Babies always lead to sleep deprivation. Actually in our house right now children full stop lead to no sleep, well not enough anyway! If it’s not the baby who is up in the night it is the toddler. I’m convinced mine somehow have a rota set up saying who will be up when on which […]
Aubergine Dhal, the slow cooker way.
Lots of people are working on reducing their meat consumption at present, it sounds easy but if you are doing it you need to replace that meat protein with some other protein sources. Some examples would be soya, tofu, all forms of bean from kidney to cannellini to black beans, eggs, cheese, quinoa and pulses […]
Low Fat, Healthy Shredded Wheat Cake
When I was younger my mum found a Weetabix cake recipe and it was one of those recipes I really remember, partially because it was a little unusual and partially because I loved it. My mum-in-law also used to make a great All-bran loaf so my husband tells me. So when faced with a large […]
Eating for Two?
Pregnancy is a funny old time. Growing a new life inside you is an amazing thing, but all those hormones certainly can have strange effects on your body, and on your appetite. There is so much information out there about eating in pregnancy, here’s my input 😉 For some people those initial 12 weeks […]
Baby Food: Why it’s better to make your own.
A Glasgow team have tested 479 shop bought baby foods and found that most of them had fewer nutrients than homemade versions. They also found that the majority of the foods (65%) were sweet in taste, sweetened with fruit sugar rather than sugar itself. Finger foods expecially were found to be sweet. A quote from […]
Gluten Free Ginger Biscuits Recipe, baking with the toddler.
Baking and cooking with my toddler is a very regular occurrence, it’s one activity that I find teaches her lots, keeps us both amused and we get to eat the results. So here is out latest recipe, in the final stages of pregnancy I had a bit of morning sickness creeping back in, so these […]
Healthy, Gluten Free, Wheat Free Banana, Yoghurt Muffins.
I’ll admit it, we bake with bananas a lot. They help reduce the amount of fat and sugar needed in baking and we often end up with a few over-ripe ones. Now no-one in our house eats over-ripe bananas, baking with them makes sure they aren’t wasted. If I don’t have time to bake then […]
Cheesy Courgette Biscuits Vlog – great toddler snack.
Recently the husband and the toddler have been have a bit of a “snack-off”. She asks for “pink biscuits”, “sweeties” and snacks that generally she knows are not for everyday eating and Daddy finds it hard to negotiate. She is a highly skilled negotiator (may get that skill from me), watch out for her later […]
Gluten Free Quiche.
I am SO glad this recipe worked. My hubby is a huge quiche fan, I’m not particularly but that’s mainly because I just don’t like pastry. So this recipe is the perfect combination as it uses rice as the base making it suitable for me and it still hits the quiche spot for the husband. […]
Overnight Oats: Breakfast in a hurry.
You know those days when you look at the next days diary and realise it’s just going to be a hectic morning, with no time for breakfast? Or those evenings you feel dog-tired and know you need a few extra minutes in bed? Well in my mind not eating breakfast is NOT AN OPTION. I […]