Imported organic baby/toddler biscuits are over priced and over packaged and cause earth damaging carbon miles. So make your own instead.
This recipe is for yummy and relatively healthy biscuits that Theo loves, and they are a great treat for stroller rides. They are really easy and fast to make, taking around 30 mins from weighing the ingredients to out of the oven and ready to eat.
Ingredients- Makes around 20 nibbles
100 g organic wholemeal flour （有机全麦面粉 you3ji1 quan2mai4 mian2fen）
25g organic porridge oats (有机燕麦片 you3ji1 yan2mai4 pian4)
1/2tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
2 tbsp honey (蜂蜜 feng1mi4）
50g butter
Oven 180 C/350 F
Mix all the dry ingredients then stir in the honey and rub in the butter to form a soft dough. Pat the dough on a floured surface into a 5mm flat shape. Then using a cutter cut out your nibbles and place then on a lightly greased baking sheet, bake for about 10 mins or until golden. Cool for 5 mins and enjoy! I normally use a very small cutter (or a 125ml baby milk bottle neck) which makes coin sized nibbles of about 2cm in diameter.
This is the basic recipe. You can create your own special variations adding a little something to the mix: raisins, dried cranberries or even chocolate chips.
This recipe is slightly varied from the Oat Biscuits one on Finger food for Babies and Toddlers by Jennie Maizels
. This is a really great book with lots of great ideas for picnic and on the go food, also has some nice “healthish” treats.
This is a pretty cool store, it’s expensive but has some things that you can’t get in other shops around town: a nice selection of birthday cards and wrapping paper, bits for baby proofing the house, music and art supplies, lots of fun toys (including wooden toys and manhattan toy company) and a smallish selection of books. Don’t have the exact address but it’s next door to Simply Thai in the North block of Xintiandi.
Recently found out about this from a friend and I was a little annoyed at myself for not having known about it before. It’s a really great place for crawling and walking babies and older kids, really clean and has lots of fun things like a balloon pen, a maze, a mary go around with fluffy animals, a ball pitt, a water mattress, and a few other crazy things. It’s a chain and they have several branches across town. Here is the website with the list of locations (only in Chinese).
I go to the Huaihai lu Isetan one (5th Floor) which is just round the corner from us.
The cost is 30rmb per time or a 100rmb card valid one year which allows you to go 5 times. The idea of taking Theo to play in a shopping mall makes me a bit sad and is one of the reasons why I’m looking at leaving Shanghai in the near future but it’s a good option for the winter and when you are bored of the house.
If you don’t want to buy a car seat or a travel cot but need one for a while get in touch with Shanghai Toy Club. Shanghai Toy Club rents out baby, toddler and pre-school toys and equipment and also has a range of baby product for sale which are otherwise unavailable in Shanghai. These include: swimming nappies, teething gel, kids toothpaste, mosquito patches, potty protectors, sunglasses and much more.
To find out more visit: www.shanghaitoyclub.net or email info@shanghaitoyclub.net t: 1356433544