Kids Lunchbox Club - Caramel Choc-chip Dip

CARAMEL CHOC-CHIP DIP

In a small bowl or ramekin mix together:

1/4 cup tofutti cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon maple syrup
Stir until well combined and the sugar has dissolved into the cream cheese.
Gently stir in:
1 Tablespoon Sweet William Choc Chips

Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into another bowl/ramekin & add an equal amount of water. 
Slice an apple into thin slices.
Let them soak in the lemon mixture for 3-5 minutes.
This will stop them from turning brown.

Put both the apples and the dip into portable containers.

Day 11 - Wednesday

Breakfast was leftover zucchini bread.

Still quite tasty - I spread jam on it this morning.

It has definitely lost all its colour by the second day though!

Today's lunchbox:
Peach for crunch & sip, morning tea is pastry balls with strawberry jam. (I just cut strips of puff pastry and bake them for 20 mins - real treat for my little girl & she LOVES them!)
Lunch is gnoochi.

My usual Wednesday lunch of veggie sticks with dip. This weeks dip is mashed cannelinni beans with corn relish.

Day 3 - Fallback food

Wednesday's are my busy days. I drive into work - I work from home on other days.
This week it took me 3 hours to drive home!
I need quick and easy food, not only for dinner when I'm coming home late, but also for my rushed mornings.

A smoothie is so easy to make for breakfast & I can sip it while I'm getting files & other things ready.
This one is a berry green smoothie - I love the deep purple colour it comes out.
I blend blueberries, spinach, banana & blueberry juice. Very Tasty.

I like to take my own lunch to work as often as I can.
I usually make something simple that I can wizz up quickly in the morning.
This morning I make some dip & cut up some fresh veggies, served with strawberries & brazil nuts.
The dip is so easy - can of red kidney beans, mashed with a fork. Add 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder and a tablespoon salsa. Mix.

Making the dip

Today's lunchbox:
Strawberries for crunch & sip break.
Morning tea of banana muffin, and cinnamon roasted cashews.
Sandwich is mashed red kidney beans with tomato paste & corn.

So after my extremmmmmmmmmmmmely long drive home, we decided to have pizza! Who says you need to have cheese on pizza to make it tasty??!!??
The italian restaurant not far from us makes great pizzas. I always ask for a bit of extra sauce to make up for no cheese.
I was rather greedy & ate away without remembering to take a photo until it was nearly too late - proof it was so yummy!

Easy bean dip

This is a tasty & heathy dip. Serve with chopped vegies or pita bread. Also works well as a spread on a sandwich.


You'll need:
1 small tin baked beans (any flavour you like)
2 tablespoons tofutti better than cream cheese (best if left out of fridge for an hour or so to soften)
1 teaspoon cumin
1 shallot


Drain most of the liquid off the baked beans.
Put into a small mixing bowl with the tofutti.
Mash together, til beans no longer resemble their shape.
Add shallots and cumin.
Mix well.
Serve in a nice bowl & sprinkle with parsley (not like i have done for this photo ;-p)

This dip also carries well. I often make it for my daughter to take to school in a small container with baby corn & carrots.