup /beaker? The guidance to introduce a cup at 6 months and to move away from the bottle at 12 months is pretty well known (it’s important to help with oromotor development). However this often means that parents struggle to get their children …
Ingredients: 200g self-raising flour, 1tsp baking powder, 300ml milk Method: Whizz together, use fresh butter to cook each set of pancakes. 4/5 blobs for each pan. Makes approx 20-25 little pancakes Aunty Jen whipped us up a batch of these little beauties and then said ‘whoops I forgot the …
Yes so easy, yummy and healthy. Simply chop up some fruit and mix into some Greek yoghurt and load into your lolly mold! Pop in the freezer and enjoy in the sunshine ☀️ Top tip: when taking them out of the mould run it under warm water first as it’ll …
Ingredients: 1 banana About 50ml mango pulp (because that’s how much we had left!) Roughly two large handfuls of oats (plus a little more if the texture is too sticky after combining). Method: Mash all of the ingredients together. Shape and place on non stick baking sheet. Bake in the …
Ingredients: Mashed banana Plain Greek yoghurt (or milk free alternative if needed) Mixed spice or cinnamon Method: Mix about 50:50 banana and yoghurt with a shake of cinnamon. Spoon into ice lolly mounds and pop into the freezer. When trying to take them out of the mouldy run quickly …
Glycemic index is a measure of how quickly the carbohydrate in the food is broken down into simple sugars and absorbed into the blood for use by the body or storage as fat. The slower it is released the better as this gives a more steady supply of energy, reducing …
After dinner treat: Yellow tomatoes from the greenhouse. So sweet and delicious they’re like a pudding (well nearly 😂)! There’s nothing like eating in season 😍🍅 Typically the closer that you eat fruits and veg from the time / day that they’re picked the higher the concentration of vitamins and …
“I am honoured and thrilled to have won this award (Paediatric Nutrition Professional of the Year 2017). I am lucky enough to work with a fab passionate and innovative team in Cornwall and feel privileged to volunteer with and learn from such a great Dietitians in the BDA’s Obesity Specialist …
Corn on the cob. We love painting and sticking so making these little characters at playgroup today was very popular! Including healthy food and lifestyle messages into play and crafting is a great way to talk about food etc in a positive way. This can be particularly useful during the …
In my attempt to make a low salt French onion soup without alcohol I got too carried away with grinding in the pepper! I actually enjoyed it but it was too spicy for little palates (they like some pepper but I used 60 grinds 😂). When I defrosted the beef …
The girls (almost 2yrs) are so into playing with their kitchen and food. This is what I was served evening! Meanwhile her sister got me a peppermint tea 💖 They often cook at their kitchen whilst I get the food ready. They also help me with little bits (which they …
This spiced pear porridge is made with store cupboard Ingredients: porridge oats, long life milk, tinned pears and mixed spice. I have added a dollop of fresh yoghurt (not from the store cupboard) to give a protein and calcium boost. But most of all to help it cool down for …
Simpler (much less stiring!) and cheaper than using risotto rice I’ll definitely be making this a regular one 😍 Ingredients (served 3 adults and two toddlers): Onion, medium sized and diced (I used frozen) Rapeseed (vegetable) oil, 1-2 tsp Garlic, 1 clove finely chopped Giant couscous, 150g Low salt stock, …
Double birthday celebrations today for us so I was glad to be presented with this delicious platter. Sometimes parties can be a bit overwhelming with higher fat and sugar foods so a good rule is to load the plate with a balance of the healthy foods and a couple of …
Tomato, basil and mozzarella for snack time today. The girls helped me to pick the basil leaves. I was really surprised at how much they loved eating the basil! We must be doing something right with getting them trained onto stronger flavours. For their birthday party I arranged it to …
I was burning the midnight oil yesterday as I have a big presentation to give this evening. This is the time that it’s easy to reach for the chocolate, biscuits and crisps. I find that with those types of snacks I’m not satisfied and want more. Instead here the yoghurt …