Middle Eastern Beetroot Dip is one of the best healthy, packed with flavour dips I’ve come across. For best results use fresh beetroot boiled, steamed or roasted. Although if you are rushed for time then vac packed beetroot or tinned beets will do the trick. This recipe freezes perfectly so I usually make up a…
Category: Lunch box
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…
Cranberry Almond Bliss Balls
Cranberry Almond Bliss Balls are a new family favourite. My original bliss ball recipes are still firm faves but here’s the deal. A few years on, kids are older, and with extra mouths to feed I’m watching our pennies even more closely. These bliss balls are based on oats, making them incredibly cheap. No coconut oil,…
Packed Lunch: fresh, healthy and made in under two minutes
There are many ways to tackle the packed lunch. I’m sure you are familiar with them. Whatever your approach is there is a tension of time, cost and the health factor at play.
Lunchbox snacks made easy
Last year I titled the year ‘Simplify.’ In an effort to simplify life and enjoy more space for the important things I did a big declutter, cut down on afterschool activities, deleted social media accounts (did I really need three?) and tried to live a little more congruently to who I feel I am.