family friendly food

Italian Meatballs

August 22, 2011

This recipe for Italian Meatballs is a hybrid of ones I looked at online and in recipe books. This meal was a massive hit with the kids, with the 12 year old declaring it “awesome”. So expect to see this added pretty frequently to the family menu plans! Italian Meatballs Ingredients: 3 slices of bread [...]

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MPM – Basic Pikelets Recipe

February 21, 2009

Posting this week’s menu plan early, so I can also post this recipe! This Tuesday we celebrate Shrove (Pancake) Tuesday, the day before the beginning of Lent. The children also celebrate this at school, by bringing some pancakes or pikelets from home to share with their class. My children tend to prefer pikelets over pancakes. [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – The Benefits Of Pre-Planning

October 19, 2008

Image by nate steiner Before I started the 30 Day Challenge in August, I went ahead and did a family meal plan for the month. It was great to get to Sunday and know what that I just had to access the file and it was all sitting there ready for me. During the September [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Brevity

October 13, 2008

Image by Stormy Sleep We have had an amazing last few days. Mr I and myself went away for a couple of days WITHOUT the children and then yesterday Mr I, was able to tick off a “must do this in my life time” achievement when he completed the Melbourne Marathon! With all this activity [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit And Vegetables For October

October 6, 2008

1. Strawberries, 2. Mangoes, 3. grapefruit, 4. Abacaxi, piña, pineapple As we head further into spring some of my children’s favourite fruits are starting to come into season – strawberries and mangoes. The mangoes are still on the more expensive end at the market, so it will be a few weeks before we start buying [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Taking It Easy

September 22, 2008

We have two week school holidays now, which both myself and the children have been looking forward to. As such I am planning on enjoying the slower pace and will be keeping the food simple, choosing meals which require minimum effort! Monday: Baked Penne With Bacon Baking: 100s Of Biscuits Fantastic recipe which I picked [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Keeping It Simple

August 18, 2008

Image by Roland I am in week three into the 30 Day Challenge now and feeling a little tired. This combined with having visitors staying for Mon and Tue night (family of six) means that I will be keeping things very simple this week to try and make my life a little less busy. Monday: [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Unplanned Purchases

June 23, 2008

One of the reasons why I love to menu plan is that it really helps to limit the unplanned purchases that occur at the supermarket, compared to when I go without a planned comprehensive list. There always seem to be items jumping out and calling me to buy them. If I have my list though, [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables for May

May 4, 2008

It is the start of a new month, so time to receive some inspiration for meals by which vegetables and fruit are in season. The following fruits and vegetables listed below are at their best and cheapest this month in Victoria, Australia. These lists are for Australia, but if you live in the UK you [...]