Sausage Casserole with Chickpeas and Veg.
This sausage casserole is a great winter dinner that everyone in the family, old and young, will love. It’s as simple to pull together as it is delicious to eat. I absolutely love chickpeas. The fact they have endless health benefits is a huge plus. They’re high in protein, fibre, folate and manganese which help […]
Parenting without a village; a look at raising a family away from home.
They say “it takes a village to raise a child”. This ancient African proverb stems from the ideal of a child being raised by a large extended family and community. It advocates the importance of the involvement of many different people in a child’s upbringing. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends working together to […]
Pork, spinach and ricotta meatballs – with a bonus tomato sauce recipe.
Rainy day activities for toddlers, 4 inexpensive and effective things to do.
You know “those” winter days, it’s raining (or snowing) cold and miserable. You’re stuck indoors with your incessantly active toddlers/s. They’ve played with all of their toys, read every book they own and destroyed your house. They’ve scribbled briefly in their colouring books, and are now deafening you with their whines of boredom. I see […]
Mum’s Fish Pie! Comforting, nutritious and loved by all.
This delicious fish pie looks and tastes far more complicated to make than it actually is. It is perfect as a comforting winter weekday meal, and even for something a bit more special like a dinner party (remember when those were a thing?!) The fish is cooked gently in a moreish silky white sauce laced […]
Toddlers and screen time; what do we really know?
With the massive universal increase in portable screen devices in the last ten years, more and more of us parents are *guiltily* wondering what impact screen time might have on our children. As a mother to a toddler I know all too well the struggle. You desperately need to clear up, pack lunches, take a […]
Two of our favourite winter warmer soups!
C-sections; an honest look and why they are definitely NOT the easy way out…pun not intended!
Frustratingly there is still a stigma and even certain level of judgement within our society attached to having a caesarean section (C-section.) It is still sometimes viewed as the “easy way out”, although perhaps less so than in the past. It has even been glamorised by celebrities such as Victoria Beckham. The coining of the phrase […]