Low Calorie Cooking Tips – Low Calorie Recipe Book

Encouraging kids to eat healthy by playing healthy.

Getting the whole family to eat healthy can sometimes be a challenge. Kids can be quite agreeable if you get them involved with the cooking process and make it fun. My littlies love Nachos, so we make a healthy version from mountain bread. You can give the kids a pair of scissors and they can cut out their own shapes. They can make teddy bears or any shape that appeals to them. being more interactive encourages healthy eating.

Pop the shapes into the oven on baking paper to crisp up. Then add a lean topping: Fried lean mince (can boil first to get fat out if you wish), tomato salsa (made form fresh tomatoes and herbs), avocado and a sprinkle of shaved parmesan. Cut out a few hearts for dad or mum and he/she will love it too!

Get creative with your cooking and think of ways to make it an activity for the kids. Post any ideas you come up with. I would love more for my family too.

See our healthy nacho recipe here: Mild Spinach Nacho Treat Meal
Make some cheese rye snack from the mountain bread.

Encouraging kids to eat healthy by playing healthy.

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How underused is the slow-cooker? This little cooker is a time-saving, budget friendly, flavour building mean lean machine!

If you don’t own a slow cooker (Crockpot) you may want to seriously consider purchasing one. My mother used to use a Crockpot and passed it on to me years ago. It sat in the back of the cupboard neglected until I was reminded of it one day. At the time I was working late in a retail business I owned. My children would be dropped off after school and have to wait until we got home to be fed. The shop kept us there until 7pm or later some nights and I would then have to deal with making dinner. I started taking my slow cooker to work and making dinner in the back of the shop in the morning. When the kids were hungry I could feed them straight away and take the cooked dinner home hot, ready to serve my late husband and I as soon as we got in the door.

I continued to use it after discovering that the flavours of soups were much better than cooked on the stove top. Now I make low-calorie dishes that my young step-children enjoy too. I have a small old Crockpot and a newer 5.5 litre that I inherited when I married my amazing man. I use them both regularly. They do hold more in grams than the litres stated. The small 2 Litre will make 3 kilos of food 5.5 litre will exceed that amount in grams.

Although many different meals can be made in a slow cooker, soup is the main staple I make. Soup definitely tastes differently when cooked slowly. A slow cooker brings out all the flavour of the ingredients and you need less added flavouring as a result. Just combine you favourite vegies, a few herbs and a bit of natural stock and cover with water – easy! It is endless the amount of low-fat, low-calorie recipes you can whip up in a slow-cooker.

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