Oh. My. Lord. Never made zoodles before, preeeety sure I’ve never created OR made a whole foods recipe before either. First time for everything – including using New Hemisphere Hemp Seed Oil – and let me tell you, I will be making this again, and again …
Kids and lunchboxes. Here we go again for another year! My kids start off the school year quite enthused about lunches but, as each term draws to a close, we find more and more food coming home uneaten. Which makes me cringe for two reasons; …
Forget everything you thought you knew about Macaroni Cheese. This is the easiest, quickest, most delicious Macaroni recipe you will ever make. One pan. One step. Forget about boiling pasta, making a sauce, draining the pasta, combining the ingredients, baking……………this is too easy! Dave and …
Baking with kids is awesome at any time of year but the mess is exponentially MORE enjoyable when you get the littlies in the kitchen at Christmas time. I bake shortbread every Christmas to gift to our neighbours, my Scottish Pop, kindy teachers and anyone …
I came to the realisation this week that, despite being a born-and-raised Kiwi mummy, there was something that was missing from my life. Something so quintessentially ‘New Zealand’ that I’m pretty embarrassed to have been overlooking it for so long. I couldn’t remember the last …
Imagine, as a Mum, if every time you said – ok SCREAMED – “Dinner is in ONE minute!”, you were actually telling the truth. What if the ravenous hordes could literally smell dinner cooking within moments of you opening the fridge to begin dinner prep? …
Ramen bowls are trending hard right now and rightly so. They are quick, easy and budget friendly meals that can smash leftovers and just as easily feed the troops on a busy weekday evening or be pared back for a perfectly sized meal for one. …
Having the kids home for the school holidays is the perfect time to try out some new recipes (Chocolate Chip and Macadamia Cookie anyone?) and get the kids comfy in the kitchen. Learning to follow recipes, prepare and serve food, clean up (!) and share …
Friday is always the best day of the week when you’re a kid and this winter Dave has started a new breakfast tradition that has the boys getting to the breakfast table even faster than usual. Ethan is a kid who has remained true …
Having an indulgent, ‘treat’ breakfast is one of life’s little luxuries whatever age or stage you’re at. By getting a bit creative with the ingredients, you can help reduce the ‘guilt’ factor many of us feel and make an easy family-friendly meal that can be …