My friend Lucie put me onto this book, for which I am very very grateful.
Julie Maree Wood is full of truly excellent ideas about boosting the nutrition in the food of a small person who won't eat much of anything.
These apricot balls, which she calls Iron Booster Balls, went down pretty well here. They look and taste like a treat! What's not to love.
Unless you buy organic apricots you'll be using apricots with preservative 220 (sulfur dioxide) which can be dangerous for asthmatics and has been shown to cause hyperactivity and behavioral problems. Like many additives and preservatives, really.
I'll be honest: I don't always buy the preservative-free apricots, even though I know this. We have so few additives and preservatives around here that if I saw any effect of a handful of apricots a couple of times a week, I'd abandon them. Sometimes the rotten look of blackish organic apricots is a little too much for me.
Apricot Balls (Iron Booster Balls)
Recipe by Julie Maree Wood, Feeding Fussy Kids
INGREDIENTS
½ cup dried apricots
½ cup dried peaches
2 tbsp boiling water
¼ cup almond meal
½ cup desiccated coconut
1 tbsp orange juice
2 tbsp wheatgerm
¼ cup skim milk powder
½ cup extra coconut
METHOD
Put the apricots and the peach into a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add boiling water and leave to soak for ten minutes. Add almond meal, coconut, wheatgerm, milk powder and orange juice. Blend until a firm dough forms. Add extra water if needed. Roll into balls and roll in coconut. Store in the fridge.
