Nutty Pumpkin Muffins
Try this healthy and wholesome recipe to earn those brownie points from your kids
Ingredients
1 ½cupsflour
½ tsp baking powder
¾ cup yellow pumpkin, grated
½ cup corn
¼ cup cheddar cheese, grated
2 small onions, chopped
2 eggs
¾ cup milk
1/3 cup thick curd
2 tbsp nuts, chopped
Butter – to coat the muffin cups
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease the muffin moulds (6) with oil.
- In a bowl, mix flour and baking powder, and then add pumpkin, corn, cheddar and shallots.
- Whisk the eggs, milk and yoghurt in a jug. Pour this into the flour mixture and mix well.
- Fill the muffin moulds with this mix and sprinkle the nuts on top.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Let it cool well before you pack.
Paneer cheese and corn jigsaw sandwiches
Everyone loves sandwiches, fill them with the goodness of cheese, paneer and corn, all in one.
Ingredients
4 sliceswhole wheat bread
5 tbsp cheese, grated
¼ cup paneer, crumbled
5 tbsp sweet corn
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- In a bowl combine crumbled paneer, grated cheese, sweet corn, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Take one slice whole wheat bread and spread half the mixture on it and top it with another slice. Similarly make the second sandwich.
- Use jigsaw cookie cutters or a knife to cut each sandwich into a jigsaw and swap the pieces.
Sandwich Sushi
Inspired by sushi, this delicious alternative will leave your kids wanting more.
Ingredients
8 slices whole wheat bread, crusts removed
1 tbsp butter
½ avocado, sliced
1-2 iceberg lettuce leaves, shredded
½ redcapsicum, sliced
For stuffing (veg)
1 ½ tbsp, cheese spread
½ carrot, grated
1 tbsp, raisins
For stuffing (non veg)
½ chicken, cooked and shredded
1 cup, creamed corn (canned)
1 tbsp chives, chopped (optional)
2 tbsp mayonnaise
Method
- For the vegetarian stuffing, mix the carrot, raisins and cheese spreadin a bowl.
- For the chicken and corn filling,combine chicken, corn and chives and mayonnaise in a bowl.
- Place bread on a flat surface; use a rolling pin to flatten the bread. Spread butter on one side of each bread slice.
- Spread the filling over the slices, leaving a 2cm strip along top edge. Top with avocado. Roll up and close the pocket. Cut each sandwich into 3 rounds.
- Wrap these sandwiches tightly in cling film. Refrigerate until required.
Mexican Wraps
This saucy Mexican wrap will have your kids licking their fingers.
Ingredients
1 tortilla wrap
1 ½ tbsp, cheese spread
¼ red capsicum, chopped
¼ yellow capsicum, chopped
50g paneer/chicken, grilled
2 tbsp tomato salsa
For Salsa
1tomato, chopped
1 clove garlic
1 onion, chopped
3-4 jalapeños, chopped
½ cup cilantro leaves
1 lime, juice
1 tsp sugar
Salt and black pepper, to taste
For grilled paneer/chicken:
6 chicken breastsor 1 cup paneer, sliced
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tbsp lime juice
½ tsp lime zest
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 ½ tsp oregano
¼ tsp chilli flakes
1 tsp salt
¼ tspblack pepper powder
Method
Salsa:
- Roughly blend tomatoes, garlic, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper.
Grilled Paneer/ Chicken:
- In a bowl,mix oil, lime juice, lime zest, garlic, oregano, chilli flakes, salt, and black pepper.
- Marinate the chicken/paneer in this and refrigerate for an hour.
- On a non stick pan, with a few drops of oil, grill the marinated chicken/paneer till cooked for about 6-8 minutes.
Assembling the wrap:
- Spread the cheese spread on a tortilla wrap.
- Place both the colored capsicum, grilled paneer(or chicken) and the tomato salsa along the centre.
- Roll the wrap up to enclose it.
- Cut in half and serve.
Big Bite Burger
Go healthy on this junk food alternative and let your kids satiate their love for burgers.
Ingredients
For the cutlets:
1/3 cup cooked broken wheat (dalia)
2 tbsp carrots, chopped
2 tbsp Frenchbeans, chopped
2 tbsp sweet corn
2 medium sized potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 slice of whole wheat bread
½ tsp green chilies, chopped
¼ tspblack pepper powder
1 tbsp coriander, chopped
1 tsp oil
Salt to taste
For the burger:
6 bread buns
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
12 lettuce leaves
2 onions, sliced
2 green cucumbers, sliced
2 tomatoes, sliced
6 cheese slices
Method
For the cutlets:
- Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix well.
- Make 6 even sized cutlets.
- In a pan, take oil and cook the cutlets till they are golden brown.
For the burger:
- Toast the cut buns lightly on a griddle.
- On the lower half of each bun spread tomato ketchup and place 2 lettuce leaves over it.
- Place the onion, cucumber and tomato slices with some seasoning of salt over it.
- Finally a slice of cheese and a cutlet and close the burger with the bun.