Rainbow Omelette Cakes Recipe (2024)

Today I'm sharinga funrainbow omelette cakes recipe that makes perfect picnic food!

This bakedomelette recipe is a greateasy recipe for kidsto cook too, as there are no hot frying pans involved -you simply pour your mixture into silicone muffin cups, pop in the oven and bake. You can also sneak in lots of lovely vegetables - who wouldn't want to eat a rainbow?!

I don't know about you, but I love a good picnic, and with the amazing summer we're having so far this year we're picnicking practically every other day at the moment. There's something about being out in the fresh air that makes food taste that little bit nicer, and my children reallylove picnics too.

The offer of a picnic can be the perfect bribe encouragement for good behaviour, and we're fortunate enough to have a lovely green across the road from our house, so we don't even have to go far for it!

With all this in mind, I was delighted when Organix approached me to ask if I'd like to get involved withtheir 'No Junk Picnic Challenge'.

I have long been a fan or Organix products, their extremely short ingredients lists and no junk promise are so reassuring when trying to steer through the minefield of children's food, as so many other products aimed at childrenthat claim to be healthy areactually full ofsugar andunidentifiable ingredients.

Organix are very different - they never add anything unnecessary to their foods and promote the idea that we should try to eat real, healthyfood as much as possible.

If you're not familiar with the No Junk Challenge, do head over to the Organix website to take a look. It's a fantastic campaignwhich really makes you think about what is going into the food that we eat and feed toour children, and itaims to help families find, cook and eat healthy food full of simple ingredients and free from junk.

This summer, Organix are encouragingfamilies to do this by making their own homemade picnics full of real, tasty food! I could definitely get on board with that, and got straight to work, planning outa delicious, home-made picnic of our own.

First, I created a new recipe to be the star of the picnic basket. I wanted to find a new way to sneak in somehealthy veggies, whilst keeping it quick and simple, andcame up withthe idea of incorporating a rainbow of veggies in some simplemini omelette cakes - hiding them in plain sight as they say!

These couldn't be easier to make, and wouldbe a fun project to helpget your children involved in the kitchen too. You can swap the vegetables to suit your tastes - try letting your child pick some out from the list at the end of the recipe, in my experiencethey are much more likely to eat them if they are involved in the process. If you're feeding a crowd, this recipe is easily doubled or even tripled!

Rainbow Omelette Cakes

Ingredients (makes 6 'cakes')

• 1 tsp Olive Oil
• ½ Red Pepper
• 2 Spring Onions
• 1 Small Carrot
• 2 tbs Sweetcorn
• 50g Cheddar Cheese
• 3 Large Eggs

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Line a muffin tin with six silicone or paper cupcake cases.

Prepare your ingredients – finely chop the pepper and spring onions, grate the carrot, drain and rinse the sweetcorn, grate the cheese.

Warm the olive oil in a pan, then gently cook the pepper and spring onions for a couple of minutes until starting to soften. Take off the heat and add the grated carrot and sweetcorn.

Break the eggs into a large bowl and whisk until frothy. Add all of the vegetables and the grated cheese to the eggs. Stir until combined.

Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes until cooked through and golden.

Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes before serving warm. Alternatively, cool completely and pack them up to take on a picnic.

If you want to try some different fillings,the following would also work nicely in this recipe:
Peas, yellow, orange or green pepper, grated courgette, onion, red onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, chopped green beans, chopped spinach, ham, aubergine, broccoli or cauliflower.

With the omelettes made and cooling down, it was time to pack up the rest of the picnic. I wanted to keep it simple, and free from junk too of course! To accompany the omelettes, I added oatcakes with cubes of cheddar cheese, organic carrot and cucumber slices cut into fun shapes (I used flower cutters), bread sticks with organic houmous and guacamole, and to finish, a rainbow of fruit – grapes, blueberries, raspberries and melon, cut into shapes (I used a heart shaped mini cookie cutter).

We took our picnic tothe local park, and enjoyed eating it in the shade of some beautiful chestnuttrees.All of the food was received extremely well by the whole family - there was barely a scrap left by the time we went home!

If you're thinking of packing up a picnic or two this summer, why not make it a no-junk one? To help, here are my top tips for keepingyourpicnicshealthy, but still fun and temptingfor children:

• Try to pack a variety of finger foods – children are much more likely to eat plenty if they can pick up bite size bits and pieces.
• Prepare fruits and vegetables in advance and pack in tubs to make instant healthy ‘fast food’. Cut into fun shapes with a sharp knife or mini cutters if you have them. Carrot, cucumber and melon are particularly easy to cut into shapes.
• Get children involved in picking out some healthy choices to try at a picnic. Let them choose a new fruit or vegetable or find new ways to present old favourites. Vegetables such as peas still in their pods (eaten raw), mini peppers or purple carrots make perfect picnic foods.
• Get imaginative and give things fun names – magic wands or swords (bread sticks), swamp slime (guacamole) or pirate gold (cheese) - you can easily tailor them to suit your child’s interests and spark their imagination.
• Consider packing up individual portions for each child - you can keep an eye on how much they've eaten and avoid the inevitable fight over the last sandwich!

What do you like to pack in your picnic basket? Do you have any tips for making the perfect picnic?

Grace

Disclosure: This recipe and blog postwas created for the Organix No JunkPicnic Challenge. I was compensated for my time,however all opinions expressed in this post are my own.