You’re not alone if you’ve ever found yourself staring blankly into your child’s empty lunch box, wondering what in the world to fill it with. How much? How many veggies? Will they even eat it? Will it keep them full enough? As a mum, I understand how tricky it can be balancing what you know they…
Macadamia and Coconut Granola
Finally, a healthy granola recipe! A delicious baked blend of oats, macadamia nuts and coconut flakes. This recipe tastes just like ANZAC biscuits. This granola was original developed as an ANZAC biscuit granola recipe, for Vicinity Centres. It’s too good not to share on here too! The golden syrup helps with the ANZAC biscuit flavour,…
Which tomato sauce is best? Australian sauces compared
It’s one of the most popular condiments in the pantry. But it turns out a humble squirt of tomato sauce could be giving you more sugar and salt that you thought. This is especially important to monitor in little kids, who are have lower sodium needs and tend to love sauce on everything! Although it’s…
English Muffin Pizzas
These 5-ingredient English Muffin pizzas are tasty crowd pleaser. Perfect as warm afternoon tea, a side to tomato soup for lunch or cold in the lunchbox to switch up sandwiches! You can use regular grated mozzerella cheese, but I love bocconcini for this recipe. Bocconcini are small balls of mozzarella made from cows milk in…
Baked Pear Porridge with Candied Walnuts
If you like the comfort of steaming oats on a cold morning, you will love this version. The little extra effort is well worth it. I love using Goldrush pears for baking and cooking with. They’re sweet, juicy and grown right here in WA. Any other pear (or apple) variety will work too. I love…
Beef and Vegetable Casserole
Most families have their own version of a casserole with their own secret ingredients. Not many meals are as filling and comforting on a cold winter’s night than a homemade casserole. This is our family’s favourite beef casserole. It’s full of flavour, without resorting to a packet mix or a jar sauce. My magic ingredient…
A nutritionist’s guide to buying fruit and veg during lock-down
While we’re all going through unprecedented times, I feel that I have a lot to offer you in this area as a nutritionist. My job isn’t just about telling you which foods to eat for optimal health. Before starting my own business, I ran a nutrition education program for vulnerable groups. I spent almost 10…
Is ham healthy?
Ham is a staple for so many Australian households. A go-to sandwich filling, low fat and a protein source we know the kids will eat. I’m often asked if ham is healthy. Is it too salty? Are processed meats in general OK? Which are the best? You may have seen media reports linking processed meats…
The Top 5 Healthiest Kids’ Breakfast Cereals
My previous breakfast cereal post featured my top 10 picks of the cereal aisle. By popular demand, I returned to the cereal aisle to find you my top picks for healthy kids cereals. I have to admit, I had a lot of trouble – there just aren’t that many good ones to choose from! Children…
The Top 10 Healthiest Breakfast Cereals
Ah the cereal aislse. All of nutrition’s complexities and the smokes and mirrors of food marketing in one place. No wonder it’s so hard to chose a healthy breakfast cereal the family will like. I’ve scoured the shelves (detoured to the health food aisle) and looked past the marketing on the front of the packs…
Air Fryer Fries
If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ll know I’m usually not a huge fan of kitchen gadgets. I’m all about simple home cooking that anyone can achieve. If there’s one thing that is challenging this belief for me though, is the air fryer. I’ve had a lot of cooking fries or chips in the…
Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets
Air fryers aren’t just for reheating frozen foods. Cooking from scratch is made quick and easy with this handy bench top contraption. My chicken nuggets are easy to make from scratch (no nasties and made with real chicken!) plus they’re a real crowd pleaser. Crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside and ready in…