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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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5 recipes for Meat Free Monday
Go meat free this Monday with these five delicious family recipes.

Why we can't stop feasting on time-lapse cooking videos
We've been feasting on them for months - 30-second snippets of pot roast caramelising in a slow cooker, cheddar oozing out of a grilled cheese made with waffles.

16 easy soup recipes for your family
Keep warm and cozy with these easy soup recipes.

Christine McConnell's creepy cakes
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Mother tricks her children into eating fruit and vegetables by turning their food into works of art
Sarah Gonzalez is a mother of six and was finding it hard to get all of them to eat their fruit and vegetables.

School kids comfort friend with supportive lunchbox notes after her dad died
After Amelie's dad died, her friends cheered her up with a series of thoughtful lunch box notes.

SPC recalls potentially explosive tomatoes
A popular brand of tinned tomatoes has been pulled from supermarket shelves because they could explode while being opened.

Meat-free Monday: three ways with beans
With winter closing in on us, comfort food is back on the menu. Beans are a great way to give your family the comfort food they are carving while still taking care of their nutrition.
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