Breakfast

Join us This is my recipe for Baked Muesli Bars. They are a spin on my Fruitless Muesli Bars that are very popular! My kiddies absolutely love these and they are made almost weekly in my house. They freeze well too so are great to whip up and freeze for those days you have nothing left in the house for the lunchboxes! Today is the second day of our fourth round of the #freezertolunchbox 5 day challenge. This edition is all about recreating store bought favourites and oh boy do we have delicious recipes coming up this week. If you missed the challenge and want to know when another is [...]

Join us We loooooooooove pikelets in our houses so when I realised the freezer was empty and there were no more lunchbox snacks left I thought I would get cooking. Our fruit bowl was overflowing with apples so I thought why not whip up a batch of apple cinnamon pikelets. Anything with apple and/or cinnamon is always a winner in our house. These make for a great breakfast as well served with a little honey but they make for an even better dessert topped with a big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream! Don’t forget to hang out with TRTLMT in all the cool places!     [...]

Join us These Apple and Banana Oat Pods are so easy, tasty and use a handful of everyday ingredients. These are a cross between a super soft cookie and a little morsel of porridge. These are great to make and pop into the freezer for a quick lunchbox or morning tea snack. They even make a good breakfast snack on the run! We have been busy with our current round of our Freezer to Lunchbox 5 day cooking challenge! This round is all about swapping the sandwich. Each day for 5 days we cook one new non-sandwich lunchbox recipe. We are keeping that theme going on the Facebook Page and [...]

  This is a recipe that was featured in my 2015 Calendar and it has been so popular I thought I would pop it on the blog as well. Who wouldn't love Coconut Lime Pikelets!? Pikelets are such an easy thing to make and great to get the kiddies involved in. What I love about this recipe is it is very forgiving so if you accidentally add a little extra milk or flour all will be ok. You can certainly increase or decrease the flavours in this to suit your tastes. These Coconut Lime Pikelets are great to wrap and freeze in individual serving portions. Simply pop out and thaw [...]

  These were something I recently created by fluke. Turned out everyone in the house loved them so I got a bit more creative with them. These are like a biscuit bar, just a little softer due to the banana. These are perfect for a breakfast on the go bar or as a lunchbox snack. Just be mindful of nuts though if these are going to school. These make great biscuits (will make about 48 small biccies) or into 12-18 bars depending on what size you make them. The older kiddies and partner prefer the biscuit version but the baby likes the bar that he can hold on (hang on, [...]

  These Fluffy Vanilla Pikelets are just that. Fluffy, taste of vanilla and pikelets! Pikelets and pancakes are very popular in our house. the boys love them. What I love about them is they are so easy  to make, make plenty and can be frozen for the lunchbox. These are so soft and fluffy and have a delicious hint of vanilla in them. I use Chef's Choice Alcohol Free Vanilla Extract in these and it gives them a beautiful vanilla flavour. You can of course use vanilla of your choice. My other recipes: Banana Honey Pikelets Cinnamon Oat Pancakes Cinnamon Scroll Pancakes Nutella Pancakes Orange Poppyseed Pikelets Oven Pancake Bites with [...]

I thought these were cute so I had to post!   Surely I'm not the only one that often makes pancakes and they join together and become an "8" like shape? Whilst cooking pikelets yesterday I thought I'd experiment (surprise surprise! I should really just stick to a recipe!).    Whip up your favourite pancake or pikelet batter and pour into a squeeze bottle. Holding the bottle squeeze a small oval shape and then directly underneath it squeeze another. Ensure they are touching and look like a figure 8. You want each oval about the size of a ten cent coin. You want them bite size. After 20-30 seconds, flip. [...]

  Pikelets are something I make often for afternoon tea and especially for the lunchbox.    I freeze two together and in the morning of school I pull them out and pop into the lunchbox. They defrost in time for morning tea.   These are yummy on their own but even nicer with some whipped cream, strawberries and sliced banana. A drizzle of melted white chocolate wouldn't go astray either! Too naughty?   This makes approximately 18-20 small child size pikelets.   Some pancake/pikelet inspiration: Banana Honey Pikelets Cinnamon Oat Pancakes Cinnamon Scroll Pancakes Nutella Pancakes   Oven Pancake Bites with Honey and Cinnamon Pancake Dippers   [...]

Today the boys wanted pancakes for afternoon tea but with a sick bub I couldn't be bothered standing at the stove for multiple batches.   Cooking these in the oven is super quick. It took about 5 minutes at 180 degrees to cook these.    These are bite size and perfect in the lunchbox. They can be frozen also.   Some pancake/pikelet inspiration: Banana Honey Pikelets Cinnamon Oat Pancakes Cinnamon Scroll Pancakes Nutella Pancakes   Oven Pancake Bites with Honey and Cinnamon    

Well I thought I'd try my hand at chia pudding at last. I was hoping the kiddies would love it and take it in their lunchbox. Fail! They were far from impressed.   I don't eat breakfast often so I was hoping this might be a good breakfast option for me. I think I still need to get my head around it. The taste is yummy with the addition of raspberries but I feel like I'm eating slug eggs or similar! I'll get use to it though and will try blitzing my seeds first next time. It tastes yummy. That's what counts.   This is a thick set pudding. I don't [...]