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Roasted Vegetable Devon Pasty

A bit time consuming but easy to prepare homemade pasties inspired by our holidays in Devon.

Shortbread Cheese Straws & Pretzels

Homemade cheesy straws recipe – great as an accompaniment for soups or as a snack.

Super Quick Puff Pastry Veggie Tarts

Flavoursome, healthy veggies packed into quick and easy to prepare puff pastry and then topped with cheese.

Kids’ Favourite Home-made White Fish & Rice Cakes

Kids’ favourite fish cakes made from scratch – easy recipe.

Traditional Tatar Meat Pies – Vak Belyashi

Delicious fried vak belyashi meat pies with potatoes, onions and garlic to explore our ancestral Tatar culture.

Crunchy Bagel Burgers with Blue Cheese & Red Onion

Best burgers ever – made with bagels, blue cheese, red onions and Polish home-made salted cucumbers.

Sugar-Free Pumpkin Seed & Cranberry Breakfast Porridge + Mix For Lunch Boxes

Quick, easy and healthy breakfast oatmeal recipe with toasted pumpkin seeds, cranberries and honey.

Simple Blush Orange & Vanilla Cake & What Are Blood Oranges

Quick and easy blood orange cake with hint of vanilla… great for lunch boxes and picnics.

Homemade Chicken & Leek Pasties

Easy and delicious homemade chicken & leek pasty recipe… great for school / work lunches and as an accompaniment to green salads and soups, even the pumpkin ones.

Minty Bulgur Wheat Salad with Tuna & Lemon

Healthy and low in calories salad made with bulgur wheat and tuna – great for picnics, lunchboxes and quick meals.

Kids’ Favourites – Cheesy Turkey Meatballs & Tomato Spaghetti

Simple, home-made turkey meatballs recipe, served with easy tomato sauce and pasta.

Easy Baked Vegetarian Samosas with Carrots and Peas

Healthier baked samosas recipe, delicious as a snack on their own or as a light meal with some chutney and green salad on a side.

Turkey Meatloaf with Mixed Bell Peppers & Whole Grain Dijon Mustard

Very easy to make, juicy, delicious turkey meatloaf – family’s favourite.

Lunchbox # 125 & Lunchbox # 126 and a New Panda Bento Box

Two lunchboxes for 2 & 7 year olds packed with little treats, yummy quesadillas, homemade meatballs and grapes.

Oven Baked Turkey Meatballs for Kid’s Lunchboxes

Healthy, low in fat oven baked turkey meatballs for kid’s lunchboxes or as main served with pasta and tomato sauce.

Lunchbox # 124 – Valentine’s Day & New Teddy Bear Shaped Bento Box

Valentine’s Day packed lunch and teddy bear shaped bento box.

Lunchbox # 122 – Last Minute Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Sandwich

Halloween lunchbox with pumpkin shaped sandwich.

Nude Food Movers – Rubbish-Free Lunch Boxes from Smash

How many times did you wish that you would not have to use all those cling films, aluminium foils and plastic bags? It is a lot of unnecessary rubbish every single day and to be honest using cling film can be very tricky, especially in the early morning hours! With Rubbish-Free Lunch Boxes from Smash there is no […]

Lunchbox # 121 – Moshi Monsters Frubes & Blue Egg

Lunchbox # 121 (for 7 year old girl) quartered mini naan bread blue hard boiled egg (soaked for couple of minutes in food colouring) mini elephant bottle with pinch of salt cherry tomatoes steamed sugar snap peas seedless red & green grapes couple of black olives on panda food pick mini red jelly Moshi Monsters […]

Lunchbox # 119 & # 120 – For My Girls

Lunchbox # 119 (for 7 year old girl) quartered mini naan bread octopuses made of chicken Frankfurters cherry tomatoes steamed mange tout peas seedless black & green grapes one home grown strawberry (there were last two in the backyard) mini mango jelly raspberry fromage frais Lotus biscuit bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in […]

Lunchbox # 118 – A Reminder of Summer: Sausage Octopuses & Watermelon Tomato

Lunchbox # 118 (for 7 year old girl) halved mini naan bread octopuses made of chicken Frankfurters + fish food pick seedless green grapes cherries watermelon tomato + 2 other heirloom tomatoes mini papaya jelly Lotus biscuit bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in pink LEGO lunchbox inside Smash lunchbag with separate bottle compartment. […]

Lunchbox # 117 – Cute Mouse Bread Roll

Lunchbox # 117 (for 6 year old girl) mouse bread roll sandwich with chicken ham made out of Yeast Teddy Bear Bun and edible marker cherry tomatoes seedless green grapes chocolate love bug Cheddar crackers huge strawberry bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in glittery EZ-Freeze lunchbox with a freezable lid and placed inside […]

Yeast Teddy Bear Buns

Super cute homemade bear shaped bread rolls, perfect for kids’ breakfast, picnics and lunchboxes.

Lunchbox # 116 – Love Bugs

Lunchbox # 116 (for 6 year old girl) toasted English muffin (type of bread roll) with mature Cheddar cheese and heart made out of sweet red pointed pepper – instructions below vine cherry tomatoes pieces of clementine chocolate love bugs lychees bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in glittery EZ-Freeze lunchbox with a freezable lid […]

Extremely Smurfy Smurfberry Muffins

Extremely smurfy smurfberry muffins for the Smurf in your life… secret Papa Smurf recipe (!)

Lunchbox # 115 – Cinnamon Raisin Bagel & Marshmallow Smurfs

Lunchbox # 115 (for 6 year old girl) toasted cinnamon & raisin bagel with peanut butter cherry tomatoes (my daughter loves them) pieces of clementine 2 marshmallow Smurfs lychee juice (not pictured) bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in glittery EZ-Freeze lunchbox with a freezable lid and placed inside insulated Charlie & Lola lunch […]

Lunchbox # 114 – Strawberry Banana & A New Pink LEGO Lunchbox

Lunchbox # 114 (for 6 year old girl) pepperoni sandwiches made with homemade Five Minute Bread strawberries banana pieces of dried fruits (apricots & sultanas) couple of banana shaped jellies strawberry yogurt (not pictured) tropical juice drink (not pictured) bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in LEGO lunchbox and placed together with icepack inside […]

Sloppy Joe Sandwich with Turkey Chilli con Carne

True comfort food… fresh bread, spicy mince, cool cream, melted cheese and crunchy veggies.

Lunchbox # 113 – Hairy Egg & Pancakes

Lunchbox # 113 (for almost 6 year old girl) hard boiled egg with jelly sting hair and face drawn with edible marker pieces of pancake plum tomato cherries seedles green grapes raisins yogurt (not pictured) tropical juice drink (not pictured) Everything placed in glittery EZ-Freeze lunchbox with a freezable lid and placed inside insulated Charlie […]

Lunchbox # 112 – Sugar & Lemon Pancake

Lunchbox # 112 (for 5 year old girl) sugar & lemon pancake (recipe here) plum tomato couple of Ryvita minis slices of apple (flower design made with mini cookie cutter) flapjack Munch Bunch Strawberry drinking yogurt Capri Sun apple juice drink (frozen to keep lunch cold for longer) antibacterial gel to wash hands before lunch […]

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