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Fennel + Bacon Ragu -- delicious and only 30 minutes to make!
A lot of parents shy away from strongly flavoured vegetables like fennel and aren’t too sure what to do with them but there is nearly always a way to cook your vegetables so that kids will love them. For fennel -- I find it’s cutting it down and slow roasting it with its best pal, ...
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Fruit Pizza
What kid doesn't love pizza? And a fruit pizza? Super fun! We love these simple and sweet pizzas. To make : get some dough, add a handful of cheese, some tomatoes, a few olives, and a piece or two of pepperoni, grab your slice, and bon appetite!... Or, should I say, a slice of watermelon ...
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Salade Nicoise
This summer I have decided that I am going to try and learn a new recipe each day. The luxury of being able to muck around in the kitchen testing stuff is one of my true guilty holiday pleasures. In truth, I get into a bit of a rut during our everyday school/work/activities/homework life -- ...
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Introducing solids and a few of Wilkie's favourite meals
When Easton was a baby and it came time to introduce solids, I took it all quite seriously and truthfully found it a bit stressful. I had been told I had to wait until six months to start, so we waited until the day he turned six months old. I had also read somewhere that ...
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School lunch ideas
When we lived in London, the children were able to eat lunch prepared and served by their school. We were lucky that the school's lunch options were mostly good and healthy, and we didn't have to think or worry about what they would be eating at lunch time. (Thinking about it now, I don't think ...
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Lactation Biscuits -- for increasing your milk supply
Wilkie weighed 3.8 kilos at birth (a big, tall baby!), and after the initial weight loss that most newborns experience, it took him nearly three weeks to put back on his birth weight. The midwives weren't overly concerned, especially knowing I had successfully breastfed four other babies, but they did start suggesting natural ways to ...
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Smokey baba ghanoush -- the perfect quick snack!
I love everything about dips -- not only are there endless flavour combinations but they are also packed full of nutrients and hugely versatile. They make the perfect quick snack but also have the potential to transform simple vegetables or meat into the most beautiful meal. I always try to have one or two in ...
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The best veggie chilli
We have been trying to develop our repertoire of vegetarian meals - especially those I can prepare on the weekend and just need to be warmed up on weekday evenings! Here is one of our new favourites: a simple, tasty vegetarian chilli that is warming and so satisfying! We often eat it with some ...
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Sweet potato hummus + a few other ideas for a busy week!
I have an ongoing list of things I don't buy and opt to make from scratch for the purposes of health, food waste, and to save money. Things like granola, stock, sauce, salad dressing, and baked goods most often are made using things we already have on hand. Hummus this past year, in various forms, ...
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Oat and Banana Pancakes -- just 3 ingredients!
We love pancakes! Every single type of pancake! And now we've found a recipe which our girls can make entirely on their own; only using three ingredients and hardly any washing up (hurray I hear you say). It's so simple I managed to enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee while I watched Florence make ...
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The joys of shop- bought pastry when cooking with toddlers
Lily and I have been using shop-bought pastry so as she can make her own sausage rolls. Lily is two, and loves baking and making anything in the kitchen. When we have time and I’m in the mood to embrace the inevitable mess made when cooking with toddlers, and measuring everything out for her to use ...
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Super simple egg fried rice for little ones
This super easy egg fried rice is my go-to for at least one lunch and one dinner a week for Lily. I love that I can chop and change the veggies according to whatever I have in, that the main ingredient is one of her favourites (egg), and that it takes precisely 15 minutes to ...
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So sweet! You both look so great in this!
yummmmmmmm!
This looks so decadent! I usually just put berries on the ice cream with a little sugar but will have to try this using the butter too! Please keep doing these cute videos – so fun!
Love your videos and your recipe looks delicious! May I ask where you got your cute wooden spoon with the heart in the centre? xx
I got it at Hema! http://bit.ly/1NP2I2G x