I’m a huge quinoa fan and given the chance I would eat it everyday! I’m lucky that H also loves it, so I make it often. Sometimes served as a meal, like this roasted pumpkin quinoa salad could be, and other times I will just season it and have it as an accompaniment to another…
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Quick Pickled Veggie Salad
Pickled veggies may not appear to be the most toddler friendly of dishes but my little one certainly approved. The pickling liquid isn’t too heavy on the vinegar so give it a try, you can always add a little extra sugar if you think it is still too vinegary. This is my favourite salad to serve…
Mexican Black Bean Salad
This Mexican black bean salad is super easy and super quick. I’ve used canned beans for convenience. They are the perfect fast food and I always have some in the cupboard ready for a quick side dish or lunch. I started giving H beans and chickpeas early on and would simply mash them with…
Citrus Salad with Fennel and Walnuts
There isn’t a whole lot I like about winter, but juicy blood oranges are one of the few things that I can’t get enough of. The colours are just gorgeous and I love love love orange salads. There is another one that I make regularly with rosewater, pistachios and goats cheese – but I’ll leave that for another post! This citrus salad with fennel and…
Warm Lentil, Potato & Corn salad with a yoghurt dressing
Salads and toddlers aren’t two words that generally go well together! But, we love salads, and they are one of H’s favourite things to eat. The trick is to add ingredients that they love, and then sneak in the rest. This warm lentil, potato and corn salad has all of H’s favourite things. I have snuck in…
Broccoli Tabouli
Broccoli is my favourite green vegetable and H is a pretty big fan as well. In this recipe the broccoli taste is very subtle because of the huge amount of herbs, but I love that there is another veggie in there. I very quickly pulsed the broccoli in a food processor to achieve a rice like consistency and then cooked…
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Mozzarella
This is such as a simple salad and could be made with any tomatoes, but these gorgeous heirloom tomatoes were just too beautiful to walk past. As you are all probably aware, I make a lot of dishes with tomatoes! I know H is going to love it and I get so much joy watching him…
Fruit Salad with an Orange Vanilla Glaze
We eat a lot of fruit in our house. The little dude just loves it, so I always like to mix things up a little. This fruit salad has a lovely orange vanilla glaze drizzled over the top, then I added a dollop of my homemade mascarpone and some toasted almonds. It would make a…
Lentil, Beetroot and Goats Cheese Salad
The inspiration for his salad came from a girls night out last weekend. A girlfriend and I went to the Sydney Opera House to see Stephen Hawking speak and went to a great little Italian restaurant beforehand. My little man loves lentils and he is a huge fan of goats cheese so I thought of…
Quince, pumpkin, eggplant and quinoa salad
This recipe is adapted from Movida restaurant in Melbourne and it is so good! It would make an impressive side dish, light lunch, or even main course. The rich flavours are balanced beautifully by the sharpness of the quince and although it does take a little time to prepare, I promise it will be worth…
