Tasty tips on how to make your toddler's fave meals healthier

It can be as simple as...

• Adding dried, frozen or canned fruit + a dollop of plain yoghurt to porridge
• Popping some frozen veg + canned pulses into soup, sauces or one pot meals
• Grating a carrot into a sandwich or wrap for extra vitamins + fibre
• Grating (rather than slicing) cheese to go into a sandwich so you use less (healthier and money saving)
• Swapping cream for plain yoghurt
• Making a tasty veggie stock from peelings + veg offcuts-Just pop your veggie offcuts in a pan of water of around 2 litres, with a chopped onion, a couple of crushed garlic cloves, around 5 peppercorns + some mixed herbs. Bring to the boil + reduce to simmer for 2 hours, then simply strain the stock through a sieve, remove the veg + portion it out to store in the freezer for later
• Swapping fattier cuts of meat for leaner versions like 5% fat minced beef or chicken/turkey in dishes like spag bol, shepherd's pie + meatballs. You could also replace some or all of the meat in recipes with pulses to keep the protein in the meal but reduce fat and save money
• Swapping fresh fish for frozen or canned to save money + reduce waste
• Swapping red minced meat like lamb or beef for chicken or turkey which reduces saturated fat