Tag Archives: lunchbox

Mini Fork: Vanilla and Maple Crunchy Pumpkin Seeds

This half term, Mini Fork has been all about savoury foods, like Pesto and Baked Beans, so being halfway through the holiday I think we should add something sweet and munchy to crunch as you watch an afternoon movie, read your favourite book, or picnic with, as you hide in your fortress made of bed […]

Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas (or Garbanzo beans for my US subscribers)

I am slightly obsessed with salty snacks, they were my end-of-the-school-day food as a child, and I continued to find comfort in them long after I left formal education.  These foods aren’t as a general rule, healthy, and as such they have become relegated to occasional treat foods.  It is was, however, Saturday, and I […]

No whey! Dairy free shortbread, four ingredient recipe

Scotland has been in the news a lot the last few weeks, Someone on Twitter made me giggle by commenting that they were getting their fill of Irn Bru and Scotch Eggs before they were moved to the foreign foods aisle. However Scotland are still with us, as part of Great Britain and subsequently I […]

Popcorn…Back to school lunchbox essential!

It’s September, leaves start turning golden, thoughts turn to the start of school, new pencils, uniforms bought too big, and inevitably also lunch box options, that your kids will eat and the school won’t feel the need to police for fear of you sending them in with a Tupperware full of hydrogenated fats and as […]