Tag: biscuits
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Pillow Biscuits
School is back, so it’s time to do some more baking for the lunch box. Oscar adores these biscuits – “Pillow Biscuits” as he calls them. They are also one of the best lunch box snacks for freezing and dropping into the lunch box in the morning. There are a lot of recipes for these… Read more
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I’ve finally made the 2-ingredient biscuits (except I used 3)
For a while now I have been coming across recipes on Facebook for 2-ingredient biscuits. Struggling to put food in Oscar’s lunchbox that would give him energy but would be quick to eat I thought these would be worth a try. While I love bananas, I didn’t think they would mask the flavour of the… Read more
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Cashew Carob/Choc Chip Cookie Dough Bites
A recipe for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites has been doing the rounds on Facebook this week, it was originally shared by Marlenes Skinny Friends-Weight Loss Support Group. With a few substitutions it easily became Oscar suitable and as I had some carob buttons to use up, Failsafe as well. Although having said… Read more
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Lunch Box Wednesday # 3
This month it has all been about Squeeze’ems. I haven’t been able to experiment with much else as Oscar has been obsessed with what I can put into the Squeeze’ems. Which is a good thing because I know he’ll enjoy having them in his lunch box, and the frozen ones will do double duty in… Read more
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ANZAC Biscuits
The 25th of April is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. For my overseas readers, ANZAC Day is the day we remember and commemorate the men and women who have fought for our country. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. “The Anzac tradition—the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are… Read more
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Three Recipes for the Kids over the Long Weekend
The Australia Day long weekend starts tonight, so I’ve put together three easy recipes that the kids can help make, and then eat of course! There’s a lot written about the dangers of letting children watch television, but I think all those articles are missing a key “danger”. The one where your child is watching… Read more
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Lots and Lots of Christmas Biscuits!
I’ve been doing a lot of Christmas baking the last few weeks, trying out different recipes and decorating biscuits with Oscar. I have recently discovered Martha Stewart’s Basic Sugar Cookie recipe which is perfect for using biscuit cutters, and it is now my go-to recipe when I want to use cutters. These biscuits last extremely… Read more
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Saltine Crackers
I got this recipe from The Right To Be Alive, a blog by a woman who lives with (and survived a near-death experience from ) Idiophatic Anaphylaxis, triggered by salicylate sensitivity. The great thing about this recipe is that you can vary the toppings to suit your requirements and tastes. Oscar helped with this recipe,… Read more
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The Birthday Party Project # 4
This is one of those kids recipes that adults will love as well – Wagon Wheels. The recipe is from allrecipes.com.au. They tasted sooo good, and reminded me of the days when Wagon Wheels were twice as big as they are now. The main difference with these Wagon Wheels is that they have pear jam… Read more
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Jam biscuits make a sick boy happy
I had a sick boy at home yesterday, so we made biscuits. A roll of fridge biscuitsfrom the freezer and some pear jam – easy! Just add a 1/2 teaspoon of jam to the top of the biscuits before putting in the oven. Jam biscuits Read more
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Chickpea Biscuits
I’ve got a bit of a chickpea thing going on at the moment and some time ago I bought some Besan flour but hadn’t got around to using it. I wanted to make some chickpea biscuits but most of the recipes I found were chocolate ones or had too many other ingredients I couldn’t use,… Read more
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Fridge Biscuits
There are plenty of recipes around for fridge, or refrigerator, biscuits and they don’t need to be modified for Oscar’s diet, however they did come in very handy recently, so I’ve decided to add them to the blog. Oscar’s day care centre has cooking activities for the kids, so whenever Oscar attends on a cooking… Read more