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Cous cous cars with hidden veg

Makes 12
45 minutes
Difficulty Easy
5 Ingredients

Practically a half vegetable, half cous cous meal – this is a great way to get some good stuff into your toddler, as cute food is usually eaten food!

Ingredients (makes 12 mini cars)

1 head of broccoli
1/2 cup wholemeal cous cous
2 Tablespoons tablespoons of butter
2 Tablespoons grated parmesan
1 Tablespoon olive oil

Method

Steam or boil the broccoli until soft (only needs about 5-10 minutes)
Puree the broccoli with a little of the water (about half a cup) it's been cooked with - should be a thick puree
Add the cous cous to the puree with the butter, parmesan and olive oil - stir it well
Spoon the mix into a food-grade silicon mould, purees into the mould and level with a butter knife or spatula and bake for 30-35 minutes (or until they look a little golden on top)

Notes

You can but silicon moulds easily and cheaply online - they come in all shapes and sizes.

57 Comments
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- - BellaB said
  - 03 Sep 2024
    6:58 pm
A great serving idea – lots of kids will go for it.

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- - GemmaLaurenMary said
  - 09 Jan 2023
    10:58 pm
Love the car shape idea!!

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- - mom465683 said
  - 04 Mar 2022
    1:51 pm
Love the idea with the car shape. My twins love cars. I’ll have to google if I can get one.

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- - mum300445 said
  - 30 Jan 2022
    4:34 pm
Super cute idea. Bet the kids would love it!

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- - mom460689 said
  - 26 Oct 2020
    2:54 pm
That is such a creative way to use cous cous!!!

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- - mom462038 said
  - 10 Apr 2020
    4:43 pm
I wonder! I have a fussy eater who loves anything with wheels, I wonder if this creation will entice him to eat veggies? I’ll give it a go

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- - mom327228 said
  - 01 Feb 2020
    10:28 am
Great recipe for car lovers kids

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- - mom327228 said
  - 21 Nov 2019
    1:13 pm
My nephew loves the cars i will make for him

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- - Blossom said
  - 02 Oct 2019
    7:46 pm
I think I would try other vegetables before broccoli as it has a much stronger flavour. If you don’t want it to show the first time you could try cauliflower. It steams very well as do most vegetables.
I wouldn’t use potato as both it and cous cous are starchy therefore high in carbohydrates that give a quick boost of energy, you digest it too quickly then are hungry again. I would use a vegetable that contains some protein.. Do you really need butter and olive oil??

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- - mom129591 said
  - 06 Jul 2019
    10:33 pm
A very clever idea with the cars. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

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- - Lisa said
  - 05 Jun 2019
    12:40 pm
Just like adults .. bubbas eat with their eyes also! This is a great idea to make meal times fun and works great with mash veg also!

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- - mom62624 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    10:53 am
This is just a brilliant idea and kids will love it!

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- - teegsmrstee said
  - 28 Apr 2019
    4:21 pm
Love the cars made out of CPU’s boys, such a sweet idea!

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- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 04 Jan 2019
    1:04 pm
HEalthy dish and very appealing for toddlers

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- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    10:32 am
decorating food is a great way to get your kids to eat it

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- - Ellen said
  - 07 Jan 2018
    3:26 am
We never took to couscous. Do we miss something ?

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- - mom62624 said
  - 20 Oct 2017
    5:11 pm
A lovely & creative idea.

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- - mom259118 said
  - 07 Aug 2017
    12:57 pm
Such a cute idea, thanks for sharing! Will have to try

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- - Haylz89 said
  - 14 Jun 2017
    3:45 pm
What a great idea! Might work in getting my fussy 2 year old to eat.

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- - mom249812 said
  - 11 Jun 2017
    4:43 pm
How crafty. I love This it’s so creative

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