I am wheat free so use quinoa a lot in my own cooking but I thought it would be interesting to see what I could use quinoa for when making my kids’ meals. I came across this recipe online but as usual I made my own amendments to it as I didn’t have all the ingredients in my kitchen! They came out so well and Little Lady wolfed them down. You can change the vegetables depending on what you have in your house so if you do let me know how they turn out!

50g cooked broccoli

50g cooked cauliflower

50g tinned or frozen sweetcorn

50g cooked spinach

50g uncooked quinoa (200g cooked)

1 egg

30g grated cheese

Pinch of pepper and salt (if baby is over 1)

Cook all the vegetables (except the sweetcorn) and chop them very finely. Cook the quinoa then mix all the ingredients together.

Spoon into mini muffin cases and cook for 15 minutes at 180 C until they are brown and starting to crisp on top.

(Remember if you want to increase this recipe that Quinoa increases 4 times in size when cooked)