Lunch box ideas

I have heaps of recipes here on my blog suitable for a packed lunch! with a little planning organising leftovers of chicken drumsticks and meatballs from the family meals can be included and reduce preparation time. Nori rolls and sushi rolls take no longer to make than a sandwich if you have the ingredients pre prepared and pizzas, homemade pasties, quiches, muffins etc can be made frozen and ready to de frost and quickly pack.

Main

Sandwich or wrap with jam,  vegemite, jam and cheese, vegemite and cheese, ham and cheese, salad, pesto chicken, egg, curried egg, tuna and mayo

Nori Rolls with vegies such as carrot, cucmber, capsicum with mayo and chicken, salmon or tuna

Rice paper rolls with shredded veggies; cucmber, carrot capsicum with chicken or tuna

Soup in the thermos(maggies current favourite I have made minestrone for tomorrow)  pumpkin,  tomato or cream of vegetable

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Salads such as  Potato , noodle salad, pasta or rice salads

saladas and corn thin crackers are always in the cupboard at my place for the end of the week!

Scrolls, vegiemite and cheese or pizza herb and cheese

Cold pizzas, homemade pasties and sausage rolls
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cold Quiches, Egg and bacon pies, spinach pies, cold chicken drumsticks, cold meatballs (beef, pork or chicken) Bolied eggs

Snacks and healthier option treats; Boiled egg, vegetable sticks sometimes with dips, hummous parsley, roast pumpkin, fresh fruit, banana cake, carrot cake, muffins cheese and biscuits homemade muesli bars, fruit leathers, savoury muffins, sweet and savoury scones yogurt custartd fruit jelly

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https://eloiseemmett.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/savoury-corn-and-bacon-muffins/

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https://eloiseemmett.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/apple-crumble-slice/

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Maggie and Stephanies cooking Tutorial- Pasta making

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I have just uploaded the first of a few cooking tutorials for pasta making to go alongside my cookbook, The Real Food for kids cookbook. I know I learn things heaps easier by watching rather than reading instructions! Being my first the filming is dodgy and the editing worse so be kind! and the directions got a little lost when I had had enough and just put most of it in fast forward… sorry. But the girls are cute!!

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Pasta Making

100 grams flour to 1 egg
step one Mix well
step 2 Knead
step 3 Knead through the pasta maker by folding in thirds and rolling through the largest opening (you can skip this kneading if you have made the dough in the thermomix or mixer), flouring lightly in between each roll
step 4 roll out from the largest opening until the smallest, my machine is 0 and I stop at 6 for fettuchini and lasagne sheets