Real Food for Kids

Nourishing Sweet Treats

Nourishing Sweet Treats (Part One) A gentler way to offer sweetness We all want to say yes. Yes to the treat. Yes to the smile. Yes to that little moment when something sweet feels like a celebration. But too often, sweetness comes wrapped in seed oils, artificial colours, and mystery ingredients. It feeds the wrong […]

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Sesame Seed Pastellaki

Classic Hard Pastellaki Crisp, golden, and perfectly traditional — with properly prepared, activated sesame seeds for a more nourishing twist. Ingredients 2 cups activated sesame seeds (unhulled for minerals, or hulled for gentler digestion) ⅓ cup honey Pinch of salt Optional: Poppy seeds Zest of ½ orange (unwaxed) 1–2 tbsp chopped nuts (preferably also activated)

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Soft Sesame Bars

Soft Raw Sesame Bars (Fridge Version) A nourishing, ancestral sweet made with only two ingredients — and traditional preparation for optimal digestion. Ingredients 2 cups activated sesame seeds (unhulled for minerals, or hulled for gentler digestion) ⅓ cup raw honey (adjust to taste) Pinch of sea salt Optional: Poppy seeds Zest of ½ orange (unwaxed)

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Butter Cream Pots or Cubes

Butter Cream Pots A wholesome, creamy dessert with a subtle hint of orange (if you choose to include the zest), lightly sweetened with honey and set just as you like it — from softly spoonable to a firmer, creamier gummy-like treat. Made with boiled eggs, butter, and natural gelatine, it’s a perfect chilled dessert. Inspired

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Frozen Coconut Cream

Frozen Coconut Cream Blocks A creamy frozen dessert. This recipe freezes coconut cream into handy blocks using ice cube trays or muffin tins. You can pop out a few cubes to blend into a creamy frozen dessert at any time — or nibble the cubes as they are for a firmer, more icy treat. You

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Fresh Fruit Yoghurt

Fresh Fruit Yoghurt Like the little tubs — but better. Naturally sweetened, creamy, and alive with cultures. This is yoghurt at its best — fresh, full of live beneficial bacteria, and made with wholesome ingredients. For best results, use strained goat’s yoghurt, which is naturally A2 and gentler on the gut than typical A1 cow’s

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Vanilla Honey Marshmallows

Vanilla Honey Marshmallows Soft, bouncy, and corn syrup-free — naturally sweetened with honey. These marshmallows are made with real honey, gelatine, and vanilla — no refined sugar or corn syrup. Please note: heating honey to high temperatures means it is no longer raw, but it is still a more wholesome choice than refined sugar for

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Fruit Leathers

Homemade Fruit Leather Chewy, naturally sweet, and full of real fruit flavour — this homemade fruit leather recipe is easy to adapt to your favourite seasonal fruits. Ingredients (for fruits that can be puréed raw) 500g soft, ripe fruit (see list below) 1–2 tbsp raw honey or maple syrup, to taste 1 tsp fresh lemon

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Gummy Sweets

Gut-Supportive Gummies Mineral-rich, gut-healing, and endlessly adaptable.  Ingredients 1 cup liquid (juice, coconut water, herbal tea, raw milk, or fruit purée — see notes below) 2–3* tablespoons grass-fed, grass-finished gelatine powder (not collagen peptides) 1 tablespoon raw honey (optional, to taste) *How much gelatine to use: 2 tbsp per cup of liquid→ Soft-set, delicate gummies

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Tahini Halva (Honey only)

Traditional Tahini Halva (Honey‑Only) Crumbly, grainy, and deeply satisfying. This classic Mediterranean confection is made from just two ingredients: sesame tahini and honey. The secret to its irresistible texture lies in heating the honey to the right stage and mixing it quickly into tahini so it seizes and crystallises just enough. Equipment Candy thermometer Heavy‑bottomed

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