Cooking and Baking

Ooh I get so excited about planning party food! 🙂

For healthy options for kids I normally do:
– popcorn
– sandwiches (cut into special shapes with cookie cutters)
– mini muffins
– mini quiches
– vegetables (I use cookie cutters here too, eg. small stars cut from pieces of cucumber)
– bliss balls
– chickpeas, black beans etc. maybe sautéed with…[Read more]

Ooh I get so excited about planning party food! 🙂

For healthy options for kids I normally do:
– popcorn
– sandwiches (cut into special shapes with cookie cutters)
– mini muffins
– mini quiches
– vegetables (I use cookie cutters here too, eg. small stars cut from pieces of cucumber)
– bliss balls
– chickpeas, black beans etc. maybe sautéed with…[Read more]

Just had the most fantastic jacket potatoe dinner with friends 🙂 Jacket potatoes, tomato mince sauce (spag bol sauce), grated cheese, bacon, corn on the cob as well as tomatoes, carrot and cucumber sticks.
There were 9 of us, 4 adults, 2 6′ tall teenagers, and 3 kids. I cooked 14 large potatoes but next time I think I need 20 potatoes, I…[Read more]

@rhythm, watermelon salad sounds amazing! I’ll definitely be trying that! I’m excited that you have lots! Lunch is what I struggle with most while trying to eat more vegetarian.

@roundtheworldgirl I’m glad you liked it!! I do a good bit of vegan as well, especially dessert 🙂 I love vegan dessert. I don’t know why haha

Thank you for starting this thread. My family is vegetarian. We generally cook a lot of Indian food at home. I have a massive load of those recipes. I made this watermelon salad for dinner yesterday.

Mix together pieces of watermelon, slices of red onion, red and green peppers, cucumber, tomatoes, toasted walnuts, and a handful of mint leaves.…[Read more]

@Darcy I made that chickpea salad for myself today – it was delicious!

This is not so much lunch as a micro snack but my kid was asking for peanut butter so I blitzed half roasted almonds and half roasted & salted sunflower seeds. Pretty fantastic in a little ‘sandwich’ between crackers, and really held her over well.

like you, Darcy, we are not vegetarians but eat vegetarian (actually, vegan!) a lot. I love a hearty salad. To make it filling without animal proteins I add sunflower seeds, chickpeas, several different kinds of vegetables and fruits, and top it off with a tahini-based dressing.

A little more time consuming but very yummy is lettuce wraps…[Read more]

Oh that sounds amazing! Tomato season is coming!!

That looks amazing, thank you!

Awesome!

I make a quick lunch of feta, cucumber, tomato and a little celery (for crunch) seasoned with salt and pepper.
It is quick and very tasty.

@roundtheworldgirl, what a bummer! My husband says the same thing happens to him with all melons, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew… He still eats a little in the summer though.

@motherof5, we are hoping to build a hot house (glass house) next spring. We just moved into a new house so inside projects are being done this year and outdoor…[Read more]

Oh, eggplant. I miss it! I loved it until I suddenly became allergic to it after my son was born. It’s been two years and it still makes my whole mouth itch when I eat it (and my hands if I cook with it). I deal with the discomfort for the occasional mouthful of baba ghanoush but eggplant parmesan is out 🙁

We had steak, sweet potatoes and…[Read more]

My neighbour uses a glass house @darcyjane, maybe that helps?

He grows vegies for fun, we happily take his excess.

I pulled out too much mince @Sarvi, so I *have* to make another today.
No one is complaining. 🙂

My neighbour uses a glass house @darcy jane, maybe that helps?

He grows vegies for fun, we happily take his excess.

I pulled out too much mince @Sarvi, so I *have* to make another today.
No one is complaining. 🙂

My neighbour uses a glass house @Darcy Struble, maybe that helps?

He grows vegies for fun, we happily take his excess.

I pulled out too much mince @Sarvi, so I *have* to make another today.
No one is complaining. 🙂