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7 ways to make fish unyucky (and unsticky) for the family
Even though I grew up in a fish-catching house, the cooking side of fish freaked me out a bit in the early days too, but here are some things I’ve learned and I’d love to add more if you’d like to share in the comments.
The Fast Weeknights recipe rules
UnYucky Fast Weeknights Rules I wonder if, like me, you’ve learned to cynical about the big publishers with their 10 minute recipes for family dinners? Match-fit condition For a start, those recipes are typically developed in commercial kitchens with a team of people...
Mama Sally Reviews MamaBake’s Once-A-Week Cooking Plan
Review of Once-A-Week Cooking Plan "I’m not a Mum who hates cooking. In fact, I love it! But the reality of life with two kids and two full-time working parents means that any time I can save during the week is precious. My work also requires me to travel frequently,...
Lunch box recipe: Bacon & egg quiche
Bacon & Egg quiche is a hit dinner, perfect to bring to a picnic, park play date in the school holidays or serve cold for an easy dinner or lunch after a big day.This is a great one to make a double batch of and freeze for busier days. We've made this recipe with...
Ultimate Beginners Guide to Big Batch Cooking
So this is for you if you’re a busy mum and sick of thinking about, shopping for, prepping for and cooking dinners 7 nights a week - oh we hear you, sister! We’re sick of it too and that’s why we’re here - to ease your cooking burden! What is batch cooking?...
Child size portion distortion?
Statistically speaking, our kids are more likely to end up overweight than underweight. So, why do we get so obsessed with them eating everything on their plate at dinner? And are we setting them up to fail by not providing child size portions? I know it may seem...
Build a meals mindset
Of all the things we are inevitably going to get wrong as a parents, one high anxiety drama can be avoided or fixed by changing the way we think about eating with our children. We can drop our eating mindset and build a meals mindset instead. Here’s a typical thought...
Is my child eating enough?
We all worry from time to time whether our children are eating enough. We worry that without enough healthy food their physical development might be affected. We worry about the effect of hunger on their mood. We worry that by eating too little at meal times –...
Meal Planning Tips for Busy Mums
Well, needless to say, we LURVE meal planning here at MamaBake - anything to get us gals out of the kitchen, stat! We thought we'd put the question out there and share with you our latest meal planning tips for busy mums. We checked in with the mighty MamaBaker...
Ultimate Beginners Guide to Batch Cooking
So this is for you if you’re a busy mum and sick of thinking about, shopping for, prepping for and cooking dinners 7 nights a week - oh we hear you, sister! We’re sick of it too and that’s why we’re here - to ease your cooking burden! What is batch cooking?...
You fight, you lose
“Don’t eat it then,” says the Lazy Mom. And that’s totally ok… Seriously. The more you fight or plead to get those vegetables down, the harder it gets. Every time you argue or coax a child over food, they win. Every. Single. Time. Here’s how it works Bribery...
No-Cook Week: 5 meal planning hacks
*Photo by William on Unsplash Here at MamaBake we're ALL about creating free time for women. To think outside the box and find ways to spend LESS time in the kitchen, but still manage to put dinner on the table 7 nights a week. I don't know about you, but the 'idea'...
Have a No-Cook Week! Get together, batch cook and share
Are you looking for a way to have a no-cook week? Just some time off from cooking? You've landed in just the right place! We're going to show you have a group big batch cook session with your friends can give you heaps of time off cooking family dinners every...
3 Ways to Cook Once Eat All Week for Families
weekly meal planning for families As mums, we are endlessly, thinking about food, preparing food, shopping for food, making meals, more meals, meals, meals, meals, meals - stop! I'm DIZZY! Bake-Off With Friends Ah, back to MamaBake's roots! We have such fond memories...
How Cooking With Others Makes you Happier
At the heart of everything we do, and indeed what started this whole thing, is how much we value getting together with our friends and fellow mums to cook a weeks worth of meals - sharing that relentless daily burden of dinner that we all carry. There aren't many...
Basic Meal Planning for Beginners
Meal planning can save you time, money and ALOT of brain sauce. We love it because we don’t have to think about “What shall I make for dinner?” seven times a week. Having said that, there are different levels of meal planning! This level here is just about giving...
MamaBake’s BEST salad recipes
Summertime, and the living is easy.......well, so goes the song, but the reality is, dinner still needs making, even when the temperatures soar. Far from just bunging some iceburg lettuce and a few tomatoes in a bowl, these salads are filling enough for the evening...
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
I’m not obsessed with hidden vegetables, but that doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes hide them and see if anyone notices! If your family loves chocolate cakes, this version uses up in-season zucchinis and stays super moist with minimal oil because the zukes add a lot of...
The Eye (I) Spy Game in colours or letters
I spy with my little eye something the colour of… I Spy, or Eye Spy, ticks all the boxes of a great dinner game. Why? It adapts to any age group from toddlers to grandparents and yes, that includes smarty-pants tweens and untalkative teens too It’s a turn taking game...
The dinner brain freeze!
What’s for dinner, Mum? NO IDEA! We’ve all been there and failed to come up with anything more inspiring for dinner than spaghetti bol from a jar. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but lack of inspiration about family dinners is a big stress for most of us....
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