Jolene Sloam

I’ve been sharing easy recipes on this blog since 2011 and over that time I’ve moved through The GAPS Diet, The Keto Diet, a Vegetarian Diet and, most recently, The AIP Diet. On this blog you'll find easy to follow recipes with as few ingredients and steps as possible to create tasty final dishes.

Potato Perfection!

This dish simply is what the title says: Potato Perfection! I’m sharing the recipe partly to share the deliciousness with you and partly so I can refer back and make it again and again because my family went CRAZY for it!! I was inspired by a recipe I found in Claudia Roden’s book “The Food […]

Our Homeschooling Routine

As requested, in this post I’ll share Our Homeschooling Routine – happening right now. We’ve been homeschooling for a couple of months now and are settled into a happy routine. My boys (who are 3 and 5 years old) wake between 6am and 7am, they have free play and breakfast and we start our more […]

Weighing Ingredients – Cooking With Kids Activity

I’ve been homeschooling my 5 year old for about a month now and to be completely honest I’ve been struggling to find the time to blog as often as I used to. Well, it’s more like struggling to find the ENERGY, after a day full of activities, to sit in front of the computer and […]

Chocolate Coconut Granola Recipe

I tidied up my overflowing bookshelf of cookbooks the other day and came across a cookbook full of kids recipes. (It was this one if you’re interested!) I handed it to my 5 year old to page through and find something he’d like to cook together. He picked the granola recipe… I decided instead of […]

How To Pack Your Kids Lunch Boxes In 5 Minutes Flat

Mornings can be a real rush, can’t they?! In this post I’ll show you How To Pack Your Kids Lunch Boxes In 5 Minutes Flat. I have heaps of tricks I follow to get my Husband and youngest son out the door as quick as possible, while packing nourishing lunch boxes from scratch each morning. Get […]

Anzac Biscuits Recipe

Happy Australia Day! I usually commemorate Australia Day by making a classic Aussie recipe, this year it’s Anzac Biscuits – which are more commonly made to commemorate Anzac Day, but I just felt like making them over the weekend! (You can read more about the fascinating history of Anzac Biscuits HERE.) There are so many […]

BMI Charts Say My Children Are Obese & Why I’m Angry!

The other day I took my youngest for his 3.5 year old Maternal Health Visit, where they checked whether he’s meeting milestones for his age. Thankfully all is normal and he’s meeting his milestones – the only “problem” was that The BMI Charts say that he’s technically obese. This gets me angry for a number […]

Budget Meals Planning Guide Launch

It’s here!! You can now download your copy of the much anticipated eBook – Budget Meals Planning Guide – to help you feed your family nourishing, real food meals while sticking to a budget. Budget Meals Planning Guide – Tips, Strategies & Recipes to Plan, Source & Cook Real Food Meals On A Budget. Your […]

Our 2014 Lunch Box Routine

Today my 3 year old started Kindy – so it was our first official Lunch Box making day of 2014. So, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share Our 2014 Lunch Box Routine. This year my 3 year old will be going to Kindy 3 days a week so I’ll have 3 “formal” lunch […]

40+ Hot Weather Summer Meal Ideas (When you don’t want to cook!)

40+ Hot Weather Summer Meal Ideas (When you don’t want to cook!) A heat wave is predicted in Melbourne for next week and when it’s really, really hot I just don’t like to cook at all – I don’t like to add kitchen heat to my hot house! So, I’ve put together a collection of […]