Y'know how we have the Christmas rush, followed by New Year's celebrations and then the Back-to-School frenzy happens straight after? It's irritating, isn't it? You barely get a breather between school ending and the Christmas season and then all of a sudden you're meant to be thinking about new pencil cases and trying to work out how to get out of covering your children's school books. Oh, and … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Lemon and Poppy Seed Cupcakes
One of the lovely things about childhood is little rituals. Kids seem to thrive on routine and doing something over and over can form really strong memories. Every Thursday afternoon, I collect my kids from school and drive to Adelaide's eastern suburbs so that my eldest daughter can have a violin lesson. While that's happening, I take my other kids to a nearby bakery which is 100 percent … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Banana Breakfast Bars
It's been a few weeks since I've posted a recipe as I've been swamped with work. Kinda funny considering the kids (including my youngest) are now back at school and I have more time in my days. But that also means more ways to fill in that time and I seem to have had a huge amount of work to do lately. My plans to get the carpets cleaned, garage door repaired and piano tuned have all so far been … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Seed Clusters
I've never been a huge fan of seeds. Even though they're so full nutritional goodness, I could never get too excited about snacking on them. Honestly, I'd rather eat nuts. If your household is anything like mine, then the food tastes of the grocery shopper largely dictate what goes into the shopping basket each week. And so it has been the case that I've never really bought … [Read more...]
Review: Back to school with décor
You may have noticed that I don't do too much product promotion on this blog. But every now and again something comes up that is irresistible. So when the folks at décor asked me if I'd like to road test some of their lunchbox gear, I could hardly say no. After all, décor is an Australian brand synonymous with lunchboxes. And this is a blog about lunchboxes. When I was at … [Read more...]