A decadent breakfast!

The other day, DD woke up in 'one of those moods'. It had been raining for ever, we were all fed up before the day had even begun and she needed something lovely for breakfast.

She asked me for something 'different', 'something with chocolate' she requested with big brown eyes looking into mine.

'Something like you'd give me if it was my Birthday'.

How could I resist - we all need comfort food on a grey day.

So here's what I did. I have a bit of a Mum thing about wanting her to eat fruit for breakfast as a healthy start to the day, so I layered some vanilla ice cream ( I make my own using agave syrup) and sliced banana and toasted some oats in melted butter to layer in between the fruit and ice cream.

Then I topped it off with a couple of squares of sugar free chocolate, a dusting of cocoa powder and a squirt of agave syrup.

It didn't look pretty in the glass, but my daughter's face was a pretty picture and by the time she got to the bottom, she had a lovely gooey chocolatey, vanilla cream to scoop out!

Sugar free breakfasts

I'm often asked how on earth I manage to feed my daughter while keeping her off sugar. People rightly point out that most breakfast cereals contain sugar, all squashes and drinks have either sugar or artificial sweeteners in them, so what on earth do I do!?

Feeding a child a varied and nutritionally balanced diet takes care and attention, but basically the secret is to AVOID products aimed at kids! Most are full of sugar, salt and fat and ruin a child's palate in no time, leaving them hankering after stronger tastes.

I thought I would keep a photo diary of my daughter's breakfasts for a week, so you can see what she eats in a typical week.

Enjoy!

Monday

Oats soaked in natural yogurt, served with apple and blackberry compote (find the recipe from the apple and blackberry pie recipe)




Tuesday

Home made waffles served with fresh berries



Wednesday

banana mashed into natural yogurt and served with fresh nectarine



Thursday

porrage with yogurt, dried mango and sliced apple

Friday

bowl of sugar free cereal with fruit juice and a sugar free cereal bar - great for days when you don't have time to prepare anything! We're currently using Nature's Path Millet and oatbran flakes and the bar was a Lyme Regis 'Fruit 4 U' bar which is basically fruit leather or dried fruit.


Saturday

Homemade apple turnover and yogurt


Sunday

Scrambled eggs on toast


As you can see, it's not difficult to ring the changes over the course of a week and not an ounce of refined sugar in sight!