The other day I was having a conversation about family dinners with a friend as we watched our kids poke each other with sticks happily explore our local playground. "I just cook the same meals over and over again," she told me. "Whenever I try anything new, nobody eats it. Why should I bother?" ...
Busy day dinner: Minced beef stir-fry with basil
My six-year-old loves to eat. In fact, I sometimes see her mouthing the words "What's for dinner, mum?" as she exits the school gate at 3pm. Like her mother, she thinks about food all the time and is very opinionated about what she does and doesn't like. I love that she enjoys many exotic and ...
Busy day dinner: zucchini, ricotta & lemon pasta
Do your kids pick the green bits out of every meal you make? Herbs, gone. Spinach is spotted no matter how fine I chop it. Florets of broccoli? One of mine almost hyperventilates if I put it on her plate, lest it cross-contaminate other components of her meal. It really gets to me at times. And ...
Busy day dinner: chicken Waldorf salad
I love summer. Give me a choice between hot and cold weather and I'll take hot any day. But there reaches a point in Brisbane, usually in March (or sometimes if we're unlucky, April) where we experience a burst of such unseasonably hot weather that I hit the wall. It's autumn! Didn't someone get the ...
Busy day dinner: Mexican bean salad
I had a Mexican flatmate when I lived in Florence many moons ago. We bonded over our shared love of Nutella and bad reality television in Italian (especially Grande Fratello, aka Big Brother). We both loved to eat, and had a merry time cruising the bars of Florence in the late afternoon. If you ...
Thermomix chocolate bean cake: keep ’em guessing!
"What is the secret ingredient in this cake?" I asked a willing bunch of taste testers last week. "Chocolate," replied my four-year old, kinda missing the point. "Almonds?" guessed my husband, knowing my fondness for flourless chocolate cakes. "Beetroot," suggested my Thermomix-loving friend, who is ...
Busy day dinner: spaghetti Amatriciana
When I was growing up, my mum used to cook this pasta all the time. Except we didn't know that it was based on an Italian classic, spaghetti Amatriciana. We just called it "Tomato and bacon pasta". Which is exactly what it is. This version is certainly not traditional, but I like to think it would ...
Travelling with a two-year-old: the truth in pictures
Tell people you're travelling with a two-year-old to the other side of the world, and they look at you like you've lost your mind. And I'll admit, it's not for the faint hearted. But here's the way I look at it: two-year-olds have extreme personalities, they can be completely delightful or ...
10 reasons why you should visit Singapore with kids
Singapore is one of my favourite places in the world. The love affair started when I lived there, and has continued when I've holidayed there with kids (twice). Every time I visit it has new family-friendly attractions, new infrastructure and swanky new shopping centres and restaurants. And while ...
Busy day dinner: family-friendly nicoise salad
I really didn't feel like cooking today. The weather has been hot and sticky, a typical February day in Brisbane. Standing in front of a hot stove didn't hold much appeal. The kids were up at 5am, the toddler didn't have a nap and hubby's away for work. I'd been running around all day trying to ...
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