New Year – New Way of Living!
So with a new year approaching, it seems everyone is always making new year resolutions but never sticking to them. This year however is different. This year I’m planning on making my new year...
View ArticleTurkey Curry from leftovers!
So we all get to the point after Christmas that your left with lots of bits left over with not really much idea of what to make out of it. Then I saw the lovely Utterly Scrummy had a recipe for a...
View Article*Review* My Daddy Cooks – Cookbook
So on my facebook page I asked for recommendations for a good cook book and all of you said My Daddy Cooks! So it was from there that I’m now reviewing the book! My Daddy Cooks is written by Nick...
View ArticleGriddled Chicken with Lentils – From Simple
Ingredients: 7 tbsp Olive oil 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp mustard powder 1 large clove of garlic, crushed Zest from 1 lemon 1/2 sea salt 2 x 400g cans brown or green lentils, rinsed and drained 4...
View ArticleCaramelised Pineapple with mango sauce – from Simple
ingredients: 1 Large ripe mango, peeled and stone removed 125ml Orange juice 1/2 tsp arrowroot 15g unsalted butter, melted 2 tbsp Demerara sugar 2 thick slices of fresh pineapple Seeds from one...
View ArticleSimple Snack Pack
A great snack pack from Simple packed full of healthy food which is great for your skin! Brazil Nuts – Brazil Nuts are packed with the mineral Selenium which can help to protect skin against sun...
View Article*Prize Draw* Win one of 5 Little Dish Cook books!
Over the last 12 months we’ve worked with Little Dish on a number of occasions & had fun doing so. Now its our turn to treat our readers with the help of Little Dish! They are giving away 5 of...
View ArticleOur live out of a cupboard challenge
Nope it’s not we’re all going to live in a cupboard for a week but more to do with the food in our cupboard. We would really like to be able to start saving money in the next few months so one area I’m...
View ArticleBack to Reality – Back in the Kitchen!
I have pretty much done nothing but eat for the last 2 weeks but now it’s back to reality. We have had such an amazing time on our holiday and I will be sharing lots of our adventures over the next...
View ArticleOur 2014 bucket list
As another year draws to a close and Kayleigh and Ethan get that little bit older it’s made me realise how fast time is going. So with the new year almost here I’m going to make our Mummy Vs Work...
View ArticleCooking made easy!
Step 1 – buy a working cooker! We finally have a working cooker after 6 months of living with just a dodgy hob and grill, hooray! Isn’t it shiny?! Anyway, now that we have that it means that we are...
View Article*Recipe* Chocolate Schichttorte
Well as we finally have an oven its about time I had a go at joining in with the Great Blogger Bake Off which is hosted by the lovely Jenny over at Mummy Mishaps. This week we watched the contestants...
View ArticleCooking made easy!
Step 1 – buy a working cooker! We finally have a working cooker after 6 months of living with just a dodgy hob and grill, hooray! Isn’t it shiny?! Anyway, now that we have that it means that we are...
View Article*Recipe* Chocolate Schichttorte
Well as we finally have an oven its about time I had a go at joining in with the Great Blogger Bake Off which is hosted by the lovely Jenny over at Mummy Mishaps. This week we watched the contestants...
View Article*Recipe* Bread & Butter Pudding
The colder nights are here and we are all looking for the comfort food to get us through the winter periods and I’m not sure there is a better recipe for that the traditional Bread and Butter Pudding....
View Article*Recipe* Christmas chocolate truffles
Recently we were asked to do a bit of baking in the run up to Christmas by Waitrose. So after a quick discussion we decided we’d start of with an easy recipe of their site. The Christmas chocolate...
View ArticleGetting kids involved in cooking healthy meals
Children can be fussy little things at times, especially when it comes to food. However with so much published on the good and bad foods and what they should and shouldn’t be eating, its always a...
View Article3 Healthy Meals Mums Can Cook For Kids
People often wonder what it’s like to be a chef, and cook for esteemed guests at a Michelin Star restaurant. Well, truth be told, cooking for your children at home can be a much more exhausting task....
View ArticleBeef Bourguignon
Family and friends are a big part of everyday life however even in this current day so many of the older generation are suffering from loneliness with many of them […]
View ArticleSaving money on your food bills
So earlier in the year I had mentioned ways in which we are going to start to look at cutting costs and saving money on a monthly basis and in […]
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