Yes, it’s that time of year again and I’ve dispatched the eldest two children back to school today. The other four will remain at home until Thursday so I’m easing myself back into the lunch-making. I’ve yet to meet a parent who doesn’t despair at this chore and last year I put together ‘School Lunches – [...]
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School Lunches
Posted in School Lunches, tagged School Lunches on August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Bacon, Cheese & Chutney Quesadilla
Posted in School Lunches, Uncategorized, What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Quesadilla on August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ranking up there with omelettes, quesadillas are, in my opinion the perfect standby. Breakfast, lunch, dinner or as a snack, quesadillas can be anything you want them to be. This particular version is one that I’ve been having for brunch lately. Having made a batch of Blackberry & Apple Chutney I’ve been using it on everything and decided [...]
Packed Lunch Inspiration
Posted in School Lunches, tagged Packed Lunch Ideas on September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So what’s inspiring me to write about packed lunches (again)? There are three reasons: Firstly, ‘Ummera’s’ recent success in the U.K. (Three Star Gold in The Great Taste Awards) has reminded me that I had tucked away a sandwich menu from ‘Urru Culinary Store’ in Bandon, Co. Cork which reads like a 5 star menu (on [...]
Pitta Pizzas
Posted in School Lunches, tagged Pitta Pizzas, School Lunches on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Still on the topic of school lunches today I’m sharing a standby that goes down particularly well with my boys. Pitta pizzas. Great served hot at home for lunch or an anytime snack but equally good cold in the school lunch box. The nice thing about pizzas is that you get to choose the toppings you like and for [...]
School Lunches – The definitive guide
Posted in School Lunches, tagged Packed Lunch Ideas, School Lunches, School Lunches Ireland on August 19, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The one thing more annoying than making school lunches is to have said school lunch make its way home again uneaten. Introduction / Reality Check The best case scenario will be that the child makes their own lunch but in my experience (10th year X 6 school lunches) this seldom happens. When I started to [...]

