RECIPE: COCONUT AND RASPBERRY MOUSSE
The first time I made this I had intended on delivering it to my neighbour, but it didn’t get there. My children barricaded the kitchen. The three of us succumbed to sitting on the floor, each with a spoon in hand, and digging straight in. Pink smiles from ear to ear. An Instant snack, dessert or breakfast. […]
Lunchbox OR Afternoon Tea School Snacks
Below is a tasty recipe for some yummy no-bake school snack balls. Healthy, delicious and easy to make. School Snacks 10 medjool dates, seeds removed 1/2 cup raisins 1 cup rolled oats 1 tablespoon cacao or cocoa or carob 1/2 teaspoon concentrated natural vanilla extract pinch of salt coconut for rolling in Place the ingredients […]
Lunchbox Recipe – Homemade Muesli Bars
I grew up in a little country town. The population always floated around the 500 mark. My great gran lived next door. My grandma and grandpa lived across the road. My gran and pa lived a few blocks away. I never knew any different and I did take it for granted. The friends I had were people […]
Chewy Chocolate Cookies
My first pregnancy was fairly standard. I was sick for the first trimester, on top of the world for the second and getting tired in the third. The birth was, well, everything I could have hoped for. Isn’t that exactly how it is meant to be? With my second pregnancy I was constantly sick, day […]
Fairy Dust Recipe
Last Christmas my daughter was living and breathing Rainbow Magic. On Christmas day she woke to a small jar of fairy dust and a letter from her beloved Rachael and Kirsty. There were so many gifts exchanged on the day, but nothing was near as exciting as the little jar of fairy dust and her special […]
Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Kids
I have a fussy almost two year old son, and a happy to eat anything and everything almost six year old daughter. They both love smoothies, and so do I. Most days after school we all have one. Many times they have been the only thing my son would consume. I quickly learnt how to […]
Have Your Cake and Eat it Too – Healthy Cake Recipes
We love cake! Cake for breakfast, cake for lunch, cake for snacks, cake for treats, cake for celebrations and cake to stop the baby crying when he hits his head! There is cake for every occasion. Our cakes differ from the norm. They are delicious but they are also super healthy and loaded with goodness. […]
Kids in the Kitchen
Do your kids love getting into the kitchen? Mine do. Unfortunately, I am not one of those admirable patient Mum’s who engage in long intricate craft activities and baking projects. I much prefer the as-little-mess-in-as-little-time approach. If your kids are anything like mine the novelty wears off fairly quickly and I am left spooning in […]
Lunch Box Treats For a Time Poor Mum
Our lunchboxes can get very repetitive. We can get stuck in the lunchbox rut. The only thing that saves me is our freezer full of quick to grab, quick to make, delicious wholefood snacks. Time has become a luxury very few of us can afford, that is why it is imperative that anything I make […]
After School Snacks – Some tasty wholefood ideas!!
My daughter is in her first year of school. At 3pm she is tired, hungry, and excited, the perfect meltdown mix. I know I need to feed her instantly and bring these three components back into balance. She needs to sit, she needs to eat, once this happens the potential hurricane is calmed and we […]