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Messy little eaters competition

The good people of Thorntons, who sell a huge range of chocolates for all occasions, offered us a little giveaway for Belle Bébés. The prize is lots of chocolate, and if you’re anything like us that’s a prize you’ll want to win!

So we’re holding a competition, but rather than the usual ‘like our Facebook page’* or ‘comment on this post’ type entries we thought we’d do something a little more fun…

To be in with a chance of winning, just send us a high resolution photo of a little one at meal time. Perhaps something like these of my brother, me and my cousin!

Photos of the mess kids make when eating can be insanely cute and we’d love to share some after the competition has ended!

You can either email the photos to [email protected] or if you have instagram just add the hashtag #bellebebes

And the prize?

All this chocolate…

Cupcakes, Gruffalo & Chocolate Lovers’ Hamper

Plus this chocolate box with your winning photo on the front!

Personalised Photo Box

Yay!

Have fun and good luck!

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Notes:
Please make sure you have the parents’ permission before sending us a photo.
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* Please do still like our Facebook page here :D

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Fun with food : Sandwich bag scribbles

Graphic designer David Laferriere has been drawing on his kids’ sandwich bags, and photographing them, ever since May 2008. Now there are over a 1000 photos of said sandwich bags over on Flickr.

What an awesome way to make lunchtimes much more fun!

Awesome images: Sandwich Art, found via Colossal

And if you want to hear David talk more about the mini art project he takes part in every day, here is his Flickr moment…

What an awesome dad :)

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DIY dessert : healthy banana ice cream

With summer coming up and the thought of having to don swimwear accompanying it, I’m trying to watch what I eat, which is SO HARD as I have such a sweet tooth. I’ve been thinking of alternatives to satisfy a sweet craving and so far healthy banana ice cream is my favourite. Realising this is also perfect for little ones I thought I’d share with you the easiest recipe ever, and the healthiest ice cream you’ll ever eat!

The ingredients

The best bit about banana ice cream is that the only ingredient is bananas! Well, I did add a splash of almond milk to make the mixing process easier. If you’ve never eaten a frozen banana try this recipe, I think you’ll be surprised :)

How to make healthy banana ice cream

1. Chop up some ripe bananas into slices.

2. Put them on a piece of parchment on a baking tray and freeze.

3. When frozen pop them all into a food processor and blend. To start with it’ll look like little chunks but keep going, adding a splash of milk if needed…

4. Admire how much like ice cream it ends up looking!

5. Serve. And enjoy!

You can freeze any ice cream you don’t eat but it’s best when served straight from the food processor, so I find the trick is to always have frozen banana slices on stand by and then you can whizz some up whenever you want to serve up a sweet treat that is on the healthy side.

Banana, peanut butter & chocolate flavour

I decided to go for two flavours with my frozen bananas and added a scoop of peanut butter and a couple of teaspoons of cocoa to half the ice cream, whizzing that up to provide a second, still very healthy, dessert.

Finding something that tastes this yummy and isn’t packed with cream and sugar and calories is amazing! It’s definitely what I’ll be eating now when I need a sweet fix. Do you have any healthy but incredibly tasty recipes to share? Please pass them on, I’d love to hear them :)

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