This recipe is the our easy, go-to, never-fail birthday cake base. We have been making it for years and everyone always loves it. Making a birthday cake can sometimes feel daunting but trust me, this is so, so easy! My kids make it all the time themselves without any worries. Birthday cakes are so expensive these…
A healthy Easter basket for kids
A healthy Easter basket for kids Easter is here yet again and I thought I would share with you some healthy, ethical and natural ideas for the kids’ Easter baskets. I know Easter can be one of those occasions that can easily become excessive and overly commercialised. Dealing with family members and outside influences that…
Easy Muesli Bars
This recipe is ridiculously easy to make. Just throw everything in a bowl, mix and bake! As much as I love cooking, keeping up a constant supply of home-made real food for the family can be quite time-consuming. So the easier the recipe, the more chance it is that it will be on high…
Strawberry Coconut Slice (gluten free, dairy free)
Strawberry Coconut Slice (gluten free, dairy free) How good is strawberry season??? So cheap and so yum. Strawberries are however one of the most heavily sprayed crops. If you can’t get organic, make sure you give them a good wash to get as much pesticide off as you can. This slice is super soft…
Sweet Potato Pizza Bases (gluten free, dairy free)
We now have three of us in the family as dedicated gluten-free. While I love almond meal based recipes, all that almond meal does get a bit expensive. So I’ve been experimenting with different things to bulk out the almond meal and be a little more frugal. My first experiment with pizza bases was a…
Peanut Satay Chicken Wings
Peanut Satay Chicken Wings I have a love affair with satay! How good are those flavours?? We quite often have satay stir fries or noodles for dinner. I was inspired by a recipe at Taste and decided to try my hand at making a peanut sauce marinade on some chicken wings for a budget and kid…
6 Recipes for Make Ahead Healthy Breakfasts
We all have those days. You’ve slept through the alarm (or forgotten to turn it on), a child has to be at school at an ungodly hour for some sort of rehearsal or training or you just are so darn tired you can’t be stuffed. Well you can still have a real food breakfast ready for…
10 Zesty Lemon Recipes
10 Zesty Lemon Recipes Lemons are a universally loved fruit and feature in cuisines all over the world. They are so versatile – you can use them in sweet or savoury meals, drinks and baking. Never ever throw away a squeezed lemon because you can use them for cleaning too. A glass of hot water…
Roasted Cauliflower
I love cauliflower! It’s one of those really versatile veges that can be used in so many ways. My favourite way to do it though is roasted. The beautiful caramelization is just so tasty and it’s so easy to do. I use olive oil as it takes a higher temperature than most other oils. Coconut oil is delicious…
Easy Coconut Biccies
I am loving these Easy Coconut Biccies. They are perfect for lunchboxes as they have no nuts! Also great when you have a bare pantry – you only need four ingredients and they are so, so easy to throw together. Feel free to add in your own bits and pieces – I have made them…