In today's Bite: Healthy habits

Fruit and vanilla snack balls. Photo / Bite magazine

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Healthy habits is the theme of more than just Aaron's column this week. We're cutting back on the sugar for our ricotta and lemon scones, fruit loaf, fruit and vanilla snack balls and chewy carob bars.

Chewy carob bars, ricotta and lemon scones and fruit loaf. Photo / Bite magazine

We also baking our potatoes instead of frying them: Hasselback potatoes were one of the first things I made in Home Economics and Warren is riffing off his favourite Indian samosa with these masala baked potatoes. Mashed potato and kumara fritters will add a special touch to the dinner plate and were picking these homemade chippies will be popular.

Stir-frying is also a healthier cooking method and our noodle stir-fry is full of sweet juicy clams.

If you're a mum, Louise Thompson has some mind matters to help make every day a happy, healthy mother's day and for those with dinner party phobias, Ray McVinnie makes it a mind-over-matter situation in his first Get the Idea column. You don't need to be a great cook, you just need to be a great shopper - and shopping is definitely a healthy habit.

Potato fritters, chippies and hasselback potatoes. Photos / Bite magazine

Stirfry seafood noodles and masala potatoes. Photos / Bite magazine

- nzherald.co.nz