We are about to tick over to November and my mind is turning to easy solutions for the entertaining season. By the end of November our weekends will start to fill up with parties and reasons to have family and friends over and I love to easy solutions for filling their bellies up. These Maple […]

Maple Streaky Bacon Lettuce Cups

We Love a Rubbish Free Lunch – Nude Food Movers
So I’ve only been in the school lunchbox business for a couple of years, but I have packed many of lunches for them boys and myself prior to them being school age which could equate to a few hundred lunches with many more to come. One thing I noticed all my lunches had in come […]

Easy Satay Beef
My mid week saviors are fast tasty dishes that get eaten without complaints making for a hassle free meal time when we are late home and the kids are absolutely STARVING!!! We all enjoy stir fries and the kids love the meat even more when it is nice and tender and easy to chew on. […]

Bacon Lovers Take Note….Maple Streaky Bacon is a thing!
If you are a bacon lover than I have some big news for you!! Maple Streaky Bacon is a thing and it is in Woolworths now!!! D’Orsogna have just released their first flavoured streaky bacon into Woolworths and it is all kinds of AMAZING! Maple Streaky Bacon will change your life – was one of […]

Bolognese Sauce Pizza with a Yoghurt Bread Base
I always make spaghetti bolognese when I know I want a fuss free dinner. It is packed full of vegies which means it is a win win. With the leftover bolognese sauce I normally make lasagna or a spaghetti pie but this night I decided to smother the top of a yoghurt bread pizza base […]

Breadcrumb Banana Cake
I love getting creative with what I have on hand and I also love minimising food waste which means I sometimes throw weird combinations together and cross my fingers and hope for the best. Sometimes they are a complete disaster other times they work and I get a little excited about what I have created. […]

Easy Pinata Cake
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Mr 6’s 7th birthday (now Mr 7) an my birthday (he was born the day before my birthday, making it the best birthday present I have ever received). We both love nachos so we went with a Mexican theme for the food and that also included the cake […]

Caramel Banana Bread
Just when I thought I had made all the types of banana bread you could make I had an idea to make a Caramel Banana Bread and I am glad I did. The addition of the caramel sauce and fresh sliced bananas gives this bread suck a kick of flavour and texture. I chose to […]

Caramel Fudge Cookies
The other week as I was browsing the cooking aisle (as you do) of the supermarket a packet of mini fudge pieces caught my eye. I grabbed a packed and new exactly what I was going to make with them, these cookies. The little fudge pieces turned a basic cookie recipe into something extraordinary that […]