Ingredients for the dough:

4 dl water
50 g yeast
5 tablespoons of olive oil
100 g graham flour
500 g whole grain flour

Ingredients for the topping:

1/2 dl water
1 onion
3 cloths of garlic
1 can of peeled tomatoes
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
1 teaspoon of dried basil
300 g of chicken breast fillet
1 bell pepper
Salt
Pepper

How to make the healthy pizza buns

The dough

– Warm up the water. It needs to be lukewarm.

– Add the yeast and stir.

– Add 3 tablespoons of oil, 3 teaspoons of salt and all the flour. Knead the dough well.

– Let the dough rise for about half an hour.

– When the dough has risen, knead it again, and form 12 buns.

– Place them on a tray lined with baking paper and pressure them flat with your palm.

The topping

– Peel and chop the union and the garlic.

– Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a pot.  Fry onions and garlic for about 1 minute

– Add 1/2 dl water, tomatoes, oregano, basil and 1 teaspoon of salt

– Let the sauce cook at low heat and without a lid on for about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

– Cut the chicken in strips. Heat up 1 table spoon of oil in a pan and fry the chicken strips until they’re cooked through. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

– Cut the bell pepper in strips.

– Distribute the sauce on to the buns. Put the chicken and bell pepper on top.

– Bake the healthy pizza buns in a preheated oven on 200 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.

If you are baking these for children, you should be aware that some children at a certain age are quite particular with certain types of food. Also, they might not like to get food mixed together, and will refuse to eat the buns because the topping is touching the dough. Consider making a few without chicken and bell pepper on as a back-up. Read more about why toddlers don’t want food to touch.

Ingredients*
5 dl water
3 dl skimmed milk
50 g of fresh yeast
4 teaspoons of salt
4 eggs (a little bit extra for the egg wash)
16 sausages  (choose high-quality meat)
400 g whole grain flour
200 g rolled oats
400 g wheat flour
Ketchup (amount as you please)

* This is for a large batch – 32 good-sized sausage rolls. If you want a smaller batch, divide the numbers with two.

How to make the healthy sausage rolls

– Warm up the water and milk.  You can use a microwave or do it on a stove. You don’t necessarily need to use a thermometer. You can check the temperature by using your (clean) finger. The liquids need to be slightly warm, but not hot. If you get much above 40 degrees Celsius you run the risk of killing the yeast. If you go below 30 degrees Celsius its growth slows down dramatically.

– Add the yeast and stir. Add the other ingredients and knead the dough well. It’s good if the dough is a bit sticky, when you leave it to rise. It needs to rise for about half an hour.

– Knead the dough again and divide it into 4 portions. Roll out each portion to a circle with a diameter of 35-40 centimeters. Spread ketchup out on each circle.

– Divide each circle into eight squares. Cut the sausages in half and use one half on each square. Roll the dough around the sausages and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Make sure that the closure is downwards.

– Use an egg wash and brush it onto the surface of the sausage rolls.

– Let the sausage rolls rise again for about half an hour. Preheat the oven on 225 degrees Celsius and bake them in the middle of the oven for about 15 minutes (or until they are golden).

Healthy granola bar recipe

Ingredients (for 18 bars):
50 g cranberry
½ dl hazelnuts
1 dl pumpkin seeds
3 dl rolled oats
50 g dried apricots
1 ½ dl honey*
½ dl chia seeds
100 g figs
100 g rye bread
3 dl bran flakes (or another healthy breakfast cereal)

* Honey should not be given to children below the age of 12 months due to infant botulism. Use another kind of sweetener instead if you want your baby to have a taste – for instance condensed milk.

How-to

– Chop the dried apricots and figs into small bits and grate the rye bread. Put the ingredients in a bowl and add the cranberries, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, rolled oats and chia seeds. Knead the honey into the ingredients. Make sure it sticks – if not, add more honey.

– Place the sticky mass on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Form the mass into a square, approximately 25 centimeter x 25 centimeter. Make your hands wet, press the mass really well together and straighten the edges.

– Bake in a preheated oven set on 150 degrees Celsius. Take out the tray and let it cool for 10 minutes. Cut out into muesli bars. You can do it by cutting three lanes in one direction and six in the other.

– Let the granola bars cool completely and store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The granola bars can last for about three weeks.

Do you have a healthy granola bar recipe you’d like to share? Feel free to post it in a reply below this article – we love to be inspired!