Baking with Kids ecookbook –

Your step-by-step roadmap to successfully baking with your kids without destroying your kitchen, losing your mind or baking soggy muffins.

Are you wanting to get your kids into the kitchen but you feel clueless about where to start (and quite frankly terrified that your kitchen and sanity will be demolished in the process)?

Maybe you’re thinking…

“where on earth do I begin?”

I’d love to ignite my little ones love of real food and home cooking BUT I feel so overwhelmed with HOW and WHAT to teach them! AND I’m scared silly we’ll end up rushing to the emergency room needing stitches!
I’d love to spend a blissful half hour in the kitchen with my child but I feel totally overwhelmed when I read through a recipe! What jobs can my child actually do? And how do I teach them? Is my child even old enough? Where do they stand? What knife do we use?

“I’ll lose my patience….for sure”

I’d love to bake blueberry muffins with my little one but every time we try to bake together – I lose my cool (#mumlife is hard enough!). Look, cooking with kids is messy, my kids don’t listen and I just don’t have the time!

“my child is SO fussy, they won’t even touch a carrot”

Of course, I’d love to say goodbye to my child’s fussy habits. Oh AND to streeeettttcccchhhhh the number of fruits and veggies they will actually touch and eat! But I’m afraid we’ll go to ALL the effort of baking something new (carrot cookies would be fab) BUT they won’t eat it! It’s so frustrating!

If you’re nodding along – Lovely, I get it! I’ve been there!

My name is Kayla and I’m the mum behind my lovely little lunch box.

I’ve baked with my kids since they were itty bitty babies so I understand how messy, frustrating and confusing it can be!

I’ve been blogging for 5 years and have published over 250 recipes (all cooked either FOR or WITH my kids).

Over the years, I have learnt a lot about cooking with kids.

And my magical powers are in the art of creating simple, step-by-step recipes that are delicious AND child-proof (read* one bowl recipes that you can’t get wrong).

I use lots of photographs to show you EXACTLY what to do at every stage of the recipe so you won’t get lost or feel overwhelmed BUT you WILL get a gorgeous batch of choc chip cookies out of the oven.

And in every recipe, I spell out each task your child CAN do and HOW to do it!

Here’s an example…

Now, just to be clear…baking with kids hasn’t always been perfect pictures and happy smiles…

There was that time…Harry dropped an entire carton of eggs on the kitchen floor…I couldn’t stop the ugly cry.
There was the time…the two kids ganged up on me and blew tornadoes of flour and cinnamon dust across the kitchen bench and into my face…fun times.
There was also the time…Grace insisted on learning to crack eggs, yet continued to EXPLODE them…have I mentioned how much I hate cleaning egg up #soslimy
And then there was the time…Grace and I wanted to bake my hubby his favourite sponge cake but the recipe was so complicated, high maintenance and intricate that we ended up with a deflated pancake instead…so sad and a total waste of ingredients, time AND sanity.

Every voice inside chanted to give up but I hung in there, determined.

I would teach my kids the most important life skill there is…to cook.

My father did it for me.

And now it’s my turn to pass the home cooking baton onto my kids.

Now, I cook and bake with my kids on the daily.

And my kids eat MORE real food from the farm and less crap from packets.

Mission accomplished!

I can make it happen for you too!

I’m here to help you avoid the mistakes I did, to show you what is child proof AND WORKS so you can spend more time having fun in the kitchen with your kids without all the STRESSING!

No ugly cry, wasted ingredients, lost patience and smashed eggs, I pinky promise!

So, here’s a lovely little taste of what’s gonna happen when you bake from our Baking with Kids ecookbook…

You’ll get into the kitchen with your child, bake those beautiful blueberry muffins you’ve been dreaming of and ACTUALLY have fun in the process (with your sanity still in one piece, hooraaaaaay!).
You’ll see your little ones face light up and beam with pride as they see the cookies they’ve baked emerge from the oven (cue the camera and snap a pic #makingmemories).
You’ll feel confident knowing EXACTLY what tasks your child will be doing, HOW you’ll teach them AND WHEN!
You’ll watch your child’s confidence grow as they learn to slice strawberries, crack eggs and grate carrot (yep, best feeling ever #proudparent).
You’ll see your child explore, discover and try types of fruit and vegetables that used to be on their ‘no way’ list (good bye fussy eating).
Your freezer will be CHOCKFULL of delicious baked goodies ready for play dates, lunch boxes and when life gets busy!
You’ll also have the comfort knowing you’re giving your child one of the VERY BEST life skills they need to live a life full of happiness and health (totes give yourself a big pat on the back).
You’ll have a repertoire of 79 ‘GO-TO’ recipes that are simple, child proof, with TONNES of pretty step-by-step pictures to show you what to do at every stage!