Welcome to Little Nomads Recipes!

Easy, healthy family meals inspired by the world, made for busy parents with curious little eaters.

If you’d love to try new flavours at the dinner table without spending all evening in the kitchen, you’re in the right place. Here, we travel through taste, one simple recipe at a time.

Hi, I’m Marie

I’m a French-Canadian mom of two, a culinary school-trained cook and a lifelong traveller. Before settling in Barcelona, I lived in Peru for two years, in Colombia for one year, and in Germany for a while; I spent months backpacking through Central America and travelled through Vietnam and Cambodia. In Central America, in 2006, I met my German husband.

Food has always been the way I get to know a place. I completed a two-year intensive course at Hofmann Culinary School in Barcelona, and everywhere I travelled, I took cooking classes and learned from locals. In 2016, I started my first food blog, TheFoodOlic, with healthy and creative recipes for adults.

Then I became a mom, and everything changed. Cooking meals everyone would eat, and that were actually good for a growing family, turned out to be my biggest kitchen challenge yet. I slipped into survival mode, cycling through the same handful of recipes. When I talked to friends, I realized I wasn’t alone: we were all short on time and craving fresh ideas.

Why I Started Little Nomads

So in 2023, I started Little Nomads Recipes. We live in a Barcelona neighbourhood full of expat families, and the moms around me come from all over the world. We swap recipes our kids love all the time, so I started testing them in our own kitchen, with my kids as my little sous chefs and toughest taste testers.

Every recipe comes with a little twist or a cultural story. Raising kids far from our own families, I love that food lets them discover where their friends come from, and where we’ve been. A Peruvian purple corn drink or a French-Canadian pâté chinois can spark more curiosity at the table than any map.

What You’ll Find Here

Easy world recipes for every meal: breakfast, mains, snacks, drinks and desserts, most ready in under an hour.
Recipes for every family’s needs: vegetarian, gluten-free, lactose-free, nut-free and low refined sugar options. [Link each to its category.]
For Minis: baby-led weaning and toddler-friendly ideas.
Air fryer recipes: honestly, the only gadget I swear by. Quicker, crispier and lighter meals.
Seasonal fun: from Halloween recipes to holiday treats.

Every recipe has metric and imperial measurements, a nutrition breakdown and, most of the time, a video. Mama brain is real, and a quick visual can save the day.

Why You Can Trust My Recipes

Professionally trained: I completed a two-year intensive course at Hofmann Culinary School in Barcelona and have been writing recipes since 2016.
Learned where the food comes from: I’ve lived in Peru, Colombia, Germany and Spain, and I learned many of these dishes from the people who grew up with them, often in their own kitchens.
Tested in a real family kitchen: every recipe is made, filmed and eaten by my family before it reaches you. If my kids won’t eat it, it doesn’t get published.
Real family recipes from real moms: many of my recipes come from, and are inspired by, moms around the world, starting with the expat moms in my Barcelona neighbourhood. These are the dishes their kids actually ask for at home. Have a family gem of your own? Get in touch and I’ll share it with credit to you.

Let’s Cook Together

Not sure where to start? Try my Pâté Chinois (French-Canadian Shepherd’s Pie), or browse the full recipe index.

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Got a family recipe from your culture you’d like to share? Get in touch. I’m always looking for new ideas, and I’ll credit you.

Let’s fill those little bellies, one adventure at a time!

Marie