Gingerbread Men Recipe – Baking with Kids
Oooh now I do love a good Gingerbread Man! And Baking with Kids at Christmas, always involves Gingerbread Men for us! I have been baking this Gingerbread Men recipe for well over 8 years – well before...
View ArticleVegetarian Lasagna with Red Lentils
In my quest to diversify the food my children eat, I decided to have a go at Red Lentil Lasagne (btw, I can never decide whether to write Lasagne or Lasagna … I think both are acceptable!). Red Lentils...
View ArticlePumpkin Soup Recipe
This is the scrummy yummy pumpkin soup recipe that we made on our Halloween Family Day. It was delicious and a great way to use the pumpkin “whole”. Whilst The Uncle carved, Daddy made soup – the...
View ArticlePumpkin Risotto Recipe
Another great pumpkin recipe is this pumpkin risotto recipe. It is light and tasty and another great recipe for those colder winter evenings. Very filling too. We made this as part of our “grand...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Recipes
Slow cooking has been de rigueur amongst the UK Blogging Community for at least 2 years now. It is the saviour of busy mums, especially working mums amongst us, but is also hailed the cooker of good...
View ArticleThe ASK ITALIAN Cookbook
Firstly off, before I say anything, this cook book supports the Great Ormond Street Charity, so in my eyes, you can “already” not go wrong with this one. That aside… what do I think of this cook book?...
View ArticleSpring Cookies
It is very grey and dreary were we are right now – so we decided to bake some Spring Cookies to cheer ourselves up a little. Ok, so these would be great Easter Cookies too, or lovely for a flower …...
View ArticleSimple Family Meals: Lemon Chicken
I am sure, that I am not the only that regularly thinks “what shall I cook tonight?” – I need a simple family meal and it needs to be tasty and nutritious! So a number of bloggers came together to …...
View ArticleCooking With Kids: Haddock Chowder
I am very keen to bring my kids up knowing the basics of cooking! In the UK, celebrity chef Delia Smith sold millions of cook books on “how to boil an egg” – ridiculous, isn’t it? Our generation of...
View ArticleCooking with Kids: Back to Basics
A quick post for our “Cooking With Kids” series. As you may know, I do like to share “proper” recipes of things that we have cook together. The operative word being “together”, as needless to say, my...
View ArticleCooking with Kids: Mild Fish Curry
I share a very simple and very tastey mild fish curry recipe that you can involve the kids in when cooking. For me cooking with kids, is all about “normal meals” and getting the children to help where...
View ArticleEasy Lemon Marmalade Recipe
We made the easiest lemon marmalade recipe imaginable whilst on holiday in Austria. We had beautiful fresh lemons from Sicily and couldn’t resist making the marmalade. Normally, I am not a great fan of...
View ArticleGorgeous Cook Books for the Family
Whilst at Britmums Live, I was given two FABULOUS Cook Books for all the family: Step by Step Vegetarian Food and Mama’s Italian Family Cook book, both by Parragon Books. Step by Step Vegetarian Food -...
View ArticleCrab Apple Jelly Recipe
So… our foraging continues. We love collecting things from nature and mkaing the most of it. So when I spotted some crab apples in my son’s school grounds, I got permission from the head mistress to...
View ArticleChoc & Raspberry Muffins
Sorry! No photo this time. What a shame too, as the muffins did look rather scrummy, if I say so myself – even if the icing was a bit runny! No photos as they ALL got scoffed before I remembered to...
View ArticlePumpkin Soup Recipe
This is the scrummy yummy pumpkin soup recipe that we made on our Halloween Family Day. It was delicious and a great way to use the pumpkin “whole”. Whilst The Uncle carved, Daddy made soup – the...
View ArticleForager’s Cake (or an Easy Peasy Basic Cake Recipe)
After our foraging with kids this week, we now have lots of plums and blackberries. I put the blackberries in the freezer for some tasty recipes to come. The plums are still a tiny bit unripe – we will...
View ArticleHow to use Air Fryer & Easy Air Fryer Recipes
There’s been a lot of buzz about the new air fryer that came out recently. I’ve had a lot of requests for recipes and I’m trying out my own new air fryer, so I’ve put together a post full of...
View ArticleEasy Spiralizer Recipes
Our week of healthy eating continues as we look at these Easy Spiralizer Recipes. Earlier in the week we shared Easy Air Fryer Recipes.. today it is about the fabulous Spiralizers. Do you own a...
View ArticleEasy Lemon Marmalade Recipe
We made the easiest lemon marmalade recipe imaginable whilst on holiday in Austria. We had beautiful fresh lemons from Sicily and couldn’t resist making the marmalade. Normally, I am not a great fan of...
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