Spiced seed bars

Ginger, cinnamon, cloves and honey – just like Christmas but in a healthy snack bar! I have always been a lover of snack bars – muesli bars, nut bars, protein bars.  But many, even those marketed as healthy, are full of sugar, vegetable oil and additives. So lately I’ve been experimenting with homemade versions. Over the…

Savoury Brown Rice Slice with Sweet Potato

Sweet potatoes really are the bomb… Who knew they came in so many different varieties? Orange, purple-skinned with white flesh, white-skinned with purple flesh and just recently I have found a purple-skinned, purple fleshed one.  They are all jam-packed with nutrients and antioxidants. I love to buy the ridiculously over-sized ones at the markets. I roast…

Carrot, ginger and coconut muffins

Does your daycare have rules on what food your little ones can take?   The first daycare our eldest attended was super strict. When we enrolled him, then just 12 months old, we were given a copy of the food policy, including a list of “everyday”, “sometimes”  and “never” foods. We were even told that inappropriate foods…