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This chocolate and chia seed banana bread recipe is something I’ve been wanting to try for weeks. I looove banana bread and have been snacking on it in between my midnight feeds. The store-bought stuff is crammed with sugar and generally doesn’t contain anything that good for you. I’m not going to pretend this version is healthy, but it does contain goodies to make it less naughty than your average slice. I
A couple of weeks ago my nephew celebrated his third birthday and decided he wanted a pirate party theme. It wasn’t a big or complicated birthday celebration by any means – his cousins, grandparents and aunties and uncles had a simple picnic at the local park and enjoyed fish and chips for lunch. But a few red and black stripes with skulls and cross bones teamed with simple snacks, a pirate treasure hunt and
Last week I had a great time baby sitting my niece (Princess 8) and nephew (Master 5) while Mr 2 was at day care. It’s been over two years since I’ve had these two rascals at my place for an entire day, so made the most of it and packed in a lot of different activities – we went to the park, visited grandparents and we did some cooking! I adore
The little man hasn’t had a huge appetite lately… so I made a totally spontaneous decision this afternoon to bake what would have been normal salad in a puffed pastry parcel… and to my delight the little Ukulele Baby ate four little tuna parcels without any coaxing required. Admittedly it would probably taste way better with cheese (what doesn’t taste better with cheese?) but the little guy is allergic to dairy
So… I got asked to bring potato bake to Christmas dinner and had to admit I don’t remember actually cooking it before (I may have erased some memories of one or two failed attempts when in high school). Now every body loves a good potato bake. But for a potato bake to be good, it’s got to piping hot, the potatoes have to be thin and tender and easy to
So… I discovered this recipe one lazy afternoon on mat-leave while my son was napping and I was skimming through channels. Nigella Lawson was on TV and making something decadent, in her typical “being-a-kitchen-goddess-is-so-simple” type of way (which I not-so-secretly envy her for, but anyway). It wasn’t her luscious locks, sultry smile or food-pornesque style that got my attention though, it was the massive jar of Nutella she was tipping
