I am always looking for easy little food ideas to make for my two-and-a-half year old and her friends. She is a good eater which makes it quite a bit easier. Here are some fairly quick ideas that have worked out well:
Happy Face Sandwiches
Use a mix of wholewheat and white bread for an extra bit of color.
You will need:
1 loaf wholewheat and 1 loaf white sliced sandwich bread (depending on the number of sandwiches you want to make)
Diced well boiled potatoes
cream cheese
hard boiled egg
Raisins and thin slivers of carrot (for the happy face decoration)
Mash the poatoes with the cream cheese and season to taste. Keep aside. Use one slice wholewheat and one slice white bread for each sandwich. Butter the bread on one side lightly. Use a round shape (I used a small canister cover) and cut the bread into small circles (you can use leftover bits in your bread and butter pudding); put some cream cheese-mash potato filling into each sandwich; top the filling with a thin slice of hard boiled egg in some of the sandwiches and press the sandwich down firmly. Finally press in two raisins for eyes and the carrot sliver to make a smiley mouth. Of course you can use any kind of filling you like, this one works well for us and is easy to make ahead and keep.
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Tasty, quick fried drummettes
Some chicken drumettes (washed well and boiled for about 15 minutes with garlic and some salt)
dash of cumin powder, dash of tumeric, salt to taste
Cool the boiled chicken drumettes, then mix well with the cumin and tumeric powders and salt. Shallow fry very well making sure chicken is nicely cooked and crispy. Serve after the chicken has completely cooled down.
Mushroom omelette
My little one loves mushrooms, this omelette is easy to make with swiss brown mushrooms sliced fine. Simply add the sliced mushrooms to a well beaten free range egg, season lightly and cook gently in an egg pan folding over as it cooks to make a small delicious omelette.
Chocolate dip for fruit
2 150g bars dark chocolate
2-3 teaspoons honey or golden syrup
1 small pot single cream
1 tablespoon cornflour
Melt all ingredients together very gently in a double boiler. When cooled serve with strawberries and grapes on long bamboo skewers.
