Hello!

And just like that… two weeks of school holidays are here.

Which means no lunchboxes for a fortnight - hooray!

Now... firstly - Have they cleaned out their lunchboxes? You don't want to be finding them in a fortnight hidden in their bags.

School holidays also means approximately 37 requests for snacks before midday.

So rather than sending you a big list of recipes this morning, I've got two easy ideas to keep up your sleeve this week. One for when the kids want something to do, and one for when everyone suddenly needs lunch RIGHT NOW.

🫐 For a “what can we do?” afternoon: Blueberry Scrolls

If you've got kids who like getting into the kitchen, these are a good little holiday project.

The dough is made with just wholemeal flour and yoghurt, then rolled up with blueberries and cream cheese. Four ingredients in total, no added sugar, and plenty of jobs for little hands.

Fair warning: the blueberries can get messy.

But hey, it's the school holidays.

👉 Make the Blueberry Scrolls​

🍕 For an easy holiday lunch: Pizza Sliders

Small rolls + pizza-ish fillings + melted cheese.

These are fun, easy and very adaptable - put a few filling options out and let the kids build their own.

Lunch becomes an activity. I'm calling that a win.

👉 Make the Pizza Sliders​

🥛 For the “I’m hungry!” moment: Frozen Yoghurt Bark

This is a fun one to make with the kids, and it takes very little effort from you.

Spread yoghurt onto a tray, add your toppings, then pop it into the freezer. Once frozen, break it into pieces and you've got a cool little snack ready for the next round of “I'm hungry”.

Let the kids choose and sprinkle their own toppings and that's another school-holiday activity ticked off too.

👉 Make the Frozen Yoghurt Bark​

And one last thing...

You don't need to spend the school holidays making homemade snacks.

Fruit. Crackers. Toast. Yoghurt. A bowl of cereal at 3pm because apparently lunch never happened.

All perfectly fine.

But when you do feel like getting into the kitchen with the kids, I've got plenty of ideas waiting for you.

Enjoy the slower mornings - and good luck with the snack requests!

Stacey