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Nuggets. A favourite for kids, right? I remember chomping down on many fast food chicken nuggets in my childhood, and my family very rarely went to McDonalds. We’ve all heard the tales of kids whose entire diet seems to consist of chicken nuggets and chips with sugary ketchup. Perhaps some of us have even experienced…
PANCAKE DAAAAAY TOMORROW! Anybody else adore pancakes? French, American, Scottish, Welsh cakes, Dutch baby, German…whatever form I can have them in, I love them. But there will always be a soft spot in my heart that tells me that you simply cannot beat a truly wonderfully made French crêpe. Personally, I am a savoury pancake girl, but…
I’ve been getting better at prepping food for the week at the weekends. Snacks and lunches were often made under pressure from hungry children as I tried my best to get healthy food in front of them as quickly as possible for minimal whingeing time. But it was often highly stressful. I’m trying to prep…
Shortbread? Always sweet, right? Wrong. Turns out, a savoury version is not just every bit as nice, it’s better. Waaay better. Soft, crumbly, creamy and oh-so-more-ish. I’m warning you now. It’s hard to stop eating these. They are just so good! And it gets better… …they are made with only 3 ingredients (plus salt, and…
Who doesn’t like fudge? If you answered “me”, I’m not sure we can be friends. Ok, kidding. But seriously, fudge is sweet, soft, squidgy (hmm, that doesn’t sound that appetising somehow), and succulent (ok, running out of words beginning with ‘s’ now…). Peanut butter fudge is a particular weakness of mine. Standard sugary shop-bought fudge…
Carrots are a gem, really. They are available year round, easy to use in any number of recipes, and cheap as chips (or even skinny carrot fries). They are naturally sweet and easy to get hold of. They are one of the cheaper vegetables to buy organically and one of the vegetables few children object to. It’s…