Fantastic Courgette chocolate cake recipe.

Strawberries to die for.  Love this time of year. Strawberry season has started here in New Zealand, running from November to February. Yay. Bring on the Christmas Pavolova.. History of [...]

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 [...]

In this post we share a yummy lunchbox recipe, that is very easy to make. These Sweetcorn capsicum cheese puffs  are from the Munch Lunchbox cookbook. The capsicums are optional and can either be [...]

One way to engage children in eating fruit is to give them the opportunity to freestyle-it in the kitchen. Making freestyle ice blocks or Munch Ice Pops is a great place to start. Most kids like [...]

Here is another one of our purees from our award winning Munch Seasonal Cookbook for Baby and Family –  banana avocado baby puree! It is super simple to make. I used to eat the left overs [...]

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 [...]

Did you know that the watermelon can be classed as either a vegetable and a fruit? In this post we consider some of the health benefits of watermelons. Watermelon is considered a fruit because it [...]

Ice blocks, Popsicles, Ice Pops, Ice creams…………….. whatever your favourite frozen treat, consumption is always 1000 x more complicated, messy and prone to spills, drops and tears when you share [...]

Breakfast is definitely one of my favourite meals and an important meal for everyone. It is always a busy time at breakfast in our house, so its great to have something that everyone likes 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. [...]

My  favourite meal of the day has always been breakfast. I recently started making refrigerator oatmeal to add a bit of variety to my breakfast menu. You need to pop it in the fridge the night [...]

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. [...]

Have you tried cauliflower rice or cauliflower couscous? It is a not so new trend to substitute cauliflower for carbohydrates such as for potatoes and rice, but one I have been a tad resistant [...]

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. [...]

Asparagus means summer for many of us, and a great BBQ or feast isn’t the same without it. They are great cooked marinated and cooked straight on the BBQ, but in this post we share with you [...]

This recipe for Magnificent Cinnamon Cranberry Crunch Muesli would make a great homemade Christmas present. Magnificent Cinnamon Cranberry Crunch Muesli What I found very interesting about this [...]

Our youngest is teething like crazy right now, poor wee thing has a mouthful of teeth coming through. The discomfort comes from the soreness and swelling in the gums before a tooth comes through. [...]

Ashlee tells us that she loves this throw-salad - it looks impressive to take out, it’s light for summer, yet offers a real vit-c kick for winter too! The ingredients are really flexible - use [...]

Plenty by Ottolenghi won awards such as the Observer Food Monthly's and the Galaxy book awards for 2011. In this post we share a recipe from his new book, Plenty More a summer salad recipe for [...]

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. [...]

Beetroot is mostly available between November to April, and is abundant and cheap in summer time. Why not try making this beetroot chocolate cake? Beetroot contains fibre, potassium, folate and [...]

This recipe is quite different from our last plum tart recipe as it uses different pastry and lots of yummy ingredients like chia seeds and quinoa to soak and bind all the lovely ripe plum juices.

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 [...]

In this post I share the recipe for the my dear friend Kirsten’s favourite parsley and walnut pesto. Kirsten runs Hoopla Kids and has in fact recently been convinced her to start her own [...]

In this post we share a simple Christmas cake which doesn’t need to be made months in advance. You could knock this up this weekend in time for Christmas. This recipe was inspired by [...]

In this post I share a recipe from the glorious new baking book by Jo Seagar, simply titled Jo Seagar Bakes. I thought a good recipe to share from it would be her recipe for Special Christmas [...]

In this post we share a fabulous family recipe from Janis Mills who simply couldn’t resist the temptation of the Pic’s Peanut Butter Challenge being hosted over at Kiwi Mummy Blogs. [...]

I love Christmas time. I love Christmas trees, the smell of pine needles, giving presents, eating a lot of yummy food and spending time with the family. I love that we have a break from everyday [...]

After Christmas I managed to pick some cherries up for $10 a kilo and decided, rashly, that I would make cherry jam. I like to make jam from time to time. I know it is not cost-effective, but it [...]

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% [...]

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 [...]

Well, tomatoes are in season and going cheap. Even when they are not in season the tomato is a go-to ingredient for me year-round. When tomatoes are in season When tomatoes are in season and [...]

  Where would the Pavlova be without the strawberry? In fact, where would the Kiwi Christmas be without the strawberry? Did you know that the strawberry is actually a member of the rose [...]

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 [...]

I think that avocado is one of the yummiest of the healthy things you can eat. This avocado salsa makes and excellent accompaniment to chicken dishes and would go down very well at any BBQ! [...]

Strawberry season is in full swing it would seem. Thanks to our friends at the www.heartfoundation.org.nz for supplying us with this wonderful chocolate mousse with strawberries recipe. This is a [...]

Life has been so busy lately, but I find often the busier I get the more I get done.  Although then there comes a time when I just need stop and recharge.  Which I think this might be the time as [...]

This is another recipe from Munch – Seasonal cookbook for baby and family. This recipe isn’t a traditional fruit salad, it is something you can prepare for little tummies that will be [...]

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 [...]

In this post we share a recipe for a breakfast makeover pineapple paradise smoothie. Fruit smoothie recipes are a great quick and easy way to start the day and there are a few simple tricks to [...]

Did you know that orange peel can be used in the garden as a slug repellent? Possibly not. But we all know that oranges are a citrus fruit packed with vitamin C. In this post we share with you [...]

I really really like to eat ice cream. Apart from biscuits, ice cream is probably my biggest diet downfall. I like it so much I started to make homemade ice creams. They are hard to beat and you [...]

You say tomato, I say pomodoro… in this post we examine ways to get more tomatoes into your diet and some interesting facts about them. Pomodoro, or tomatoes are a key component of many [...]