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My five year old daughter has a sweet tooth.

She seems to have a never-ending capacity for ice cream, cake, buns, lollies, jelly and doughnuts. It’s not that she doesn’t like savoury food – she does – it’s just that she really, really, really likes sweet food.

So getting her to eat healthy food is sometimes a challenge.

However, this recipe is both sweet and healthy. Yes, there is honey and sugar in it, but I reckon there’s less sugar than what would be in a jam or Nutella sandwich. And the whole banana makes me feel positively good about myself.

I call it a win-win.

INGREDIENTS

2 pieces of bread
1 ripe banana
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon cream cheese
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar

METHOD

This really couldn’t be simpler.

Butter the bread with cream cheese and top with sliced banana.

Drizzle with honey and sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top.

Finish with piece of bread on top and slice in half.

Serves 1.

Yesterday my daughter told me that she wanted to go to her Grandma’s house for a snack because “she cooks so much better than you.” When asked to explain, she said, “I only like Popo’s cooking. I don’t like anything that you cook, ever.”

Now that’s kids for you. There’s no harsher food critic than a precocious, headstrong four year old. Unless, of course, it’s an extremely particular 18 month old toddler who only eats more than a few bites if you distract him with toys. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve prepared a lovely meal only to have Ms Fussy and Mr Not Interested in Food turn up their noses and refuse to eat a bite. So I beg and plead and eventually give them wheatbix for dinner.

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