Ellie's Lunch Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup wholemeal flour
• 1 cup bran flakes
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup unsweetened acidophilus yoghurt
• 2 grated apples
• 1 grated carrot
• 2 eggs

Method

Beat eggs, add milk & yoghurt, mix until smooth. Mix in apple and carrot, then dry ingredients, mix, spoon into muffin tins. Bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes (this time may vary with different ovens - check after 25 minutes to assess).

Makes 18 muffins.

Yummy!! I quite often add a mashed banana but if you do you need to add a little more flour. Also a pinch of cinnamon is nice too - Ellie loves that!

Rosie's Vegetable Quiche

• 1 cup chopped cooked broccoli
• 1 cup frozen corn  kernels, thawed and drained
• ¼ cup chopped green pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• ½ cup plain yogurt
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg white
• ½ cup grated Mozzarella cheese
• ¼ cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• ½ teaspoon baking powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat (9-inch) glass pie plate with vegetable cooking spray. Add broccoli, corn, pepper and chives to pie plate. Toss gently to mix. Combine cottage cheese, yogurt, egg, egg white, cheese, flour, olive oil and baking powder into a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour egg mixture over vegetables in the pie plate. Mix and smooth top with spatula. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Rocky's Fabulous Casserole

• 1 acorn squash, peeled and cubed
• 3 carrots, finely chopped
• 3 McIntosh apples, cored and cubed
• 1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed
• 1 can vegetable broth
• 1 ½ cups of milk or soy milk
• 3 tablespoons whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• 3 tablespoons melted butter

Combine squash, carrots, apples, and sweet potato into casserole dish. Pour melted butter over the top and mix well.

Stir flour into milk and mix well. Combine broth, milk mixture, parsley and basil and pour over mixture.

Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.

Salmon and Asparagus for Cats

• One 16 oz can of Salmon or 16 oz. of cooked Salmon
• One 16 oz can of Asparagus or 1 lb of cooked asparagus.
• 4 tablespoons of heavy cream.

1. Place salmon in bowl and use a fork to mash it up just a bit.
2. Cut asparagus into 1/2'" pieces and mix in with salmon.
3. Add any juice from can or a little bit of the water from cooking the asparagus into the mix.
4. Mix in heavy cream.
5. Serve
6. Refrigerate remaining portions.