From dining out to baking, making healthy food and drink choices to teaching the children to cook, you’ll find it all in here.
Every now and then I stumble across a meal that my fussy eater Little Bean is willing to try and actually ends up loving, pancakes are one such meal that Little Bean dared to try and fell in love with. If she has been a particularly good girl or if I want great behaviour from … Read more
Dare I say it, at the age of 36 years old I STILL have not prepared or cooked a turkey for Christmas dinner! That’s pretty shameful really don’t you think? I wouldn’t even know where to begin, I generally cheat and buy a turkey crown but the older I get, the more I feel like … Read more
I always say that I don’t really enjoy cooking, but thinking about it, I think it’s that I don’t enjoy cooking the same meals over and over again. I quite like trying out new recipes when I have the time, inclination or have been spurred on by someone else to do it. When I received … Read more
Take a Box of Eggs is a fab cookbook packed with 100 easy to follow recipes which will make you think outside the eggbox when it comes to cooking with eggs.
It’s a Friday night . . . let’s have some chocolate It’s Monday night . . . let’s have some chocolate (in fact insert any day!!) It’s been a bad day . . . let’s have some chocolate Shall we watch a dvd . . . let’s have some chocolate The diet begins tomorrow . … Read more
I saw this recipe for Crouching Tiger Hidden Zebra Cake from Lorraine Pascale which I thought would be great for children as they would love the fun stripey effect and the rather fancy name!
Health enthusiasts are constantly on the lookout for the next big superfood, and Baobab might just be the star they’re searching for. I’ll be the first to admit that my fruit game is pretty basic: apples, bananas, strawberries, raspberries, and melon – and even these don’t feature in my diet as often as they should. … Read more
I can’t remember exactly when I first began baking with Curly and Little Bean, I guess I would need to delve through the archives of Mummy Matters to find that post. Baking with my children is something I have always loved doing because it reminds me of the fun that I used to have when … Read more
Before Hubby and I became parents to Little Bean and Beanie Boy we would often eat out at our local Frankie & Benny’s because it was right next to the cinema so we could have a pre or post-film meal to really make a night of it. Recently I was asked if we would like … Read more