Ah school lunches, my nemesis! If only all my kids ate plain boring sandwiches! If only they all liked the same thing, and would eat it every day! If only I could just magic the right food into the right lunch boxes on the right days without even getting out of bed! Alas no lunchbox […]
Chocolate Cereal Cookies
After a week and half of refusing to accept that the holidays were over and my kids were heading back to school, I have been forced to give in. Not only did I deposit my three big kids at school this morning, but I also dropped my baby off at kinder (preschool). Yep, my baby […]
Quick and Easy Fruit Slice
Yesterday I burned a batch of focaccia bread, made chocolate oatmeal mush instead of chocolate oatmeal cookies, and accidentally tipped a whole container of herbs onto the pizza. It was disaster after disaster, both big and small. I dropped things, broke things, burned things and ended up with a barely edible dinner and nothing for […]
Cinnamon Cookies
I’m trying hard to get my head around the big kids going back to school on Thursday… really I am. I even attempted to bake for school lunches yesterday, although these biscuits turned out so good that none of the dough made it to the freezer and the handful of them that are left won’t […]
Carrot and Zucchini Muffins
It’s cold and wet. You have a giant zucchini sitting on your kitchen bench. You have a five year old wailing because he is ‘boooorrrred’. What do you do? You make muffins that’s what you do. Carrot and Zucchini Muffins! These muffins are a slight twist on our favourite (no nuts) carrot cake recipe, switching […]
Four Easy Quiches from One Base Recipe
Use this simple crust-less quiche recipe to make four different delicious quiche variations. These quiuches are perfect for a quick, easy, and budget-friendly family dinner, or a delicious lunch. They are also delicious cold and make a fabulous lunchbox alternative to sandwiches. Quiche is such an easy recipe to make, it’s great hot or cold, […]
Honey and Spice Cookies
The aim of the game is to make enough sweet biscuits/cookies to last a whole week of school lunches and snacks. I’ve got a few recipes up my sleeve now, and last week it was Honey and Spice Cookies that won the household vote. This recipes makes a LOT of cookies. You will need […]
Over The Top Chocolate Cookies Plus a Cadbury’s Give Away!
A bunch of Cadbury’s Chocolate was delivered to my door the other day. Some family blocks, a few smaller bars and some packets of the new buttons. Some days it is good to be a blogger. The Father Figure and I chomped our way through a family block. He took the bars to work for […]