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Making Healthy Mealtimes Fun For Children
Do you find it hard to make healthy eating fun for your children? To some, food has become a chore. Busy parents can find the task of coaxing a minimum of five-a-day down reluctant kids’ throats somewhat tedious. (Written by Gem, on the Ooffoo Community blog) |
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- Epiphany cake is to be eaten on January 6th, also known as Twelfth Night or Epiphany. This is a Christian celebration of the day the three wise men visited Jesus. Since the Middle Ages it has been traditional to celebrate Epiphany with a cake in which a dried bean, whole almond, or lucky charm has More...
- These cookies are inspired by the thirteen flavours of Christmas in Provençe where it?s traditional to have thirteen desserts on offer at Christmas ? one for Jesus and each of his twelve apostles. For those of us celebrating Winter Solstice and Yule more than Christmas, the thirteen flavours of Christmas could be considered to represent More...
- Panettone (meaning large bread) is a traditional Christmas and New Year sweetbread, similar to brioche, from Milan in Italy. It has also become a tradition in South America where it is especially eaten on Christmas Eve with chocolate sauce. Any leftovers are toasted on Christmas morning. This version has a more cakey texture than bread-machine panettone. More...
- If you think nut roast is an unadventurous and boring standby for a vegetarian winter meal, then give this recipe a go. You may find yourself eating your words as well as extra portions! Unlike many nut roasts, this one is soft and deliciously moist. It is delicious either served hot or left to cool and More...
- Use these leaf-shaped chocolates to decorate plates of winter goodies and desserts. Add glacé cherries for red berries and a dusting of icing sugar for snow. Edible glitter can also be sprinkled over as frost. You may like to make more chocolate holly leaves than you think you?ll need as some have a tendency to break More...
- Traditionally, Christmas pudding is made on Stir-Up Sunday ? the Sunday before Advent, so the last Sunday in November. However, I often make mine in the first week of December. Stir the pudding clockwise and make a lucky wish before packing it into the pudding bowl! A coin can also be added to the mix More...
- It?s meant to be lucky to eat twelve different mince pies made by twelve different cooks. Unless you can find eleven volunteers to help, you?ll have to make these yourself and forfeit the luck but they?re worth it! Ingredients to make 21 mince pies 1lb/454g plain flour 8oz/226g butter 5 tbs cold water mincemeat to fill the pies More...
- I usually make my mincemeat in the first week of December so that the flavours have time to settle and absorb before the first batch of mince pies is baked. I make a large batch so there is plenty for friends and family to tuck into. Without the addition of sugar or suet, my mince pies More...
- These cookies are great for moulding into any shape you like, including runes (as suggested in my article Edible Runes). Remember to make your shapes thinner than you want them to end up as this mixture rises abundantly! Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. During the First World War, Australian and New Zealand More...
- Salsa, which translates as salad, is served as an accompaniment to spicy Mexican foods. As with my Vegetarian Burrito recipe, I?ve included a less spicy, more child-friendly version as well as the main recipes. Melon and Mango Salsa Serves 2-3 as a small side salad The mango and melon in this version are particularly refreshing. Slices of green More...
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