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Toddler meals & family food

Toddler meals & dinners that nourish. Whole foods that flourish.

Real lunch boxes, family dinners and cultural recipes from our kitchen table. Planned a week ahead, and happily swerved when the heart wants something else.

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A plate of bucatini stir fried with prawns, courgette, carrot and peppersLunch box with goldfish crackers, clementine, broccoli, cauliflower, red pepper and roast pork, with two mini flake sticks on the side
Micah's dinner 3 years old
  • Lunch boxes
  • Family dinners
  • Cultural recipes
  • Whole foods
  • The weekly food shop

Packed with love

Micah's lunch boxes

All lunch boxes
Lunch box with goldfish crackers, clementine, broccoli, cauliflower, red pepper and roast pork, with two mini flake sticks on the side
  • What's in the box
3 years old

Cheesy goldfish crackers and roast pork

Homemade cheesy goldfish crackers, which he devoured, with roast pork loin, broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers and a clementine.

Main
Roast pork loin
Veg
Broccoli, cauliflower and red peppers
Fruit
A clementine
Snack
10 homemade cheesy goldfish crackers
Treat
Two mini flake sticks, very well received
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What's for dinner

Family dinners

All dinners
  • A plate of bucatini stir fried with prawns, courgette, carrot and peppers
    • Stir fry
    • Happy accident

    Soy and sesame prawn noodles

    It was going to be a garlic, kale and prawn bucatini. Then I just needed something with soy and sesame on it, so the bucatini became fried noodles.

    Read the recipe
  • Lemongrass pork, Vietnamese sausage, fried egg, rice, pak choi and pickled carrot and daikon
    • Vietnamese
    • Midweek

    Lemongrass pork with Đồ chua

    A speedy midweek plate of lemongrass pork, Vietnamese sausage, fried egg, rice, pak choi and homemade pickles. Coriander depends on Micah's mood.

    Read the recipe
Lemongrass pork, Vietnamese sausage, fried egg, rice, pak choi and pickled carrot and daikon
From our table

Hello

Hello from our kitchen

I share what my son Micah actually eats: packed lunch boxes, quick midweek dinners and dishes from our heritage. I hope it gives other parents a few ideas for their own table.

  • Planned a week ahead

    And swerved whenever my heart wants something else.

  • Cultural recipes

    Dishes from our heritage, down to the homemade pickles.

  • Whole foods first

    With a little treat in the box, because that matters too.

Our kitchen

Products we cook with

The shortcuts, staples and snacks that turn up in our meals. If something is gifted or an affiliate link, we will always say so.

Everything we use

  • Weekly shop

    Our weekly food shop

    Ocado

    Where most of a week of toddler friendly family cooking comes from.

For brands

Make something a family would actually eat?

We cook with products we would buy anyway and show them in real, everyday meals.

Work with us

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  • A plate of bucatini stir fried with prawns, courgette, carrot and peppers
  • Lunch box with cauliflower, carrots, edamame and glazed meatballs, with a muffin on the side
  • Lemongrass pork, Vietnamese sausage, fried egg, rice, pak choi and pickled carrot and daikon
  • A bowl of tomato soup with pasta, beans and grated cheese, with toast and a toddler spoon
  • Lunch box with goldfish crackers, clementine, broccoli, cauliflower, red pepper and roast pork, with two mini flake sticks on the side
  • Lunch box with pork, broccoli, edamame, sweet potato, cheese and a clementine
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