Healthy snacking for kids
Find out why healthy snacking can support your children's wellbeing, plus get healthy snack ideas for kids.
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.
Stuck on snack ideas for kids?
Katie from Busy Happy Kids shares her easy and nutritious ideas for kids snacks - great for the lunch box or after school.
Asparagus salad with vinaigrette on bruschetta
You can't go wrong with a gorgeous fresh asparagus salad mixed with a poppy seed and sweet balsamic dressing on toasted bruschetta with cream cheese!
Mini beet burgers
Using parmesan crusted beetroot slices in place of a burger bun, these mini beet burgers make for a colourful and healthy snack or tasty appetiser.
Christmas gingerbread families
This gingerbread recipe can be used at Christmas or all year round
Onion rings
Onion rings are a delicious, crisp and crunchy snack to eat, they are also a wonderfully tasty accompaniment at a barbecue or when you’re entertaining.
Beginner’s sushi
If you haven't made sushi before, this recipe is a great place to start. Step by step instructions demystify the process and in no time you will be a pro!
Basic vanilla muffins
This is a great basic recipe to get the kids started on baking - and decorating.
Chocolate beetroot muffins
The combination of beetroot, chocolate, cocoa and yoghurt is more than heavenly in this lunchbox delight, or tasty treat.
Banana damper
This recipe is so easy and gives a great moist result. Serve it with butter and golden syrup.
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.
Baby banana pancakes
These tiny bite-size pancakes are more banana than pancake which babies don't really mind and mums love getting another serve of fruit in for the day.
Apple and cinnamon scrolls
Apple and cinnamon scrolls are easy to make and a very tasty for morning tea, afternoon tea or for lunch box snacks.
Mini lamb burgers
Cook these little lamb patties in the oven as a fast way to feed your hungry but happy crowd once you've served up these yummy mini lamb burgers with a side dip to satisfy their bellies.
Gozleme
Quick, simple and tasty you can count on the kids and adults alike loving these easy to eat gozleme pouches
Honey popcorn
This honey popcorn is the perfect snack for a movie night, or just for any birthday party! You can even roll it into balls for fun finger food.
Nutella fairy bread
This Nutella fairy bread is great for birthday party platters and any occasion where the kids are hungry!
Chewy coconut cookies
These are gorgeous quick coconut cookies that bake in less then 10 minutes
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!
Easter egg biscuits
Easter is a great time to hit the kitchen with the kids and get baking. They'll love helping you make this easy biscuits in the shape of Easter eggs - and after they're out of the oven, they can go crazy decorating. Fun!
Homemade Splice iceblocks
OK, they are not exactly Splices but more ice than cream but they have the right flavour. And they are homemade so they are a whole lot cheaper than the real version
Traffic light fruit
Keep them revved up with healthy fruit by threading red, amber and green colours onto a skewer.
Rainbow disco balls
These bright rainbow disco balls are perfect for a kids birthday party made with puffed wheat and peanut butter and glittered up for yummy bling
Lulu’s cheese puffs
These crunchy cheese delights are a cross between a muffin and a scone great instead of a sandwich in the lunch box or with a glass of wine mums, dads and the kids will all enjoy
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.
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.
Fruity solar system
Kids will love this fun plate of fruit and vege and they will learn something as well
Fruit and oat squares
This recipe for fruit and oat squares makes up a delicious slice that's perfect for lunchboxes, after-school snacks or to serve up at your school's cake stall. Substitute the apricot for chocolate if you want to make them a little bit naughty.