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Makes 6 patties 3 cups pumpkin, grated 1 egg 1/3 cup buckwheat flour (or flour of your choice) 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp sweet paprika 100g / 3.5oz feta, crumbled In a large bowl, using your hands, squish together the grated pumpkin, egg, flour, salt and paprika until well combined...

Ingredients: 1 ⅔ cups (250g) Lighthouse Pasta Tipo “00” Plain Flour Pinch of salt 1 tbsp olive oil 2 eggs 3 egg yolks Method: Combine the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl or on a clean chopping board or bench top. Make a well in the centre. Place...

PNB + MUNG BEAN SPROUTS + HONEY Start with a thick layer of peanut butter. (It can be smooth or crunchy, salted or unsalted—whatever!) Add a handful of mung bean sprouts and then drizzle with honey. Don’t drown it—just enough to give it a little sweetness. HERBY GUACAMOLE WITH GRATED...

The only problem with this recipe is you will want to eat the entire thing in one sitting. With that in mind, maybe double it.

Allergy-friendly cake doesnt have to be tasteless or boring and this recipe proves it. Consider it the perfect recipe for when you might need a gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free school birthday cake that still tastes ace. WHAT YOU NEED For the allergy-friendly cake: ¾ cup chickpea flour, also called besan flour...

Back to basics with butter, sugar and flour for these apple beauties.

Super easy Friday arvo treats in a cup!

Wednesday night is usually our pizza night. The bases vary – rarely would we make the dough (Never enough time! Too much effort!) That was until this recipe came along. It’s quick to make and you only have to wait 20mins for the dough to rise.

These beauties are full of the good stuff, take 20 mins to bake and last a week in the fridge. That’s the lunchbox treat for next week sorted. Makes 12 muesli bars.

Super healthy, CHEAP, delicious and easy, Dhal is a winner when you’re looking for a little winter warmth but you’re out of dinner ideas.

These balls are the easiest, simplest lunch box treats. They take about 15 minutes to make, store beautifully in the fridge and double as an awesome travel snack too.  And if your kid’s allergic to almonds, you can use sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, macadamias, cashews or walnuts as replacements.

This cake has the most simplest ingredients, even when they're all mixed together you can still taste each one of them. It is best enjoyed with a cuppa and a friend, or as a treat when visiting your fam this Easter, or taken to a music festival, which is what I...

Eleanor Ozich shares her knowledge of edible flowers plus a yummy vanilla shortbread recipe.

We're entering the last week of the school holidays! I don't know about you, but I have run out of activities, food and energy. The only things left in the pantry are things I bought for some recipe I might try one day and never got round to.

This recipe is super flexible. You can make one with whatever summery berries you have in the kitchen. You can also swap the slivered almonds for any nut you have in the pantry – pistachios are a winner. Serve it hot, straight from the oven, but room temperature is best....

This recipe, from my nonna, is vedura (meaning any green vegetable) stewed in tomato passata. She would serve it with potatoes, stale bread, or pasta.

As the weather gets cooler on the other side of the world, our friends at Kid & Coe asked us for a recipe to warm their bellies. The seasons have finally started to turn (where we live it can take a while, it snowed one Christmas), the freezing cold winter...

Imagine if someone said to you, "hey, bread is a vegetable and you can eat it for every meal", wouldn't that be the greatest news of your life? It would be in my top 10 for sure. But it isn't. But sweet potato IS a vegetable AND you can make...

So, it's official, we're now in our second year of Lunch Lady. With us launching issue four and FINALLY waving goodbye to issue five, we see the second summer Lunch Lady complete. And while we manically finished pages and moved stuff around to make it the most perfect issue it...

This week's bestie is one of my GIANT lady crushes. She's so clever, inspiring and a giant spunk. I love watching everything Tai gets up to, ever since she bought a coffee at my cafe 11 years ago. Thanks for sharing with us Tai (check out her AMAZING kid's books,...

Happy Wednesday lunch ladies and lunch fellas. I hope you're all getting that sneaky hint of spring in your life, like I have here. Today's Lunch Lady Bestie is the ace Yumi Stynes. She's the lady who had my music obsessed 20 something dream job. She works on telly, runs...

Hey Lunch Ladies! We have a brand spanking new weekly feature on our webby for you all. Each week we'll meet a fellow lunch lady / fella and see what they've been up to lately. They'll also share their go-to recipe, which will hopefully inspire us all to branch out...

"Our life is just so great at the moment, no real stresses or worries." As soon as the words spilled from my lips I knew I should have left them as a quiet and unspoken thought. I'm aware it's silly to blame the words on unfortunate things happening, but here...

For those of us who are lucky enough to have a job which allows us to juggle hanging with our kids and working, we’re currently in school holiday juggle town. Recently, I was told to just surrender to it. But I find surrendering really bloody tough. I like to think...