Lunchbox & picnic food
If your child has a packed lunch at school, it doesn’t mean they have to have sandwiches every day. Likewise for a good picnic, there is plenty of delicious food that can be prepared fresh at home, and not come packaged, straight from a supermarket fridge. If you have any lunch box or picnic ideas of your own, we’d love to hear them. Post your recipe here.
Popular with adults and children a like – and a healthy alternative snack option (with carrots and cucumber etc)
1 can chickpeas
1 large garlic ... more
Sugar and butter free – from Abel and Cole
1 egg
200ml natural yogurt
1 orange (juice and zest)
250g Wholemeal flour
2tsp baking powder
1/2 ... more
Makes 12 regular or 24 mini muffins
200g broccoli (1 small – med head)
1 1/2 cups plain yoghurt (360 ml)
1/4 cup oil (olive or corn or your cho... more
8oz Banana
3oz Raisins
4oz Flour
2oz butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp mixed spice
Rub in the butter & flour and spice. Add raisins. Whisk egg and mash in ... more
2 large carrots peeled and grated
half a small white cabbage finely sliced
1/4 of a small red cabbage finely sliced
half a lemon
1 tbspn olive oil... more