Freezable family recipes – the Munch top 10 Here are our top 10 family recipes that you can freeze.  This will be a great list for a ‘mother to be’ to cook from (or even better [...]

Meet Bill Macdonald one of the members of the Munch Advisory Board. Bill Macdonald brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Munch Advisory board and is an experienced networker [...]

Pears are a luscious fruit that are available for much of the year. Why not pair them up with a great cheese and walnuts to create this Pear, Pecorino and walnut salad. Pears are juicy and sweet, [...]

In this post we share a great recipe that can be enjoyed by both baby and family, a slow cooked beef and kumara hotpot. This can be made in either the oven or with a slow cooker. It is an [...]

I love it when you come across a cookbook and when thumbing through it for the first time you  want to bookmark nearly each and every recipe – that has to be a good sign.. right?!? Well, that is [...]

Chelsea Winter’s Homemade Happiness Chelsea Winter is my new favourite celebrity chef. I just love her down-to-earth, give-it-a-go attitude and find it so encouraging. I was lucky enough to [...]

Whoa, its been hot lately. In this kind of weather all most of really want to eat is a salad or something light. And it definitely isn’t the kind of weather you want to get your oven on in. [...]

Although these days we tend to eat the beetroot itself mostly, this wasn’t always the case. Originally the beetroot leaves were actually the preferred part of the beetroot in some countries. [...]

Paella is a rice dish with ancient roots that is widely regarded as Spain’s national dish. Originating in its modern form in the mid-19th century on the east coast of Spain near Valencia. [...]

If you’re looking for meal ideas to take to new parents or to share at potluck dinners, One-dish Dinners, by Penny Oliver is a recipe book worth checking out.   One-dish Dinners features [...]

The third annual Munch Food Awards are your chance to vote for the children’s food products you believe in. Vote today and you will go into the draw to win a copy of the hot of the press Everyday [...]

With the weather getting better and better by the day, what better way to enjoy family meal times than a BBQ dinner enjoyed outdoors? Wellington’s weather doesn’t always lend itself to outdoor [...]

Having an easy standby salad recipes that work with a variety of meals is essential for busy parents. This black bean, corn and tomato salad is easy to prepare and extremely tasty. It is a zingy, [...]

What better in this wintery weather than to get out the slow cooker and get making some easy recipes that fill your house with the delicious aroma of slow cooked foods.

Kids absolutely love cooking, so why not start these holidays off with some cooking with your kids. We can help too, here is a collection of easy recipes that are great to make with at home with [...]

These lamb and bulgur meatballs are quick and easy to make and provide you with the basis of a yummy meatball meal, be it meatballs in sauce, wraps or simply popped into the lunch boxes for a [...]

It is well known that nuts are nutritionally great for us, and a source of healthy fats. Almonds are one of my favourite nuts, and I really like them in LSA in my smoothies, or flaked on top of [...]

Is there a mother alive who has not repeated the phrase “Eat your greens” on a semi regular basis? There is a time of year for it, when the cold of autumn is creeping through the cracks and [...]

When the weather turns cold the first thing I want to make are soups and stocks. Here is my latest recipe for a kumara and carrot soup.

Baked potatoes are definitely a hot-potato favourite in our house at the moment. So I thought I would share with you a recipe for our worlds best baked potatoes. Potatoes are a great thing to be [...]

One of the things I like about this recipe is that its a little bit on the frugal side, if you wanted to you could use tinned apricots. instead of fresh apricot. Either way it is still really [...]

In this post we introduce the Kaibosh food rescue service which is the first of its kind in New Zealand. We also share a frugal a seasonal recipe called Green Mish-Mash Soup, a favourite from the [...]

Kids grow so quickly and move through the varying infant nutrition phases with such speed {in hindsight lol} that investing in a book based around baby purees just doesn’t work for me. [...]

If you had a chance to make some of Kirsten’s favourite parsley and walnut pesto you may have found yourself with a bit of extra pesto on your hands. Chicken and pesto picnic pasta salad and [...]

This recipe for a peanut butter based stir-fry sauce was submitted by Jane is essentially a simply peanut butter based sauce. It can be used for all types of easy stir fries and it sure to please [...]

  One of the great benefits of running Kiwi Mummy Blogs, for me, is meeting cool mums doing cool stuff. That is how we met Tasha Batsford from The Maybe Diaries www.maybediaries.com. She [...]

I was asked (albeit sometime ago) to complete a review of the new  SunRice – Health and Wellbeing rice range and I have finally found sometime to do this. I used the SunRice organic brown [...]

Healthy chicken nuggets Chicken nuggets get a lot of bad press and usually for good reason. They are often made from poor quality ingredients and stacked with salt and fat. They are often overly [...]

If I am completely honest I was a little bit of a stick-in-the-mud when I first thought about the product offered by My Food Bag: delivering all the ingredients you need to make a week worth of [...]

I have started making a yummy smoky eggplant and tomato sauce. The great thing is once I have made the the basic sauce, I have at least three great meals I can then make in a jiffy

This watermelon and cucumber recipe will appeal to many on hot summery. A great way to up your vegetable intake… Watermelon facts According to Wikipedia, a watermelon contains about 6% [...]

I’ve discovered some great Asian supermarkets near us. You can get everything you need for making sushi in bulk and much cheaper than in the supermarket. If you’re planning on making [...]

Peas are extremely versatile and can easily be added to risottos, kedgeree, omelettes, pasta, soups, casseroles and green curries. For the kids, I just add them into the pasta/rice at the end of [...]

I recently shared with you my beetroot chocolate cake which used grated fresh grated beetroot. The beetroot risotto below uses cooked and mashed/pureed beetroot. Beetroot are grown all over the [...]

Isn’t it great when the kids appreciate your cooking? Stocks and soups are a great way to get them involved and interested. I arrived home at lunch time on Saturday to hear my 7 year old telling [...]

Once your baby reaches 8 months milk is offered after food and they will start to really establish their eating. I found with both our children that it wasn’t until around 9 to 10 months [...]

Pairing meat with something sweet is a great way to get little ones to eat more meat. Meat is a great source of protein. For children aged 1-3, it is recommended that they consume approximately [...]

National Nut Day is back! Tuesday 22 October 2013 is a day for New Zealanders to embrace a little nuttiness and show their appreciation for the delicious and nutritious nut. To celebrate we are [...]

So we are still living like campers in Sydney! Our stuff is waiting to be checked by customs so hopefully life in the kitchen will be back to normal soon… I never realised how much I LOVE my cup [...]

The year my darling husband gave me a slow cooker for Christmas I have to say I was less than impressed (especially as we had gotten engaged earlier that morning!). However once I got the knack [...]

My eldest boy loves sushi, and  particularly adores teriyaki chicken. Teriyaki is a cooking technique used in Japanese which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, [...]

It feels rather strange to be blogging about slow cooked warming meals from balmy Sydney! The Day family successfully made their way across the Tasman and we are now ensconced in Sydney. Loving [...]

This slow cooker lemon tarragon chicken is a quick easy slow-cooked meal. It takes less than 10 mins to prepare and the whole family will love it! It is so simple to prepare that your little ones [...]

Freddie’s Food’s regular readers will be familiar with Freddie’s dislike of meals which include mixed up foods or having sauces on them. So cooking slow cooked meals for him is a bit challenging! [...]

In this post I share my recipe for a slow cooked Asian style chicken. This is a delicious yet simple recipe for a slow-cooked family meal. I love roast chicken and Freddie seems to love it too! [...]

I must be sounding tired as this is the second post in a week about nutritional meals that the kids can make themselves. See sushi blog last Sunday: Maybe it is my lazy side coming out. Upside is [...]

The other night my 5 year old came home and said Susan’s mum makes sushi why cant you?  Well then I said lets do it. (How could I let a little person make me feel inadequate) Even better he [...]

Last week we posted on the great health benefits of wonderful walnuts. This week I thought I would post a really easy walnut pasta sauce recipe. I have made this recipe on several occasions, and [...]

This recipe Aubergine parmigiana for Mama is from the award winning Munch – Seasonal cookbook for baby and family.  [shopify embed_type=”product” [...]

  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 [...]

It was one of THOSE days when Mr 2 years just wouldn’t eat anything substantial. Days like that he usually just loses it come 5pm, and this often has a domino-like effect on the rest of the [...]

Munch is the home of kitchen solutions, inspiration and ideas. This is where it all began with the Munch – Seasonal cookbook for baby and family. This fabulous cookbook went onto win an [...]

Monday is my work day so whatever I give Freddie has to either be pre-made or really quick to prepare. It can be really easy just to resort to a can of baked beans or spaghetti on these nights [...]

This is one of the great egg meals and a cheats dish that doesn’t take long to whip up and if you serve it with some vegetables on the side you have a well balanced meal. As a kid Spaghetti [...]

I’m sure lots of you are working mums or dads and sometimes get to the end of the day feeling frazzled, chasing your tail and haven’t had a chance to think about what’s for tea! Well I know how [...]

  A couple of years ago bones weren’t really on my cooking radar and I hadn’t heard of the benefits of bone broth. Sure I boiled up the occasional roast chicken carcass for stock or [...]

Homemade fish fingers are my ‘oh no it’s 5pm already and I haven’t organised anything for tea’ fall-back. They are a good source of protein and quick to cook in the oven. [...]

I don’t like to rush my cooking but am often in a situation these days where its hard to find the time to leisurely make meals… its often more about quickly preparing something that [...]

Do you like pumpkin? Why not try this pumpkin and pancetta risotto? It is thought that pumpkins originated in South America, but they are now enjoyed throughout the world. The words pumpkin and [...]

I have often in the past been slightly scared of the aubergine as I had no idea how to cook it.  But now I do and it is a great vegetable to add to so many dishes. The aubergine (also called [...]