Family Friendly Food Ideas

A very rainy Christmas 2020 at the Brindabella Homestead

Join me, Joanna Becker, at the Homestead on what has been a very rainy Christmas. https://youtu.be/G807UyNXrfE It's summer, and this summer, it's raining. It's been raining for 2 weeks almost, everything is green again, the water is flowing, the plants are all growing, and I don't even need to wash my own herbs or vegetables… Continue reading A very rainy Christmas 2020 at the Brindabella Homestead

Family Friendly Food Ideas

Dehydrating petals for home-made Hibiscus Herbal Tea

I love to indulge in a decadent organic Rosehip and Hibiscus Herbal Tea with honey, packed with vitamin C which is everything we are told to have when building strength and immunity and preventing allergies. And to keep my iron in the normal range, I take a daily dose of Floradix or Floravital, which I… Continue reading Dehydrating petals for home-made Hibiscus Herbal Tea

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Playing the Traffic Light Game + teaching your kids about Life Food vs. Labelled Food

We live in an awesome time, with a super-intelligent society and more resources and facilities than ever before. Our parents lived in times of massive industrial/commercial growth with new products and advances in advertising, packaging and marketing through technology. To our parents, new products on the supermarket shelves were a reason to be excited! Somewhere along the line, however,… Continue reading Playing the Traffic Light Game + teaching your kids about Life Food vs. Labelled Food

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That lady said my kids were wild and unruly!

This is what happened. I took my boys (4yo and 1yo) to the supermarket - very brave, I know. 4yo was superb, sitting in the trolley the whole time, rarely saying a word. 1yo was on foot, trotting backwards and forwards pointing his quirky little 1-finger point, waving, talking and charming. I grabbed them hot… Continue reading That lady said my kids were wild and unruly!

Family Friendly Food Ideas

Honey and Cinnamon Breakfast Donuts

This morning my DS woke up with a growing-boy hunger for... Donuts. At first I explained why donuts would not be a healthy breakfast but then I realised: we can make a healthy donut all by ourselves. So off to the kitchen we went to make donuts for breakfast. Involving DS in the preparing and… Continue reading Honey and Cinnamon Breakfast Donuts

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Snow Pea and Soy Udon

My DS (currently 3.5 years) and I have a fun ritual of cooking and eating together every lunchtime - and making a real activity out of it. There are so many learning benefits to this activity such as encouraging creativity, following instructions, sharing ideas, using teamwork, and asking for help. Emotionally, it provides togetherness and… Continue reading Snow Pea and Soy Udon

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When to act, wait, or ask for help – A QUIZ

This article is about a trick to handling many of life's hard situations. I learned today that in handling situations, there is a perfect balance that will help us live happy and fulfilling lives. There's an underlying rule of nature behind many of the situations we face - and it's the rule of thirds: For… Continue reading When to act, wait, or ask for help – A QUIZ

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Bread ‘n Banana Cups

Our 3yo DS was so impressed with his cooking idea yesterday I thought I'd share this one for other parents of young children. Very easy and fun for little hands, and a delicious hot morning tea for the family... especially in cold weather. You will need: - A lightly greased muffin tray (or silicon muffin/cupcake… Continue reading Bread ‘n Banana Cups