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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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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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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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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I was delighted and honoured (and a little overwhelmed tbh!) to be named among 50 Heroines of the Irish Food and Drink Scene in the Irish Times on Saturday!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are you looking for lunchbox ideas for the kids going back to school?
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School’s out for summer so you're either delighted or hiding out in the laundry room! Either way, the kids are home now and you have to become a snack queen for the next eight weeks or so. Would you like 30 easy, quick, healthy snack ideas? You would - great, read on …
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Are you looking for the perfect gift for the child in your life, be they age 2 years old, 5 years or older. We have lovely gifts here for children of all ages, either birthday presents or thinking of you gifts…
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I’m all about making food fun for kids these days because it helps fussy or picky eaters break down their fear of new foods (neophobia), it encourages children to be adventurous with their diet and it creates a whole new environment around food.
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Sugar is a contentious topic! Particularly when it comes to sugar and kids. In this blog, I’ll share five things that, as a dietitian, I’d love you to know about the different types of sugar and how to manage it whilst not being afraid of it!
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I’ll be spending this month encouraging my children to get out into the garden and help me with my new food growing endeavours. I’m a novice gardener with barely a perennial or a flowering shrub to my name. I love nature and appreciate the beauty of other people’s gardens but I’ve never been able to fully commit to my own.
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Home schooling? Working from home? Self isolating? Whatever you find yourself doing during these heady days of 2021, it most likely involves eating lunch at home - because we can’t go anywhere….
I’ve come up with 50 quick and easy lunch ideas for that most challenging meal of the day and no, they’re not all sandwiches!
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Have you got a child that’s a picky eater? They’ll will eat carrots and roast chicken but turn their nose up at broccoli and salmon? Or will eat salmon but refuse to touch potatoes? Or will only eat white bread….. Then your child may suffer from neophobia - along with 50-75% of children aged under 6 years old.
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I’m not in the least bit sad to see the back of October. The first of November is the day we were finally allowed back out after 3 weeks of quarantining.
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