Just like diamonds are a girl’s best friend, chocolates are a kids best friend. So, it was only fitting to have a chocolate making session during the “Healthy Me” workshop (read more about it here).
Cookies are a favorite with kids. So a ‘healthy’ cookie recipe was a must for the “Healthy Me” workshop (read about it here). But all the healthy cookie recipes I know and like require either kitchen equipment (like blenders, ovens or microwaves) or very specialized ingredients.
I started thinking hard. I needed a recipe that was quick so that the kids wouldn’t get bored, easy to do with simple kitchen utensils and of course tasted good!
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:
Choose Healthy, Be Happy 