One of my favourite things I like to do is to try to turn dinner meals into a yummy lunchbox food. That way I can kill two birds with one stone. This Lential Quinoa Kofta Recipe is a great example. I took some leftover red lentil and tomato dahl and plain quinoa and turned them […]
Lunchbox
Before You Put That Packet In The Lunchbox
One of our goals on our mission to Transform Children’s Health in Australia, One Lunchbox At A Time, is to raise awareness about the importance of lunchbox food and how lunchbox food can affect concentration and behaviour. This week in households across Australia, many children will return to school. This means, parents will be packing lunchboxes […]
Protein Packed Seed Balls
Our bodies need protein for growth and development, and muscle repair. Protein also assists with helping keep tummies full. Unfortunately from what teachers have told us and from what we’ve seen first hand of children’s lunchboxes at schools, protein in lunchboxes is sorely lacking. Instead lunchboxes tend to be filled with carbohydrate rich packaged foods which do little […]
Back To School Lunchboxes
Around Australia this week, it’s Back To School for many households. We are so excited to have been featured on Channel 7 Sunrise this morning talking about Back To School Lunchboxes. Sam and Kochie asked us about: the common mistakes parents make tips on packing perfectly healthy lunchboxes and the latest in lunchbox technology Watch our segment below […]
Simple Spinach Lunch Wraps
I made these simple spinach lunch wraps recently. If you don’t think you’re kids will go for green just yet, drop the spinach. They are a cross between a crepe and a wrap, so they are soft and pliable but without being too delicate. This makes 5 additive and preservative free wraps. Ingredients 1 handful of baby spinach 3/4 cup […]
Beware The Words “Lunchbox Fillers”
With it being back to school time, I have been watching with great interest what is being marketed as back to school foods. My view on this is beware the words “Lunchbox Fillers”, or back to school tasty snacks or anything remotely like this. Why? Because what you’ll find is mostly packaged food which are likely […]