I went away on a women’s weekend recently. It was wonderful. Double bed to myself, lots of time to chat, and absolutely delicious food. One morning I queued up for my breakfast. Imagine the usual hotel buffet selection – cereal, fruit, yogurt, pastries, toast and cooked breakfast including, bacon, eggs, sausage Read more…
It’s Chinese New Year on Saturday so the supermarket down our road currently has masses of lucky, waving cats and Chinese cooking ingredients on sale. Last week, I spotted fortune cookies on offer so on Monday when it came to deciding what we wanted to do for our ‘C’ date I was Read more…
Not sure what to cook for tea today? Got chicken, bread and eggs? Then, these babies are for you! After a friend’s little girl requested chicken nuggets for her tea I couldn’t stop thinking about them. Many of you who know me well will know that I have a bit Read more…
I’ve written a few blogs touching on what I’ve learnt from weaning my ravenous little guy but not a ‘how to’ guide and so when another friend asked me for my tips I figured I might as well write them all down in case anyone would find them useful. I Read more…
I spend quite a lot of time cooking, baking and trying to create new recipes and I have absolutely loved being able to try and create exciting finger food options for the little guy. Now, I’ll tell you right away that I would be rubbish on Great British Bake Off Read more…
We now have a hungry 7 month old who loves food! My intention was to wait until he was 6 months old and to do baby-led weaning (why is it called that? Don’t all babies lead weaning by choosing to eat what you offer them?!) but at 5 and half Read more…
Being on a diet when you’ve chosen to lose weight is hard enough but having to be on a specific diet because otherwise you’ll be ill is a real pain. I can’t eat gluten or garlic, and I have to limit my beans, pulses and dairy because, due to my Read more…