This afternoon I’m sharing a quick and healthy baked eggs in tomatoes, parmesan and basil recipe from Lion Eggs and vlogging sisters, Crumbs Food. Our family love eating eggs and I find they are a really versatile ingredient and something we always have. Ingredients needed to make baked eggs: cherry tomatoes or a tin of chopped tomatoes red pepper basil olive oil black pepper parmesan garlic 2 eggs How to make baked eggs: I love the fact it only takes a few minutes to prepare and 10 minutes in the oven. It’s definitely something I could make and the whole…
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This is my weekly opportunity to remember some of my highlights of the previous week and it’s been pretty busy. We really enjoyed a trip to The Art of The Brick exhibition on Brick Lane. It features over 100 models by artist Nathan Sawaya all made from Lego and was pretty inspiring. Whilst out in the West End we spotted a couple of decorated Shaun the Sheep statues. My favourite was the one sponsored by Cath Kidston near their Covent Garden store. Little Sis loved being a Princess thanks to some Disney Magic at the Cinderella exhibition we scored free…
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A couple of weeks ago we enjoyed our pancakes on Shrove Tuesday with Clarks yummy maple syrup. We were provided with a voucher and a bottle of Clarks Original Maple Syrup to try out some of the delicious recipes from Clarks website. It was difficult to choose what to make but it seems you could easily use it to make breakfast, lunch, dinner and tasty snacks too. Were actually on our second bottle as we’ve been enjoying it so much. It’s always nice to try new recipes as I find I tend to cook the same meals. Over the last few…
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Just popping in to list the things which have made me happy this week. A visit to Cath Kidston where I treated myself to a Piccadilly cushion. It goes perfectly with my vintage London bus sign and vintage toy bus collection. Watching and enjoying Birdman. Baking Miffy biscuits with my daughter. They didn’t last long enough to be iced – hopefully the next batch will. The new Merchant and Mills/Uniqlo collaboration. They all feature sewing slogans or images and there are so many items I want (all of them). I think I’m going to ask for this one for my…
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This week we’ve been reviewing Flora Buttery’s Family Fun Guide. I know half term isn’t over yet but I wanted to tell you about it in case you’re in need of a few quick ideas to keep the children busy. Written by parenting author, Tanith Carey, it’s designed for those days when you need a little bit of inspiration to stop restless kids from climbing the walls. The guide contains easy and tasty baking recipes, arts and crafts ideas and games to play with the children; it’s the perfect half-term activity pack. The best thing is that each activity needs…
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Today is one of my favourite days of the year – Shrove Tuesday, now commonly known as Pancake Day. As if this time of year isn’t busy enough (and we have tons of birthdays, Valentine’s Day and half term) we can look forward to cooking some delicious Pancakes. This year we’re mixing it up a little by trying something new. We were asked if we’d like to try Clarks Maple Syrup with our pancakes. Our family love pancakes but we’re quite traditional in that we like them with a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of sugar. This morning we…
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Monday again, where did the weekend go? – I’ve been having a huge de-clutter and tidy which is ongoing and never ending. During the week I finished tidying our bedroom. You can finally see the floor and it feels like a lovely place to fall asleep – the Tempur mattress probably helps 🙂 Over the weekend I managed to read 4 years’ worth of Mollie Makes magazine. I took out any projects I want to make and have stored all the free cover gifts in a box – I think I’ve only ever made one! This has given me a…
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It’s that time of the week for my Monday happy list: – I was given 48 hours notice to dress my 3 year old as a Superhero for nursery and I managed to make her a Supergirl costume thanks to some clever upcycling of the ladybird costume I made last year. Phew. – We baked a yummy Victoria Sponge with rainbow sprinkles. Amazingly there is still some left. – I read ‘The French for Christmas‘ by Fional Valpy, my latest book from the Bahlsen Book Club and published by Bookouture. The French for Christmas is part of a series of…
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Every week I try to bake at least one new recipe, something to fill the cake tin. This weeks’ effort was lemon meringue cupcakes. I love this combination but had never made meringue before – it wasn’t as hard as I thought. I made cupcakes using Kerrygold butter, you may remember I mentioned they’d been given a little Orla Kiely makeover. I used my fancy corer (one of those Lakeland purchases you buy and never use until this recipe) to remove a small amount of the cupcake and added in a teaspoon of lemon curd. Then I added a twirl…