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Serve as a starter or as a light lunch - these little pastries are super easy to make and are super adaptable. Make them sweet or savoury!

Parsley and Pine Nut Ricotta Pastries

These little parsley and pine nut ricotta pastries would be perfect served as a light lunch or starter at your next party. You may remember my sweet jam filled ricotta pastries? These are a savoury take on them with a no cook filling of parsley, pine nuts, parmesan, garlic and baby bocconcini. The pastry is made using…

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Fish cakes with potato and dill - super easy to make and perfect for lunch or a light dinner. Serve with a simple salad

Fish Cakes with Potato and Dill

Super easy to make, these fish cakes with potato and dill are ready in no time, and if you have a little helper – even quicker! Not counting the extra time to clean up the all the mess of course… They are made with a classic flavour combo of potato and dill and make a healthy lunch or…

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Asparagus Arancini - be sure to make extra risotto so you can make arancici the following night - winning...

Asparagus and Saffron Arancini with Aioli

Who doesn’t love arancini!  It’s sure to be a hit with the kids so next time you make risotto, make it a big batch so you can make arancini the following night.  Two meal with minimal effort.  Bonus… The kids will love to help prepare this meal.  I rolled the balls and passed them to H to dunk…

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Cheats Gozleme with Feta and Spinach - super quick to make, perfect for quick lunch and school lunch boxes

Cheats Gozleme with Feta and Spinach

Gozleme is a tradition Turkish pastry filled with savoury ingredients.  I have very much cheated by using store-bought flatbread instead of making my own pastry.  It makes this cheats gozleme recipe super quick and convenient for lunch, a light dinner, or to pack into kids lunch boxes.  Gozleme has always been a favourite of mine….

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Chunky Sesame Prawn Toasts - delicious, crunchy, tasty little triangles

Chunky Sesame Prawn Toasts

Chunky sesame prawn toasts are sure to be a hit with young and old.  They are super crispy, quick to make, tasty little triangles that are great served at parties, for lunch or as a starter to your main meal.  I have used delicious plump fresh prawns for this recipe but frozen would work just…

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Mini Egg-Free Quiche

I’m super excited to be part of the healthy kids community this week on Instagram.  My recipe is this mini egg-free quiche.  It’s really simple to make and great for babies and toddlers that have allergic reactions to eggs.  To replace the eggs I have used tofu.  Not a tofu fan either?  Don’t worry, once…

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Pea and Broccoli Fritters - perfect for a light dinner or healthy lunch. Also great cold in lunch boxes.

Pea and Broccoli Fritters

H and I had these little pea and broccoli fritters for lunch.  They are quick to make and packed full of veggies.  They would also be lovely for a light dinner. I served them with a yoghurt dipping sauce because I know it’s always a winning combination with the little guy.   Whatever works right!   The…

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pancetta rolls

Pancetta Rolls

There is something so satisfying about making bread at home.  Kneading the dough, the smell of it baking in the oven and it is a fabulous activity for kids. H loves measuring the ingredients and getting his little fingers into the dough.  It’s also very calming for little ones if things are getting crazy…  What do you do…

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Kale Pesto Bread Rolls

Kale Pesto Bread Rolls

I have been making these delicious bread rolls for years with a range of different fillings.  This kale pesto filling is really delicious as the lemony flavour is balanced beautifully by the sweet bread.  If you want a short cut, store-bought pesto would also work well.   I have rolled the pasty out quite thin,…

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Moroccan lamb puff pastry triangles

Moroccan Lamb Puff Pastry Triangles

This recipe makes a large batch so you can freeze what’s left.  They defrost really well and are perfect for unexpected visitors or as a starter or light lunch.  The lamb filling has lots of spices along with mint and crumbly feta – really delicious.  I served it with a little golden kiwi fruit salsa (golden kiwi…

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