Mangoes Mangoes Mangoes!

What’s one of my all time favourite things about summer? (I know, the title gives it away) Yes, it’s mangoes! Growing up in Far North Queensland, it would just be downright weird if I didn’t really. So in light of my obvious delight, I hereby dedicate an entire blog to these orangey-yellow fleshy gems of […]

Edible Gluten Free Christmas Table Decorations: Part 2 Gingerbread House

After last week’s success with my very first edible Christmas table decoration – a gluten free shortbread star Christmas tree – I was all pumped up to have a bash at the next feat… A gloriously rustic and very Christmasy looking gingerbread house! Gluten free and additive free, of course. Well, dear readers, it turns […]

Edible Gluten Free Christmas Table Decorations: Part 1

Every Christmas I look at all the lovely magazines and online pictures of fabulous Christmas tables loaded with goodies and decorated to look (not surprisingly) like a page in a magazine and think how nice would it be to have a colour coordinated Christmas table complete with an edible centrepiece. Well, this year we are away […]

5 Tips To Keep Calm & Carry On Until Christmas!

Christmas is rapidly approaching. In our house, this means we strap in for a hectic few weeks full of concerts, school plays, graduation dinners, birthdays and very tired kidlets ready for a break. As we put our energy into living in the moment and savouring all that is ahead for us, there is a building […]

ADDITIVE FREE TWO MINUTE NOODLES

  Kids love noodles… They tick all the boxes – they’re fun, easy to eat and messy! Most kids eat noodles as part of spaghetti bolognaise or the quick and easy two minute noodles. However there can be all sorts of issues with two minute noodles… Did you know the popular chicken flavoured variety contain ten […]

EASY ADDITIVE FREE SUBSTITUTES FOR COMMON SCHOOL LUNCHES: PART 2

Welcome to part 2 of my blog on substituting additive free foods for common kids school lunches.  In Part 1 I provided you with some quick substitutes for common lunchbox items such as the good old vegemite sandwich, fruit juice and popcorn.  Quite often we think we are giving healthy options only to find they have […]