recipes your kids will love

Chia porridge

  Chia Porridge w/Seeds, Nuts & Berries Wow it seems a long time ago since I first started eating Chia for breakfast. I have never looked back This was first written in Nov 2012. I have a 10k race tomorrow, my first since having my second baby 18 weeks ago. I am nervous as so […]

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Beetroot Brownies

I love these brownies I have given them to ‘brownie haters’ and they have liked them! Seriously rich and delicious brownies with way more goodness than the normal ones! Ingredients 400g/2 1/2 cups Raw Beetroot peeled and roughly chopped (use plastic gloves if you don’t want to stain your fingers) then add to saucepan and […]

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Raw Almond Milk

I used to make Raw Almond Milk for my daughter for when she weaned off Breast milk at 15 months. I was really confused, we are a dairy free family and I wanted to be able to give her something with loads of nutrition. Almonds are packed with goodness- calcium, magnesium and Vitamin E to […]

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Almond and coconut flour kefir pancakes

My hubby came up with this recipe. These are based on Jamie Oliver’s American pancake recipe, changing the ingredients but keeping e method. Whipping the whites gives these pancakes an amazing lightness. If you need it to be egg free you may lose this lightness. You can substitute the eggs with ground flax- 1 egg= […]

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Twix and health inbetween

My quest for replicating common chocolates continues- I love my ‘Bounty’s’ now on to ‘Twix’ (would love to do Kit Kat but I think that gonna be impossible) My journey began with foods I have never heard of till now. I have a dehydrator at home inherited from my folks who bought it to dry […]

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Soda Bread

My husband is Irish, they love their bread. He has embraced being Gluten free for the most part and really enjoys making bread so this is his take- he wants to play and tweak it a little but here is the starting point! he’s as bad as me at following recipes but this is what […]

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Gluten-free Christmas Mince Pies

  Gluten-free Christmas Mince Pies Have not made my own mince meat for our christmas mince pies again this year- will have to put it on the ‘to do’ list for next year!! But here is a tasty gluten free pastry recipe that’s simple to make and use. I also use this pastry for apple […]

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Gluten Free Gingerbread

Great for kids 100g sugar (coconut) 113g in salted butter (or coconut mana) Cream together in the mixer Sieve in 140g baking gluten free mix- or any gluten free flour Tsp flax meal mixed with a little water as an egg substitute 30g ground almonds (I use the ones from my almond milk!) Um- ground […]

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Pumpkin smoothie

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie We have a protein shake every morning with our breakfast. I used to use a pumpkin seed protein mostly because its unflavoured and I am not a huge whey protein fan. Nowadays we just just nuts and seeds in our quest to eat as close to nature as possible. This Pumpkin smoothie […]

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Lemon, Ginger and Orange Curd

Lemon, Orange and Ginger Curd I love lemon curd- this is so easy to make- can’t believe I never made it before- its actually very healthy- full of protein and fats. I add it to my smoothies, chia porridge, toast, to frost cookies or simply off the spoon! From this; to this!   Here is […]

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