Chicken and Corn Dumplings

Chicken and corn dumplings arrived on our dinner table as I attempted to widen my daughter’s love of meat and three veg meals. She’s the best at eating most veggies and meats, just don’t mix anything together to create a ‘dish’ or she won’t eat it. These dumplings are my attempt at putting familiar ingredients…

Basic Pancake recipe

Recently our youngest daughter started cooking. Pancakes are a great way to start learning basics in the kitchen; cracking eggs, how to tell when pan is hot enough for cooking, flipping, remembering to turn off the stove, and cleaning up. The best part is watching her face as she sits down to eat something she…

Puff Pastry Pinwheels

My five year old daughter Beni first made pinwheels in a gardening and cooking lesson at school. Her prep class picked fresh herbs from the garden and used them to make this recipe. When I picked her up, that afternoon she couldn’t wait to tell me how yummy they were and how she wanted to…