Roast vegetable soup
This roast vegetable soup is full of delicious root vegetables and garlic, slowly oven-baked to bring out the natural sugars and flavours. Serve it up with crusty bread and real butter for a deliciously satisfying meal.
Easter egg basket
Collecting the Easter eggs has to be the most egg-citing part of Easter morning. Seeing what that big old bunny left is great fun - but what to collect them in? Print this FREE Easter egg basket template and make your own!
Origami waterlily table decoration
Here's a great way to keep your kids out of your hair while you prepare dinner. Set them an origami table decorating task. These easy waterlilies make a great centrepiece or table decoration that your kids can make themselves.
Easy costume: Cruella De Ville
Good news! 101 Dalmations was originally a novel by Dodie Smith (1956) so Cruella is good to go for a Book Week costume idea. This fun dress up game would also be great for Halloween.
Potato Fritters
Potato fritters are a deliciously easy recipe to make - they make a tasty snack that even the littlest of kids will love, or are fabulous as an accompaniment to a bigger meal like a barbecue and salad.
Blueberry, almond and orange cake
There's only one thing as good as the flavour of this nutty orange and blueberry cake, and that's the aroma that fills the house while it's baking. Just try eating only one slice!
Chicken broccoli cashew stir fry
This chicken, broccoli and cashew stir fry is a great recipe to master as it's easily adaptable to other meats and vegetables. Play around with the sauces to suit your taste—oyster, hoisin and satay would all work well with this recipe.
Stuffed mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms make a great side dish with dinner or can be a meal on their own. This easy stuffed mushroom recipe is a great combination of the tender mushrooms, crunchy top and soft feta cheese stuffing.
Penne pasta
Kids love plain penne pasta as a snack so it makes a fabulous first finger food for littlies.
Decorative and fun: Ribbon corkboard project
Fun for the kids with the addition of practicality and organisation? Who ever heard of such an amazing piece? We have and we recreated it so you could share it too! Get the kids crafting their own scene on a corkboard for organisation in their room they'll be happy to use.
Scents for baby
A baby's senses are not fully developed at birth, all but smell of course. This is why babies respond so well to aromatherapy. Scents are also a great memory trigger so using certain scents at particular times is a great way to set routines and help baby to recognise patterns in her day.
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Teach your kids the lyrics to your favourite nursery rhymes and they'll remember them forever.
Sweet potato and sage tart
A tart makes the perfect picnic food to tempt us outside to enjoy the cooler weather. And this sweet potato and sage tart is delicious!
Tongue twisters: Doctors
Tongue twisters help develop speech skills in young children as well as older children who need additional help with speech therapy.
Lunch box fruit kebabs
Are you looking for a lunch box friendly fruit snack? These fruit kebabs are threaded onto blunt pop sticks and are the perfect serving size for little ones.
Babaganoush smokey eggplant dip
This dip has a fantastic smokey taste and can be served on a mezze platter or with smoked salmon as an entree
Activities for boys: Make a rubber band CD car
With a bit of help from Mum, these rubber band CD cars are a great boy's activity or craft project that makes practical use of recycled materials and creates a fun homemade toy.
Rich chocolate cake
This chocolate cake is rick and moist with a great nutty texture from the walnuts the whole family will love this fail safe recipe
Simple no-glue leaf collage
Start the day with a nature walk and gather a collection of leaves. Then come inside and make this easy leaf collage: no glue, no mess, virtually no clean-ups. A very cute Autumn craft.
How to dye Easter eggs with shaving cream
Strap in, because this gets messy! But if you can handle the mess, dyeing eggs with shaving cream will keep kids amused for hours. Here's how to do it.
Mini salmon & prawn kebabs with capsicum cream dressing
Put something new on the barbecue this season with this spin on the old kebab. Enough for the whole family to share, these mini salmon and prawn kebabs will be a favourite around the table.
Father’s Day Poem: Messy, noisy fun!
Recount all those times of craziness through the house with Dad this Father's Day. Mess and noise are a part of life and it is always fun to get a little wild.
Cauliflower, pumpkin and pea curry
Why not try this vegetarian curry on Meatfree Monday? Meat lovers will love it thanks to the tasty veggie combo and delicious curried sauce. Made from pantry staples, it's a winner for your budget too.
Tongue twisters: Cows graze
To get the full effect of tongue twisters you should repeat them several times, as quickly as possible, without stumbling or mispronouncing. Good luck!
Peach and raspberry dash cake
Is it a crumble? No! Is it a cobbler? No! Its a dash cake that you can get into the oven in a dash. There is no mixing, no beating, just some quick throwing together.
Chocolate balloon bowls
How impressive would these chocolate bowls look on a party table? They're easier to make than you might think too. Fill them with lollies or use as individual dessert dishes and let the fun begin!
Beef and vegetable dinner
This beef and vegetable dinner is one of the easiest ways to introduce meat to your baby. By cooking it simply and then pureeing it with cooked vegetables, you will have a delicious puree that baby will find easy to eat.
Pan-fried salmon with parsnip puree
A healthy dinner option, this pan-fried salmon with parsnip puree is really simple to prepare. Many people have a very low opinion of parsnips, but do give this puree a try. The olive oil and a bit of salt add a hint of richness, a great accompaniment to the salmon.
Your pregnancy at week 16
Follow your baby's development in utero with weekly developmental updates. Week 16 sees baby having a growth spurt and doubly in weight.
Mini porcupine balls with vegetable sauce
So called, because of the way the rice sticks out of the meatballs when cooked, these mini porcupine balls with vegetable sauce will be a welcome addition to your list of favourite kiddie dinners.