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Potato and Carrot Rosti

This potato and carrot rosti recipe is an easy and fun recipe to make with the kids. There’s lots of fabulous kitchen interaction.

Pikelets

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…

Healthy Date & Cacao Bliss Balls

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…

Tandoori Chicken Burgers with Creamy Chutney

These tandoori chicken burgers are very tasty. They freeze well and are just oh-so-easy to make! This recipe makes about 10 good-sized patties so will feed 4-5 hungry people, perfect…

Hairy frittata recipe for kids

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,…

Healthy Brown Rice Salad

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,…

Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

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…

Sushi sandwich rolls 6 ways

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,…

Corn Fritters Recipe

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…

mini bacon and egg toast cups

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…

avocado_Bliss_balls

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.

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…

Amazeballs bliss balls

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…

christmas-fruit-cake

With Christmas just around the corner, now’s the time to start collecting your Christmas Day recipes, and planning your Christmas Day meal.

spring rolls

Delicious and much healthier than the deep-fried version, spring rolls are fast and fun to put together with children.  What child doesn’t love to dip their dinner in…

Chocolate & Fruit Hot Cross Buns Recipe

Hot Cross Buns are an Easter tradition in New Zealand.  Here’s a twist on an old recipe, combining both of the popular varieties of bun: chocolate and dried…

This article on school lunches gives great advice from a parent and registered dietitian on what to provide for kids’ school lunch boxes.

Healthy lunches are vital to a child’s well being and growth. For tips on healthy lunches, read on.

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Preparing healthy school lunches requires thought and planning.  Find some tips and information about nutritional needs in our School Lunches article.