So simple…and so much more refreshing (I think!) than an ice-block.
And the best part for the kids – they can have two, or three, or four, or even five!
Category Archives: Kids Lunches
Last Minute Lunch Food
After a weekend devoted to sewing (and relaxing), not cooking, I realised I had very little to put in the kids lunchboxes. I quickly thought through some options for things to make quickly. The winner was picklets.
I mixed 1 cup of self-raising flour with a tablespoon of caster sugar. Then in a separate bowl I whisked 3/4 cup of milk with one egg. Then I combined the two.
Finally, I cooked three or four at a time for a couple of minutes each side in a greased frypan.
They ain’t the prettiest looking things but with a spread of strawberry jam they are indeed a lunchbox treat.
Chocolate Fudge Bars
I love to cook, and I always try to make the time at the start of the week to prepare a home-made biscuit, cake or healthy treat to include in the boys lunch boxes. But, this week I really didn’t want ‘step 1′ of the recipe to be ‘cream the butter and sugar’. I was after a more melt and mix approach.
The Women’s Weekly “Chocolate Fudge Bars” was the perfect recipe. I’ve made these many, many times over the years and they are always a hit. Here’s the recipe:
Chocolate Fudge Bars
from AWW The Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits or online
1 cup plain flour
½ cup sugar
1 cup coconut
1 tablespoon cocoa
185g butter
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ cup sugar
1 cup coconut
1 tablespoon cocoa
185g butter
½ teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Icing
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
30g butter
1½ tablespoons hot water
coconut
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
30g butter
1½ tablespoons hot water
coconut
Sift dry ingredients into bowl, add melted butter and vanilla, mix well.
Press mixture over base of greased 28cm x 18cm lamington tin.
Bake in moderate oven 20 minutes. Cool in tin.
When cold, ice with Chocolate Icing, sprinkle with coconut. Cut into bars when icing has set.
Chocolate Icing:
Sift icing sugar and cocoa into small bowl, add melted butter and water, mix until the icing is smooth and glossy.
A Jazzed up Vegemite Sandwich
My kids like vegemite sandwiches but they are a little bored by them. So today I jazzed them up a little using my puzzle biscuit cutter.
Of course, this cutter is not designed for cutting through bread but with the crusts cut off it was quite simple. It brought a smile to two faces – you might say I had two happy little vegemites!
