Carol at Make It, Bake It has set up a new monthly In Season Challenge to make something from an in-season ingredient. And I have to say, what a brilliant idea! We started trying to cook more with in-season ingredients a few years ago. This was brought on by a …
The Vegetarian Christmas Dinner post has been getting a huge number of views, particularly from people searching for ‘Vegetarian Christmas Dinner’. One reader, Catherine, requested this recipe from the post, so here it is. I’m happy to post other recipes, if anyone wants them, though I don’t have photos for …
If you need to move furniture around, then you should wait until all possible children are home and in the room. In fact, it would probably be advisable to arrange a couple of playdates, so that you really have maximum numbers of helpers. This works particularly well when moving the …
One of the first questions people ask me when they find out I’m vegetarian is ‘But what do you eat for Christmas dinner?’ And the answer to that is along the lines of ‘Anything I want to’. To be honest, I think being vegetarian actually opens you up to more …
I love traditional tortilla, but it is jam-packed full of potatoes and so really quite high GI. So, I thought I’d experiment and see if I could come up with a low GI version. This worked really well (though not as popular with the children as the traditional one). Ideally, …
Chris and I are trying to lose weight and get healthier and fitter and, in terms of diet, we’ve found aiming for a low- to medium-GI diet works well for us. We had both lapsed considerably over the summer and are trying to get back on track – both …
Oh look at me, I’m Sudocrem’s Mummy Blogger of the Month. There’s a little interview with me there (I’d completely forgotten I answered these questions, so it was quite fun re-reading it). We love Sudocrem and have been using it for nappy rash with both our girls since …
Remember how I have this aversion to cleaning and somehow got talked into showing the unsavoury state of our fridge? Normal people probably would have got out the Mr Muscle – or the vinegar and baking soda – and given the whole thing a really good clean. Not me. I …
It’s National Vegetarian Week this week and I’m guest-posting over at Plus 2.4, so please go and read about how we deal with having a family with one vegetarian, one omnivore and two haven’t-yet-decided children. There are some handy tips about adapting recipes to cater for the different tastes and …
There was a report or study or something a while back (yes, I know, I should really go and look it up, but I have to go and do some work and it would take me ages to find it and then the momentum would be gone, so perhaps one …
