Category: cooking with kids
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Kids In The Kitchen
Last week we decided to make some sweet treats; peanut butter & chocolate cups. They’re absolutely delicious and very moreish. I’m sure the kids ate more peanut butter & chocolate while they were making them! This is something the kids can pretty much do by themselves, apart from melting the chocolate as they can’t reach…
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Easy tray pancakes
Weekends are for pancakes! Most kids love pancakes, but if like me you hate standing at the stove for 30 minutes flipping them and listening to the kids screaming ‘are they ready yet?’ This recipe is for you. It’s so easy, just mix, pour and bake. Everyone gets to eat at the same time and…
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Father’s Day cookies
It’s Father’s Day here in NZ. These cookies are a lovely treat for him. You could make them yourself or if your children enjoy baking, get them to make them for their dad. These cookies use light brown sugar. So they’re not refined sugar free. They’re are however ridiculously addictive fresh out of the oven.…
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Christmas Chocolate Slab
Christmas is just around the corner. If you love chocolate as much as we do, then you’ll love this Christmas themed treat. I serve it with a platter of other goodies but you can serve it alone. I’ll also be giving away little bags as presents for my kids’ teachers. If you can resist eating…
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Sunday Funday
I love sundays. We always have a family outing in the mornings; today was spent at the beach. While the toddlers slept this afternoon, I got to cooking. It was a mega cook up for next week’s lunches. I made: 1. crispy baked chick peas. They marinated for 2 days in braggs liquid seasoning, pure…
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Peanut butter caramel slice
I’ll keep this brief as I know you just want the recipe! A few things to remember. * it is plant based so there is no added oil, no dairy, no refined sugar and no refined flours * it won’t taste exactly like the one filled with the above ingredients; it’s better! The recipe makes…
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Potato curry roll
We had spent the morning at the farmers market and museum with all the kids. We’d had a big breakfast, so didn’t need any morning tea but on the drive home I was dreaming of samosas. I just love the mix of spicy potatoes and peas, but I don’t love the deep fried pastry. By…
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Lemon bliss balls
I have so many lemons, I thought it would be nice to use them in a bliss ball. I’ve tried a lemon cheesecake version from a packet and I didn’t really like it. I like a very lemony flavour so I used the zest as well as the juice. I used sunflower seeds as they…
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Banana & Buckwheat Pancakes
These pancakes are so quick and easy to make, my 11 yr old can make his own in no time! Buckwheat flour is a great alternative if you’re gluten free or if you just want something different. The flour soaks up a lot of liquid and binds really well, so there is no need to…
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Banana & dark chocolate muffins
As you probably know by now, I bake all the lunchbox items and we love muffins! These ones are pretty simple, a bit decadent and very yummy. I’ve used Whittakers 72% cocoa dark Ghana instead of chocolate chips. Only because I actually bought it to eat a few weeks ago and I forgot about it.…
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Banana & blueberry muffins
I tried these muffins last week and they didn’t rise properly, as I opened the oven door too early or so I thought. After another test batch, I’ve realized that almond meal doesn’t allow muffins to rise and stay risen once they’re out of the oven. So these are not your typical 3inches tall muffins.…
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Buckwheat, oat and date cookies
These are a variation of my other buckwheat cookie recipe. I wanted to make a cookie with less sugar so I’ve subbed the dark chocolate for dates in this one and left out the flax egg and maple syrup. I got 9 medium sized cookies from this recipe but you could make them smaller. They…
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