Help your kids take their cooking skills to the next level! No reminders here why we need to get kids into the kitchen to help cook just recipes to help get that process started! Best of all many of these recipes will be winners for healthy school lunches. After all, dinner leftovers make great lunches. Get your kids craving healthy …
Broccoli 4 Ways
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (Half Your Plate folks) hired me to work on a recipe and video series and I’m delighted to share it here with you! Broccoli is the poster child for healthy veggies costing only about 25 cents a serving yet many find the slightly bitter taste a hurdle to overcome. So let’s find some ways to cut …
Quick Broccoli and Cheddar Muffin Tin Frittatas
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (Half Your Plate folks) hired me to work on a recipe and video series and I’m delighted to share it here with you! Give folks easy ideas to get their veggies in at breakfast (and help them to meet their quota for the day). That was one of the key messages I share at this year’s Canadian Produce …
Egg Baked Roasted Peppers with Feta and Spinach
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (Half Your Plate folks) hired me to work on a recipe and video series and I’m delighted to share it here with you! OK so this is not a Yummy Lunch club idea but I could not resist sharing this great way to pretty up your eggs in a bell pepper (see recipe below) and serve them …
Baked Eggs in Tomatoes over Buttery Spaghetti Squash
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (Half Your Plate folks) hired me to work on a recipe and video series and I’m delighted to share it here with you! Spaghetti squash goes great with tomatoes and leftover squash gets a new life as a hearty base for this yummy veggie-centric breakfast or brinner – breakfast for dinner (see recipe below). OK so this …
Easy Fried Rice
As the end of the week approaches the odd bits and leftovers in the fridge may not inspire you with school lunch ideas but this might. Use leftovers to make fried rice for healthy school lunches. The idea for an easy, use what you have on hand style recipe started with a text from my son, “how do you make fried …
What food can I pre-prep on the weekend for school lunches?
My neighbour is back to work after being home with her kids for a few years and is keen to do some school lunch prep on weekends. With the rising cost of food she’s looking to avoid food waste too – a smart way to keep the family food budget in check. So I came up with a list of foods …
Lunchbox Veggie-Cheese Muffin Frittatas
The back to school honeymoon is over. The kids are firing off assignment due dates and some nights it seems to take f-o-r-e-v-e-r for them to finish up homework. All the while the those dinner dishes in the sink nag away like Archie Bunker, the dog does his warning scratch scratch at the front door, the empty lunch bags whine …