I am a huge fan of meal planning as I wrote in one of first posts – The importance of meal planning. When I came across a linky called Meal planning Monday from At home with Mrs M, I knew that it was one linky that I would have to join in with. I also …
Themed family fun – French week
Image by artur84 courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net Welcome to French week. Thanks so much to my two lovely linkers from last week, so nice to have your support as this linky is taking longer then I anticipated to attract linkers. This week inspired by France, we decided to have a go at some french baking. We started by …
Peanut butter chocolate brownies
I love to bake and I adore the combination of peanut butter and chocolate! With Chloe’s 15th birthday coming up, I thought that I would make some peanut butter chocolate brownies. I know that they are one of Chloe’s favourite cakes that I bake. The recipe is quite naughty but everyone deserves a treat now …
Food packs seem to be shrinking!
Is it just me or is the food and drink manufacturers and supermarkets trying to trick us? Over the last year I have been noticing that pack sizes are getting smaller. For example, chocolate bars, they use to come in packs of four but now many of the packs only contain three. When I was shopping yesterday I …
Our relaxed morning story.
Mornings for us are quite relaxed and you may be thinking to yourselves that there is no way a family morning can go smoothly on a school day, but it honestly can if you plan ahead. We get up at 7am and all the children know that they must get dressed before coming down stairs. …
Easy fish pie recipe
Ingredients * 4 White fish fillets (I use frozen but you could use any type of fish frozen or fresh) * 3 Medium potatoes. * Broccoli (Again I use about half a bag of frozen but you could use fresh) * Cheese sauce packet mix (I use one from Asda that just requires boiling water) …
My bank holiday as a #MorrisonsMum
This bank holiday weekend I have been very lucky to be a Morrison’s mum with thanks to Morrison’s and Britmums. I was really excited to see how Morrison’s would measure up compared to our normal shopping at Asda as I had not shopped in Morrison’s for a good four years. I stopped visiting Morrison’s as I found them …
Themed family fun – Pig week
Welcome to pig week! This week we have made paper plate pigs and cupcake pigs and we have had loads of fun. Paper plate pigs – These are so simple to make and so much fun. All you need is: Paper plate. Pink paint and a paintbrush. Pink paper. Black pen. Just paint the plate …
AGA foodhall review
On my search for great gifts for people I came across the AGA food hall website and it is very good for all things food and drink. There are so many different things to buy which suit all manor of budgets. You can even order ready made hampers to treat the ones you love or …
Themed family fun – Dog week.
Welcome to dog week, the first week of my new linky ‘Themed family fun’. This week we watched a movie that had a cast of dogs, made pictures of dogs and cooked puppy cupcakes. The movie. ‘Disney’s treasure buddies’ is the film that we chose to watch together as a family as we have seen a …
