“What’s for dinner?” my small boy asked me, “and is Uncle Mark staying?” “It’s shepherd’s pie and yes Uncle Mark is staying…” Before I could finish the sentence my boy frowned and butted in angrily saying, “we can’t have that, Uncle Mark is a vegetarian, he can’t eat shepherds!” There was a moment of silence […]
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 […]
Crunchy Chicken Strips – an easy family dinner recipe.
This post is sponsored by Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. My kids adore the chicken rolls you get from a certain takeaway chicken place… aw heck, who am I kidding, I love them too. There are many good things about living in the country, and one of them is that there aren’t any fast food places near us. […]
Seasonal Eating – Spring/Summer Meal Ideas.
There are some meals that we all the time, but there are some meals on our menu that are seasonal. When spring rolls around my kids are excited by the return off a few of their favourite spring/summer meals. Planning seasonal meals is a good way to rotate menu items, and it fits better with […]
Lentil-ese – Vegetarian Spaghetti Bolognese
This lentil based sauce is just as delicious as traditional meat based Bolgenese sauce, and is a great meat-free easy family dinner. This vegetarian spaghetti bolognese is so good, most people won’t know there is no meat in it unless you tell them! It’s a great budget-friendly, freezer-friendly and kid-friendly meal option that everyone will […]
14 Freezer Friendly Meals
In a perfect world my favourite food would just arrive on my table every night without me having to lift a finger. In a slightly less perfect, but still totally awesome, world, all four of my kids would eat whatever I put on the table, and love it. In a slightly less perfect, but still […]
20 Kid-friendly Brinner Ideas.
When you have breakfast for dinner it’s called ‘brinner’, and it’s awesome. It’s awesome because kids love the novelty of having food that would usually be considered breakfast, at dinner time. It’s awesome because you often have a bit more time to prepare dinner, so you can try out all those fancy recipes that you […]
Mini Pizza Quiches
I’m celebrating a school lunch win today. It is also be a Mum lunch win, an easy dinner win, and a breakfast win! Oh how I love it when one recipe works for all kinds of situations. Yay for mini pizza quiches! These mini, crust-less, pizza quiches went in school lunch boxes this morning, and […]