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#2 Lunch #3 Dinner Recipes

Salmon Patties

Due to the fact that my kids are happy eating anything I call a ‘crunchy pancake’ and I’m looking for ways to get more calcium into my daughter who doesn’t do too well with dairy, I decided to revive a staple from my childhood – the salmon patty. It had to be delicious, crunchy and kid-friendly.

This is a very basic recipe that you can get more fancy with – but it’s a new fav in our house just the way it is. I serve it up with a plate of raw veg. Or top with basil pesto and baby spinach.

Makes around 18 patties.

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 Salmon Patties
Salmon Patties
Servings
Ingredients
  • 6 potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 2 x medium tins (210g) of sustainably caught red salmon
  • 3 spring onions sliced
  • 1 cup oats OR 1 cup quinoa flakes/GF bread crumbs for gluten-free option
  • 1 cup cheese grated
  • 1 1/2 tsp Dill fresh or dried
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 tblp coconut oil or olive oil (and more if required)
Servings
Ingredients
  • 6 potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 2 x medium tins (210g) of sustainably caught red salmon
  • 3 spring onions sliced
  • 1 cup oats OR 1 cup quinoa flakes/GF bread crumbs for gluten-free option
  • 1 cup cheese grated
  • 1 1/2 tsp Dill fresh or dried
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 tblp coconut oil or olive oil (and more if required)
Salmon Patties
Instructions
  1. Steam your potatoes in a pot of boiling water until they are soft all the way through. Remove and drain.
  2. Add to a bowl with the rest of the ingredients and mash together until fully combined.
  3. Heat oil in a fry pan over moderate heat and once warm, add small handfuls of mixture into the pan and flatten. Once browned on one side, flip and cook on the other side.
Recipe Notes

Let me know how these go down at your place, and your fav way to serve them up!

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Creamy Chicken, Avocado and Kale Pasta – Yes, kid friendly!

Sometimes life calls for pasta. Well, my life anyway. Pasta used to be a far more regular thing in my house until I realised that there are way more nutrient dense options out there.

The real truth is, my family doesn’t hugely dig ‘zoodles’ (zucchini noodles that you make with a spiraliser) so sometimes it’s just going to be a pasta day. I buy Spelt Pasta from the supermarket – it’s more expensive so I make it a real treat to eat it.

Hence this dish…

If you’re not into dairy – look away! It’s rich and indulgent. And the kids ate it – kale and all. THAT’S how good it is! Enjoy x

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 Creamy Chicken, Avocado and Kale Pasta – Yes, kid friendly!
Creamy chicken, avocado and kale pasta
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 packet spelt pasta spirals (or gluten free pasta)
  • 1 small container cream
  • 1 chicken breast or 2 thighs or leftover roast chicken thinly sliced
  • 1 1/2 avocados sliced
  • 1 tbls butter
  • 2 leaves of curly kale thinly sliced
  • 10 button mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 100 g fetta
  • 1 big handful parmesan cheese grated
  • pinch of salt
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 packet spelt pasta spirals (or gluten free pasta)
  • 1 small container cream
  • 1 chicken breast or 2 thighs or leftover roast chicken thinly sliced
  • 1 1/2 avocados sliced
  • 1 tbls butter
  • 2 leaves of curly kale thinly sliced
  • 10 button mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 100 g fetta
  • 1 big handful parmesan cheese grated
  • pinch of salt
Creamy chicken, avocado and kale pasta
Instructions
  1. Cook your pasta as per packet instructions
  2. Heat butter in a pan on moderate heat.
  3. Once melted, add chicken and mushrooms and cook until chicken is cooked through.
  4. Add cream and kale and heat gently for five minutes
  5. Add cheeses, avocado and salt and stir through.
  6. Add pasta once cooked and combine.
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#2 Lunch #3 Dinner Recipes

Broccoli Fritters

I had two heads of broccoli sitting in the fridge that needed to be used. And I needed a creative way to use them so the kids would eat it. They used to be great at broccoli, but in true toddler style, have gone off it. All three of them.

Enter the Broccoli Fritter! These were demolished by my kids and husband (and I). Totally delicious and will become a family staple, hence having to get the recipe onto the blog – so I don’t forget it. You could absolutely substitute the vegetable – but broccoli was fab. And who doesn’t need more broccoli in their life?

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 Broccoli Fritters
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Servings
Ingredients
  • 2 head of broccoli cut into florets
  • 1 1/2 cups wholemeal spelt flour (or gluten free flour or plain flour)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup grated tasty cheese
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp Herbamare herbed salt
  • extra olive oil for frying
Servings
Ingredients
  • 2 head of broccoli cut into florets
  • 1 1/2 cups wholemeal spelt flour (or gluten free flour or plain flour)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup grated tasty cheese
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp Herbamare herbed salt
  • extra olive oil for frying
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Instructions
  1. Steam the broccoli until soft in your steamer (in tmx it took about 15 minutes, 100 degrees, speed 3)
  2. In a bowl mix all ingredients together until combined and broccoli has broken up a bit.
  3. Heat 2 tbls olive oil in a frypan on medium heat and add large spoonfuls into pan. Flatten them out. Turn when crispy on the underside.
  4. Remove from pan when crispy on both sides and enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Let me know if these are a success for your family too!

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Three Simple Dressings

One of the easiest things to ditch from your weekly shop is salad dressings – that’s because it is so crazy easy to make delicious dressings from staple ingredients in your pantry.

Adding good fats to salads helps you feel full and also makes them outrageously delicious.

Here’s my tangy, salty and creamy dressings for your enjoyment x

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 Three Simple Dressings
Three Simple Dressings
Servings
Ingredients
Tangy
  • 1 tbls apple cider vinegar (nice and cloudy – like the Braggs brand)
  • 1 tbls olive oil
  • 1 tbls raw honey
  • salt and pepper
Salty
  • 1 tbls peanut butter (make sure the only ingredient is peanuts!)
  • 1 tbls tamari (similar to soy sauce but wheat free – find at supermarket)
  • 2 tbls olive oil
Creamy
  • 1 avocado
  • Juice 1/2 lemon
  • 1 crushed garlic clove
  • 1 tbls olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp dulse flakes – optional find at health food stores
  • salt
Servings
Ingredients
Tangy
  • 1 tbls apple cider vinegar (nice and cloudy – like the Braggs brand)
  • 1 tbls olive oil
  • 1 tbls raw honey
  • salt and pepper
Salty
  • 1 tbls peanut butter (make sure the only ingredient is peanuts!)
  • 1 tbls tamari (similar to soy sauce but wheat free – find at supermarket)
  • 2 tbls olive oil
Creamy
  • 1 avocado
  • Juice 1/2 lemon
  • 1 crushed garlic clove
  • 1 tbls olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp dulse flakes – optional find at health food stores
  • salt
Three Simple Dressings
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#2 Lunch

A Salad Lunch for EVERYONE – GF, DF

My toddler and baby ate this tuna salad and ate it well. The toddler even asked for seconds – “this is really yummy mummy”. I think a little tear came down my face. We are getting somewhere!

I don’t think I did anything particularly amazing to this salad, but thought I’d share it in case it somehow contains the secret to toddlers happily eating legumes and raw veggies!!

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 A Salad Lunch for EVERYONE – GF, DF
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 tin chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • 1 tin lentils drained and rinsed
  • 1 avocado thinly slices
  • 2 tomatos diced
  • 2 carrots grated
  • 4 spring onions peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 medium sized tin of tuna
  • large handful of baby spinach
Dressing:
  • 1 tbls of olive oil
  • 1 tbls of apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 tin chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • 1 tin lentils drained and rinsed
  • 1 avocado thinly slices
  • 2 tomatos diced
  • 2 carrots grated
  • 4 spring onions peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 medium sized tin of tuna
  • large handful of baby spinach
Dressing:
  • 1 tbls of olive oil
  • 1 tbls of apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
Instructions
  1. Put all the salad ingredients in a bowl and mix around with your hands!
  2. Mix dressing ingredients together and then drizzle over the salad.
Recipe Notes

Then cross your fingers if you’re feeding it to your kids – hopefully they devour it!

Lisa x

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Avocado Salsa Lunch (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

A week ago I asked my Facebook followers which meal they’d like healthy ideas for. Lunch seemed to jump out and I guess that’s because a lot of us race out the door for work in the morning and then start thinking about lunch when they get hungry. Then they go to a food court/cafe/pub(?) and eat something dense that will FILL US UP!

Oh I have been in that pattern for sooooo long.

But I have a new way of thinking about lunch. I’m not eating bread, you see. I’m trying to think of ways that I can fill up, not get tired afterwards (like I would with bread) and that will give me stacks of energy for the afternoon. Obviously, it also has to taste great.

So here’s an idea for those that like to prepare the night before. Make a cheeky homemade guacamole – it can dress up ANYTHING!

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 Avocado Salsa Lunch (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)
Avocado Salsa Lunch
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/4 red onion very thinly sliced
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • salt and pepper to season
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/4 red onion very thinly sliced
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • salt and pepper to season
Avocado Salsa Lunch
Instructions
  1. Just smash it all together
  2. Today I added it to 100% brown rice Rice Crackers and sliced a tomato on top (I get the rice cakes from Coles). Yum, it tastes like salsa. But I’m still feeling a bit peckish so I’m going to mix more guac through some mixed leaves, cherry tomatoes and tuna.
Recipe Notes

Really the opportunities are endless – you could add feta/tuna/chicken to the rice cakes if you love cheese or want some protein.

I might end this lunch with one of my healthy chocolate crackles (will bring you that recipe soon).

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