Nutrient dense 'polka dot' veggie quiche - grain, dairy, nut free!

Nutrient dense 'polka dot' veggie quiche 

- grain, dairy, nut free!

You wont catch bread in my child's lunch box but you will see this! Vegetable quiche and she scoffs every single scrap! Lots of nutrients, no additives, quality meal and easy to make and most of all, she's not even interested in boring sandwiches :)

1 stalk celery
2 mdm carrots
2 broccoli stems (these are often wasted but they have so much goodness)
1 zucchini
3 brussel sprouts (halved)
2 handful of kale leaves
1/2 onion
1 garlic

1. All vegetables should be washed and ends trimmed before use. 
2. Add all vegetables to the TM or FP bowl and blitz on speed 7 for 5 seconds.  Blitz again if not of grated consistency. Once you have reached that consistency, use the reverse function so not to mush the mix up further. 

1/2 tsp home made curry powder
1 tblsp TM vegetable stock
7 eggs

3. Mix again on speed 5, reverse, for 10 seconds or until mixed thoroughly.
4. Pour mix into a lined baking tray.

1 sml sweet potato

5. Peel and slice into slices of about 1/2 cm in thickness and place slices ontop of quiche, in the tray.
6. Bake for 1 hour or until cooked.  Cooking time will vary between ovens etc.
7. Allow to cool and then cut into squares and freeze in glass containers, using baking paper to seperate.
8. Pull out of freezer the night before and wallah!!

Cacao chip almond biscuits - gluten, grain, dairy free

Cacao chip almond biscuits 

- gluten, grain, dairy free

515g almonds (i used activated and frozen) 

1. Blitz them in TM or FP on speed 10 for 20 seconds until fine in consistency.

1/2 tsp himalayan salt
1/2 tsp aluminium free baking soda

2. Add these to bowl and combine on speed 5 for 5 seconds.

65g organic butter
75g maple syrup
2 eggs

3. Mix these together separately in a small bowl and use your     spare TM bowl. Once combined, add the mix to the dry mix.
4. Mix on speed 4 until combined into a biscuit batter mix.

130g cacao nibs

5. Add the nibs and mix on speed 3 on rvs or until well combined.
6. Put mixture into blobs, on a lined baking tray and cook in oven (180*) for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. 
7. Allow to cool and enjoy! Store in glass jar.

This mix made over 50 biscuits!

Almond chocolate cake - gluten, grain and can be dairy free!

 Almond Chocolate cake

230g / 2 cups almond flour (i used activated frozen whole almonds)

1. Mill almonds in TM or FP.  I used speed 10 until of fine consistency.  Mill in two batches if necessary.

20g / 1/4 cup cacao powder
1/2 tsp himalayan salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

2. Combine all ingredients in TM of FP. Mix well on speed 5 for 10 seconds of until combined well.

170g / 1 cup maple syrup
2 whole eggs
1 tbls vanilla

3. Mix well again on speed 5 before pouring into a lined cake tin and baking in a warmed 180* oven.
4. Bake for 45 mins or until cooked.  Check with skewer.
5. Let cake cook for 1 hour or so before removing from tray and icing.

1 cup of broken chocolate pieces (Lindt 75% cocoa, Sweet Williams dairy free, Cadbury dairy milk etc)

1. Blitz on speed 10 or until finely chopped.
2. Melt on 60* for 3 minutes. Cook longer if necessary.
3. Lather the cake with the melted chocolate and enjoy every bite!

Chia & Flax pudding - gluten, grain, dairy, egg, nut free

Chia & flax pudding

2 peeled and chopped pears
20g raisins
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
60g water

1.  Add all ingredients to TM bowl or saucepan and cook until pears cooked. In TM this takes about 5 minutes, reverse at 100*, although the TM will only get to 60* in that 5 mins.

118g water or milk of choice
3 tblsp chia
1 tbls ground flaxseed/flaxmeal

2. Cook for a further minute on speed soft, reverse. Or use saucepan until chia is soaked well.

If once cooked, the mix is too runny for your liking, add chia until it reaches the consistency you like.

This can be served with sliced banana, cacao nibs and a dash of maple syrup. Serve immediately or store in fridge until ready to eat.

Carob fudgy cookies! Gluten, dairy, grain, nut and egg free!

Carob fudgy cookies!

170g organic sunflower seeds

1. Weigh into TM or FP bowl and blitz on high speed for about 10 seconds, or until you are happy with the consistency.

40g organic carob powder

1/2 tsp aluminium free baking soda

2. Add carob powder and baking soda to milled seed mix and blitz again for a few seconds on high, until combined well.

70g organic maple syrup

20g water

3. Add maple syrup to bowl and mix well until combined. Add water in small amounts until mix is a doughy sticky mix.

4. Roll into balls and flatten on lined baking tray.

5. Bake at 160 degrees in warmed oven for 25 minutes, rotating trays during that time.

Chicken & Vegetable fritters - gluten, grain, dairy and nut free!

These were another idea for school lunches.  As a Nutritionist as well as a Mother, i understand the things that lurk in processed foods, and so for me, all this effort is worth it. It is so important to me that my growing child receives optimum nutrition without any of the harsh additives that are hidden everywhere!

Chicken & Vegetable fritters - gluten, grain, dairy and nut free!

1/2 head small broccoli
1 carrot
1 handful of baby spinach
1/2 onion
1 garlic clove
3/4 large zucchini
1/2 (already cooked) chicken breast (i used leftovers)

1. Add the above ingredients and blitz in TM or FP on speed 9 for a few seconds until everything is chopped to a coleslaw consistency.

6 eggs
3/4 tblsp TM vege stock (or you could use curry powder etc)

2. Add eggs and stock and mix on medium speed until all combined.

3. Spoon the mixture into frypan (thats already heated) and fry in oil of your choice 
(i used butter), on a low-medium heat.

4. Refridgerate once all cooked. I then put them in the freezer with baking paper between, to stop them sticking. 

Chocolate Chia Mud - perfect for lunch boxes! Grain free, nut free, egg free

Trying to get some extra fats into your children's growing bodies? Avocado and chia are fabulous sources of good fats (omega 3) and most people are unaware but growing children need plenty of fats to support normal growth and development and of course they are essential to the development of the brain. As an added benefit, this contains calcium, and stacks of vitamins and minerals, including magnesium! When its this easy, its a wonder the school tuck shop doesn't make it to sell themselves. Would be so much healthier than the yoghurt's and custards that we see so many children eating. :(

My Son, i can give him half an avocado with some himalayan salt and he will scrape the skin clean. My Daughter wont eat avocado.  So now trying to get avocado into my Daughter, i had to become abit sneaky! I came up with this recipe to put in her lunch boxes at school as a healthy snack! She has tried it and loved it!!! 1 point for Mummy.

So here it is!

Chocolate Chia Mud  - perfect for lunch boxes! Grain free, nut free, egg free

Prior to making this recipe ensure you have some soaked chia on hand. 

1/2 avocado

1 cup baby spinach

1/4 cup cacao powder (you could play with it and use carob powder instead)

60g maple syrup

1. Blitz all ingredients (except chia) on speed 8-10 in TM or FP, until all chopped and combined.

2 trays of ice

2. Add ice and blitz again on same speed, ensuring no lumps of ice remain.

3 heaped SOAKED tblsp chia pudding

20g water (optional)

3. Add chia and mix on medium speed until thoroughly combined. If you want it more runny, add water.

4. Serve immediately, package into containers to put in lunch boxes, or as i did, freeze it into ice cubes to thaw out in lunch box containers overnight, the day before school. Serve with raspberries!