Fruit Bowl Frollipops - Review

If you haven't heard of Fruit Bowl, they are fab healthy snacks for children made from real fruit. 

New to the Fruit Bowl range are Frollipops, real fruity goodness in the shape of a lollipop. Like most mums, I really struggle to get C to eat healthily so I was willing to give these a go! 

The Frollipops are available in two flavours; strawberry rockets and apple snacks. C was automatically drawn to them because of how fun they look. He kept wanting more and I had no qualms with this as I knew they were healthy. 

The Frollipops contain no added sugar, they have only 46 calories per 15g Frollipop, they contain 5 times their own weight in fruit and they count as 1 of your child's 5 a day. There are also no artificial colours flavours or preservatives.

As C seemed to enjoy them so much, I had to give them a little try too and they really are delicious. C thinks he's getting a sweets so we have no meltdowns and I am happy with what he is eating as it is a huge change from chocolate. He kept asking for more and I had to tell him that they were all done! 

The Frollipops retail at £2.00 per pack of 5 (they are indivually wrapped too so perfect for kids lunchboxes!). Chris was so pleased with these and he has said that we should add them into our weekly shop!

You can find out more about Fruit Bowl at their website. 

Toddler Meal Ideas: Calzone Roll

Recently, we found ourselves in a bit of a rut. It seemed that we were always feeding C the same types of food and it just led to him getting bored of them which made us struggle to get him to eat. We needed new ideas!

A couple of days ago, we tried our hands at a calzone roll. 

All you need is:

Pizza dough (we cheated a little and used a Jamie Oliver kit!)

Grated mozzarella

Serrano ham

Salami

Tomato purée

Tomato & pepperoni pizza sauce

Herbs/spices

The Jamie Oliver kit made things so easy. You just need to add water to the flour, knead the dough, place in a container with cling film to cover and put it in a warm place for half an hour to expand. 

Once it had expanded, we rolled it out, mixed the pizza sauce with a little tomato purée to thicken it and spread it evenly on top. 

We then added half the mozzarella, some Serrano ham pieces, salami pieces and then more mozzarella on top. We scattered some herbs over to season. We folded in the sides then rolled it up, placed it on a baking tray and baked on gas mark 8 for 18 minutes. 

We then served it with some veggies. 

It was such a lovely change for us, absolutely delicious, didn't take very long to make or break the bank! C really enjoyed it too!

 What meals do you feed your toddlers? I could use some new ideas! 

Ella's Kitchen's Incredible Edible Forest!

Baby and toddler food experts, Ella’s Kitchen, has today opened the world’s first edible forest for little ones, allowing toddlers to explore their very own mini world of delicious fruit and veg.

The edible forest has been launched by Ella’s Kitchen to celebrate the launch of its new toddler meals range which features six recipes for growing toddlers, each bursting with at least five different fruits and vegetables.

The forest, which stands at just 1.8m high making it perfect for little ones to explore, has been created specifically with adventurous (and hungry) toddlers in mind. Research shows that if little ones play with their food using all their senses, they are more likely to eat their greens at meal times!

Created by food artist Prudence Staite, the edible landscape is made up of over 600 kilos of yummy fruit and vegetables and took a team of six people over 460 hours to create.

Little ones (and their parents) will be able to eat their way through the edible woodland, which features everything from leek palm trees, lentil mushrooms and carrot hedgehogs to bell pepper flowers, a sensory herb garden and a bird bath made of pulses.

Little explorers can help themselves to tasters of the 23 different types of fruit and vegetables on offer as they toddle along the forest’s pathway, adding a whole new level of fun to the eating experience.

Paul Lindley, Ella’s Dad and founder of Ella’s Kitchen comments:

“At Ella’s Kitchen, we think fruit and vegetables are healthy, delicious and most importantly, fun! That’s why we wanted to create an incredible edible experience designed to excite little ones’ senses and encourage them to try a whole host of yummy different tastes and textures.

“Our edible forest captures the excitement and adventure of discovering delicious new flavours, and we hope the mini taste explorers who visit the edible forest enjoy their scrummy healthy eating journey.

Ella’s Kitchen’s edible forest opens to the public today, for one day only, at The Horniman Museum and Gardens, winner of the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award and renowned for being one of London’s most child friendly venues, and is free of charge for parents and little ones to explore.

How amazing does it look!? You can even view the 'Making of...' video here.