Category Archives: Cooking

The best (and easiest) pizza base EVER!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Meegan

This weekend has been one of The Pizza. We have pizzas for dinner Saturday night, pizza for lunch today and backed it up with a side of garlic pizza with our spaghetti bolognaise for dinner! If you happen to follow … Continue reading →

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Vege Patties

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Meegan

My kids love patties. Of any kind. Tuna, turkey, beef or chicken. Even vegetable ones? Yep! To make these you basically find everything you want to get rid of in your crisper and either mash it or grate it up … Continue reading →

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Mexibake with Turkey Mince

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Meegan

This is a recipe I have modified from Planning with Kids, one that has excellent reviews from heaps of readers and their families. As per usual, I have tweaked it to suit our family. The basic method is the same, … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Nutella + Sea Salt Fudge

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Meegan

Marc was in need of something nice to take for a work lunch tomorrow… I needed such an excuse to make this fudge without me being the one who eats it all!! I used a recipe from Tasty Kitchen… (I … Continue reading →

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Slow Cooked Chicken & Sweet Potato Casserole

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Meegan

You all know I love my slow cooker… I hadn’t tried anything new in it lately and I’m sure it was feeling a little neglected… Enter the unusually cold Brisbane weather we are experiencing at the moment (who knew it … Continue reading →

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Pizza Scrolls

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Meegan

Today, the Clowns and I made pizza scrolls for their lunch… Super, super easy and something a bit nicer than their standard sandwich! Ingredients Puff pastry sheets Pizza sauce Ham Pineapple Feta Semi dried tomatoes Capsicum Mushrooms Grated cheese Method … Continue reading →

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Nutella Buttercream Icing

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Meegan

Last night I cheated and made a Green’s chocolate cake… I made it a little bit special by dolloping Nutella throughout the batter… Then once it was cooked I decided that plain old normal butter icing wasn’t going to cut … Continue reading →

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Stuff that’s happening at the Circus..

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Meegan

1. I got the recipe from here at Baking Bites. They are delicious. No. More than delicious. Oh, just go and make some real quick so you can try them for yourself. You may not be inclined to share them..! … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Tuna Casserole with a Meegan Tweaking

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Meegan

Last night, Marc was away for work. When this happens, Owen always asks if we could please have tuna for dinner, of the tinned variety. I’m not accustomed to feeding my kids fresh tuna. We aren’t millionaires, even if they … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Capsicums

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Meegan

I have never made any type of stuffed vegetable other than a potato before, and these lovely, perfectly shaped red capsicums caught my eye while browsing the fresh produce aisles at Aspley Hypermarket the other day… Calling out to be … Continue reading →

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