Cookie dough truffles
Prepare to swoon. These truffles have been grabbing all the attention at school, after school, at talks and events. For parties I coat them in chocolate. More commonly they’re in the freezer nude for a quick high protein snack. Play the secret-ingredient game. Few people will pick they’re made of chickpeas. Ingredients 1 can cooked […]
Why Connecting Children With Nature Matters
Pause for a minute and think of your favourite memories of childhood play. Were you hurtling down a hill on cardboard? Digging a hole to China? Or making a hut at the end of the garden? Whatever your version, Iʼm guessing you were outside. Mine was under an old totara tree. The branches came all […]
Fragrant chick pea, potato and cucumber salad
Combining the tastes of buttery chick peas with toasted seeds creates an interesting spectrum of flavour. Whether you use cumin, caraway, fennel or all three seeds combined doesn’t really matter. It will bring your salad alive. Ingredients New potatoes, thick slicedCucumber, chunksRed onion, slicedSeveral gherkins, optionalFresh herbsSalad greens 1 can chickpeas, drained & rinsed1 tsp […]
Cranberry coconut truffles
Truffles are an excellent way of getting all manner of great ingredients into children. And importantly because they look pretty kids are usually keen to try them. Again. And again. Made with whole ingredients these balls are good filler uppers. Cranberry coconut truffles Ingredients 2 cups desiccated coconut1 cup ground almonds¼ cup cranberries¼ cup maple syrup1 […]
Egg & dairy-free fruity loaf
As a child I remember bowls of dried fruit soaked in tea overnight ready for baking the next day. This recipe harks back to a rhythm and comfort of my mother’s kitchen. It’s hard to beat a thick slice of moist spicy fruit loaf. Of course in those days it was covered in butter. But it tastes […]