What to do with your child’s leftovers
The ultimate guide to using up your child's leftover food, including recipes from the Love Food Hate Waste website and the Kidspot Kitchen.
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Bacon and tomato pasta bake
The cheesey tomato and bacon pasta bake is a really economical tummy filler and tasty as well. You can have this on the table for under $15.
Beef casserole
Make this hearty casserole with chuck steak as the long, slow cooking tenderises the beef until it's melt-in-the-mouth tender. Plenty of veggies means all you need to serve this with is some crusty bread or creamy mash.
Basic muffins with variations
A basic muffin mix that makes 24 muffins - make the basic recipe and then switch it up with one of 8 variations .
Banana damper
This recipe is so easy and gives a great moist result. Serve it with butter and golden syrup.
Banana butterscotch pudding
This is a silky butterscotch pudding married with the flavour of fresh bananas. It gently cooks in its own sauce and is perfect served with ice-cream. This is a dinner party dessert that anyone would be happy to claim as their own!
Banana and chocolate parcels
These puffy parcels of banana have yummy hits of chocolate with the chocolate chips and have the added crunch of almond flakes. You can make them and eat them hot, or cool them and keep them for morning pastries with coffee.
Baked potato with mince
Make a meal out of baked potatoes with this tasty minced beef filling and cottage cheese.
Baked campfire apples
Baked campfire apples are fun to cook over the camp fire or in the oven
Bacon cheeseburger pasta
This pasta dish has few ingredients, and is suitable for all ages from toddler up. I told my children that it was like bacon cheeseburger pizza but I don't tell them I have hidden veggies in there!
Bacon and chilli rigatoni
This bacon and chilli rigatoni is a perfect pantry meal that can be cooked in 20 minutes and costs under $10. It's a tasty budget meal that will a great addition to any family menu.
Bacon and bean fettuccine
This recipe all comes together in the time it takes to bring the water to the boil and cook the pasta
Baby crispbread
Budget friendly snack for baby to chew and suck on.
Baby bolognese
A great way to introduce toddlers to this classic.
Apricot jam
No need to make a huge batch - just 500gm of apricots cooked in the microwave will give you a lovely jar or 2 of jam.
Apple pancakes
Serve on their own or with maple syryp and ice-cream for a lovely dessert
Apple cinnamon muffins
These moist apple cinnamon muffins are so easy to make. Bake and store them in the freezer for a quick lunch box solution.
Apple and zucchini muffins
Simple to make, delicious and healthy these muffins tick all the boxes
2 ingredient pizza dough
This makes a great base that you can use for so many things such and cheese and bacon scrolls and garlic bread.
Gozleme
Quick, simple and tasty you can count on the kids and adults alike loving these easy to eat gozleme pouches
Jelly boats
These cute little jelly boats are set in oranges halves and are great for kids parties.They make a great pirate party food.
Little orange and rhubarb cakes
Everyone loves a whole orange and almond cake. These down-sized versions are topped with roasted rhubarb for a tangy sweet treat. Theyre completely gluten free as well!
Creamy potato and onion bake
Potato bakes are often loaded with cream and fat which doesnt make them a healthy option for the family. We've reinvented the classic potato bake by using low-fat milk, light cream and adding caramelised onions for extra flavour.
Pumpkin chilli dip
This healthy dip is tasty and cheap to make, do so from leftover roast pumpkin if you like and add as much or as little chilli as you fancy, depending on how hot you like it!
Vegetarian eggplant rolls with tomato basil sauce
Believe or not, this vegetarian bake recipe is not only kid friendly - its diet friendly! Soft baked eggplant is stuffed with garlic flavoured low fat ricotta and zucchini, then slathered in a rich tomato and basil sauce. Plus its easy on the diet! A great (healthy) tasty family dinner option!
Swedish meatballs
Make these tasty meatballs as a main meal or serve them as a party food with the lovely savoury sauce to dip them in. Either way, they're yum!
New Mexican con carne on a baked potato
Ring the changes with chilli con carne by making this version to serve on top of baked potatoes. Packed full of spices and veggies, it's a healthy midweek meal when you've got lots of hungry mouths to feed.