This potato and carrot rosti recipe is an easy and fun recipe to make with the kids. There’s lots of fabulous kitchen interaction.
With Mother’s Day fast approaching, whip up these gorgeous pink Jam Jams to make mum’s day. Pretty in Pink, they’ll be gone in a blink! This delicious recipe…
Pikelets are a very quick and tasty evening snack. I personally love pikelets, I make them all the time and they are perfect for little fingers to hold, or…
If you don’t mind a packet mix, Eggs Benedict can be foolproof at home. If you want to try your hand at hollandaise, do it with time to spare! It…
It’s Autumn and the Feijoas are starting to fall from the trees in droves. Our family loves Feijoa and are lucky enough to have a few neighbours with…
This Curried Roasted Pumpkin Soup is another recipe from our Sweet October collection in support of Sweet Louise. Throughout the month of October we will be sharing a…
These Recipes are from a special collection of 31 recipes for the 31 days of October launch to support Kiwis living with incurable breast cancer. The 1st of…
The history of churros begins in China, where Portuguese merchants first ate crispy fried pastry for breakfast. When they brought this treat home, they swapped the traditional salt…
Beef Nachos is a great last-minute dinner when you have only a few minutes and have run out of energy and inspiration. As long as you have a bag…
Spiced lentil rissoles are a, lightly-spiced, easily digested alternative to meat. You can use them in all sorts of different ways, they’re very versatile. And they make a…
This is a great quick dinner, and a really simple version of Singapore Fried Noodles that kids will love. It can be made with or without the meat…
Known in Europe as a Smoked Fish Kedgeree, this recipe has been modified from several others to make it as easy and tasty as possible. In Europe a…
What do you get if you cross rice pudding with a cream brulee? Dreamy, creamy rice pudding brulee recipe, that’s what!
I just love curry, especially the fragrant and very spicy variety! Unfortunately though, this isn’t a practical meal for small children who won’t go anywhere near hot and…
Rock on! It’s Father’s Day and what better way to celebrate than by serving-up Bloke’s Beans for Dads brekkie! Not only will Dad LOL with the crazy crustache…
Spring is the perfect time for making these Hairy Frittatas for kids! Serve for brunch on a fresh Spring day, or pack them for a perfect Spring picnic,…
Fittingly, Sunflower, sesame and pesto crackers are modified from a recipe on the internet. They sound really unlikely to work, but they do. They have the added advantage of…
If you like a fiery barbecue chicken marinade, then you need this recipe in your life! Get some Caribbean spice in your life with Nadia Lim.
We’ve partnered with New Zealand-made smoothie blend Whaiora to create these delicious recipes. Adding Whaiora smoothie blends into our kids’ smoothies has to be the sneakiest way we…
It’s pretty well agreed now that the amount of sugar we are consuming in modern western society isn’t doing us any good.
Raspberry Cordial Concentrate is, of course, what Anne of Green Gables thought she was serving to her friend (who then became very, very tipsy on Marilla’s raspberry wine!).
This baked oatmeal breakfast can be made and served with almond or other plant-based milks if you prefer, and is considerably less sugary than many breakfast cereals (including granola).
Our kids just love this kid-friendly curried sausages recipe. It’s just really warming and hearty and satisfying; especially during the colder months.
This delicious cornflake nut crunch recipe is the perfect breakfast pick-me-up. It take just minutes to make, and a few more to bake, and it doesn’t have that…
Our kids go crazy for these healthy nut-free muesli bars. You’ll find this recipe is so easy to knock together, and you can mix and match different dried…
New mums are faced with a deluge of conflicting information about what they should and shouldn’t do about almost everything when it comes to parenting!
The Food Show Wellington kicks off for another year and the capital is sure to be buzzing from May 11 – 13 2018 as celebrity chefs come together…
Families face many changes over the years, but one of the biggest has to be going from being a couple to becoming parents! If you know someone soon…
If you’ve ever traveled through South America, then I’m sure you’ll love empanadas as much as me. Empanadas can be filled with beef or chicken, but these vegetarian…
I’ve been thinking about making yoghurt bark for a while now. And I thought, what better time than Easter to give it a whirl. We try not to overdo…
Chai Spice Apple Fritters are a wonderful desert for kids. They’re very quick and easy to make (much like making pancakes really). Like fried donuts, these are good as…
Rhubarb… it’s one of those foods you either love or loath, isn’t it? Well, if you’re in the ‘love’ camp, then you’ll love this deliciously tart rhubarb and…
This simple buttercream icing recipe is very versatile, and easily flavoured to suit your baking needs.
This blueberry sauce recipe is perfect to make after taking the family out blueberry picking. Most of the antioxidant goodness of the blueberries is retained in this sauce. Making…
This egg-free mocha mousse recipe has to be one of the most soul satisfying desserts you can whip up. The decadent, but fairly healthy, mix of chocolate and…
The original Pink Summer Clouds recipe came from the New Zealand Listener many years ago, and is just wonderful. I might not have the original ingredients totally correct,…
For a nice healthy lunch or a light evening meal, this is great stuff. You just can’t go past a healthy rice salad. It suits most people’s palette,…
This honey roast nuts recipe was originally designed for just cashew nuts. But it works just as well with any type of nut really.
Pancakes continue to be the popular choice for ‘special’ breakfasts at our place (birthdays, Father’s Day, etc.). Bagels are pretty popular, and croissants come and go. But the good…
Battered fish and chips. It’s about as quintessentially kiwi as gumboots and L&P. We’ve all had great fish and chips, lightly battered, golden fried, succulently fresh and crunchy.…
For a lot of people, the Christmas holidays actually aren’t much fun. There are lots of reasons why, but many of them relate to stress.
Frittatas are wonderful – good hot or cold, naturally gluten free, and can be taken on picnics just like a quiche (but without the pastry…).
These Sticky Chicken Drumsticks are very yummy, very easy to make and can be scaled up depending on how many you have to feed. So they make the…
These are so heavily modified from the version originally found on the internet that the only real similarity is the name… They are low sugar, but are surprisingly…
This is a super-simple recipe to make, and you won’t buy another jar of nutella again after trying it! It’s fantastic on toast, of course. But don’t stop…
Learning comes pretty naturally to small children. Which is just as well: if learning things in infancy was treated the way learning in later life often is, they’d…
Sushi sandwich rolls are the perfect addition to the bento lunchbox. But forget all that fiddly face-making, shape-cutting madness, and make these sushi rolls instead. They are dead-easy,…
This easy corn fritter recipe is about as quick and easy a meal as you could hope for. Serve them hot for tea or breakfast, or cold for…
Most of us, in the North Island of New Zealand at least, have access to a lemon tree, either our own or a neighbour’s. If you have to,…
This month we’ve been looking at family wellness and I could look no further than my beef bone broth recipe. Bone broths are all the trend at the moment for wellness,…
There is nothing I like to crunch and munch on more than a soft, crunchy, chocolatey afghan. There’s just something about the chocolatey goodness of an afghan, with…
We really can’t cope without our Mums can we? They’re always there for us, when we need a shoulder to cry on, or an ear to bend. And…
Why is it after a few weeks into the school term the kid’s lunch boxes seem to end up the same every day? If you’re looking to add…
We’re enjoying the last of the summer sun with all sorts of yummy smoothies at the moment. We’ve been experimenting with avocado and chia seeds to make super…
There’s an old chant many parents will remember: “Nobody loves me, everybody hates me; I’m going down the garden to eat some worms.” Challenging behaviour from small children…
These have to be one of the easiest recipes to whip up for the family. Mini bacon and egg toast cups can be eaten cold or hot and…
This recipe was inspired by the totally awesome New Zealand Avocado website. It has tonnes of recipes featuring avocados from lunch to desert, snacks and starters, baking, salads,…
I’m sure your kids will love this easy cheese scones recipe as much as ours do. Cheese scones have to be one of the easiest recipes to rustle up.
This article’s title covers a lot of the parenting experience! Learning and teaching is a two-way street – you and your kids are both engaged in learning and teaching…
With Christmas 2020 only a few days away now, we thought we might collect up our best Christmas content into one place for you.
Super easy but so effective I am amazed at how much of a wow factor I get every time I give this to someone new. You can use…
This easy-as-pie lemon curd was Jon Toogood’s Mum’s recipe, and she got it from her mum. I always loved it as a child. I know there’s lots of…
Jon Toogood, frontman of Shihad, is one of the 101 Kiwi celebrities to contribute to the awesome Cooking 4 Change recipe book. Cooking 4 Change is on a…
This lemon roast potato recipe is just delicious! You can serve these as a side with most meals, and they make a great dollar-saving tummy filler.
Gingerbread men cookies are a fantastic cookie to make with your little ones. You could have them help you make the whole cookie from start to finish or you…
I love Halloween! I love any excuse for a celebration actually. But a day to celebrate the harvest, and lost loved ones, and you get to dress up…
There’s a number of sweet potato burger patty recipes on the internet. Some are very good, and others tend to be a little bland. This adapted recipe is…
This is a richly spiced but not hot vegetable curry and is delicious on a cold evening. There are no desperately unusual ingredients and you can substitute vegetables…
Here at Kiwi Families HQ we love kiwi, and eating biscuits. So what better way to combine the two than a Kiwi shaped biscuit recipe!
This makes a LOT of soup. You’ll need a very large 10 litre soup pot to contain it all. The upside is that you’ll have a meal to…
This is quick, easy and tastes really good. The thinly sliced vegetables cook quicker and are easier to hide amongst the sauce for kids who are less keen…
There’s nothing quite like a winter vegetable soup to make you feel warm on the inside, when it’s cold on the outside! This tummy-warming recipe comes from Mandy Sacher.…
When I am in the kitchen creating dishes for my friends and family is when I am the happiest. I love the way the smells and aromas from…
New Beginnings…. this might come in the form of introducing a baby into our lives, introducing a pet into our family, a move of house or a transitional…
The New Year is always a time for resolutions and the chance for change. Sometimes (if not most of the time) we go for the grand gesture, only…
Learning is something that we humans are programmed to do. We arrive helpless and dependent but wired to acquire language, and anyone who’s ever lived with a toddler…
This is my all time favourite homemade muesli recipe. My Mum showed it to me a few years back and now I use it all the time. There…
These spiced roast nuts make the perfect gift. They’re super easy to make up, and you can make up bulk quantities and then package them up for all…
The perfect end to our Christmas is a classic kiwi pavlova. It’s just one of those dishes that is a people pleaser and I can remember having this…
I LOVE starting Christmas day early. We all get up around 5.30am and gather in the lounge. I love a nice strong flat white in hand and get…
Coming into the summer months meals need to be simple, yet tasty. This smoked chicken salad is such a delightful dinner as a main course for 4-6 people but…
I have a dream. And it really is that – a dream. Because this will never be a reality. I would love to give up sugar. But ALL…
Following my dreams in Spring 2015, meant getting pregnant and giving birth to Faeryn Rose in October 2014. It’s important for me to provide a healthy meal for my…
Ok so these have to be one of the greatest and easiest breakfast ideas around. I have completely fallen in love with breakfast oat cups. I wish I had…
After a cold day of being outdoors, I love nothing more than to enjoy a hearty pie. My Bacon, Egg and Spinach Pie ticks all the boxes for…
On Mother’s Day, I like to enjoy something fresh and flavoursome. At the super market today, I picked up a Salmon Steak, smoked – ready for use! I…
One of the best starts to the day you can give your family is a good healthy breakfast. The problem I have is that when I go to…
We all have those days when we wake up, see it’s chucking down with rain, and want to eat cake for breakfast right? It can’t just be me.…
Have you hopped on board the bliss balls bandwagon yet? These power-packed little snacks keep you full for ages. They’re packed with healthy fats and protein. And they’re the perfect size for…
It’s a well known principle that including 5+ vegetable and fruit servings a day is a great foundation for your daily eating habits. 5 would be an absolute…
There’s often lots of gorgeous fruit around in most seasons now, and fruit leather is a good way to make use of any extra fruit – especially if it’s…
With Christmas just around the corner, now’s the time to start collecting your Christmas Day recipes, and planning your Christmas Day meal.
It’s that time of year again, come around before we even had time to say “Ho, ho, ho.” (Or “humbug,” depending on our attitude…).
If you don’t know how to make dairy-free coconut yoghurt, prepare to be surprised at just how simple it is! There’s basically only 3 ingredients to make the…
Cookies are delicious, but these cookies are even more delicious because they have a chocolate surprise inside! They are reasonably straight forward the only tricky thing is cutting…
If you’ve got rhubarb in the garden, you will love making this delicious Maple Rhubarb Crumble Pie. It’s perfect for cooler autumn days and makes a delicious dessert.
This White Chocolate Brownie makes a perfect afternoon tea treat! It’s quick and simple and will quickly become a family favourite.