Healthy Recipes Ideas for Children

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Quesbo · Little Chef · Cook something colourful

Ten delicious reasons to wash, weigh, mix and explore. Bring vegetables and fruit to the centre of your next family cooking session.

10 complete recipes60 illustrated stepsSchool-age children + an adult

A colourful family spread with vegetable pitta pizza, rainbow wraps, stuffed sweet potato, chickpea curry, fruit yoghurt pots and pear berry crumble. — A colourful family table, from vegetable-filled pittas and wraps to fruit pots and warm crumble.

A little variety, a lot to discover

Choose one recipe for today. Each has its own ingredient list, six illustrated steps, practical cooking checks and clearly marked jobs for the child and grown-up. The savoury dishes combine vegetables with bread, rice, pasta, pulses or eggs; the fruity ideas bring variety to breakfasts, snacks and puddings.

Healthy eating comes from the overall pattern of meals and snacks. Enjoy different foods across the day and week, start with portions that suit your child, and offer more when they are hungry. These are family cooking ideas, with room for individual tastes and appetites.

Vegetable-filled meals

Two finished rainbow vegetable pitta pizzas with melted mozzarella on cream plates.

Recipe 01 · 40 minutes

Rainbow Garden Pitta Pizzas

Turn wholemeal pittas into colourful little gardens with tomato, thinly sliced vegetables and a little mozzarella.

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Finished wholemeal rainbow wrap halves showing hummus, carrot, cucumber, avocado, lettuce and red pepper.

Recipe 02 · 20 minutes

Crunchy Rainbow Wraps

Spread, stack and roll a colourful lunch with creamy hummus and crisp vegetables.

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Wholewheat spaghetti topped with a thick five-vegetable and lentil tomato sauce.

Recipe 03 · 80 minutes

Five-Vegetable & Lentil Spaghetti

A gently simmered tomato sauce with five vegetables, soft red lentils and wholewheat spaghetti.

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Golden broccoli, pea and sweetcorn fritters served with a small bowl of yoghurt dip.

Recipe 04 · 55 minutes

Broccoli, Pea & Sweetcorn Fritters

Golden little vegetable fritters with a cool lemon-yoghurt dip.

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Finished sweet potato boats filled with black beans, corn, tomato and avocado, topped with plain lime yoghurt.

Recipe 05 · 80 minutes

Stuffed Sweet Potato Boats

Turn soft baked sweet potatoes into colourful boats with black beans, sweetcorn, tomato, avocado and a swirl of lime yoghurt.

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A finished bowl of white rice with tender broccoli, red pepper, carrot, green peas and fully cooked golden egg pieces.

Recipe 06 · 45 minutes

Colourful Vegetable & Egg Rice

A bright family rice bowl with tender carrots, peas, broccoli and peppers, golden egg pieces and a gentle hint of ginger.

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A finished bowl of mild chickpea, cauliflower, carrot and spinach curry beside fluffy rice.

Recipe 07 · 55 minutes

Gentle Chickpea & Vegetable Curry

A colourful, softly spiced supper with tender vegetables, chickpeas and fluffy rice.

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Fruit-filled breakfasts & puddings

A bowl of soft apple, banana and berry baked oats topped with plain yoghurt.

Recipe 08 · 60 minutes

Apple, Banana & Berry Baked Oats

A soft, spoonable breakfast bake with oats, three fruits and a little cinnamon.

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Four finished rainbow fruit and yoghurt pots with soft oats, strawberry, kiwi, mango and banana.

Recipe 09 · 20 min prep + overnight chilling

Rainbow Fruit & Yoghurt Pots

Soft overnight oats, plain yoghurt and four colourful fruits, layered by little hands.

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Warm pear and berry oat crumble served in an ivory bowl with plain yoghurt.

Recipe 10 · 70 minutes

Warm Pear & Berry Oat Crumble

Soft pears and bright berries beneath a lightly sweetened oat topping, served with plain yoghurt.

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