The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in 10 minute meals, Ankle Biter Cooking, Baking, Budget, Lunch on May 29th, 2011
Now that both First Born and Lil Miss are at school, I am working close to full time. Which means that I am making packed lunches for the whole family five days a week, no more nicking home at lunch time for a few crackers, cheese and tomato for me! The main problem with this [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Lunch on Apr 14th, 2009
A friend rang last week several weeks ago (yes I’ve been writing this post for weeks) asking for tips for implementing packaging free days for her daughter’s school. I said I would email her some information and then promptly dropped the ball. Now I’m picking it back up again in the form of a blog [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Ankle Biter Cooking, Baking, Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Light Meals, Lunch, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Soup, Starters & Snacks, stockpiling, thermomix, Vegetarian on Jan 25th, 2009
We have one more week here until Son and Heir is released into the wilds of the school ground. At the same time, Lil Miss is back at creche and I am back at work. It’s going to be busier than ever for our little family this year. In my usual obsessive way, I am [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Light Meals on Jul 15th, 2008
In response to Alli’s food challenge, here is my current list of packed lunch suggestions for fussy eaters. I know that honey sandwiches are in and cold cuts are out. Other than that I’m winging it so I’m sure many suggestions won’t hit the nail on the head. My Ankle Biters are more of the [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Light Meals on Jul 13th, 2008
Bye bye school holidays. Back to term time monotony. Let the packed lunches commence.
Posted in Light Meals on Jun 25th, 2008
I took advantage of a day off work today. The school I teach finished their swim program last week giving me an extra free Wednesday before school holidays begin. Son and Heir had requested a school holiday visit to the museum and I figured it would be less crowded today than next week. Oh boy [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Baking, Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Lunch, Vegetarian on Jan 31st, 2008
Or kinder, or work, or creche, or whatever else requires you to start wracking your brains about packing lunches. Lunch is my least liked meal of the day. I don’t heart thinking about it. I try and avoid thinking about it by having a checklist of ideas floating around the kitchen. I thought I’d share [...]
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