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Balls. They are my FAVOURITE thing to make for the girl's lunch boxes at the moment. There's a couple of reasons. One, the fun they have when they asking for them and when I ask "who wants balls?". And two, they are the lazy man's lunch box paradise. Tick and...

This is, THE Lunch Lady vs the World showdown I have been waiting for. It is one that makes me particularly cranky every time I walk the supermarket aisles. You put the homemade version, side by side with the processed version and it is a no brainer.

If you have a mountain of zucchini staring at you, like I do, then this is an awesome and super easy way to use them up. And because this recipe is so simple, you can double it, triple it or even quadruple it and fill your freezer with zucchini bread, for those less...

Apple pie. They are two words that instantly send you to a warm, happy place. It is something I could quite easily devour all to myself in one sitting, this is why my kids teacher now has the rest of the pie sitting on her desk 'as a gift'. I understand most...

This time every year I start to get all deep and meaningful. I assess the situations current in my life and look to where they may head, why they're heading in that direction and if it isn't the way I want them to be going, then all of a sudden I start to think...

Sorry it is a day late, this time of year is a little INSANE! But better late than never. Especially when it involves Jam Drops! Thank you Mama Mariani. x OK, so you know how I said those blue ribbons are addictive? Well I did enter a few categories in...

How exciting is it when spring hits and the really exciting food makes it's way in to the kitchen. Peas and broad beans are two of the things I look forward to all year. Most of our peas don't even make it in to any dish, they are popped straight...

I used to have a mega freak out when I'd wake up and there was no kind of bread thing in the house for the girl's lunches. Freak out no more! I know the savoury muffin is perhaps a little 90s and a bit of a friend of the focaccia (how...

Two old school classics back to back! I almost sound like a classic hits radio station. Pep and I were walking around the supermarket yesterday morning and we spotted the carrot cake packet mix, Pep loves MY carrot cake (actually I use Tessa Kiros's carrot cake recipe, as no matter how I try,...

When I first moved to the country 7 years ago I really wanted to do the most 'country' things I could, like having a stall at the local market, joining the CWA and entering the local show. The first time I entered the Castlemaine and District Agricultural Show I chose...

Have you got a song that just spoke to you at the right time. It said everything you were feeling when you felt no one else was feeling it? This song came on my shuffled playlist this morning and I had to share. I had totally forgotten about it. But...

It was my father in-law’s birthday last weekend. We took a drive to his house in the country, in his backyard was the most wonderful veggie garden. Not one with neat straight rows, but one which was wild and overgrown with edible vegetation. The plants were ten times the size...

Each Tuesday Lunch Lady will be bringing you simple recipes and ideas for your kids lunch boxes. This week we are starting with something I find one of the GREATEST lunchbox ideas ever, dips and flatbread. The reason I love both of these so much is you can use them...

This was a fun one to take on, as I live in potato farm central. Nearly all of the potatoes grown around me make their way to factories to make these very products. It is CRAZY that I am unable to buy a bag of spuds grown on the surrounding farms at the local supermarket, instead I...

We Should Really Do That One Day, Today is That Day 4 November 2014 You know those things you think would be nice to do with the kids one day. But in reality that day never comes around. Well today is that day. The girls and I have driven past...

I know it might be unAustralian to have a crack at the Aeroplane company, but this challenge really puzzled me. It was my big kid who posed this challenge when she found it on the supermarket shelf. We were confused as to how you make a cheesecake from a packet, without cheese....

I am a busy person. And most of the time it is because I choose to be. I don't like being still or bored. I get quite agitated. I spend a lot of time working. I would work day and night if I didn't have a partner to yell at me...

In 1996, I was 20. I moved in to a crumbling art deco apartment on busy Barkly Street, St Kilda. I had minimal possessions, the most important of them being my 3000+ CD collection and my coffee percolator. If that was all I had, I was fine. Nothing much has...

If you've haven't seen Jade's FAMOUS healthy Snickers recipes EVERYWHERE lately, where have you been! Lucky for you, she is one of my besties and I am lucky enough to share it with you here too. Take it away famous Jade. x Never have I been more excited about something...

Bagels, Balls and Living Life Your Way 27 October 2014 I know it looks like there hasn’t been much happening in Lunch Lady land lately, but I can assure you, nothing can be further from the truth. Things are happening, for sure, and all will become apparent very soon! BUT,...

to put our head under the pillow and think "if I can't see the problems and they can't see me, they don't exist". This is how I have lived most of my life, it is hard to admit that. The older I get the more I am understanding that problems...

Sunday is our day for pancakes. There is no hurry. No real reason to rush anywhere, perhaps the treasure market later in the morning. My pancake making rewards me with love and affection. The girls (apart from my forever savoury tooth) wolf these bad boys down and before I have...

If at First You Don’t Succeed… 8 August 2014 Something amazing happened this morning. I made a loaf of bread. Now most of you might think that this is not amazing at all. A lot of you may think I am a born baker who can whip magic out of...

Ash’s Same Ol’ Crap, The One Bowl Wonder 7 August 2014 This chick is another recent addition to my women folk friends. We have known of each other for quite a while, it is all very Melbourne, sharing friends, circles over lapping circles. But we both now live in the...