Whether you're for or against baby led weaning, this is a list of yummy baby and toddler friendly recipes can be modified accordingly. Depending on the age of your child, you may need to cut or mash the food before serving.
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Healthy Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients:
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1lb. ground chicken
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1 cup almond flour
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2 tbsp. Ketchup
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Optional: seasonings of choice. recommended: a tap each of garlic powder, onion powder, nutritional yeast, and black pepper.
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350
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Combine all ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly
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Spray silicone mini muffin tin
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Scoop 1 tbsp. Portions into each muffin tin
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Bake for 15-20 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165
Veggie Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients:
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1 lb chicken mince or ground chicken
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Seasoning: paprika, salt, black pepper
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1 egg
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1/2 cup of any flour of your choice
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Cauliflower, broccoli and carrots
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Coating: bread crumbs or panko
Directions:
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Combine chicken, paprika, salt, black pepper, one egg and flour (season to your liking).
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Steam veggies until very soft.
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In a food processor or mashing with a fork, combine chicken and veggies.
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Shape tablespoonfuls of the mixture into nugget shapes using wet hands.
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Coat each nugget with bread crumbs or panko.
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Place the nuggets on a lined baking tray and drizzle with olive oil.
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Bake at 355 degrees for 20 minutes, then flip and bake for another 20 minutes.
Crispy Avocado Fries
Ingredients
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1/2 an avocado
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1 cup Parmesan
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1 large egg
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Seasonings of your choice
Directions:
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Preheat your oven to 450F.
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Mix all ingredients and shape into fries on a parchment lined baking sheet.
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Bake for 10-12 minutes, until crispy and golden brown.
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Serve with your favorite dipping sauce
Easy
Chicken Salad
Ingredients
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1 cup cubed/shredded chicken
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1 whole small avocado
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1/4 cup full fat Greek yogurt
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spices of choice (I did a little salt, poultry seasoning and Italian seasoning)
Directions:
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Mix up, serve and enjoy!
French Toast Roll-Ups
Ingredients:
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1/2 block of cream cheese
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1/3 cup fresh blueberries
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1 tablespoon powdered sugar
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8 slices of bread
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2 tbsp of milk
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2 eggs
Directions:
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Blend together cream cheese, blueberries, & powdered sugar.
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Cut crust off of bread and roll into thin slices.
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Spread filling on.
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Whisk eggs and milk together until combined. Then dip roll into egg and place on a buttered skillet on medium heat.
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Rotate them until cooked through.
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Sprinkle with extra powdered sugar
Frozen Berry Pancakes
Ingredients:
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1 cup frozen berries
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1/4 cup flour
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1/2 tsp baking powder
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2 tbsp full fat Greek yogurt
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1 tbsp water
Directions:
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microwave and thaw berries for 1-2 minutes, then mash.
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Add in the rest of your ingredients until combined.
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Pour around a tbsp of batter onto a hot greased skillet and cook on both sides.
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Serve and enjoy!
Will keep for 3-4 days in the fridge and freeze well! To thaw from frozen either microwave for around 45 seconds or toast for 3-5 minutes
Zucchini Pasta
Ingredients:
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1 medium zucchini
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1 quarter yellow onion
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1 clove of garlic
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1 tbsp cooking oil of choice
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2 tbsp hemp hearts
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1/3 cup full fat ricotta
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1/3 cup shredded parmesan
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1/4 cup pasta water
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4 servings pasta of choice
Directions:
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Bring a pot of water to boil, add your pasta, and cook according to the packaging.
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Rough chop a zucchini, your quarter onion, and mince your garlic.
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Add oil and veggie to a skillet and cook until soft (10-15 minutes).
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Add veggies to a blender or food processor, add in your hemp hearts, seasoning, ricotta, parmesan, and pasta water.
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Blend until smooth.
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Drain your pasta and add to a bowl.
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Add in your blended sauce and mix until combined. Serve and enjoy!
One Pot Zucchini Pasta
Ingredients:
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1 small onion
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1 zucchini
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1 tbsp of tomato paste
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1/2 cup small pasta (Filini is recommended)
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1/4 tsp turmeric
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1/4 tsp cumin
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OPTIONAL: Pinch of salt
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Pinch of black pepper
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1 tbsp preferred oil
Directions:
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Chop onion and zucchini
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Add 1 tbsp preferred oil to heated pan and add onion, turmeric, cumin, salt, pepper
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Mix and let brown for a few minutes
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Add zucchini
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Add tomato paste
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Add 2 cups water
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Mix in tomato paste and bring to a boil
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Once boiling add pasta
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Mix and cover on low-med heat for 18 min
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Let cool for 5 min serve & enjoy!
Creamy Avocado Pasta
Ingredients:
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1 small ripe avocado
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1 tsp lemon juice
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1/3 cup full fat greek yogurt
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1/2 tsp garlic powder
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1/2 tsp onion powder
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1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
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1/2 cup shredded or grated parmesan
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1/4 cup pasta water
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4 servings pasta of choice
Directions:
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Boil your water and add in your pasta to cook.
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Add your avocado, lemon juice, seasonings, yogurt, and parmesan to a bowl and mix all together.
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Once the pasta is done cooking, reserve your pasta water, and set cooked pasta aside.
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Add your pasta water to the pasta sauce and mix in.
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Add in pasta and mix all together.
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Serve and enjoy!
Carrot Pasta
Ingredients:
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4 servings of pasta
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one 14.5 oz can of carrots strained
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1/2 cup shredded parmesan
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1/4 cup + splash (around a tablespoon) of pasta water,
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1/2 cup full fat Greek yogurt
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1 tsp Italian seasoning
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1 tsp garlic powder
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1 tsp onion powder
Directions:
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Cook 4 servings of baby's favorite pasta shape, reserve pasta water, and set cooked pasta aside.
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Add all ingredients to blender and blend until fairly smooth.
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Mix in cooked pasta.
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Serve and enjoy!
Carrot Pancakes
Ingredients:
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1 large carrot or 2 small ones
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1 spotty banana
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1 egg
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1 tbsp plain Greek yogurt
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3/4 cup oats
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1/2 tsp baking powder
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Dash of cinnamon
Directions:
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Steam your carrot for 10 min
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When ready add all your ingredients to a blender carrot, banana, egg, yogurt, oats, baking powder & cinnamon
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Blend
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Add butter to heated pan
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Add batter and cook for a few minutes on each side on medium heat
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Serve and enjoy
Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bars
Ingredients:
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1 cup grated carrots
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2.25 cups oats
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2 tsp baking powder
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1 tsp cinnamon
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1/2 tsp ginger
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1/2 tsp clove
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1 cup unsweetened applesauce,
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1 egg
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1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
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Preheat the oven to 350. Get a 8x8 baking dish and line with parchment paper (crumple first to get it to lay easier).
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Wash and peel your carrots, then grate onto cheesecloth.
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Squeeze out excess moisture (or pat dry with a paper towel/dish cloth).
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Add to a bowl.
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Add in your remaining ingredients and mix well. Add your mixture to your baking dish and press down using the back of a spatula until even.
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Bake for 30 minutes, or until edges brown slightly and top looks dry.
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Cool for 5-10 minutes, cut and serve!
Healthy Breakfast
Fruit Bars
Ingredients:
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1 ripe banana
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1/2 cup oats
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3/4 cup SR Flour
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4 tsp coconut oil (can sub for olive oil)
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3 tbsp runny peanut butter (or nut free alternative)
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6 tbsp oat milk
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A handful of berries (or whatever mix in you like!)
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optional to add vanilla and some maple syrup to sweeten
Directions:
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Bake at 356 degrees for 20 mins or until a skewer comes clean.
Broccoli Avocado Waffles
Ingredients:
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1 cup steamed broccoli
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1 ripe small avocado
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1/4 cup flour
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1/2 tsp baking powder
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1 egg
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spices of choice
Directions:
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mash up broccoli and avocado together
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mix in the remaining ingredients.
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Add 1/4 cup of batter to greased preheated waffle maker and cook until crispy (around 6-7 mins or so.)
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Serve and enjoy!
These were super soft so be careful removing from waffle maker! Use a fork to get underneath
Banana Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients:
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6 slices bread cubed up
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4 eggs
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splash of vanilla
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1/2 cup milk of choice
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2 bananas mashed
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1 cup blueberries flattened
Directions:
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Mash the bananas.
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Mix in eggs, vanilla, milk, and flattened blueberries.
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Pour in your cubed up bread and mix until all the bread is coated.
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Place into greased muffin dish.
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Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees or until set
Spinach Muffins
Ingredients:
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3 eggs
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2 bananas
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1/2 cup oats
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1/2 cup spinach
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optional chocolate chips
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350 F
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Add spinach and oats to the blender and blend as much as you can until it's almost a powder.
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Add in the banana and egg and blend until just combined. Do not over blend or the mixture will be too airy and won't turn out.
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Fold in the chocolate chips.
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Spray mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Spoon mixture into muffin tins.
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Cook in oven for about 15 minutes.
Broccoli Chickpea Fritters
Ingredients:
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1 can of chickpeas
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2 cups steamed broccoli
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1/2 cup cornstarch (or flour),
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spices of choice
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1 egg
Directions:
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steam broccoli
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Rinse chickpeas and add to a bowl and mash
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Add in broccoli and mash together
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Mix the rest of the ingredient
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Use a cookie scoop to add mixture to a hot greased skillet and flatten with a fork.
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Cook until crispy on both sides.
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Serve and enjoy!
Broccoli
Sweet Potato Salmon Tots
Ingredients:
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1 small sweet potato
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3 broccoli florets
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1/2 of a single serving of salmon filet
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2 tbsp all purpose flour
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Olive oil
Directions:
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Add sweet potato, broccoli and salmon to mixing bowl
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Drizzle some olive oil and coat everything
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Steam everything for 15-18 min
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When ready mash everything
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Add preferred seasoning
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Form your tots
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Brush with olive oil
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Bake for 10 min on 400 F
Should come out 10-11 tots. Can freeze for up to 1 month