So it's my turn to prepare a "healthy breakfast" for my daughters class! So what does one prepare for a class of 25 three-year olds with different food upbringings?
I figure the simpler the better and that I probably can't go wrong with some homemade cookies.... So I made these today as a practice run and my daughter LOVED them so yep; they passed the test and she is so excited about taking a plateful to her class next week. Thay are super-simple and vegan / gluten-free / nut-free / sugar-free so contemplate all types of allergies. Ingredients: Makes 7 cookies 1 large banana mashed 100g oat flour (if you can't find oat flour just buy oats and put them in the food processor until they become a powder) 1 tablespoon honey 50g raisins 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence Mix all the ingredients together until evenly distributed. Spoon 7 cookies into a non-stick baking tray and cook on medium heat in the oven for 25mins - 30 mins, until lightly browned. They make a fantastic grab and go breakfast if you are rushed for time!
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If your kids are anything like mine they love pancake! Why not try out totally natural version made with bananas instead of flour. Delicious and nutritious!
Ingredients (makes 3 large pancakes) 2 large bananas 4 eggs 1 teaspoon chia seeds 1 teaspoon ground coconut 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon Put all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until there are no more pieces of banana. Pour 1/3 of the batch into a large pan over low heat (make sure you spray the pan well with extra virgin olive oil). Once one side is done carefully turn over and finish cooking. Repeat for 2 more pancakes. I like to serve it with some drizzled honey. This is me buying my weekly fruit and veg at the fruitmongers. I live in Argentina and we still have those wonderful traditional stores like fruitmongers where I can get my organic fruit and veggies. I have a beautiful threenager, a headstrong two year old son and a five month old baby girl.
I have always been health conscious however after having kids I started paying closer attention to the food we eat as a family, and the deeper I delved the more horrified I became by what is considered "normal" food. I live by the philiosophy "you are what you eat", and with childhood cancer higher than it's ever been I have to ask myself whether societies way of eating is to blame? If my kids were to get sick, I, as every other mom would ask myself "How could I let this happen?", so I began changing the way I feed them, with the prayer that at least I can help build their bodies with nutritious ingredients which will keep them healthy. For me that means NO sugar, NO refined ingredients, NO chemicals I can't pronounce the name of, and NO processed or ready made food. I make everything from scratch so I know what goes into their mouths. Then comes the next challenge - my daughter eats most things but my son will just look at something and if it looks like "it's not supposed to taste good", he will just spit it out - he won't even give a veggie a chance! So I began creating creative recipes with "hidden" fruits and veggie themes, and to my delight my entire family, my extended family and our friends absolutely loved my recipes! So I decided to share my recipes via this website and blog, in the hope that other moms can make eating healthy a little more fun for themselves and their families. |