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Sweetcorn is at the height of its seasonality right now and we have been eating lots of it because it has “preferred vegetable status” in our household, particularly with Master Five. [...]

  Before I make my shopping list, I go through all my cupboards, the fridge and the freezer to see what I already have. This is really important as it prevents me wasting money on items that [...]

In this post we share a recipe for Gruffalo crumble. A great recipe to entice kids to eat some vegetables as this is a savoury crumble recipe. “My favourite food is Gruffalo Crumble” [...]

In this post we review another classic childrens’ book, The Gruffalo. It is written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Julia Donaldson is famous children’s author. [...]

Frugal Kiwi Mum followers are often surprised when they see the cost of my weekly groceries and I must admit that, compared to the price of my food bill 3 years ago, I do pretty well! I try and [...]

I really like the The Food Truck Cookbook by Michael Van de Elzen, based on his television series, The Food Truck. I love this man. The premise of the TV show was to make healthier versions of [...]

Apart from the onion, tinned tomatoes and maybe broccoli, the humble carrot is probably the next most likely vegetable to be found and used in my kitchen. That said, I don’t think  I do [...]

Happy new year Munch readers. Things are a bit hectic for me at the moment as we are moving house, it’s school holidays so I have all four kids at home (say no more) and I’ve taken on more work… [...]

This post is about the History of baby formula.  I thought it was really interesting to see how and where baby formula originated. Throughout history, mothers who could not breastfeed their [...]