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Coming Soon: Fill Your Freezer Challenge

By: | 5 Comments | On: March 20, 2013 | Category : Food Preparation, Food Storage, Nutrition

Subscribe to the Freezer Challenge Newsletter A full freezer, packed with healthy homemade delights and family meals always gives me a feel good feeling.  Knowing that I can have George’s dinner ready in just a few minutes by defrosting a meal and combining it with some fresh ingredients or finger...
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How to Cook: Quinoa

By: | 12 Comments | On: March 19, 2013 | Category : Food Preparation, Food Storage, Foods, Nutrition

Following on from our recent post about how wonderful and nutritious quinoa is we thought we should fill you in on how best to prepare and cook this super seed.  In addition to the health benefits of quinoa there are also many practical benefits to using quinoa in the kitchen....
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(Giveaway) Kitchen Safety – Dreambaby® Style Range

By: | 37 Comments | On: February 28, 2013 | Category : Food Preparation

We often promote cooking with your children. There are so many benefits of cooking with kids, and many age appropriate cooking and recipe ideas for you to try. I recently did a first aid course with my mothers group, and learning the possible dangers in the kitchen and hearing some...
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Reduce Your Food Wastage

By: | 0 Comments | On: February 26, 2013 | Category : Food Preparation, Food Storage, Fussy Eaters, Kids Cooking

If you saved up every bit of food scrap and offcut, and saw the amount of food you threw out each week you would probably be very surprised at just how much of it there was. Food wastage is incredibly common and it is literally like throwing money away. So,...
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Simply Sandwiches

By: | 4 Comments | On: February 19, 2013 | Category : Food Preparation, Foods, Fussy Eaters, Nutrition

Do your children eat the same filling on their sandwiches day in and day out?   Is it because they refuse all other options or because they just genuinely love it? Whatever the answer we have a free printable for you to help the kids choose their own sandwich fillings and...
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