Dips: add crackers and vegetable crudites and you magically have a great plate to take to a get together with friends, or a picnic. But, you can go one step further and use dips to enhance the lunch boxes you pack. They add extra variety, flavours and various health benefits and give you a mighty fine reason to […]
Recipes
Chewy Banana Muesli Bar
One of my objectives of The Root Cause is to be of service to mum’s who are juggling work commitments with being the best mum and partner they can be. In an effort to find out what you wanted, I recently conducted a survey about how best I can be of service to you. One of the questions I […]
Caramelised Banana Cakes
Yummy banana cakes that are so simple to make. Sweet but without using refined sugar. These cakes are delicious both warm and cold. They are great for your lunch box too. This makes about 12 large muffin sized cakes. You can even freeze these so they last longer. The inspiration for this recipe came from my […]
1 Lot of Ingredients, 7 Lunch Box Snacks
If you’re like many mums, me included, you probably worry about how to get more variety into your children’s lunch boxes. I recently shared my 3 Top Tips for Achieving Lunch Box Variety, and about how to Cook Once, Make 3 Lunches. So here, I want to share another one of my tips for achieving lunch […]
Spaghetti Bolognaise Muffins
Ah spaghetti bolognaise. A family favourite. A meal I can make in advance, freeze and pull out when I need it. A meal everyone eats without any complaints. It’s my go to meal usually for Thursday nights because our daughter has band and netball training so dinner is late, and it needs to be ready […]
Roast Dinner Rice Slice
One of the simplest ways to give your children variety in their lunch box is to turn your dinner meals into lunches. If you want to know more about this, you may wish to check out my post Cook One Dinner, Make 3 Lunches. Here I share with you how I turn left over roast meat & […]