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25 Homemade Real Food Gifts

November 7, 2014 · 25 Comments

25 Homemade Real Food Gifts

25 Homemade Real Food Gifts

 

How special is it to get handmade goodies? 

I think it’s great that people take time and effort to make things with love.

You don’t have to be a cooking whizz or crafty. Just grab some pretty jars from the opshop and spend a couple of hours in the kitchen with the kids. Whip up a few treats and then jazz up your jars with a little raffia, ribbon or string and a homemade tag and there you go: gifts sorted! For a more susbstantial gift, combine a few homemade treats in a cute basket or wrap in an beautiful tea towel. Cheap, eco-friendly and made with love.

What more could you want?

Here are 25 real food (because we don’t want to feed our loved ones fake food) ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Just click on the link under the photo for the recipes. Enjoy.

 

taco seasoning

Taco Seasoning mix

(my friend Iwa from Additive Free Bites made my recipe in pretty jars)

Crio-Mac-

Crio Mac (chocolate macadamia toffee)

Vanilla-essence

Vanilla Essence from Cyndi at Changing Habits.

Bacon Jam

Bacon Jam from Helene at Super Kitchen Machine

Spelt and Almond Cantucci from Jo at Quirky Cooking

Choc Hazel Bliss Balls

Choc Hazel Bliss Balls – a healthy version of Ferrero Rochers!

Flavoured Salts

Flavoured Salts (thermomix) from Cooking with Tenina. 

Nougat

Honey Nougat from Jodi at Hot Pink Chilli

lemons

Preserved Lemons from Bead Recipes

choc coated nuts

Chocolate Coated Nuts – the healthy way!

Buckwheat Granola from Jo at Quirky Cooking.

chai tea

Chai Tea from The Kitchn

Fig and Ginger Cake

Spiced Fig and Ginger Bread from Alexx Stuart.

whitexmas

Healthy White Christmas

Healthy homemade milo

Healthy Homemade Milo

Ginger Candy from Alexx Stuart

choc spread

Choc Hazelnut Spread from Jo at Quirky Cooking

Beetroot Relish

Beetroot Relish from Iwa at Additive Free Bites.

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Chai Spiced Honey Biscuits from Jane at Marinya Cottage Kitchen

Salted-Choc-and-Almond-Fudge

Salted Choc and Almond Fudge from Collette at Cut out the Crap

Mango Chilli Chutney

Mango Curry Chilli Chutney from Alexx Stuart.

 Easy Marshmallows from Quirky Cooking

Cheese Crackers

Cheese Crackers from Georgia at Well Nourished

4myearth

HOT TIP! Bec from 4 My Earth covers her homemade goodies with her extra small food cover. They are reusable and eco-friendly alternatives to plastic wrap. They make a great little extra to add on to your homemade gift. Super cute!! You can find them here.

 

Do you make handmade real food gifts? Share your links and recipes with us!

 

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Comments

  1. Helene Meurer (@ThermomixBlog) says

    November 7, 2014 at 7:37 am

    Great list — love seeing all the Thermomix recipes here — thanks for including my Bacon Jam!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2014 at 9:25 am

      Your Bacon Jam is legendary Helene ! xx

      Reply
  2. Lou says

    November 7, 2014 at 7:48 am

    You’ll be getting a few homemade gifts from ME this year, Sonia!! xx

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2014 at 9:24 am

      Ooooohhhh!! Can’t wait!! 🙂

      Reply
  3. gaby says

    November 7, 2014 at 9:39 am

    Well, I will have to make you try my sweet capsicum… looks great and tastes better

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2014 at 9:48 am

      Sounds lovely!!

      Reply
  4. Kirri White says

    November 7, 2014 at 10:46 am

    Holy bunches of yumminess!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2014 at 10:57 am

      I know, right – now if only I could get someone to make all of it for me! Maybe a kid’s holiday project… hhmmmm….!

      Reply
  5. Alisha says

    November 7, 2014 at 11:03 am

    Great list and very handy right now, Thankyou Sonia!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2014 at 2:14 pm

      Thanks honey xx

      Reply
  6. Jodi says

    November 7, 2014 at 11:04 am

    Thank you Sonia! Can’t wait for the next instalments. All our extended family are doing a handmade xmas this year. I was just searching for some grandparent gift ideas from kids. Great post!!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm

      Awesome! Have a look in the Christmas category too – there are some great DIY crafty things I blogged last year. xx

      Reply
  7. Anna says

    November 9, 2014 at 10:10 am

    OMG these are all brilliant. I can see some of them as daycare or school teacher gifts. They sound amazing and yummy

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 9, 2014 at 12:17 pm

      Thanks Anna – let me know how you go and which ones you try! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Melissa Trudinger says

    November 9, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    Thank you for including my preserved lemons recipe on your blog! Much appreciated!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 10, 2014 at 12:16 pm

      Hi Melissa, thanks for dropping by!! Great recipe 🙂 🙂

      Reply
  9. Robyn B | Modern Day Missus says

    November 10, 2014 at 7:33 pm

    How timely – I’ve been wondering whether this year I’d break out the homemade gifts. Might have to give that choc hazelnut spread a whirl.

    Reply
  10. Lorraine says

    December 7, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    I have a few regular gifts, some not so healthy treats too, Like Grinch’s Fudge which my kids and mum love! Our teachers all received some of this version of salted caramel hot choc this year with their brewing flasks.

    Reply

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