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A white bowl with beff, potato, onion in a curry sauce and garnished with coriander.

Massaman Curry

Shared at a recent IDEAS staff luncheon, this slow cooker Massaman Curry was a favourite.

A table set with a pie dish, cutlery, crockery and a nutmeg, bayleaf and peppercorns. The pie is golden with vegetables showing through some slits, it is garnished with herbs such as thyme.

Chicken Pie

When the cupboard is empty, it's been a long day, and I need a quick meal with an easy shopping list, this Chicken Pie is my go-to.

A blue bowl with a brown edge sits on a timber table. Beside it is a spoon. In the bowl is broth, celery, chicken, carrot and onion. A bowl of Chicken soup.

Easy Chicken Soup

Satisfying and soothing, chicken soup is always a useful recipe in your collection. Fighting colds, feeling unwell, or just for comfort, chicken soup is the es…

A top down photo of a bowl of curry, with sweet potato, carrot, cauliflower, peas and beans.

Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry

Slow cookers aren’t limited to cool weather. They save you time and energy standing over a hot stove in the heat of summer or when autumn days are still warm…

A slice of pale yellow pie dusted with white icing sugar and with lime zest on top.

Easy as Pie

Actually known as “Impossible Pie”, this recipe is easy to make. The name came about because a runny mixture goes into the cake pan, and a 3 layered “pie” come…

Cookies and a glass of milk laid on a cooling tray.

5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe is my favourite sweet treat to prepare for a movie night because it is easy and goes well with salty popcorn! It only has 5 ingredients, it is glut…

A bluberry muffin drizzled with white icing and two strawberries, all on a plate.

Blueberry Muffins

This recipe was originally my Aunt's "visitor cake", the recipe you have on hand when you are expecting visitors and need to make something quickly and easily…

A wooden tray with multicoloured rice within. A childs hand is playing in the tray. There are toys and tools around the tray.

A recipe for sensory play

This recipe is not to eat, it's to play with! Sensory play can be calming and often has the benefit of helping fine motor, and hand-eye coordination skills dep…

Two chia puddings, one with mango smoothie and mint, the other with berry smoothie and blueberry.

Chia Breakfast or Pudding

When breakfast can be a dessert, that has to be a great recipe, right? Make this the night before for a ready-made breakfast. If you need breakfast on the go…

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