Tag: vegetarian recipes

Here’s How To Make This Incredible Cheese Chard Pie!

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Weekend is a great time for cooking big meals in our family – there’s enough time for me to make something tasty while Filip is looking after the baby. Yesterday, I made this tasty cheese chard pie. We’ve gotten some great news – Viktor no longer seems to be showing signs of being allergic to egg white or milk, so I can use both dairy products and eggs in our cuisine. It’s really important for his nutrition, so I made this to be as baby-friendly as possible!

What you’ll need:

500g of pie crusts (I use buckwheat crusts)

4 eggs (separate egg whites if your baby can’t have that yet)

1 teaspoon salt (it’s not much compared to the whole meal ratio)

250g of any kind of soft cheese

200mL of yogurt (I use Greek yogurt since it’s dense and creamy)

150mL of sparkling water

50mL of oil (I use pomace olive oil, since we’re actually baking the pie)

15 large chard leaves

What you’ll need to do:

Break the eggs and mash them.

Add salt, yogurt, oil and sparkling water.

Wash the chard and soak it in boiling water for 3 minutes.

Rince the chard with cold water, drain it and cut into small pieces.

Put the chard into the previously made mash. (Before you do it, though, put a small amount of mash aside to cover the pie in the end. About 30mL – 1 oz).

Put the baking paper into the pan you’re using, or cover it with oil.

Now, on to making the pie!

Put two crusts at the bottom. Pour the mash over the crust until it covers it nicely. Put one crust over it. Pour the mash over that crust, too – and so on, until you’ve spent the mash and/or reached the tip of the pan. Then, cover the last mash layer with a double-crust, just like you did at the bottom. Put some of that mash you stashed away for later over the final crust and spread it nicely.

Bake for 40min at 200 degrees Celsius.

Last step: enjoy this beautiful, baby-friendly, ovo-lacto vegetarian version of cheese pie. We love it!

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How To Make Our Awesome Banana Raspberry Muffins!

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Lat night, we had a lot of fun making some super tasty muffins for my brother’s birthday! After posting on Twitter and Instagram, I’ve gotten a bunch of feedback and requests for some cooking posts, too. So here goes!

What you’ll need:

3 large bananas

3/4 (100g, 3.5 oz) cup sugar / brown sugar / Stevia or another type of natural sweetener (not mandatory since the muffins are sweet enough even without it! also, if you make it sugar-free, it’s totally baby-friendly!)

1 egg (not mandatory, though: I don’t put eggs in mine since Viktor doesn’t eat whole eggs yet; you can also separate the egg and use yolk only, if your baby is in that stage)

1/3 (40g, 1.5 oz) cup melted butter

1 cup (130g, 4.5 oz) of raspberries, blueberries or any kind of red fruit (frozen works, too!)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt (not mandatory, especially if it’s baby-friendly)

1.5 cups of flour (I use whole-grain)

What you’ll need to do:

Put the bananas in a blender and make a purée (mash).

Add sugar/sweetener and the egg to the blender and mix. Baby-friendly tip: I separate the sweetener and egg white in a separate cup and only mix it in AFTER filling the muffin cups for the baby, so that it’s super good for him, too!)

Add melted butter (30 seconds in the microwave on a medium setting should do!) and raspberries/other fruit

Combine dry ingredients and put it into the banana mash (do not turn the blender on at this point!)

Another tip: I sometimes add a bit of whole milk (or formula, if I’m making it for the baby as well) because the mixture tends to be a bit dense. 3-4 oz (90-120 mL) maximum, not more than that! 🙂

Now, mix it gently and pour it into 12 muffin cups!
Like this, but less sloppy. 🙂

Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit (or 170 degrees Celsius) for about 20 minutes.

If try out this recipe, let me know how it went! Bon Appétit!

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