The BBC reported this week that 52 out of 100 children in the UK don’t eat a single portion of veg each day. I know it can be difficult to reach the recommended five portions of fruit and veg every day–some days are harder than others–but I was surprised that over half of UK kids don’t eat […]
Sweetcorn Muffins: Great for the Kids’ Lunchboxes
One of the things I struggle with most, when packing a lunchbox, is how to make veggies more interesting. Day after day of cherry tomatoes or baby corn seem to be the favourite. But these sweetcorn muffins contain veggies, starch, and dairy–so you get 3 of your 5 food groups covered in one recipe 🙂 […]
Five Ways to Fun-Up Lunchbox Fruit
“I’m bored with bananas, I don’t like apples, and oranges are too hard to peel!” Does this sound familiar? Well, you aren’t alone. Although we know that eating healthily is important, and that a lot of fruit is really yummy, sometimes it can look a bit sad in our lunchboxes. If fruit is the thing […]
Christmas Food Crafts for Kids
Fancy doing something a bit different with food today, other than making something yummy to eat? Then why not make something from food that smells yummy, but that also looks good hanging up as a Christmas decoration instead? There are loads of Christmas food crafts for kids to do, but we’ve just settled on four […]
Five-Minute Festive Fudge
Fudge usually needs high temperatures and big pans–not two things you’re looking for when cooking with kids–but this easy-peasy fudge doesn’t take any messing around or fiddling with thermometers. There is some stovetop action required, but we aren’t talking high temperatures here. Of course, your child should always be supervised in the kitchen. This […]
Chocolate Pine Cones: Perfect Place Card Holder
The beauty of these edible chocolate pine cones, apart from them just being beautiful to look at, is that you can give them as a gift, or use them as place card holders for dinner on Christmas Day. Oh yes, they are also yummy too… of course. They aren’t really that tricky to make–it just […]