My daughter adores apple cereal bars. In fact, she would live off apple cereal bars and orange juice if I let her. Fruit bars or cereal bars are found alongside muesli bars in the supermarket and they are basically an oven baked pastry tube filled with a pureed fruit. Since my daughter likes to have […]
Kids Snack Idea: Homemade Biscuit Dippers & Berry Yoghurt
These Biscuit Dippers & Berry Yoghurt make a great after school snack or lunch box treat. The berry yoghurt is super simple to make and can be easily adapted to utilise whatever berries you have in season and, to make things even more convenient, the biscuit dippers can be made ahead of time and stored […]
Tostadas! A Self-Serve, Fast Family Friendly Dinner Idea
Does your family love Mexican food? We do. It is such a family friendly option with many dishes being self-serve and easy to personalise the flavours. Tacos and nachos are our staple dishes but every now and then we like to add in something different. We have even made our own homemade flour tortillas for […]
4 Ingredient No Churn Gingerbread Ice Cream – Two Ways
Ice blocks, icy poles, popsicles, iced lollies, in cones or on a stick. If you are like us and spend most of your Christmas break trying to escape the heat and stay cool you don’t mind how your frozen treats are presented as long as they are icy cold. But if you live on the […]
Christmas Tree Cakes
These little Christmas tree cakes are perfect for older children to make by themselves and for younger children to help bake and then decorate. They make a great take-along dish for class breakups and Christmas get-togethers as they are easy to prepare and look super cute. In fact, they also make a fun holiday activity […]
Christmas Cookie Bars
We have so many end of year celebrations on our calendar at the moment – an end of school morning tea, Christmas carols picnic, dance school breakup, just to name a few. As each event requires us to bring a plate, I have been looking for ideas for new recipes for take along foods. I […]
Lunch Box Ideas: Homemade Biscuit Dippers & Berry Yoghurt
In our house we are well into the last term of school for the year. It’s a little frightening that Bear and Bee have nearly finished their first year of formal schooling! And with term four came a whole lot of dissatisfaction about school lunches! By the end of last term, Bee was complaining about […]
Cooking From Your Favourite Book: A Viking Dinner
Bee and Bear’s favourite books at the moment are anything to do with the DreamWorks production, How to Train Your Dragon. While they are not quite ready for the original novels by Cressida Cowell, Bear and Bee’s interest in all things Viking and dragon related surpasses any other interest they might have for things like […]
Cooking with Kids: Chicken Pot Pies Recipe
Pies are one food that most family members will usually eat! As pies can take so many forms, it’s easy to include them as a regular feature in your menu plan. This Chicken Pot Pie recipe is a good one for getting your children involved in the kitchen too as children can help with all […]
Family Dinner Ideas: One Pan Vegetable Macaroni and Cheese
In today’s post Maree of Three Foot Cooks transforms a family favourite – good old Mac & Cheese – with a veggie twist and a bonus – it only takes one pan! Dinner ideas that suit the whole family can often be difficult to come up with. So a dinner idea that not only tastes […]
