Healthy Snacks

Healthy Snacks are two buzz words you will see in every women’s magazine but kids need more than a few apple slices when they get home from school.

Almost all children are fussy eaters and there is very little parents can do except find things they like to eat that are relatively good for them (or at least not bad for them).

Processed foods kids love such as potato waffles and fish fingers will never be as good for them (or us) as real food prepared from scratch.

The recipes below are unlikely to appear in a dietician’s cookbook given that they are cooked in fat and contain salt, but the important thing is they are way better than any processed food, taste great and kids will eat them.

Feel free to scale up all the recipes below.

Chicken Nuggets
These are so tasty and easy you will never have to buy chicken nuggets again.

Blend 100g of cornflakes in a food processor with a good pinch of salt. Cut a chicken breast into nugget sized pieces and push each nugget into the cornflake crumbs. Both cornflakes and chicken breast are sticky so there is no need for egg. Shallow fry in a little oil and butter until firm and golden.


Fish Fingers / Fish Goujons
Whether you call these goujons or fish fingers depends on whether you cook them for adults or kids.

Cut 250g of white fish such as Cod, Haddock or Whiting into 2cm strips 10 cm long and 1cm thick. Rub the fish in plain flour and lightly coat each piece of fish. Process 3-4 slices of white bread into fine breadcrumbs. Beat a large egg with some salt and add a splash of milk. Dip the fish in the milk, followed by the breadcrumbs and shallow fry in sizzling butter mixed with a little sunflower oil until golden.


French Toast
Use any bread but this is best with slices of French stick or thick slices of crusty bread.

Beat 2 eggs with 200ml milk and add a pinch of salt. Dip thick slices of bread in the milk/egg mix and shallow fry in a little butter and oil until golden. Serve with maple syrup or a sprinkle of caster sugar.