Recipe #3: Coleslaw Sandwiches (with vegetables!)

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When it comes to kids, the easiest way to win their hearts is to do what makes them happy. When it comes to healthy food, its not the meals that excite them, its the snacks and party food that does.

Therefore, it was only fitting to choose to make sandwiches in addition to the cookies and chocolates at the “Healthy Me” workshop (you can read more about the workshop here).

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The “Better for You” Carrot Cake

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My son just turned 2 a few months ago. For those of you who have been following my blog, you know that I haven’t introduced my son to sugar or any of its forms yet. In fact, his first birthday cake was quite a task since I made it with only the few ingredients he was introduced to before he turned 1! If you haven’t already seen the recipe for that cake, you can check it out here.

Now that he was going to turn 2, I wanted to bake a different cake for him, but without the refined flour or white sugar. Thats why I decided on carrot cake and used as little honey as I could to sweeten the cake. I must say, what I ended up with was melt in the mouth delicious! Here’s how my cake turned out:

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