Baking activity: DIY Xmas tree brownies
Not sure how to keep the kids entertained during the upcoming holidays well here’s a fun baking activity. In keeping with my Holiday club theme “Christmas”, how about making Christmas Tree Brownies.
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By Jeanri Verster, owner of Cooking Up A Storm Culinary Experiences – a culinary school that specialises in culinary parties for kids. Mother of Mia (10) and Emile (7), she is passionate about sharing her culinary knowledge with whoever wants to learn. ...Read more
Hot cross biscuit recipe
As Easter is nearing, bake some hot cross biscuits with your kids. Your house will be filled with the smell of spicy goodness and family laughter. This recipe is a hybrid of hot cross buns and a very simple biscuit recipe
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Pumpkin Fritters recipe
I have fond memories of my mother making this recipe and the smell of cinnamon wafting through the air. This is a tasty way to eat pumpkin. They can be eaten warm or cold, although warm is such a treat for a cold night’s dessert. The pumpkin can be replaced with butternut and for a low carb/ Banting option you can replace flour with coconut flour and the sugar with xylitol. It also makes a yummy lunch box treat for your children.
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Hot Cross Buns recipe
Her love for children and passion for food by running workshops, holiday programs and parties at Tots n Pots Helderkruin Johannesburg.
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Delicious moist pumpkin muffins
If you’re looking for something you can do with your kids for halloween without having to carve a pumpkin here’s a fabulous easy-to-make foolproof pumpkin muffin recipe. It’s also a great lunch box treat which can be quite filling.
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Ginger Bread Men biscuit recipe– easy to make with kids
This is a brilliant way to get your kids in the kitchen….even if they are boys!! I don’t have daughters so I do a lot of baking with my boys, and they love it too, as they get to eat what they make. This weekend we made ginger bread men
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Healthy-ish Halloween recipes
Cut a jack-o-lantern face out of black paper and tape it onto the tall glass to give it a true Halloween look.
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Christmas cake recipe – gluten free
Dad to Isabella & owner of the Fresh Earth Food Store, an organic health store and vegetarian restaurant with a great online store.
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Easy Xmas biscuits I made with my kids
125ml icing sugar
5ml cream of tartar
2ml bicarb
Pinch salt
250g butter
German Xmas biscuit recipes-my family favourites
The smell of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, vanilla and the taste of freshly home baked Xmas biscuits are the senses most evocative for me and my family for this time of the year.
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Chocolate chip pancakes for Easter
A 4-day weekend begs for an indulgent, chocolate-filled breakfast and these pancakes certainly satisfy any chocolate cravings.
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Gourmet kids Xmas recipes
Richard is a fabulous, 5 star trained, gourmet chef. He has cooked for, amongst others, British royalty, Woolworths and written for Taste magazine…
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