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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...

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Vegetarian 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...

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Pumpkin 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...

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Pumpkin 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...

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Slow 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...

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The 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?...

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Spring 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 …...

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Simple 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 …...

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Cooking 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...

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Cooking 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...

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Cooking 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...

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Easy 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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Gorgeous 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 -...

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Crab 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...

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Choc & 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...

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Pumpkin 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...

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Forager’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...

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How 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...

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Easy 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...

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Easy 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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