Play dough

How to Make Playdough

Great for friends coming over or cold days when you don’t want to go out now that Winter is here….Playdough and kids – yay!

The perfect recipe for a damp/ cold afternoon, or a great party item! Also great a a present in a sealed jar with a label on the front!

Boggle Flash – fun for the family

I was recently given a set of Boggle Flash to try out. On seeing Boggle Flash I was quite intrigued by the concept that 5 little tiles could recognise words when they were put together. So we tried it in all type of scenarios, as explained in the instructions.

The 5-letter game is quite hard, especially if given only one vowel.

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Toad in the whole with mustard crème fraiche sauce & pickled red cabbage

Winter is almost here. We need to stock up on wholesome food to see us through the winter and toad in the hole is one of the ultimate recipes that can help us squirrel away some calories for the impending cold months.

ricotta andspinachlasagne

Ricotta and spinach lasagne

This is like canneloni, but made with Lasagne! My kids love lasagne, so it’s a real winner in our house.

sweetchillichicken

Sweet chilli chicken Recipe

I love sweet chilli sauce – especially over a soft cheese like Philadelphia. However, I’ve never really tried it in anything else other than a stir fry, so I thought I’d try this mixture and see how it turned out… It’s YUM!

lentils

Lentil Stew

I have always struggled how to cook lentils, and what to do with them. Here is a stew to try, and it’s really quite easy.

sea bass & Mint vinagrette

Sea bass with minty vinaigrette

Mint and fish actually it works really well and adds summer freshness to the sea bass. It’s not commonly used, but the Moroccans have learnt how to make good use of mint and pout it in many of their dishes.

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Moving baby to solids

Remember that your child does not need ‘tasty food’ as they have no idea what that is, so keep it plain and bland in the begining. It’s really all abou the textures more than the taste in the first 2 months.

Broken shoes

How do you do this to shoes???

How does a kid take perfectly good shoes and get them to this stage in 4 short weeks?

Work ? What for ? The world owes me….

I intervied lots of graduates, and non-graduates. I think all kids are so ‘buoyed up’ by teachers and parents, that they have no idea of the realities of life.

Water reeds

Quote of the day

In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time. ~Author Unknown

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