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I do enjoy winter jumpers, hot chocolates, Christmas and coziness, but sometimes on a dreary winter’s day, I long for a little sunshine, don’t you? I have been experiencing the highs and lows of settling both my children into a new school and an old preschool without the beloved sibling, and it has been a…
We were in France with my family over Christmas, and the ferry ride over was a difficult one. Our kids happily ran around the deck and played and coloured and ate. Meanwhile, we husband and I had curled ourselves into balls and were trying very hard to find something to focus on that wasn’t spinning….
My family has had a love affair with Italy since I was little. I say that, but perhaps saying my parents have had a love affair with Italy would be more accurate. It took my sister and I a little longer to warm up to the country. Instead of appreciating the gift of a holiday abroad…
My favourite light meals are never an exact recipe. They are simply a “dump everything from the top couple of shelves of the fridge and the pantry on the table” meal. Cheese, cooked or cured meat or fish, dips and spreads and sauces, breads and crackers, fruit and veg. It always makes for the most…
At this time of year, sometimes it seems like nothing but hot chocolate will do. I am fortunate that my kids have yet to have more than a few sips of super sugary hot chocolate outside the house, so they are more than happy with a cup of hot milk mixed with cacao/cocoa powder and…
What kind of cake do you like to eat at Christmas? Many favour a light, fluffy sponge covered in a sweet white icing, like the coconut cake I shared with you guys last year. But others, like myself, are traditionalists, and love nothing more than a deeply-flavoured, rich fruitcake layered with marzipan or covered in a…