I have been meaning to work out an ingredient replacement for canola oil in my standard muffin recipe, using coconut oil instead. I had one lonely lemon in the fruit basket so …
Choc sunflower seed balls + Giveaway
Congratulations to Alice Park – please check your email. Alice’s favourite refined sugar free lunch box snack entry was: I make a rice crispy slice with popped rice, seeds, fresh dates, coconut …
Family Friendly Chocolate Rum Balls
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner Pureharvest. Image Credit Photographically What’s round, chocolate-y, easy to make and free from refined sugar? If you hadn’t already guessed from the …
Lunch box biscuits
With 5 kids at school, I love recipes for lunch boxes that make big quantities of food. Even better if the recipe is easy and flexible. This is exactly what this recipe is. …
Packing school lunches – my process
Over the next couple of months I am going to be posting updates on some of my processes. I have been writing on this blog for seven years now. When I first …
Oat and seed balls
The kids return to school at the end of this week and I return to making food for the lunch boxes! It has certainly been a nice break from the regular routine. …
Lunch box ideas you can freeze
I am still thoroughly enjoying school holidays, but am starting to make some small steps to become organised for the start of the school year. So far I have cleaned up all …
Chicken and veggie patties (gluten free)
This is one of those flexible recipes; you can use what veggies you have on hand and is a great way to use up veggies that need to be used up pretty …
Changing the family diet – lunch
Through out this year I have been sharing how I have changed the family’s diet meal by meal. You can find my other posts here: Changing the family diet – breakfast Changing …
Gluten free honey cupcakes
These gluten free honey cupcakes are easy to make and as they are also nut free they are perfect to take to school for a class celebration. I made them using the …
Gluten free choc chip cookies
This post is part of the kids in the kitchen series, inspiring you to cook with the kids these school holidays sponsored by Western Star. My aim for the getting the kids into …
Quick kid friendly English muffin recipe (gluten free)
This post is part of the kids in the kitchen series, inspiring you to cook with the kids these school holidays sponsored by Western Star. My aim for the getting the kids into …
Gluten free banana pancakes
This post is part of the kids in the kitchen series, inspiring you to cook with the kids these school holidays sponsored by Western Star. My aim for the getting the kids into the …
Chicken rice paper rolls (gluten free)
I do like rice paper rolls a lot! This recipe also contains sweet chilli sauce which is a stand out flavour addition for me. This recipe is gluten free, but do check when …
21 savoury kids’ lunch box recipes
As I have been creating new lunch box recipes for the 2015 Family Planner Lunch Box Calendar, I have been delving into the stats of the blog to see which recipes have …
Rice cake slice
For some time I have been wanting to come up with a healthier alternative to the rice bubble slice I make for the kids. I still wanted it to be quick and …
Lunchbox snack – homemade pita chips
I hadn’t made these homemade pita chips for a very long time. I forgot how easy to make they are and how tasty they are. The kids loved them and have requested …
Homemade chicken spring rolls
My kids keep asking me to make these for their lunch boxes. They loved them and I now make them in bigger batches as this batch only lasted a day. You could add …