Healthy snacks to include in your child’s lunch box. Popcorn, Fresh fruit, Unsalted mixed nuts, Roasted corn-on-the-cob, Yoghurt or custard, Crackers with cheese or a spread, Oatmeal biscuits, Raw veggies (carrots, snap peas, cherry tomatoes and baby corn), Keep it interesting and add an element of surprise! Using cookie cutters, create a heart shaped sandwich and change shapes daily. The fruit may be assembled in the shape of a flower.
Loaded Chicken and Avo Salad With Sweet & Sour Dressing
intermediate
SERVES 1
Ingredients
For the dressing:
- 5 sachets Huletts Sucrose
- 160 ml apple cider vinegar
- Juice of one orange
- 15 ml dried onion flakes
- 2 ½ ml black pepper
- 1 ml salt
- 30 ml dijon mustard
- 15 ml dried mint
- 15 ml dried coriander
- 15 ml dried basil
- 90 ml honey
- 375 ml olive oil
For the salad:
- 30 ml pumpkin seeds
- 30 ml sunflower seeds
- 15 ml white sesame seeds
- 15 ml flax seeds
- Large bag of baby leaves
- 150 g cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
- 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced
- 1 avocado, cubed
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 chicken breasts, grilled and chopped into cubes
- 500 g sweet potato, cubed and roasted
- 500 g butternut, cubed and roasted
Method
- Place all the dressing ingredients, except for the oil, in a food processor or blender and pulse for about one minute.
- Slowly add the oil so that it emulsifies. Set aside.
- Toast all the seeds over a medium heat until just golden.
- Toss all the other salad ingredients together.
- Stir the dressing well and pour over the salad, to your liking; or serve it on the side. Any unused dressing should be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator for later use.
- Lastly, sprinkle over the toasted seed mix.
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Conversion Table
Cups | Tablespoons | Grams | |
---|---|---|---|
Butter | 1/4 cup | 4 Tbsp | 57g |
1/3 cup | 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp | 76g | |
1 cup | 16 Tbsp | 227g | |
Flour/Sifted | 1/4 cup | 4 Tbsp | 30g/27g |
1/3 cup | 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp | 40g/35g | |
1/2 cup | 8 Tbsp | 60g/55g | |
1 cup | 16 Tbsp | 120g/110g | |
Granulated Sugar | 1/4 cup | 4 Tbsp | 50g |
1/3 cup | 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp | 65g | |
1/2 cup | 8 Tbsp | 100g | |
1 cup | 16 Tbsp | 200g | |
Brown Sugar/ Firmly Packed | 1/4 cup | 4 Tbsp | 45g |
1/3 cup | 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp | 60g | |
1/2 cup | 8 Tbsp | 90g | |
1 cup | 16 Tbsp | 180g | |
Water | 1/4 cup | 4 Tbsp | 57g |
1/3 cup | 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp | 76g | |
1/2 cup | 8 Tbsp | 114g | |
1 cup | 16 Tbsp | 227g |