Easy to make recipes for the whole family including school lunch ideas, recipes and after school snacks, healthy dinner options and easy make at home lunch ideas, healthy snacks and some indulgent treats too. Simple recipes you can make at home.
Frozen Greek Yoghurt Fruit Bark is the perfect healthy summer treat for staying cool! During the summer months, my kids love ice blocks as a cool treat after school and we often make our own fruit ice blocks. This time we decided to turn our half tub of Greek yoghurt into something different. It resulted …
We love Mexican food in our household, even more so after having visited Mexico last year. It is easily our favourite cuisine to make at home, with an Aussie twist. Recently, my mother in law made a taco potato bake for a family dinner, and it was instantly a hit. Deciding to recreate our own …
There is no end to the yummy Halloween foods you can create, but what about the drinks! I’ve found some of the best kid-friendly Halloween mocktails that are perfect for your next event. These no-booze drink ideas are sure to impress all ages, from spooky witches brews to delicious Halloween punch recipes. KID-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MOCKTAILS …
You know you’re onto a good thing when the baked goods are lucky to last a full day! That’s what happens when I make these Chocolate Chip Weetbix Biscuits! This school lunch box recipe was meant to last a few days, but it never even made it into the lunchboxes the first time around. Loaded with …
We recently celebrated the 4th birthday of our youngest daughter. Every year when you ask her what he wants for her birthday, her answer is always the same – CAKE! So each year I pretend I know what I’m doing and attempt to create a masterpiece she loves. This year that was a DIY mermaid …
If your kids are anything like ours, they come home starving after school, no matter how big their school lunches are. All that learning is hungry business! Be prepared for those afternoon munchies, we keep a load of healthy after school snacks ready to go for when the kids get home. Some of these recipes …
We have been loving our air fryer lately, using it for more and more different things. Not just the basics either. Plus I’m always looking for new interesting ideas for school lunches for the kids. These air fryer pizza rolls were a winner, with both kids loving them (and us grown ups too). The best …
There are not many things so easy to make as a batch of muffins. Especially when it comes to finding some easy afternoon snacks or lunch box fillers for your kids! These yummy mango banana & yoghurt muffins are all sorts of awesome and are the perfect choice for a healthy sweet treat for your family. Grab …
Healthy muffins are one of the easiest lunch box fillers for school kids. They are easy to make in bulk and freeze for later. They also make great sandwich substitutes to give kids more variety too, so I’ve put together a huge collection of recipes for healthy muffins for kids to give you plenty of …
Easy no bake treats are always a winner, and sometimes the magic happens almost by accident! Around the time of my daughter’s 6th birthday party, I realised I hadn’t planned the party food. I decided to make a couple of favourites from my own childhood… except things did not go to plan, and instead we …
Keeping school lunches loaded with variety can be a challenge so I am always looking for new flavours and combinations to keep things interesting for my kids. One of these recent experiments was these delicious savoury ham, carrot and cheese muffins which are super easy to make, have hidden veggies and you can freeze for …
It’s not too often you hear the words healthy chocolate slice in one sentence… especially not when that’s a chocolate rice bubble slice recipe, but guess what! It’s here and it’s amazing! Back at the start of the school year I was doing a bit of experimenting. My kids LOVE chocolate crackles, so was it …
Preparing for back to school means another term of school lunches and coming up with as many creative ideas as you can to keep the recipes for lunch boxes interesting and delicious for your kids. But this can be harder than it seems, always coming up with fresh new ideas and things to tempt fussy …
30+ Delicious Back to School Recipes For Lunch Boxes Read More »
Not so long ago my parents gave us their air fryer, before they started their full time travel life. It is a kitchen gadget they used often and a regretful one to part with, however until recently I have not been using it to its full potential. We do not own a deep fryer. It …
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As a parent of school-age children, one thing that becomes apparent pretty early on is that packing lunch boxes can be a tedious task. Especially when it comes to keeping the contents varied and interesting for picky eaters! It doesn’t take long to start running out of school lunch box ideas! Most schools are pretty …
