As a teenager I was a vegetarian for a while and one of the foods I loved were some form of Vegetable Grills, they inspire this recipe. That taste and love of vegetaraian food has never left me, if hubby would let me I’d be a vegetarian now but he loves he meat too much […]
Baby Led Weaning: when is it time?
It’s a cliche, but time has literally flown by. Suddenly Baby J is almost 6 months and it’s been time to think about weaning. I absolutely loved weaning Miss K, so a big part of me has been looking forward to weaning, but another part of me has been putting it off as long as […]
Homemade Fish Fingers made by a toddler
My 3 year old has been watching, helping and cooking with me since she was a baby. Whether in a sling, a bumbo, highchair or stood on a stool she has always loved it. Mainly because she gets to eat it, and this girl is a true foodie. Given the choice of what to have […]
10 tips for healthy living when sleep deprived.
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 […]