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Family dinner planner: Week One
Essential Kids is doing the thinking for you with our weekly dinner planner. These are our dinner winners this week.

Not sandwiches again: three different lunchbox ideas
As a kid I used to hate sandwiches with a passion. If you want to mix up your lunch box repertoire why not try these fast and yummy ideas?

Kristy Komadina
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This very accurate kids' menu has parents around the world nodding
A reddit user posted a picture of The Deli at Mansion Park Pennsylvania's kids' selections - and they're so on point it's ridiculous.

British author's lunchbox notes to daughter an online sensation
A British author and illustrator is gaining worldwide fame for what he puts in his daughter's lunchbox.

My daughter's lunchbox is the source of my secret shame
Last night, I cut turkey into the shape of a cat. I rolled salami and tortillas into pinwheels and secured them with toothpicks. I packed it all in a $60 lunchbox.

10 springtime family meals to shake off that winter vibe
The first thing we always want to do when spring arrives, is to shake off that winter vibe. Soups, stews and casseroles can go away right now and we'll welcome them back again next year when the cool weather hits.

Arnott's to revert back to the original Pizza Shapes recipe after uproar
There was uproar all around Australia in April, when Arnott's changed the recipe of long-time favourite Aussie snack, Arnott's Pizza Shapes.

How to pick the fastest checkout line
Doesn't matter where you go, you always end up in the slowest line? This one's for you.

A Golden Gaytime made love to a Cornetto and gave us heaven in a cone
Jesse James McElroy – the man who successfully campaigned for ice cream tubs of Golden Gaytimes –has done it again.

Lunch box shortcuts that will make your life easier
When my own child was small, I used to roll my eyes at all those parent-magazine lunchbox tips. "All kids love dipping things! Send them to school with vegetables and a little container of ranch dressing!" Oh, really? My kid hated any form of dip - especially ranch dressing.

Elsa Pataky puts call out on Instagram for healthy lunch box inspo for kids
The Hemsworth kids' lunch boxes might be giving us serious food envy – but mum, Elsa Pataky says she's in need of inspiration. And haven't we all been there.

Dad of daughter with food allergies creates incredible toast art
A British father is making breakfast time just a little more fun for his daughter – who has severe food allergies – by creating incredible toast sculptures out of just two slices of bread.

Viennetta on a stick is coming Down Under
Ice cream lovers of Oz have spoken and Streets Australia has delivered: Viennetta on a stick is coming down under.
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