Joyful Little Eats

✨ Allow me to reintroduce myself to all my new followers! I’m Effy, and this is my little one, EJ. She’s the reason I began preparing meals. My precious little inspiration ❤️ We’re both major foodies 🥰 Crafting recipes is my passion, and I’m excited to keep creating delicious dishes for my daughter. Follow along to see what culinary delights I whip up next! ✨

While I was gone for a few days I decided to meal prep all of EJs food! These are some of the things I made. 🥰 Let me know if you’re interested in any of the recipes! ❤️

1. Brown Rice and Quinoa, tofu and broccoli with a soy maple sauce.
2. Gooey Chunky Monkey Baked Oats with coconut yogurt
3. Garlic Olive Oil Pasta with broccoli
4. Chickpea Pasta with sticky sesame maple tofu and broccoli
5. Banana Rice
6. Sticky broccoli and cheese rice
7. Peanut Butter and Apple Yogurt topped with a cinnamon apple breakfast cookie

✨Breakfast Inspiration✨

Eggs with diced potato and onions
Peanut butter oat pancakes with chocolate hummus
Cut grapes

What’s for dinner when you have NO TIME?! This dinner was ready in 8 min!!

✨Cilantro lime rice with black beans
✨Plantain and black bean balls
✨Garlic yogurt sauce

The cilantro lime rice came from a packet, the beans were in a can and the plantain balls I bought at . While the balls were in the oven I made a very quick and easy garlic yogurt sauce! You don’t need to cook from scratch every single time.

Protein Overnight Oats 3 Ways

Makes 3 toddler servings
❣️Blueberry Banana
❣️Peanut Butter & Jelly
❣️Banana Walnut

⭐️Ingredients:
3/4 c Rolled Oats
1 1/4 c Plant based milk (We used Ripple Kids)
3 tsp Chia Seeds
1 tbs H**p Seeds
5.3 oz Greek Yogurt

⭐️Directions:
1. Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix.
2. Add desired toppings.
3. Store in airtight container in fridge overnight.

👶🏽 Suitable for 6+ months
🫙Store in airtight container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator

Woah these were sooo good!! Just in time for Decided we needed a little snack before dinner. This toast is a great way for your little to explore different textures and flavors.

I cut them in long strips for my little! Messy but ohh soo good! 🤤❤️

Sourdough toast
Peanut Butter
Coconut yogurt
Berry Chia Jam

✨Breakfast Inspiration ✨

Pancakes stuffed with strawberries and cream cheese. These were an absolute hit! Quick, easy and healthy pancakes for everyone!

🫐 🍌 A perfect day for protein overnight oats for breakfast.
These blueberry banana overnight oats are full of protein, complex carbs and LOADS of nutrients! 🫐 🍌
They take less than 10 minutes to make and you can meal prep them for the week!!

Lunch Inspiration ✨

Spinach and Mushroom Risotto
Potato pancakes stuffed with cheese
Apple sauce

👶🏽 Suitable for 6+ months. Cut according to instruction.
🌱 Vegan

Obsessed is an understatement! These strawberry banana donuts are out of this world! Just in time for Valentine’s Day! 🍓❤️

There’s nothing better than a heart shaped pizza with a sweet potato crust ❤️ 🍠 ❤️

Just in time for Valentine’s Day ❤️ Protein Gnocchi with mushrooms. Topped with a heart shaped garlic bread ❤️

👶🏽 Suitable for 8+ months

Peanut Butter & Jelly Protein Overnight Oats

Another day, another food inspiration post ❤️ These overnight oats are packed with protein and have the sweetness of the homemade blueberry chia jam running throughout it! Absolutely delicious for both baby and parents ❤️

I was in the mood for a quick cookie!! Made these absolutely delicious ones the other day from !

Meal prep days look a little like this! On the menu for last week: Pearl Couscous with peas and carrots, Assorted Banana oat “donuts” and a protein broccoli pasta 🥰 Recipe for the assorted donuts to come!

For breakfast this morning 🌞
Banana French toast with butter and blueberry chia jam 🫐

There’s nothing better than having French toast for breakfast! This is an extremely quick and easy breakfast you can make for your little one.

👶🏽 Suitable for 6+ months. Cut according to instruction.
🌱 Vegan

Banana Walnut Protein Overnight Oats 🍌

Overnight oats are a quick and healthy way to get protein and yummy vitamins to your little one! ❤️ These sure were a hit!!

Grilled PB&J Rolls

👶🏽 Suitable for 6+ months. Cut according to instruction.
🌱 Vegan
🫙Store in airtight container for 1-3 days
💥Reheat in toaster oven

⭐️Ingredients:
1/4 c Unsalted Nut/Seed Butter
1/8 c Plant based milk ( we used Ripple Kids )
Blueberry Chia Jam
Butter
Bread ( we used an Oat Sandwich bread )

⭐️Instructions:
1. Mix milk and nut butter until smooth.
2. Roll bread with rolling pin.
3. Add thin layer of nut butter and blueberry chia jam onto bread.
4. Roll bread into spiral log.
5. Quickly dip rolls in milk.
5. Add 1/2 tsp of butter to pan and add rolls to pan. Cook on medium/low heat until golden brown on each side.

&J