Quite a while ago, I purchased an awesome book by Dr Peter Dingle called, My Dog Eats Better Than Your Kids. It discusses using great pictures and stories, how most breakfast cereals are pretty much devoid of any nutritional value. I know I focus most of my attention on lunchboxes, but this book made me start to […]
Snacks
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Banana Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe
Looking for a yummy healthy sweet breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea or even a dessert? Then this Banana Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe fits the bill. Chia – these tiny little seeds pack such a punch. They are high in fibre which is awesome for our digestive system, are a great source of protein to help […]
Salted Dark Chocolate Cookie Recipe
This Salted Dark Chocolate Cookie Recipe came about because we had bought some 85% dark chocolate but we left it in the car and it melted. We stuck it in the freezer and I decided to turn it into chocolate chips because it looked so mangled. Since we then had chocolate chips in the bus, I thought I had better do something […]