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  • Makes 12
  • 45 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 5 Ingredients

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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

  1. Steam or boil the broccoli until soft (only needs about 5-10 minutes)
  2. Puree the broccoli with a little of the water (about half a cup) it's been cooked with - should be a thick puree
  3. Add the cous cous to the puree with the butter, parmesan and olive oil - stir it well
  4. 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.

  • How crafty. I love This it’s so creative

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  • These look nice and I like the fun shape!

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  • I like your style of thinking! 🙂 great for fussy eaters too!

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  • I just love the recipes that have hidden veggies. Fantastic ideas fir those kids that hate their veg

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  • Hayley this is incredible, love the recipe x

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  • very cute and a great way for the little ones to eat healthier

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  • aaww now thats very cute. A great way to get kids to try new things.

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  • Clever way to get young ones to eat vegetables.

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  • Very cute ! Luckily I don”t have a problem to get veggies into my kids, they even ask for it as a snack between mealtimes ????

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  • Sneaky perhaps but such a great idea for picky eaters

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  • This made me laugh just a little. I have a teen boy who I need to get vegies into. I’m not sure cars will do it for him, though. Love the idea, but I might try footballs instead!!!

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  • wow i have to get some moulds lol! i only have some heart shapes but i reckon the kids would appreciate a “car” for dinner lol. Cheers for the fabulous idea! very clever

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  • Anything that looks cool has my vote! I love making veges fun. I’m guessing these can probably be frozen and would reheat well, might make a batch and test it out, then do a bull batch if they freeze well

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  • What a great idea to make cars especially for boys to eat

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  • I think I would prefer rice to cous cous.

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  • thats adorable! i wouldnt of thought to shape the cous cous! may have to try it!

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  • Very cute ! Does the couscous need to be boiled before adding ?


    • I was also wondering the same thing.

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  • I’ve only tried cous cous once and didn’t love the texture, but I can imagine presenting it this way would be fun for kids.

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  • I would imagine a lot of vegetables could be made this way. Clever!

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  • My boys would love these, we’ve never tried couscous before

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