BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

Don't you just love a cheat dinner? Especially one that can be repurposed into lunches! I must admit I haven't sen this for Miss M for a while. It seems every time I increase the recipe our appetite increases too ;-)

As with most dishes there are more ways than one to achieve the result. This batch was made by simply laying some drumsticks on a lightly sprayed, lined tray and brushing with plain old BBQ sauce.

Baked at 180 degrees for 40 minutes, turning half way. These were a little overdone, but I enjoyed the extra smoke in the flavour.










Another of my favourite techniques is to marinate in a freezer bag.

Simply toss in your ingredients - this time I added some powdered garlic, paprika, mixed herbs and worcestershire sauce.











You can cook tonight, or freeze for later. I find this a great one to batch up. One bag for today, another bag for later.










When you are ready, bake away! You can roast them like the previous batch, giving you the extra texture hit. . .

Or cover and bake in a dish. This method will give you a moister end result and preserve that lovely sauce. Perfect for drizzling over roasted vegetables or rice. Both of which are great accompaniments to this dish.

From dinner plate. . .

. . . to lunchbox.

A little frozen mac & cheese complete this lunch.

And some corn with extra sauce in the dip container for this one.

What's one of your favourite easy-meals?

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

March on Instagram

How are your school holidays treating you? I'm thoroughly enjoying the excuse to unplug and 'relax' a little. Speaking of, there's a game of Ponies & Dragons that's been waiting patiently to be played, so without further ado here's some of what you may have missed on Instagram last month. . .

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Home Made Easter Chocolates

I have many fond memories of moulding chocolates growing up and I thoroughly enjoyed making them with Miss M last year so we decided to do it all again this year!

I might need to invest in a bigger frypan or smaller ramekins so we can create even more colours next year!

Testing if the big ones are ready. . .

Woohoo! They are!

I actually really liked the rainbow eggs and am kicking myself I didn't get a photo of them cut open. All the more reason to make them again :-)

More colours.

Honey 'helping' clean up after.

I think my favourite were the pastel rainbow ones we made at the end of the session with all the left over bits of chocolate. Note to self, use the compound chocolate for this method - the real stuff didn't want to set in the fridge ;-p.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Last Easter Lunch (for this year)

This is the last lunch Miss M took to Prep for term one. Can you believe it's over already?

Her Yumbox has: yoghurt, Kiwi fruit carved like an Easter Egg, carrot bunny in lettuce, chocolate egg treat, round Vegemite sandwiches - tomb with the stone rolled away and a cross pick, and ham flowers.

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of your school holidays. I'm looking forward to some quiet down time with the girls. What do you have planned?


Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.