Are you looking for tips on having a more sustainable Christmas this year? Making your Christmas more sustainable is easy with all the advice and suggestions from the Queen of Sustainability in Ireland, Pat Kane from Reuzi.

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3 reasons why kids should be making their own school lunches

It’s nearly back to school time and with that, comes school lunch making! This may be the bane of every parents life but if you’re looking for the best school lunch box making tip - I have one - get your children to make their own lunches!

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3 Healthy and fun recipes for the kids at Halloween

Are you looking for simple but healthy recipes to make with the kids at Halloween?

There is so much junk food around at Halloween, it’s nice to find a way to get some fruit and veggies into the kids!

It’s all go here at Halloween HQ, getting our Halloween food list together. Here are our 3 favourite spooky recipes that you can make with the kids or they can make themselves this Halloween!

5 jobs for toddlers in the kitchen

You’d be amazed by how many jobs a toddler can do in the kitchen. All you need is a safe knife for toddlers (there are great ones on the market like the kiddies food kutter), a kitchen stool for them to stand on (the kitchen helper is the best!), Some time and lots of patience!

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The 4 best child-safe knives for toddlers

You want your toddler to help in the kitchen? And they want to help in the kitchen but you’re not sure - so much danger and mess? They want to cut but you’re terrified of the sharp knives hanging around your kitchen? So you’re using a blunt butter or plastic knife but they cut NOTHING. Everyone is getting frustrated!

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What kitchen utensils does my child need?

You want to get your child cooking but confused about what kitchen utensils to get them? What is the best first knife for my child? What knife should I get for my 8 year old? What about a safety knife?

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50 school lunchbox ideas!

Do you hate making the school lunches for your kids? Are you always looking for ways to make healthy school lunches? Are you wondering “what should go in a school lunch”?

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What should go in my kids school lunchbox?

The age old issue of what to put in your kids school lunchbox is upon us again with the end of the school holidays. Here are some of the comments I hear from parents:

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The best kitchen equipment for your child in the kitchen!

Is your child interested in cooking? Or are you interested in getting them involved in cooking?

Then you’ll be looking for some cool and safe equipment for them! Here’s our fav kids cooking utensils to get you started!

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10 Simple kitchen TASKS your child can do with a safe scissors

The Kiddies Safety Scissors is one of our best selling products. A child safe scissors is a perfect addition to not only your arts and crafts supplies but also to your kitchen!

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Learn to love vegetables with The Veggienauts Club!

Do you want your children to eat more veg? We all do right?! And that’s one of the reasons why I set up The Cool Food School!

I recently found a friend in Kate from the Veggienauts Club who has shared her advice on how to encourage our children to eat more veg. Read on …

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Fussy eating toddlers .. the whys...? Part 1 of a 2 part series.

Have you a toddler that won’t eat their veg? Or a toddler that ate everything one day and today - won’t eat anything? Are you always searching for food ideas for your fussy eater, hoping you’ll find the holy grail or healthy, acceptable toddler dinners?!? Are you fit to be tied..?!

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6 ways to make Make green food fun!

It’s almost time to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day when the whole world turns green!

And our national holiday is a great opportunity to promote eating green food - all those things you want your kids to eat like broccoli, lettuce and cucumber!

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Help is here ...for the endless snackers and always starving kids...

Midterm is almost upon us and with that comes the joy of having our little darlings at home for the week (unless you’ve been clever and got them booked into camps or creche!).Kids at home equals endless rounds of meals and snacks.

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Would you serve dessert at dinnertime to your kids?

Do you give your kids dessert at the same time as dinner?

Are you mad, I hear you say? Sure all they’d do is eat the dessert and leave the rest … Yes? Well, maybe not ..

I spoke to Ciara Attwell, from My Fussy Eater and creator of the fab Pick Plate (which is a best seller here) who does exactly this with her kids - serving dessert alongside the main course - on a pick plate of course!

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I have ways to make your child eat (and enjoy) their greens!

Have you a child who’s a fussy eater? Do they refuse to eat lettuce? Do they turn their nose up or even shriek if a piece of lettuce lands on their plate?

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Have a very merry sustainable Christmas!

With Christmas coming hot on the heels of Cop 26, our thoughts here at The Cool Food School HQ are all about how to make this festive season more sustainable and better for the environment.

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30 Quick, Filling After School Snacks - you can thank me later!

We’re all busy. The kids are busy again with after schools, homework etc. and we’re busy with work, housework, errands etc... So after school, we need quick, filling, healthy snacks for the kids.

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Easy Lunchbox Ideas for Back to School

If you’re anything like me, when the new term starts you’ll be organizing like crazy, determined to give your kids healthy, tasty meals for every day of school. But, after about a week, daily stress will kick back in, and it'll go back to the same old plain food. This time, it’s going to be different, and I’m going to make sure I give my kids great, easy, fun lunches every day.

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