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Preparing nutritious food for the whole family every day is no easy task, especially when the newest member is just starting their journey into the wonderful (and messy!) world of solids. Introducing solids is a big adjustment for everyone involved; often it means tweaking the menu and culling salt from recipes, that baby food equipment overtakes a significant part of the kitchen, and that suddenly there’s a lot more cleanup to contend with
Here’s a super simple pizza recipe that you can knock up as dinner for the whole family in less than 15 minutes. That’s the same time it takes to prep a frozen pizza, but this doesn’t contain any of the nasty preservatives and random ingredients most frozen, boxed foods contain. For this reason, wholegrain or wholemeal pita bread is a staple on my grocery shopping list, and there always tomato paste in our pantry. I
This smoky chorizo and chicken pasta recipe is so easy it’s become one of my top 5 go-to recipes whenever I have less than 30 minutes to cook dinner. I can literally walk in the door at 7pm and have this plated and ready to go by 7:30, while still having time get changed out of my work clothes and get Mr 4’s hands washed. Smoky chorizo and chicken pasta
Confession: I’ve been to The Grounds Keeper Cafe a lot in the last four months. So much so that the owners, Hadi and Sam know my face and laugh whenever I turn up and ask me where I’ve been if I haven’t visited for a while. Lucky for them, I normally bring someone new every time. Up until six months ago, the options for food at the Blacktown Showground Precinct were pretty average;
Blacktown Showground Precinct (Francis Park) is one of our favourite places in Sydney’s west for the family to enjoy the sunshine and burn some energy without spending a cent. It has a dedicated water play area, shaded playground, over 20 picnic tables (most of them under cover), electric BBQs, basketball courts and an outdoor gym, two sporting fields, a community garden and – should you want to buy lunch or
This chocolate and chia seed banana bread recipe is something I’ve been wanting to try for weeks. I looove banana bread and have been snacking on it in between my midnight feeds. The store-bought stuff is crammed with sugar and generally doesn’t contain anything that good for you. I’m not going to pretend this version is healthy, but it does contain goodies to make it less naughty than your average slice. I
This sweet, refreshing mango smoothie takes less than 5 minutes to make. And it’s the bomb. Try it – you won’t regret it. Green mango and almond smoothie recipe Save Print Prep time 3 mins Cook time 1 min Total time 4 mins Recipe type: Smoothie Ingredients ½ cup chilled or frozen mango 1 cup chilled coconut water 1 tablespoon MiLA’s Gift Almond Coconut spread ¼ cup spinach
A couple of weeks ago my nephew celebrated his third birthday and decided he wanted a pirate party theme. It wasn’t a big or complicated birthday celebration by any means – his cousins, grandparents and aunties and uncles had a simple picnic at the local park and enjoyed fish and chips for lunch. But a few red and black stripes with skulls and cross bones teamed with simple snacks, a pirate treasure hunt and
Last week I had a great time baby sitting my niece (Princess 8) and nephew (Master 5) while Mr 2 was at day care. It’s been over two years since I’ve had these two rascals at my place for an entire day, so made the most of it and packed in a lot of different activities – we went to the park, visited grandparents and we did some cooking! I adore
As I write this post, Mr 2 is sitting on the couch next to his Dad, and both are chowing down on these cookies. It’s almost dinner time, but I’m not going to get mad about them spoiling their appetite because this experimental cookie batch has clearly passed the Toddler and Husband Taste Tests. These double choc-chip coconut & chia cookies are a great, chewy snack that isn’t packed with processed sugar
I love Sundays. I usually try to get all some of the house work done on every other day… because Sunday is “chill out” day. Sunday is lazy mornings, relaxing over coffee, before heading to Mass day. And if time permits, I’ll even indulge the family with pancakes… because who doesn’t love a fresh-off-the-pan, fluffy, sweet pancake for breakfast? Life has been supremely busy as of late, so it’s been a while
The little man hasn’t had a huge appetite lately… so I made a totally spontaneous decision this afternoon to bake what would have been normal salad in a puffed pastry parcel… and to my delight the little Ukulele Baby ate four little tuna parcels without any coaxing required. Admittedly it would probably taste way better with cheese (what doesn’t taste better with cheese?) but the little guy is allergic to dairy
