I’ve got Susie from Gourmet Glow to thank for this Coconut and Lime Fish bites recipe. She bought me a bottle of vanilla essence back from a recent trip to Mexico which was amazing, but I had no idea what to do with it. I told her this and the next day she called me…
Recipes
HB Eats: Baby Oat Bars Recipe
I used to make a version of these baby oat bars that were great for teething – they were hard and biscuit-like and HB could gnaw on it for AGES before they got too soft. However, HB is now in a weaning phase where he doesn’t want to be spoon-fed and sometimes, especially when I’m…
HB Eats: Sweetcorn Fritters Recipe for Babies
Baby hands love sweetcorn fritters! These are a fab way to get a bunch of veg into your child’s diet whilst at the same time supporting baby-led weaning. Little hands can also easily grasp the fritters and you can make them into different shapes too. For this recipe, the sweetcorn is roughly chopped so you…
HB EATS: Simple Pancake Recipe for Babies
Hungry Bear likes to eat EVERYTHING. Ok, so that’s a lie – he very much doesn’t like cold mashed potato and broccoli but I don’t know anyone who does. I’ve been finding it hard making food which both he and us adults can eat. UNTIL, that was, I experimented with pancake recipes for Healthy Living…
The Snackoletto
What do you get when you combine traditional Italian flavours with British crumpet? The Snackoletto! It’s loosely based on the traditional dish acciughe sotto pesto, but takes a fraction of the time to prepare. Crumpets are a particular favourite snack of mine; I have fond memories of dousing them in butter and savouring biting into…
Dehydrator Experiment 02
After making some pretty decent fruit roll-ups (well, I thought they were tasty) and naturally having more of a savoury tooth, I opted to experiment with making flaxseed crackers. The last time I attempted this, it was in an oven and I hadn’t realised that baking paper is actually a con – what you actually…