Prep Time:

5 minutes

Cook Time:

5 minutes Even quicker than ordering take-out or baking from frozen. This quick and easy meal can be assembled by kids using a choice of their favourite fillings - great when you have fussy eaters visiting!

Ingredients(Serves: 6 per pack pitabreads)

• SPAR Freshline white pita breads
• ½ can SPAR tomato and onion mix
• 125g SPAR grated mozzarella cheese
• 125g SPAR grated cheddar cheese
• 125g SPAR diced bacon
• 10 ml Italian herbs
• SPAR Good Living stainless steel sandwich press

Method

1. Microwave the Pita breads for 20 seconds each to puff up for easier cutting open 2. Combine all of the other ingredients and season with 10ml Italian dried herbs. 3. Spoon into each pita bread cavity, and grill until browned and crisp in pre-heated:

Hints and Tips

If you want to include olives, do not use whole black olives as they are bulky and may split the pita bread, and the pips may come as a shock as they are hidden inside! Bacon can be substituted for mince, salami, ham, pepper strips or whatever your favourite pizza filling flavour is!

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

15 minutes Spaghetti and meatballs is a firm favourite with kids. These mini meatballs are easy to eat, contain extra fibre and the kids can have fun helping to make them.

Ingredients(1)

• ½ small onion (30 ml)
• ½ small Granny Smith apple, peeled
•  50 ml  SPAR grated cheddar cheese - optional
• 225 g    chicken or lean beef mince
•  45 ml  SPAR Bran Flakes, crushed
• 1 ml   salt

 

Method

1. Set oven at 200 °C
2. Grate the onion, apple and cheese into a mixing bowl.
3. Mix in the mince, bran flakes and salt using your hands.
4. Roll 10 marble-size balls.
5. Bake packed close together, in an ovenproof dish for 15 minutes.
6. Toss into your favourite flavour of cooked SPAR instant noodles and enjoy!

 

Hints and Tips

• To use this recipe for mini-burgers instead, flatten each rolled meatball into a patty-pan before baking. Cut bread rounds with a cookie cutter if you do not have cocktail bread rolls handy.
• Add leftover meatballs into your lunchbox the next day.
• By adding apple for moisture, and bran flakes for fibre, meatballs take on a new nutritional high.

 

Prep Time:

5 minutes

Cook Time:

15 minutes This is a great idea for little kids who love the novelty of eating their entire meal in a gem squash.

Ingredients(Serves: 4 young children)

2 large gem squash, cooked, halved and pips removed 350g SPAR Quick Cuisine Macaroni Cheese 4 SPAR cheese chicken viennas, thinly sliced 2 SPAR eggs, hard boiled and chopped SPAR TUBES cheese flavoured snacks

Method

1. Boil or steam the gem squash halves until tender. Scoop out and discard the pips.
2. Meanwhile, microwave the frozen macaroni cheese meal as per on-pack instructions.
3. In the gem squash cavity, layer the macaroni cheese and viennas alternately.
4. Top with diced hard boiled egg and a few cheese snacks.
5. Serve immediately.

Hints and Tips

Substitute the macaroni cheese with canned SPAR spaghetti or baked beans in tomato sauce.

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

15 minutes Youngsters not used to spicy foods, can learn to enjoy curry if you start off with a mild and fruity recipe with ingredients they enjoy.

Ingredients(Serves: 4)

• 1 packet SPAR pork sausages (500 g)
• 1 small onion, finely chopped or grated
• 1 small SPAR Freshline red apple, finely chopped with skin on
• 1 small SPAR Freshline pear, finely chopped with skin on
• 1 pouch ready-to-use creamy curry sauce (200 ml)

 

Method

1. Dry-fry the sausages in a pan until cooked, then cut into chunks. 2. Gently fry the onion, apple and pear in the fat rendered from the sausages, cooking over medium heat until just softened. 3. Add in the curry sauce and the sausage chunks, and heat through. 4. Garnish with dhania and serve immediately.

Hints and Tips

Cocktail sausages are enjoyed by young children as a substitute for chunks from whole pork sausages