Easy Banana Yoghurt Oatmeal Biscuits

Was surfing the web and chanced upon Racheal Ray's oatmeal cookies and had to try it out.  I just love her simple recipes.

Here is the original recipe which I adapted.

Decided to make 2 versions,  one for baby so texture must be mushy and Greek yoghurt is my choice.  For hubs, he loves choc so that's an obvious combination too!

Banana Yoghurt Oatmeal Biscuit (makes 12)

Ingredients 

2 Bananas (mashed)

1 cup rolled oats 

3 tbsp Greek yoghurt

 Method 

Put the rolled oats in the food processor and grind it till it is oat flour .

Mix in the mashed bananas and greek yoghurt.  

Scoop the batter onto the baking sheets and bake at 160 degrees for 25 min or until Brown.

Note: For the chocolate chip version, just replace the greek yoghurt with 1/4 cup chocolate chips and bake for 15 min.

Both are equally yummy and I can't stop sneaking into the kitchen to grab some.

Banana & Applesauce Cake

Lil sunshine is turning one come end Aug so i decided to embark on my hunt for a healthy birthday cake for her special day . After all these months of giving her well thought out and nutritious food , i'm not ready to expose her to commercial food dye and sugar and all the junk food which she will eventually come to know in future. Hahahah ....

Came across the recipe Healthy Smash Cake and got me really excited since its Sugar free, Dairy free and Eggless. How perfect! But since LO is still toothless (not sure if cake is too dry for her), i decided to make it more mushy and the result is a kueh like texture that's sticky and gooey. Was a little disappointed as the dense consistency made it almost impossible to hold a shape good enough to frost.

Oh well, guess we will just have to eat the ugly cake now. Nom nom nom

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 See how dense it is .

Ingredient :

90g wheat flour

3 bananas

200g applesauce

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/2 vanilla essence

Method :

Mix mashed banana, appleauce, vanilla essence, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix in flour and baking powder and ensure everything is well incorporated. Pour in mould and bake for 30 min at 180 degrees.

Lil sunshine seeing the cake for the first time. She was more intrigued by the pretty paper cup and attempted to eat that!

Oooh, this brownish sticky gooey mash actually tastes pretty good.

My kind of food ! *loves it when mummy lets me play with my food*

Can i have more please, mummy ?

After thoughts : This experience gave me inspiration to make more adaptions (i will never learn my lesson right ?hahahaha) so i will attempt to replace flour with oat powder (woohoo, gluten free !) Or search for a steam cake recipe for my base cake.Afterall, kuehs are steamed right ? Who says we must have cake for Birthdays. LO will have a MASH cake instead of a SMASH cake!hehehe

Snack time ! Pumpkin & Cinnamon Oat Fingers

What is the best thing about a lazy Sunday ? Loads of snacks of cos!

So i decided to make another variation of the versatile oat fingers for my lil sunshine.

Pumpkin & Cinnamon Oat Fingers

Ingredient :

150 g pumpkin

4 Tbsp baby oats

1/4 tsp cinnamon 

Method:

Steam pumpkin and mash it. Add cinnamon powder and oats and mix well. Form into fingers and bake for 15 min at 170 degrees.

Love the gorgeous orange. I'm in love with pumpkin as you can tell. hahahah

My happy baby enjoying her healthy, mushy and oh so yummy snack!

So while i try a new variation for baby girl, i must not forget Daddy so i made some Yam crisp in olive oil using my favourite turbo broiler. Will probably make these for Penny when she is older since its a healthy snack too. When you can't beat a family of snackers , you just have to make healthy snacks and JOIN IN !Woohooo !

Afternote : some mummies have been asking me where i bought my baby oats. So here is a picture of it and you can probably find it at NTUC Xtra or finest.

Oat Fingers , Sweet Potato Shapes & Avocado Tofu Pasta

Fruity Oat Fingers

Ingredients 

3 Tbsp Of rolled oats (blended if prefers finer oats)

Half a banana 

Handful of blueberries 

Method

Mash the banana and mix in oats and blueberries . Form into fingers and bake for 15 min at 170 degrees.

Sweet Potato Shapes

 (Just to make it fun and good teaching aid !)

Mould steamed sweet potatoes into shapes that you fancy and dust it with wheat flour to hold the shape . Baked for a few minutes for shapes to harden.

Avocado Tofu Pasta

Steam tofu in chicken stock for more flavour. Cook a handful of baby pasta.

Mix mashed tofu, avocado and pasta. Serve with some cheddar cheese and basil for flavour.

Salmon Cake , Pumpkin Patties & Meatball

Salmon Cake

Pre cook potato,peas,salmon and mash them.Add a little bit of onion and cheddar and some egg yolk to bind mixture. Then roll into balls, dip in egg and dust with floor and bake it for 15 min at 170 degrees.

Vegetable Meatballs

Mix Minced meat with carrot, pumpkin, french beans, onion, garlic, some cheddar cheese ,corn flour and egg yolk. Form into patties or balls.Bake at 180 degrees for 25 min or until brown. Yummy when served with yoghurt !

Pumpkin & Spinach Patties

Mix chopped spinach, mashed pumpkin with oat powder, onions ,garlic and a little unsalted butter. Form into patties and bake at 170 degrees for 15 min

Apple & Blueberry Crumble, Fruit Toast, Spinach & Cheese Toast

Apple & Blueberry Crumble

Apple sauce 

Handful of blueberries

5 tbsp wheat flour

5 g unsalted butter 

Method:

Make apple sauce with a dash of cinnamon.

Rub butter into wheat flour to make the crumble.

Pour apple sauce and blueberries into ramekin dish, topped with crumble and bake at 170 degrees for 15 min. 

Baked Fruit on Toast  

Cut a slice of wheat bread into quarters, butter 1 side w unsalted butter/olive oil and place buttered side in muffin tray. Place fruits on bread. Mix 1 egg yolk and milk to form custard and pour into muffin tray and bake for 15 min. I placed a dash of nutmeg on the banana for some spice.

You can have so many combinations!

Spinach & Cheese Toast

Cut a slice of wheat bread into quarters, butter 1 side w unsalted butter/olive oil and place buttered side in muffin tray. Place chopped spinach and cheddar cheese on bread. Mix 1 egg yolk and milk to form custard and pour into muffin tray and bake for 15 min. I placed a dash of nutmeg on the banana for some spice.

Hamburger

Visiting Penny's great grandmother so made these patties for baby , xin jun , xin yi and great grandma. Healthy and mushy, just nice for kids and elderly.

The patty is potato based so it's lighter and crumbles easily. ?

Hamburger (Makes 6 patties)

Ingredient:
Minced beef (approx 150g)
1 potato
Half a carrot
2 chunks of broccoli
1 clove of garlic (chopped finely)
Quarter of onion (chopped finely)
1 egg
1 tbsp cheddar cheese
1 tbsp corn flour

Method:
Boil potato, carrot, broccoli. Drain and mash.

Mix chopped garlic, onion, vegetables, flour, cheese and egg.

Make into patties ( I used a muffin tray for ease of baking) and bake at 180 degrees for 30 min or until brown.

Cherry Crumble

Since its cherry season , i decided to make a cherry Crumble for us both . Ibstead of the usual wheat flour, i opted for baby oat for a healthier twist . Penny loves it nonetheless. ☺

This is sugar free, salt free, Gluten free yummy snack for all ☺

Ingredient:
14 cherries, deseeded n washed
5 tbsp baby oats
5 g unsalted butter

Method:
Cook cherries in a little water and blend slightly to soften it. I tend not to puree it as I wanted chunks for my baby.

Rub butter into baby oats to make the crumble.

Pour cherry sauce into ramekin dish, topped with crumble and bake at 170 degrees for 15 min.

Cool and serve! 😉

Cheesy Salmon, Scrambled Eggs, Sweet Potato Balls & Pea Fritters

July was a busy month with Daddy's Birthday celebration and a little getaway to Penang .

Here are some nice bakes (oops and a scrambled ) for some variety

Ingredients (Makes 7 small patties):

1 chunk of salmon

1 potato

Half a carrot (chopped finely)

4 French beans (chopped finely)

1 egg yolk

Handful of cheddar (based on your preference)

Handful of wheat flour for dusting

Method 

Steam the vegetables and salmon. (I do so as my LO is toothless so mushy is impt)

Mash the potato and mix in carrot,French beans,salmon and egg yolk. Add a little liquid if you deem it is too dry.

Form into patties and dust it with wheat flour. 

Bake for 15 min at 170 degrees. 

Ingredients :

1 egg yolk

1.5 Tbsp breastmilk

Avocado (mashed)

Olive oil

Method:

Mix egg yolk and breastmilk. Heat olive oil and scramble the eggs. Mix in mashed avocado and serve.

Ingredient: 

1 sweet potato

1 chunk of carrot (diced)

Handful of baby spinach (chopped)

1.5 Tbsp breastmilk 

Steam sweet potato and carrot and mash it. Add spinach and breastmilk, roll into balls and bake at 170 degrees for 15 min. Done! ?

Adapted from here http://mylovelylittlelunchbox.com/2013/07/01/pea-fritters/

My version as my 10 mth old is toothless so need it more mushy: 

7 tbsp of peas

3 tbsp of wheat flour

1 tbsp of breast milk (or any milk) 

1 egg yolk

A handful of cheddar cheese

A chunk of pumpkin for sweetness (diced)

Some spring onion 

Some lime juice 

Steam 6 tbsp of peas (optional) and blend it with flour, egg yolk, lemon juice, breastmilk, spring onion. 

Mix in 1 tbsp pea, pumpkin bits, cheddar cheese for flavour and crunch. 

Scoop into muffin tray and bake at 170 degrees for 15 min.

Cool and serve.

Enjoy!