Fruit and custard turnovers
These delicious homemade pastries will mean you never need to buy from a bakery again. Easy and quick to make with frozen pastry sheets, tinned fruit and homemade custard.
Caramel peach crumble
This healthy caramel peach crumble will have the whole family coming back for more. Everyone thinks that fruit crumbles are healthy, but they can hide lashings of butter and too much sugar. This crumble recipe lets you have your crumble and your health too!
Blackberry pie
This blackberry pie recipe asks only for six ingredients and a little of your time and love and will thank you with a tart to be proud off. Also, if making pastry isnt at all your thing, just use ready-made shortcrust and no-one will be the wiser.
Pear rocket walnut and parmesan salad
This classic salad combination of pear, rocket, walnuts and parmesan cheese that can be a light meal on its own or a great accompaniment to barbecued or grilled meat or fish.
Bananas foster
This simple dessert is made by cooking bananas until they're soft in a buttery cinnamon syrup with rum. The alcohol is burned off during cooking so they're safe for kids to enjoy too. Serve with a scoop of ice cream.
Fresh fruit cake
Are you looking for a super fresh and healthy alternative to birthday cake for babies and toddlers? Or maybe you have a child that doesn't even like cake? (Yes, they do exist.) Well this cake made of entirely fresh fruit is exactly what you are looking for.
Caramelised fruit kebabs
Not only are these caramelised fruit kebabs fun to eat, they are utterly delish too! Serve them hot, or at room temperature. Either way they make a totally satisfying (and not too naughty!) dessert.
Mango cheesecake with passionfruit sauce
This is a classic no-bake mango cheesecake with a sweet passionfruit sauce. It is perfect for entertaining and so easy even the kids can help you make it.
One cup crumble cake
This is a crumble in reverse; a smaller layer of fruit on top with lots of crumble underneath. It's also great for cooking with kids as it copes with lots of handling!
Gluten-free apple crumble
Apple crumble is one of the best and easiest desserts you can make on a wintry night. Now those with an intolerance to gluten can still enjoy the crumbly topping with this recipe that replaces wheat flour with rice flour and almond meal. Clever and delicious.
3 ingredient real fruit jelly
Jelly is an easy treat to make for the kids, and you can be assured there are no additives with this easy 3-ingredient recipe that uses only juice, raspberries and gelatine.
Apple and jam tarts
These pretty little fruit tarts are an ideal recipe for cooking with kids. They will love rolling, cutting and shaping the pastry - and of course eating the results!
Blueberry muffins
Sometimes you just can't go past the simple pleasures in life - a perfect blueberry muffin, for instance. Enjoyed with a hot cuppa, life doesn't get much better!
Apple and currant scrolls
Most kids are absolutely starving after school. These delish apple and currant scrolls are just the thing to fill those hungry tummies. Overflowing with yummy apple pieces, these little bites are great to freeze for those days you're in a hurry.
Fruit skewers
Let the kids loose on this one as they choose their favourite fruit to thread on to skewers. Dip them in yoghurt and then roll in coconut, chocolate (or both!) for a fun and fruity treat
Orange and lemon poppy seed cake
The combination of orange and lemon rinds makes this delicious poppy seed cake especially zingy. And the lemony icing is wonderful too - you could double the quantity of icing, cut the cake in half and ice the middle as well at the top. Yum!
Chocolate dipped strawberries
Chocolate dipped strawberries are the ultimate indulgence. For Christmas, Valentines Day or just because they're so good, make it fun for the kids with some colourful sprinkles as well. If you can stop yourself eating them all, theyd make wonderful gifts packaged in small cellophane bags.
Strawberry banana milkshake
An easy way to get fruit and diary into reluctant kids, this yummy milkshake combines the fresh flavours of strawberry, banana and ice cream to make a sweet treat they just won't be able to resist!
Banana and walnut bread
Try this simple and delicious Banana and Walnut Bread recipe. Fast and easy to prepare with less cooking time than traditional Banana Bread.
Fast fruit tarts
Don't you love the look of these petite French fruit tarts, but who has the time to make the pastry, blind bake and make the custard? Now your fruit tart dilemmas are solved with a few easy shortcuts. You're welcome.
Fruit with lemon pistachio syrup
The syrup made with sugar, lemon zest, rosewater essence and pistachios tastes divine when drizzled over these beautiful fresh summer fruits. A perfect summer dessert.
Banana blasters
The kids will love making these healthy crunchy banana ice blocks on a stick
Orange and cranberry truffles
Absolutely delicious! If your kids prefer plain truffles, omit the zest and cranberries. Let’s be honest, keep them hidden until the kids have gone to bed, time for hot drink/night cap and treats time.
Blueberry and orange muffins
Muffins are terrific lunch box snacks - and happily, they are about as easy as baking ever gets. Your kids will love these muffins with familiar flavours that never get old.
Banana cake with butter frosting
This scrummy banana cake is fail safe and delicious the lemon frosting goes well with it the kids will love it and so will the inlaws
Apple turtles
These cute little apple turtles are a sweet way to get your little ones eating their fruit. Get them to help you make them or just serve them up and watch them disappear.
Raspberry and Lemon Friands
These bejewelled friands are bursting with flavour. Combining the richness of almond meal, and the freshness of lemon and raspberry, they are a lovely sweet to enjoy at morning or afternoon tea.
Strawberry ice cream recipe
Fresh strawberries and cream go into making this deliciously fruity frozen treat. Not got an ice cream maker? No worries! Follow the instructions for how to make this recipe using a freezer.
Carrot and orange ‘morning’ muffins
These muffins are cake-ey enough to seem like a real treat but also sneak in some vegetable and fibre goodness. And the very best thing about this recipe is that it can be made well in advance, right through to the batter stage and just popped in the oven when needed.
Grilled pineapple with chilli lime sprinkle
Grilled pineapple is always popular on the barbecue, but you'll love this fresh take with a lovely sweet salty sprinkle. Here's how to make this refreshing side dish for your next barbecue