Creamed rice with spiced apples
Creamed rice is an old family favourite. Topped with apples lightly spiced with cinnamon this makes a delicious dessert that's also suitable for toddlers.
Lemon curd
Rich lemon curd perfect for dessert recipes or straight onto toast.
Carrot and sultana salad for toddlers
Take a carrot and some sultanas, put them together and what have you got? A simple toddler-friendly salad, that's what! Heres a nutrient-dense, naturally sweetened salad with lovely textures that toddlers can feed themselves with their fingers.
Lunch box rice noodle salad
Lunch box salads are the perfect solution if you are sick of sandwiches. This recipe has a noodle base with an Asian inspired dressing.
Pineapple and Peanut slaw
Fresh and crunchy, this is a great salad on its own or serve it as a colourful side dish at your next barbeque.
Apple and hazelnut crumble
This apple and hazelnut crumble has all the comfort of apple crumble with roasted hazelnuts for added decadence. Its really easy to make and is the perfect pudding.
Fresh peach cake
This is a great, simple fresh peach cake recipe and you can swap the peaches with pretty much any fruit. Unsweetened apple sauce, pureed cooked pear and raspberries blitzed into a sauce are all perfect substitutions.
Hazelnut buttermilk and banana bread
This recipe makes a moist, nutty and absolutely delicious loaf. The mixture of hazelnuts and cacao powder give it a touch of Nutella flavour and the fresh hazelnut butter, bunch of bananas and whole-wheat flour all contribute to making this loaf, well, sort of, healthy.
Sausage kebabs
Here's a fun way to serve sausages to the kids, with the added bonus of built-in vegetables to ensure a balanced meal they'll love to eat.
Christmas Royals
The kids will love to help you make these delicious little xmas treats. They are super easy to make and require no baking so quite to whip up and look amazing on the Christmas treat platter.
Thai fish cakes
Simple fast and delicious, these Thai fish cakes are ready in a flash and packed full of authentic Thai flavours.
Lemon and garlic roast chicken
Love the idea of a Sunday roast but don't want to spend too much time in the kitchen on your precious weekend? Try this speedy roast chicken recipe that's healthy and delicious.
Raspberry and pear yoghurt
This fruity raspberry and pear yoghurt is packed with Vitamin C, potassium, iron and magnesium. Add the fibre from the pear and the calcium from the yoghurt, and this snack for bub is as perfect as can be!
Meat free meals that even non-vegetarians will love
Meat-free meals don’t have to be boring and bland. In fact, we challenge you to try one of these gourmet veggie meals on your gang and see the results for yourself.
Pumpkin and Sage Cannelloni
Everyone loves a tried-and-true spinach and ricotta cannelloni. This pumpkin version has a lovely mellow flavour that is sure to please even the fussiest of eaters.
Malted honey and apricot smoothie
Malted milk powder, honey and apricot nectar combine with ice cream to make this naughty but nice smoothie. Try it as a special dessert or as a party treat.
Chicken and snow pea stir-fry
This chicken and snow pea stir fry is a really easy dinner option with simple flavours that even the kids will love. The combination of soy sauce, hoisin and sweet chilli sauce is also tasty. Add some carrot or capsicum if you want to up the veggie content.
Chicken tamale pie
This pie is also great as a vegetarian dish all you have to do is just skip the chicken and cheese layer in the middle.
Crabmeat and Avocado Sushi
Crabmeat and avocado sushi is delicious and creamy. Add more wasabi to give it a kick I love plenty of ginger to give it a zing
Homemade Beef Cheeseburgers | Fakeaways
Make these cheeseburgers for a fun family dinner that everyone will love! Adapt the fillings to your family's tastes and maybe serve with some fries for your own homemade takeaway!
Ricotta pie
Filo is a very forgiving pastry to work with, and it creates a beautiful flaky case for this savoury cheese filling. Keep a packet on hand in the fridge for this delicious, easy meal.
Funny face biscuits
These are so much fun! Mine were very boring and 'normal'; the kids were very creative and added eyebrows, rosy cheeks, big noses and ears – all in fascinating colour combinations!
Easy pasta bolognese pies
Here's a great way to use up leftover bolognese without having to resort to spaghetti for a second night. Kids will love them and they won't even notice if you stir some extra grated vegetables or frozen peas into the meat mix.
Baked salmon
We always enjoy this beautifully pink and green dish as part of our spread on Christmas Day, and while we always have plenty of ham left over for Boxing Day, you've got to be quick when it comes to salmon.
Chicken korma
For those nights when you'd really prefer not to spend too much time cooking, this chicken and tomato korma is the ideal curry to cook. It really doesn't take long and is delicious with mellow, fresh flavours.
Coconut Spiders
These are a great no cook perfect treat for Halloween they are like bliss balls but with a scary spider look.
Maple bacon popcorn
Sweet, salty, crunchy and bacon-y. Its a wacky combination, but it really works. Try out this maple bacon topping next time you hanker for a bowl of popcorn.
Classic caponata
This Sicilian staple is great served with warm flat bread and some mozzarella as an appetiser, beautiful next to all kinds of meat such as grilled lamb chops or marinated chicken and is just so easy.
Coconut cupcakes
These coconut cupcakes are dense and moist. They use coconut milk and dessicated coconut for flavour and they have a very similar texture to friands. Top them with delicious cream cheese icing flavoured with coconut essence
Three-days-to-payday spicy mince pasties
When the pantry is looking a bit bare and you're not sure what to cook for dinner, try these spicy beef mince pasties. Serve them with mash and veggies for a simple dinner and save any leftovers to pop into lunch boxes for the next day.