Try at home – Campfire Welsh Cakes!

Here’s what you’ll need for our vegan welsh cakes:  220g Plain flour 2 tsp Baking powder  55g Sugar 110g Vegan butter 1 tbsp Ground flax seed + 4 tbsp water (to replace the egg) 75g Currants (any dried fruit would be great) 1/2tsp Mixed spice Method: Step 1 – Mix water and ground flaxseed and […]

Giant Campfire Cookie Recipe

Recently at Wild Tots we have all had a great time making GIANT CAMPFIRE COOKIES! Ingredients: 3 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda1 cup chocolate chips3/4 cup butter3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 banana Method: 1. Mix the flour, baking powder and bicarb in one bowl, and the sugars, butter, […]

Try at home recipe…Wild Garlic Hummus

It’s that time of year for plentiful foraging for all of the treats that springtime brings. Keep your eyes peeled for Wild Garlic, growing near water and in damp places. Take care to ID it correctly and avoid picking in regular dog walking areas, always wash well before use. 50g Wild garlic leaves washed, dried […]

Try at home recipe… Choc Chip Pan Cookie

After a week of pancake frenzy, we thought we’d offer up a tasty alternative that is perfect for all year round… the Choc Chip Pan Cookie! It can be made at home in the frying pan, or over the campfire if you have one! Ingredients 150g unsalted butter 160g brown sugar 1 medium egg ½ […]

Try at home recipe… Bircher Muesli

Something we’ve been enjoying for Lockdown breakfasts, a (Swiss) recipe to try at home… Bircher Muesli! Overnight soak a portion of porridge oats with stewed or grated apple/ or other fruit, chopped nuts, flax seeds, cinnamon & milk of choice, stir and make sure its quite sloppy, pop in the fridge and enjoy for breakfast. […]

Try at home recipe… Snow Balls

Looking for a festive foodie activity idea with the kids when they’re off next week? Give this recipe a go, it’s a treat for all of the family! INGREDIENTS Dried Apricots Dried Prunes Cocoa to taste Desiccated Coconut METHOD Mix equal amounts of dried fruit Blitz in food processor Add cocoa powder to taste Roll […]

Try at home recipe… Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

We’ve been enjoying cooking these over the campfire this week. With Halloween fast approaching here’s a recipe that makes sure none of the pumpkin gets wasted! Pumpkin seeds are composed of two parts; the cream-coloured shell and the kernel which is olive green in colour. Both are edible, so you can’t go wrong roasting the […]

Try at home recipe… Apple Flapjacks

We’ve been enjoying mixing and cooking these at camp with the children this week. A real hit and the added bonus they don’t contain sugar! We cooked them in our Dutch oven over the campfire, but oven cooking will be just as good. Ingredients 200g Oats 1 tsp cinnamon 60g sultanas 2 Cooking apples (peeled […]

Try at home recipe… Chocolate Campfire Biscuits

Many Wild Tots and their parents have been enjoying these delicious chocolate biscuits this week. We cooked them between leaves in a big pan over the fire, but they can also be baked at home in your oven. We always strive to make dairy free recipes for the many dairy free children who attend our […]

Try at home recipe… Elderberry Syrup

We’ve been enjoying a lot of blackberry and apple jam over the campfire at Wild Tots this week. But another Autumn fruit flourishing in the hedgerows at the moment is the Elderberry, packed with Vitamin C it makes a delicious syrup which can help to ward off those colds we’re all soon to be full of!  […]