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18Aug

Rowinda DimechChildren, Recipes, Uncategorized

Chocolate Apple Lollipop Sticks

Do you have kids and you are running out of snacks ideas this summer?

Do you want a recipe snack idea where your kids can help you out?

I have the perfect recipe for you. Chocolate Apple Lollipop Sticks!

These Chocolate Apple Lollipop Sticks are amazing for your child as a summer snack. They offer a combination of fruit and chocolate. Usually children like chocolate but not so much fruit. Therefore, this is a perfect combination to encourage your child eat a fruit without any fights or tantrums. This recipe is also ideal if your child is a fussy eater. This recipe is quick and easy to follow. In fact, you can encourage your child to help you out for this recipe and therefore spend some quality time cooking together.

Serves 9

Preparation time: 10 mins

Ingredients

3 apples
100g dark chocolate
2 tablespoons caramel sauce
Sprinkles
Lollipop sticks

Method

Cut the apples in round slices around 2 cm thick.
Insert a lollipop stick in each slice.
Melt the chocolate over a pan of boiling water and stir. Pour the melted chocolate into a small bowl.
Dip each slice into the chocolate and leave to dry. Repeat his step for another 3 times or until the apple is fully coated.
Place the apple sticks in a refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
After the layer of chocolate hardens, brush one side of the apple with some caramel sauce.
Sprinkle some sprinkles on top of the caramel.
Serve immediately or store in the fridge.

Tip: ideally these are eaten on the same day that they are made.

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16Oct

Rowinda DimechDiets, Health, Nutritonist, Recipes, Uncategorized

Low Calorie Pepperoni Pizza

Are you trying to lose weight?

Do you restrict food to lose weight?

How long has it been that you’ve tasted a pizza?

If you follow my blog by now you know that I am totally against any type of food restriction. In other words, you can eat a ‘normal’ pizza dough and fill it with whatever food you want. I know what you are saying “OMG I will put so much weight if I do that.” I promise you that if you eat a pizza everyday but you have the right portion size for you you won’t gain weight. Therefore, I strongly suggest that before you deprive yourself of all the tasty food you check with a registered dietitian your right portion sizes.

Despite all of this, I know that most of you who are weight watchers suffer from anxiety if you have to eat a ‘normal’ pizza from a take-away. As a result, I decided to give you an option of a low calorie pepperoni pizza if you are still not comfortable to try the pizza take-away. I don’t usually have time to do my own pizza from scratch and end up buying it ready-made. This time I managed to do it all by myself and I decided to make extra dough to use it for another time.

Ingredients

200g plain Greek yogurt
300g self-rising flour
200g tomato sauce
150g skimmed mozzarella
20 slices pepperoni
4 tablespoons parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

Method

Heat the oven at 190 degrees.
Mix the yogurt and flour until they combine together. Use a wooden spoon for this step.
Knead the dough in the bowl using your hands this time for about 2 minutes. If, the dough is sticky add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until it has the right consistency.
Sprinkle some flour onto a large piece of parchment paper. Cut the dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each dough into a 30cm oval shape.
Place the dough onto the baking sheet in the oven and bake for about 18 minutes.
When the dough starts to turn lightly golden, remove from the oven and start to add the toppings – tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni and basil evenly.
Put the pizza in the oven again and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese on each pizza. Cut and serve.

I enjoyed every bite of this low calorie pepperoni pizza. Honestly, I thought that it wouldn’t taste so nice but I was wrong about this one! I hope you enjoy it as well. Let me know what you think of this recipe in the comments below.