EGG-CELLENT! SWEET FRENCH TOAST + STRAWBERRIES • 2 eggs • 1/4 cup pure cream or buttermilk • 4 slices of bread, cut into triangles • 1/4 cup strawberries, hulled and sliced • icing sugar, for sprinkling 1. Whisk eggs and cream or buttermilk until smooth.  2. Dip bread triangles in egg mixture, turning once to […]

A chat with Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala, about fatherhood, the importance of education and breaking the iron bars of patriarchy. Could you tell us a bit about your own childhood? How did your experiences shape your thinking about equality and education? I grew up in an area called Shangla, in […]

CHEDDAR + MISO SCROLLS • 1 cup self-raising flour • 3/4 cup Greek yoghurt • 3 tbsp hatcho miso • 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, grated  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4. 2. Line a baking tray with baking paper. 3. In a mixing bowl, […]

LEGO® DUPLO® Colour Sorter by Beci Orpin. We partnered with LEGO (and fave crafty lady Beci Orpin) to help little people learn their colours. Below you’ll find a step by step guide on how to make coloured boxes to sort your very own DUPLO. You will need   – 4 x boxes. I used four […]

All you need is paper. /// The Foxy Plane /// Lady Acrobat… /// Mr Traditional This creative craft idea is from Lunch Lady issue 10. You can buy the mag from our shop here or download the digital issue via our Lunch Lady app here Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for your daily dose of Lunch Lady articles, […]

Lunch Ideas PITA POCKET RECIPE WHAT YOU NEED 1 cup warm water  2 teaspoons instant yeast 2 1/2 cups plain flour, extra for kneading 2 tsp salt 2 teaspoons olive oil WHAT YOU NEED TO DO Mix water and yeast together, and let sit for about five minutes until the yeast is dissolved and bubbly.  […]

Interview with Tano Veron: Co-founder of art project Rock at Six Years, a collaboration with his six-year-old niece, Nicolina Lorenza Vachetti What is this project about?  Rock at Six Years is a family art project by me and my niece, Nicolina Lorenza Vachetti. It’s a collection of contemporary abstract album covers redrawn from the perspective […]

Imagine a kindergarten where an outdoor courtyard transforms into a giant paddling pool when it rains, or where a rooftop playground can only be accessed by climbing a vertical rope tunnel. Japanese architects Youji no Shiro are taking a creative approach to redesigning and redefining learning spaces for kids. A typical Australian kindergarten is a […]

Adorable pets, cartoon heroes and an intractable environmental scourge: this is the story of the world’s most lovable pest. Okay, we admit it: ‘rodent’ is a bit mean. While the rabbit was once a card-carrying member of the order Rodentia, it achieved such world-spanning success and biological diversity that, in 1912, it was re-categorised into […]

BURNT BUTTER + PEAR TART For the pastry: • 150g / 5.3oz plain flour • 75g / 2.6oz unsalted butter • 1 tbsp coconut oil, or flavourless oil • 1 tbsp water For the filling: • 100g / 3.5oz butter • 1/2 pear, quartered and thinly sliced • 2 eggs • 50g / 1.7oz sugar […]

Tell us how your story begins. I was living in Victoria and working in a group home for kids who had all kinds of trouble. They had suffered a lot of violence, a lot of abuse, a lot of addiction. And I was puzzled.  I was also attending university and I took a course about […]

COCONUT + PAPRIKA ROASTED SWEET POTATO + EGGPLANT TORTILLAS WITH SPRING ONIONS, AVOCADO + SPICY, SMOKY TAHINI SAUCE Makes around 10–12 tortillas For the roasted sweet potato and eggplant: • 3 tbsp coconut oil • 2 medium sweet potatoes (around 500g / 1lb 1.6oz) • 1 large eggplant (around 300g / 10.6oz) • 1 1/2 […]