Bunchland

Kid-friendly, camp-inspired long weekend eats and treats

Cook up the flavours of summer with your kids and you can have a barbeque-quality feast wherever this weekend takes you. If you’re staying in the city, don’t worry — you don’t even need a barbecue for these recipes. Here are some fun and easy ideas for long weekend grazing:

1. Avocado mango salsa

This creamy and sweet salsa is so versatile it can be used as a topping for grilled fish, burgers, or tacos. Or shovel it into your mouth with corn chips. Summer just ain’t summer without a fresh salsa.  Read more...

• ½ cup diced mango
• 1 avocado, diced
• 1 red onion, finely diced
• 1 Tbsp cilantro, finely chopped (you can omit if this makes your kids squirm)
• 1 Tbsp lime juice
• Salt and pepper to taste

Cookie mogul Eden Hertzog shares recipes she enjoys with her family

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but just in case I haven’t – I find lunch difficult. Yes, of all challenges I face on a day-to-day basis, lunch is the one that keeps me up at night. I find breakfast a breeze: always a smoothie, and then either yogurt & granola or toast with almond butter. Oh, and coffee. Coffee, I love you so much.

Then there’s dinner. Again, pretty straightforward: protein, starch, vegetable etc… But lunch, lunch is this overlooked, forgotten meal because it’s right smack in the middle of the day and often I am out and about or have my head in some work. Lunch becomes a sandwich or a handful of this or that, but nothing quite substantial or healthy enough. And for someone like me, who works in a cookie factory, this means that I eat cookies. Lots of cookies. A lunch-sized amount of cookies. Bad news.  Read more...