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Fattoush Lebanese Bread Salad

Fattoush Lebanese Bread Salad

Fattoush is a lebanese salad made from toasted pieces of lebanese bread and combined with lovely fresh vegetables. It is topped with a sumac and lemon dressing which gives the salad its sweet sour taste. Perfect to eat on its own or add some grilled chicken and feta cheese. INGREDIENTS 1 Lebanese Flat Bread, ripped […]

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Mandarin and Banana Loaf

Mandarin and Banana Loaf

Some days the fruit that is in the boys lunchbox is returned uneaten and looking like they have been through the wringer.  I swear I send the bananas to school just so they can come home overripe and squishy and as for the mandarin the excuse for not eating was “I thought it was an […]

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Anzac Biscuit Bliss Balls

Anzac Biscuit Bliss Balls

I have combined all the classic Anzac Biscuit flavours into a bliss ball and they just might be my favourite bliss ball yet. Bliss balls are super easy to make and last for up to two weeks in the fridge.  They make the perfect sweet treat without all the extra calories of chocolate and the […]

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Zucchin and Feta Cornmeal Loaf

Zucchini and Feta Cornmeal Loaf

In an effort to keep breakfast varied and still quick I made this Zucchini and Feta Cornmeal Loaf to enjoy.  It is a great savoury breakfast option that you can make at the start of the week and enjoy throughout the following days. While the zucchini doesn’t add much flavour the feta is really the […]

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Wild Strawberry & Rhubarb Yoghurt Cheesecake with a Raw Base

Mamamia have set Australian food bloggers a challenge to cook with Rachel’s Gourmet Yoghurt to become there Food Blogger for three months, so I thought it would be a little bit of fun to enter.I came up with this no bake Gluten Free Wild Strawberry and Rhubarb Yoghurt Cheesecake with a Raw Base.  It takes less […]

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Homemade Taco Seasoning

I know what you are going to say “but you can buy it already made, it comes in with the box of taco shells, why would you make it yourself???”  Well the simple answer to this is –  a homemade version means that YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN IT. Next time you are in the supermarket […]

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Apple Slices Dipped in Peanut Butter

My two boys don’t need any convincing to eat fruit. They eat apples by the kilo loads each week, so this wasn’t a way to make them eat fruit but a way to make afternoon tea a little more fun. We actually all enjoyed these with both hubby and I thinking they tasted pretty good […]

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Healthy Milo Alternative

What is it with kids and their radar to anything that is sweet and resembles the colour of chocolate? Of late I have decided to “cut the crap”, for me personally that means replacing things my children enjoy a little too much with a healthier alternative that I don’t mind them having for breakfast or […]

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