The first day of the school holidays and it is freezing cold and pouring with rain. I think it is a sign that we should make something delicious to eat and have a movie marathon! Family movie night is a school holiday tradition at our place. Usually we make something crazy and sweet, but today […]
Quick and Easy Face Cookies
It’s 5pm on Sunday afternoon when my darling child say “I want to take a birthday treat to school tomorrow” “But…. but… you said you didn’t want to take treats to school!” I stammer. “I know. But I changed my mind” he says with an angelic smile. “Of course you did, my darling, sweet, birthday […]
Apple and Berry Taquitos
My love anything and everything ‘mexi-flavoured’. Give them tacos, or chili, or burritos, or enchiladas and the are happy little campers, but we added a whole new level of ‘mexi-ness’ when we made apple and berry taquitos! Sweet taquitos!?! Yes please! Not only have we added another ‘mexi-favourite’ to our list, we also found yet […]
Totally Cool Kid’s Cookbooks
Do your kids like to cook? My kids have always loved to cook. When they were very little they helped me make things and did simple cooking tasks, but now they are all getting older they love the independence of grabbing a cookbook and making something on their own. We have a small collection of […]
Fruit Crunchies
My nine year old wanted to cook something, and I needed something to put in school lunches this week, so while the six year old did some drawing, we made fruit crunchies! With only a few simple ingredients and no baking required, these little crunchy, fruity, bites are an easy sweet snack for kids to […]
Easy Chocolate Cookie Balls – two ways!
Every school holidays we plan a family movie night and the kids bake some crazy, over the top, sweet treat to eat while we watch. These holidays we rewatched the Lego Movie and we made these easy, no-cook, chocolate cookie balls in two flavours – choc mint and cherry ripe! There is no cooking at […]
How to Get Dinner on the Table in 15 Minutes – Beef and Veggie Stir Fry
This post is sponsored by You’re Better On Beef I’m not sure what I was thinking when I said yes to yet another dance class. I really wasn’t thinking at all. I wasn’t thinking about how I was going to manage two different school pick-ups, and homework, and readers. And I certainly wasn’t thinking about […]
12 Christmas Treats Kids Can Make
Giving teachers and a helpers homemade treats at Christmas has become a bit of a tradition in our house. It’s also a tradition to have the kids help make these yummy gifts, so over the years we’ve collected quite a few ideas for Christmas treats kids can make. These recipes are simple, and very forgiving, […]