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This is where you’ll find yummy kid and mum friendly recipes and food ideas

Guilt-Free Lamingtons

Making lamingtons for Australia Day is a tradition my sister Fiona & I started many years ago.  There’s something really satisfying about the process and they taste SOOO much better than store-bought.  Here’s my go-to lamington recipe, which I entered into the Ekka two years ago.  Sometimes, I like to mix things up with lamington cake or cupcakes,

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Shop Well, Stay Well

If it’s in the pantry, you’ll eat it. I know it sounds like common sense, but it’s true! If we shop well, and keep tempting treats out of our reach, it makes it far easier to make healthier choices every day. It’s a fact that one in three cancer cases are preventable through simple lifestyle

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Confit Tomatoes

Breakfast is always a tricky meal to keep fun and healthy. We don’t do cereal, and we only eat porridge in winter. So usually we will have eggs on toast. My son though, who won’t eat fresh tomatoes, absolutely loves confit  (pronounced confee) tomatoes on toast. It’s really easy to make and you can keep

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Healthy Home Made Chocolate

Like most mothers of one child, I had spent an enormous amount of time buying only organic food and making everything from scratch. And in my perfect world, I had decided that my baby wouldn’t grow up having lollies and chocolate (what they didn’t know they were missing out on, the better!). But reality had

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Ideal Summer Thirst Quencher

There’s nothing like biting into a wedge of crispy cold watermelon on a hot summer’s day. For me, it brings back vivid childhood memories of being with my family during scorching heat waves in Australia. My dad would always make sure to pick the ripest watermelon by tapping it. If it made a hollow sound

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Donut Cookies

Only a Super Mum could come up with a healthy way to enjoy the taste of donuts! Thanks to Fionna for sending in this recipe and letting me try one for myself at a recent Play Group dress up day. Fionna truly is a Super Mum! And these cookies truly are amaaaaaazing.

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Chia Pudding

This is a basic Chia Pudding recipe with simple variations for vanilla, chocolate, mocha and breakfast style. Get a healthy dose of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, antioxidants and minerals in a delicious snack. I use it to curb my cravings at night and find it hugely beneficial as a post workout snack for active muscle recovery.

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