It's a never ending battle. Just when you think you are on top of the whole lunch box caper your darling child

We have a zucchini problem. A big zucchini problem. We have more zucchinis growing in the garden than we know

When my Nan was alive she'd make her famous pavlova for every special event. It just doesn't feel like Christm

My Mum is a little bit obsessed with reindeer. She's got reindeer that light up, reindeer that sing and dance,

I know I've been talking about the weather a lot lately, but when spring decides it really wants to be winter

Just when we think there is a change in the weather and spring might actually arrive here, some gale force win

We switched to daylight-saving time on the weekend. I love daylight-saving time, there is something about it b

Bolognaise? Or bolognese? Regardless of how you spell it, I am pretty sure this version isn't anything like th

I'm celebrating a school lunch win today. It is also be a Mum lunch win, an easy dinner win, and a breakfast w

"I don't want a birthday cake" my just turned six year old declared. "I want a birthday pudding!" So that's wh

My kids are stuck in a food rut. All they want to eat is mexican food. I can add taco seasoning to just about

Adapted from the original recipe at The Dairy Kitchen

When life gives you apples... um... bake lots of things with apples in them? We were given yet another big bag

We had a fancy afternoon tea on the weekend. I whipped up this amazing lemon and berry strudel, using my aweso

Desert or Dessert? No matter how many little rhymes or tricks I read about I never seem to be able to rememb

So I have this great giant baked berry pancake of awesomeness recipe that really and truly is awesome. My kids

What do you do with a bunch of bored, starving, children on a wet and miserable Friday afternoon? Stick a gian

My twelve year old has made this basic vanilla cake four times in the past three weeks. Man, it is so good whe

There are two things that I make nearly every single week - homemade muesli bars and youghurt dip. I make a bi

This post is sponsored by Coco Pops My kids love to cook, and Easter is a great time for them to make some swe

Quiche Cups? Broccoli and Corn and Rice and Tuna Cups? Rice and Veggie Muffins? Veggie Cupcakes? I am still no

Use our homemade muffin mix, or make these delicious muffins from scratch.

I am a pizza making machine! In the past seven days I have made no less than 6 batches of pizza dough and used

We have so many events to attend at this time of the year - celebrations, and dinners, and BBQs, and get toget

My kids take a packed lunch to school every day. That's three lunches (soon to be four!) five days a week. Tha

My kids could eat tacos every night of the week and never tire of them. Actually I probably could too. Wrap an

With a family of six, plus a couple of picky eaters thrown in for good measure, there are not many dinners tha

These easy oatmeal and berry bars have been a Sunday afternoon treat for the past five years. Yep, it was more

There are some things that just take me back to my childhood in an instant - the smell of a real pine Christma

Monday is 'bun shop day'. It's been that way for the last six years. Every Monday I pick the big kids up from

It's a sad reflection on my crazy life that it is easier just to make flat bread from scratch than it is to lo

I've been in love with my bread machine for a while now. I don't even use it to cook the bread, and I still lo

My husband ate my blog post. Yep, you read that right, my husband ATE my blog post. I made some delicious litt

I love a good streusel topping on a muffin. And there is no better muffin to top with streusel than an apple m

Weekend lunches often catch me by surprise. I spend all week planning, shopping for, and preparing school lunc