There are meals that stand out in my childhood memories. Food is such a social occasion that we often link food and special memories. However for me, some of the best food memories I have as a child are of those everyday meals my mum used to make. Now that may be partially because I […]
Broccoli fish fingers: get that veg in.
Fish fingers are always a sure-fire hit in our household. I usually make them plain and serve with veggies but wanted to sneak extra veggies into the teething boy. When he feels under the weather he just hands me his vegetables off his plate. Monkey. So I blitzed up half a head of broccoli and […]
Starting School:Tuna, Avocado and Quinoa salad.
This week Miss K has started school! Oh My Days, how did she get to be so grown up? We’ve spent a couple of weeks getting all the uniform ready and talking through what happens when you go to school, preparing as best we can. She went from extreme excitement, to being anxious, full of […]
Vegetable Spaghetti Bolognaise)
People have this week been asking if I am a vegetarian. The answer is No. However if I lived on my own I probably would be. I’m one of those people who apparently “looks like a vegetarian”. Nope, I’ve no idea what that means either, but I get told it. I’m going to assume it […]
Banana, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Flapjack (WF, GF, DF).
It’s been a rainy summers week, so I felt the need to pimp up my own flapjack recipe to cheer us up. It’s a healthier take on a full fat, full syrup flapjack, perfect for a cuppa on a rainy day. What is even better is that I used peanut butter in it so my […]
A healthy take on vegetable stir fried rice
This is one of those meals that I made in 10 minutes flat after a long car journey. You know those moments when you have a hungry family who are tired and grumpy. It was one of those. Fortunately I had cooked a pile of rice the night before and then not used it. Which […]
Make your own Dried/Dehydrated Fruit
Soft fruit season. Part of me loves it and part of me dreads it. What to do with all the fruit off the trees? My new answer – DEHYDRATE it. So if you are in the UK this may sounds a bit crazy, most people who I have mentioned it to have raised at least […]
Tuna and vegetable fish cakes
I’ve had a poorly boy this week. He has had a very bad case of chicken pox and although the spots are all dried up and healing now he has gone back into a very itchy stage. It is affecting his sleep and his appetite. So my mummy cooking skills have been put to the […]
Red cabbage, apple and carrot healthy slaw.
BBQ season almost makes my heart sink. I really am not a fan of huge hunks of meat, especially when they are not cooked well and partially cremated. I should be a vegetarian really, if I lived alone I probably would be. Add to the meat issue the fact that I am wheat intolerant and […]
Rhubarb Crumble Squares (GF, DF, WF).
We’ve just had a wonderful week away in France, where all the food was cooked for us. I love being cooked for. One of the days we had rhubarb crumble. Rhubarb is one of those fruits that I adore but don’t cook very often as the rest of the family are not as keen on […]