One of the things I struggle with most, when packing a lunchbox, is how to make veggies more interesting. Day after day of cherry tomatoes or baby corn seem to be the favourite. But these sweetcorn muffins contain veggies, starch, and dairy–so you get 3 of your 5 food groups covered in one recipe 🙂 […]
Five Ways to Fun-Up Lunchbox Fruit
“I’m bored with bananas, I don’t like apples, and oranges are too hard to peel!” Does this sound familiar? Well, you aren’t alone. Although we know that eating healthily is important, and that a lot of fruit is really yummy, sometimes it can look a bit sad in our lunchboxes. If fruit is the thing […]
Beltin’ Bonfire Banger Buns: Yummy Fireworks-Night Food
REMEMBER REMEMBER, THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER GUNPOWDER, TREASON, AND PLOT. I SEE NO REASON WHY GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT This little rhyme was drummed into me in primary school, and yes, I still remember. What I remember more fondly, from the fireworks nights/bonfire nights/5th of Novembers of my childhood, is the fireworks […]
How to Make Breadsticks for a Lunchbox
If you haven’t thought about making breadsticks before because you think they’re fiddly and you might as well buy them, then read on… Not Sandwiches Again! One of the biggest problems I find when packing lunches, is how to avoid the usual sandwich-crisps-cookie cycle. Breadsticks are great, because they count as one of their starchy […]
Easy Banana Bread Recipe
Do you have a sad looking brown and spotty banana left at the bottom of the fruit bowl? Well, this easy banana bread recipe needs that sad, spotty banana–in fact, they are the best kind! Banana bread is one of the easiest peasiest recipes we have on Mini Yummers, and of course the banana adds […]
How to Make Healthy Bread that’s Not Brown
If your grown-up gives you a choice of white or brown bread, I’m betting you choose white every time, right? Well, grown-ups often try and get you to eat more brown bread because it’s usually healthier than white bread, but Mini Yummers has an answer: Healthy white bread! Yep, we’re going to show you how […]