When your munchers start eating like Baby Sharks it’s quite scary!
They hover around staring at you, licking their lips and sometimes I’m so scared I just throw things at them.
I’ve started to carry a bucket around with me with various, healthy snacks to ensure they are eating the healthiest options.
It’s like feeding time at the zoo!
Here are some of their favourites;
1. Banana bread is a huge favourite in our house. Even with the adults but it never seems to last very long.
2 eggs
1/2 cup melted coconut oil or olive oil.
1/3 cup honey or maple syrup – this is optional because the bananas make the load very sweet anyway.
1/4 cup milk or Greek yogurt.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
1 cup mashed ripe bananas about 2-3 medium, mature bananas.
1 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour or gluten free flour.
Mix all of the above together in a stick proof loaf tray and cook at 220 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Price: £2.30
This will make about 8 – 12 portions or can be made into muffins.
Additions: You can also add blueberries, chocolate chips or peanut butter.
2. Protein balls or bars; I’m not great with recipes and normally throw things together that I already have in my cupboard. These will release energy slowly without delivering huge energy peak, followed by a crash and burn situation – which isn’t helpful for anyone!
2 cups raw almonds.
20 medjool dates, pitted.
1/2 cup of cocoa powder.
1/2 cup all-natural peanut butter.
3 tablespoons maple syrup, honey or agave.
Stick all of this in the food processor and then either roll into balls or put in a tray and flatten into bars. I top ours with some coconut shavings.
Price: £3.20 and this will make about 10-15 bars or 20 balls.
3. Salad with a twist (and a turn). I give the children salad a few times a week and the 
only way they eat this is if we pretend to be rabbits – which is way too exhausting! So I use a ‘spiralizer’ which I bought when I found out I was gluten intolerant and I lived in Malta. This is the best invention to encourage kidlets to eat veg. They love It and we do carrots, apples and cucumber. Sometimes we make a batch and they go in and out of the fridge and help themselves.
Price: £20.99
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3. Healthy strawberry ice cream is another snack / dessert that does not last long in our house and at under £0.20 a portion, it really is worth it.
Half a bag of frozen strawberries £1
2 medium avocados £0.50
½ liter of Greek or normal yogurt £1
1 large spoonful of honey or agave
Whiz all of this up in the food processor. Freeze in a Tupperware.
12-18 servings and it really is delicious.
Price: £2.50
5. Fruit kebabs. This is the snack idea that keeps on giving. The ideas and combinations are endless. Great for picnics, parties, special treats, snacks, a side with breakfast, lunch or dinner and you can customise it to what your bambinos like.
We normally go for:
An apple – £0.20
Box of grapes – £1
Strawberries – £1
Orange or tangerine – £0.10
Mango – £1
2 bananas – £0.40
3 kiwis – £1
Price: £4.70
This will make 15-20 kebabs, about £0.32 per kebab.
