Child Friendly Recipes

Apple and Yoghurt Muesli Pikelets

April 13, 2012
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The apple. muesli and yoghurt make these pikelets super yummy and extra filling! Perfect for breakfast or a morning tea snack. Recipe for Apple and Yoghurt Muesli Pikelets You will need: 175g tub yoghurt – we used Yoplait Strawberry 1 cup raw muesli 1 cup self raising flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 2 apples, cored [...]

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Easy Things To Bake With Kids: Peaches and Cream Mini Muffins

March 14, 2012
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I have had a wee bit of a craving for tinned peaches (in natural juice) with this pregnancy and Immy enjoys them as a snack too so when I was recently thinking of testing our new oven (for those who don’t know, we are in the midst of a kitchen renovation at the moment)  I [...]

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Easy Things to Bake With Kids: Anzac Cookies

January 26, 2012
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This version of the classic Australian recipe was shared with me in my second year of teaching by a mother I admired – her children always had such yummy, homemade goodies in their lunchboxes!  And I was a new graduate, recently moved out of home who didn’t know much about baking at all! Given today [...]

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Back to School: 20 Lunch Box Snack Ideas (+ free printable!)

January 20, 2012
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As a new school Mum about to embark on her first foray into preparing school lunches, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of quick and easy snack suggestions for recess (or ‘little’ lunch) to hang inside my pantry door. I am guessing that this will be helpful both as I prepare [...]

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Making Food Memories

October 4, 2011
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This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. “Tradition. A belief, custom, story, or practice handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth or demonstration.” ~ About.com For most families food plays an important role in family tradition. From Sunday roasts to birthday cakes, hot cross buns to Christmas puddings, visiting restaurants for family celebrations [...]

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10 Reasons to Cook With Kids (and Ideas for What to Cook Too!)

September 2, 2011
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This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. There’s no doubt that cooking with kids takes more time and organisation than cooking alone but when we consider the benefits to their development and learning, it makes the extra effort feel all the more worthwhile. 10 Reasons to Cook With Kids 1.  Literacy Cooking experiences provide a natural [...]

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Playopedia Picks: Cooking with Kids

July 12, 2011

Playopedia now has age categories! If you haven’t been over to Playopedia in the past few days you really should check out the brand new age categories – Baby (0-12 months), Toddler (12-36 months), Preschooler (3-5 years) and Bigger Kids (5+ years). Of course, many of the activities overlap into more than one category and [...]

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Bacon and Egg Muffins

June 27, 2011
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We made these yummy savoury muffins this weekend for morning tea. Being very bacon-y, I think they would be perfect with a mug of hot tomato soup but they are also super tasty on their own. If you are cheese eaters, you could also add a sprinkle of cheese on top for extra yummy-ness! And [...]

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