Easy and delicious roasted carrots
Getting my kids to eat vegetables can sometimes be a challenge but this recipe for roasted carrots that I basically created one day when I had a glut of carrots I needed to use is a firm family favorite, easy to make and works well with all sorts of meals as a side dish or […]
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Non-chocolate Easter treats for Mum
This is a review post with some Non-chocolate Easter treats we were kindly asked to share about* Easter is approaching and usually everyone scrambles for chocolate but we have some ideas that are non-chocolate Easter treats that might give you a bit of inspiration. There is nothing wrong with some chocolate, but sometimes it’s nice […]
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Meal Plan Monday – Settling into Lockdown Life.
Meal Plan Monday. Looking at my week, and making sure the cries of “I’m hungry” don’t happen too often, but we all know that children are always hungry aren’t they? Feeding my food allergy and food choices family with a mix of cooking from scratch and sometimes throwing a ready-made meal their way. We shop […]
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Lockdown is hard but we carry on.
In the UK, as in many other parts of the world, we are living in lockdown. This means that we are as my kids put it “stuck at home“. Life as we know it has changed dramatically as coronavirus rampages around the world. I had never dreamed that we would face something like this. I […]
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Puzzles – a family affair keeping us busy
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent a puzzle to review* Something not well known about me is that I love puzzles. Proper, old fashioned, sit down and concentrate, or do a little bit then come back later, type puzzles. Puzzles are good for the mind, and I find sitting down to concentrate […]
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26/03/2020 – Coronavirus & Life as we now know it.
Unless you live somewhere were Coronavirus hasn’t landed (and I am not sure, but I think there are a handful of countries who haven’t faced it yet) then like us you may be adapting to a new and what seems like strange life as we watch and wait to see what happens. Life will go […]
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Learning a new skill – knitting isn’t as hard as it looks.
Knitting is a favourite hobby of mine. I find it cathartic and calming, and it’s always good to have a hobby that ends with something you have made. I love to knit little items for friends and recently I have branched out to knitting items in chunkier wool with bigger needles. I know people will […]
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Homemade gluten-free vegan gingerbread cookies
My kids and the husband love gingerbread cookies, but I find it hard to get any commercially that are allergy-friendly. So I cobbled together a recipe that works to make at home. This one gives you a crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle gingerbread cookie that is fun for kids to decorate […]
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23/03/2020 – Coronavirus & Life as we now know it.
Unless you live somewhere were Coronavirus hasn’t landed (and I am not sure, but I think there are a handful of countries who haven’t faced it yet) then like us you may be adapting to a new and what seems like strange life as we watch and wait to see what happens. Life will go […]
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