What I love about getting your kids involved in making food choices is how it improves the chances of getting them to eat the food. Another bonus is it helps get them involved in preparing and cooking too. This is how a conversation went at our house this Monday afternoon and how our daughter ended up making these Gluten […]
Recipes
Chewy Oat and Date Cookies
One of the challenges we face as parents packing real food in our kids lunchboxes, is what other kids have in their lunchboxes. One way we can overcome this is by packing foods which our kids associate with being fun and sweet like treats but without the additives and preservatives you get with packaged processed foods. […]
Lentil Quinoa Kofta Recipe
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gingerbread Biscuits
I know, everyone is doing gingerbread biscuits but it is Christmas time afterall. So here is our families take on gingerbread biscuits. Our 9yo daughter made these with just a little bit of help from me. She got the idea after watching Jooles Oliver on Jamie Oliver’s Family Tube channel. Together we adjusted the ingredients to […]