Have you ever opened your fridge in search of inspiration for a tasty recipe and then realised that you haven’t a clue what to make? I have plenty of times. I’d love to be one of those people who can create a delicious dish off the top of their head using just the ingredients in…
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How to Make a Mini Egg Easter Cake
Read moreIf you’re thinking of cooking up a treat this Easter look no further than this easy to make Mini Egg Sponge Cake. You will need 6 large eggs 325g of softened butter (at room temperature) 325g caster sugar 325g self raising flour (sifted) 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder Raspberry jam 300g buttercream Two 7″…
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Welsh Cake Recipe
Read moreDuring the Easter holidays my girls and I decided to make some welsh cakes. Having never made welsh cakes before, I only realised that I’d need a bake stone when I’d actually bought all of the ingredients and was about to make them with our girls! Fortunately, we used a frying pan instead and this…
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Making Fruity Milkshake Lollies with Shaken Udder Milkshakes
Read moreI love a good milkshake, so when I was sent some delicious milkshakes from Shaken Udder, I couldn’t wait to get tucked in and try them out! If you’ve not heard of Shaken Udder before, then let me tell you a bit more about them. Shaken Udder is a delicious dairy brand which makes super…
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Recipe: Peppers stuffed with cous cous, feta and bacon
Read moreSince the beginning of the year I have been on a mission to lose weight. So far I’ve lost 10lbs through healthy eating and regular exercise. I thought I would share with you one of my favourite healthy meals. Ingredients 2 red peppers 85g Cous Cous Handful of Cherry tomatoes 2 bacon rashers per person…
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Healthy Banana Muffin Recipe
Read moreI love baking and so do our twin girls. As 2016 is the start of a new healthy me, I didn’t really want to bake a cake or biscuits, so I thought about what healthy things we could bake that our twins would also want to eat. They like cake, they like banana, so banana…
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Homemade Blueberry Jam Recipe
Read moreHomemade Blueberry Jam Recipe Following on from my raspberry jam recipe, I thought I’d share with you how I make blueberry jam. It’s slightly different to the raspberry jam recipe and is for a smaller batch. Ingredients 300g blueberries 50g white sugar Juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon Method Mix the blueberries,…
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Homemade Raspberry Jam Recipe
Read moreHomemade Raspberry Jam Recipe I wrote a post a while ago about how I took our girls fruit picking for the first time. We had a really good time and I decided that I really wanted to return when they had a bit more fruit. A short while ago we did indeed return and we picked…
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Old El Paso Review
Read moreI love meals that are easy to make. That’s why Fajitas are the perfect family meal. They can be made in around 20 minutes and are super easy and fun to do. We were recently sent some fabulous Old El Paso products to cook up a tasty family meal. We received: BBQ chicken fajita seasoning…