We don’t have lamb chops as often as the kids would like, mainly because with the number of chops they eat each, it ends up becoming quite expensive. This is a simple recipe for cooking lamb chops with steamed veggies. In summer we will substitute the veggies for salad. Lamb Chops With Steamed Vegetables Ingredients: [...]

Calling this a recipe is probably a bit of a stretch really! But I am making my way through all the recipes that will be in the menu planner app and making sure they have a photo and a post of their own. You don’t have to use chicken sausages either, more often we have [...]

This Pasta Amatriciana recipe is a very quick pasta sauce that can be made in advance.  I will often make it in the morning and then simply boil the pasta later in the day and reheat the sauce. Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 8 shortcut bacon rashes, cut into strips (traditional recipe [...]

Pan Fried Fish and Salad, like the Roast Chicken from last week, was one of the first “real meals” I learnt to cook. It too is based on the old favourite Basics from Women’s Weekly. It is also a recipe that I have referred to many times in menu plans but has only been in [...]

This Zucchini and Pasta Slice came about due to the fab readers I have here on the blog and lovely neighbours! I feel very lucky to have such a supportive and smart audience here on Planning With Kids. The feedback I receive via comments, email and facebook, help me be better at being a parent. [...]

Scrambled Eggs often appears on our menu plan for a Friday. That is for two reasons – the kids love them and request them often and secondly Friday nights in our house quite frequently look like this: 4.30pm – 5.30pm – cricket training 6.15pm – futsal game no.1 7.40pm – futsal game no.2 Sometimes it [...]