When it comes to holiday food I am all about simple. And even better if my kids can help! Inspired by shows like Nailed It! and Zumbo’s Just Desserts, my girls absolutely love decorating cakes and cupcakes and these Snowman Cupcakes are so easy to decorate that even my six year old can manage them. […]
Easy Easter Cupcakes Ideas: Cute Chick Cupcakes
Needing to take a plate to a child-friendly Easter event needn’t be difficult thanks to these simple Easter Cupcakes! And they’re the perfect Easter treat when combined withour healthy vanilla cupcake recipe (details below) – any way to turn down the sugar dial just a teensy bit at Easter has to be a good thing, […]
The Best Chocolate Peppermint Bark Recipe Ever
This will be the fourth Christmas since my youngest sister moved to live overseas. If ever there is a time to miss those you love who you can’t be with, it’s Christmastime. My sister is a great cook and I remember the Christmas before she moved she shared some delicious peppermint bark she had made. […]
Creating Edible Art: Making Matisse Cookies
Edible art is one of my favorite things. Combine food, art, and children’s literature and you have a triple treat. Today, we are combining the art of Henri Matisse with cookie decorating, and the book, Henri’s Scissors. Let’s get artsy. Let’s Read and Learn First, grab a copy of Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter. It’s […]
Connecting with Kids in the Kitchen: Nanny’s Sugar Cookies Recipe
When my mother passed away I inherited many books, one of which was her old cookbook. You may be familiar with this sort of cookbook. It is not the kind you can buy at a bookstore. This cookbook started it’s life as a spiral bound notebook. Over the years my mother clipped out and taped inside […]
Connecting with Kids: Making Meal Preparation Time Family Time
Time is the one thing I think we all feel a lack of as parents, I know that I certainly do. Sometimes finding quality time with my children can be challenging, especially when they often both want a piece of me at the same time. As a family we are time starved but preparing and […]
How To Make Potato Latkes
When I worked in child care we were blessed to enjoy meals cooked by fabulous cooks from a number of different nationalities including Italian, Korean and Israeli. And I clearly remember the children’s delight when our Israeli cook, Rachel, would cook Potato Latkes as a treat at lunchtime. Potato Latkes are shredded potato pancakes that […]
Christmas M&M Cookie Bars
If your calendar looks anything like ours, December is looking much like a blur of end of year and Christmas celebrations! Not that it is my social life filling the boxes, it’s all related to the kids school and after school commitments. Of course, many events require us to bring a plate so a great […]
Homemade Fruit Bars Recipe: Great for Snacks & Lunch Boxes
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 […]
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