Savoury pikelets filled with chopped cheesy sausage, shredded honey baked ham, sweetcorn, shredded snow peas and sugar snap peas, ground flax seeds and rolled oats. Packed as a bento for my workday lunch, with a side serving of shredded romaine lettuce and skewered baby tomatoes, a wedge of Japanese cucumber and a few extra mini cheese sausages on the side. All prepared with love by Mky. =9
This tasty lunch treat was a real interesting dish, inspired by Hungry Monkey by Matthew Amster-Burton, a book that Mky came across in the library about a food-loving father's quest to raise an adventurous eater.
Nutritious, fun, and as is Mky's trademark.. healthy!
(and I'm reading said book now too...)
Mky: Hungry Monkey is a fabulous book... couldn't put it down once I started! If/when we have a kid in the future, would be awesome if she loves talking about food like how Iris, the child protagonist does! For now, I'll stick to cultivating an adventurous eater in Dky first :)
Savory pikelets make good pantry-clearing, bento-lunch meals, as virtually anything that isn't too soggy or runny will turn out well when panfried in sweetish pancake batter (though some tasty bacon and/or ham will really jazz flavours up, as will serving it with some chutney or good maple syrup). I try to make them healthier by using a nonstick frypan (used just a smidgen of oil), by shredding in a ton of sugar snap and snow peas, and by adding a good amount of ground flax (which also acts as a thickener) and raw rolled oats for texture. Give it a try sometime, it's hearty, heart-warming (who doesn't love pancakes?!) and easy to go wild and creative with!
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