Filling Tummies with Tasty Scrolls

Well my first weeks of working extra days (now 3 days per week) have gone off quite well. I am really enjoying getting back into teaching in a greater capacity and the boys are loving their new family day carer. Our boys were very unhappy at the large child care centre and I am so happy that we have now changed to family day care (and found two amazing and enthusiastic carers). The pace of our lives has definitely picked up but we are all enjoying the changes so far. I was a little concerned how I would keep up with the lunch box cooking (you know how I like to cook everything from scratch :-)) but big cook-ups late on Sunday afternoon have certainly taken the pressure off. With my trusty thermomix and a wonderful Hubby who washes up after me, my big cook-up is a breeze.

Cookies, slices, muffins, fruit buns, rolls and scrolls are featuring heavily on the lunch box menu at our house. I wrap and freeze the muffins, scrolls, buttered fruit buns and rolls so they are ready to pop straight our lunch boxes. When combined with easy snacks such as crackers and sliced cheese, fresh popcorn, nuts, dried fruit, yoghurt and fresh fruit, filling our lunch boxes is very easy. I do of course have two non-working days during the week but they are largely filled with swimming lessons, appointments, house work, planning and preparation for school and generally just hanging out with my boys.

One of my boys favourite lunches is scrolls. Do your family like scrolls for lunch? Our favourites include:


Custard and Almond Scrolls

Find Cookies yummy recipe here.


Ham and Cheese Scrolls

I make these using a batch of EDC pizza dough. After leaving the dough to rise for 30 minutes I then roll it out into a large rectangle and spread it with homemade tomato sauce (recipe in the My Way of Cooking TM book). I sprinkle it with chopped ham and grated cheese (and sometimes pineapple)and roll it up. I then the log into approximately 12 slices and place them on a tray (cut side up) and cook them for approximately 15 minutes at 180 degrees fan forced.


Cheesymite Scrolls

Follow the directions above but spread with vegemite and sprinkle with grated cheese before rolling up and slicing. Yum!