Sometimes I get up on my high horse and declare that I will never waste food ever again. I will keep every broccoli stalk and every orange peel because one day I will find a way to use them! And then sometimes I throw my hands in the air, and give up. I really do […]
Streusel Topped Blackberry and Apple Muffins
Blackberries are a noxious weed where we live. They cause us lots of problems on our little property. Just when we think we have gotten rid of one patch of blackberries another pops up. This year, with some summer rain and some lovely warm weather the blackberries have gone wile and are covered in big […]
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 Cornflake Crunch Cookies
It’s a never ending battle. Just when you think you are on top of the whole lunch box caper your darling child comes home from school on the second day and announces that they don’t want that lovingly baked treat in their lunch any more. Maybe it’s ‘too boring’ or ‘too crumbly’ or ‘not as […]
Apple and Oat Bars
When life gives you apples… um… bake lots of things with apples in them? We were given yet another big bag of apples this week, and since my freezer is already full of apple sauce, and I can’t face cutting, dipping and drying any more apple slices, the only thing left to do is bake […]
Cornflake Cookies
There are some things that just take me back to my childhood in an instant – the smell of a real pine Christmas tree, the sound of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf played on a slightly scratched vinyl record, and the taste of my Mum’s cornflake cookies. As soon as I bite into one of […]
Chocolate Coconut Bars
The last day of the holidays called for a little rollerskating, a little painting, and a little baking. My kids requested muesli bars but I’ve made them so often that I just don’t have the muesli bar love any more. I really needed to make something different. So I turned to my trusty pinterest board […]
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 […]