Testimonials
Brock's 4th Birthday Party was a huge success. Using recipes and games from the "Let's Party! Additive Free" book. All parents were advised that the party was additive and gluten free (we had a mum and one of her 2 girls who can’t have gluten so I adjusted all the recipes to discard it too!) and I asked them to report back on their children's behaviour the next day. Every one, I mean every one, said their children had not misbehaved, had gone to bed at the usual time, were not "full of beans" instead all worn out from the egg and spoon, treasure hunt (to find sherbet hidden in the bushes) and playing on the park equipment. My boys were both great - they believed that they had loads of "treats" having cupcakes and muffins from the book and loved the chocolate birthday cake. The chicken balls were loved by adults and children alike (and I even did some balls without egg as we had a mum who can not have egg either!) The experience for me was all the more enjoyable especially as I had never made a cake from scratch! So thank you Mel - this book has saved our birthday insanity experienced at other parties and will come in useful for many, many more to come! I have recommended this book to all my friends with children!
Brigid
Crazy kids at your party from drinking red cordial? Here's how to have a
calm, quiet additive free party while still having fun in line with my philosophy of completely natural foods.
I met Melanie
Avery the author of Let’s Party! Additive Free at a talk I was giving.
Not long after, she sent me a draft of a book she was working on. The
minute I read it I told her that it was so important to get this book
out to the public and on March 23rd she launched her fabulous book.
Let’s
Party! Additive Free is a complete book for your child’s next party, it
is full of fun party recipes without the additives but with lots of
colour and definitely favourites for children. What I love about this
book is that it has a host of games old and new that the children and
yourself will enjoy at their next birthday party. Melanie’s book also
goes through all the additives that are usually in children’s party
foods and the hazard they pose to our children’s health. This is a must
for all mums who want the best for our future generation.
Cyndi O'Meara
Changing Habits, Changing Lives
I have just ordered another book, I have a good friend who would just love a copy! The book and website looks great! You must be very proud of yourself! It is so good just to find all the 'old' party games that we used to play at birthday parties. Congrats!
Fiona
Having recently switched to additive-free food for the whole family (prompted initially by my son's bad behaviour), with the help of Tanya Winfield (Additive-Free Pantry), "Let's Party - Additive-Free" was the perfect companion for planning party food for my kids' birthdays. The kids really enjoyed the food, and were much better behaved than I have seen them at other birthday parties. After going additive-free, I can't imagine ever going back to consuming additives again, especially after seeing such a significant change in my son. He is much more happy and relaxed nowadays. I had no idea additives were affecting him so much until we cut them out! "Let's Party - Additive-Free" is a must-read for every parent!
Iwa Brown
Hi Melanie, Your Newsletter and website look FANTASTIC. Congratulations for making a difference! Its easy to make a difference in our families lives, its a bigger thing to take it out into the community like you do. CONGRATULATIONS.
Julie
This was the bestest party ever!
Larissa age 8 years.
Hi, it’s just great to hear about your book - I subscribe to Hullabaloo and Cyndi O'Meara. I'm a semi retired naturopath who always has people needing something like this to improve their children’s lives and their own. Thanks so much - I have two grand children who would benefit so much also.
Lesley
The food was so yummy, the games were awesome, I had the best time.
Mackenzie age 8 years.
Congratulations on your book! It looks great, and your website is fantastic! I especially loved the recipe section – the chicken balls and butter kisses especially look great!
Naomi
I was amazed at how easy the suggestions in Lets Party ~ Additive Free allowed me to cater for my daughter’s last minute birthday party!
The shopping list made it simple to visit the supermarket & come away with treats that weren’t going to cause any adverse reactions and the cooking recipes were so quick & very tasty.
The kids were so well behaved that the party went on for an extra 2 hours!
I’m going to give a copy of this book to my children’s school & suggest that on party day’s they encourage children to bring foods from the shopping list.
Thank-you Melanie for this super guide to hosting happier & healthier kid’s birthday parties that are still FUN...for both kids & parents!
Rae
