Posted in February 2012

The Comfort of Macaroni Cheese

The Comfort of Macaroni Cheese

Macaroni cheese has to be up there on the best comfort foods and is a real store cupboard favourite in my house.  I always have cheese and a white sauce is a staple.  I still can’t believe that I didn’t know how to cook until I had Matilda, which is only 3 1/2 years ago.  … Continue reading »

Littlest Skater.

The sun keeps on poking through and teasing me that spring is here.  Another beautiful day and we where lucky to end up in the local skate park.  Family days in the sun are what weekends are about.  They need no planning, no dates made in the diary, just a quick phone call and a … Continue reading »

Weekly Menu Board

I love to be organised and If I don’t have a list when I go shopping I don’t even bother to enter the door.  All I  would come out with are pizzas and crab sticks.  On this weeks menu:   I like to do 2 lists, meals for the girls and ones for us.  Often … Continue reading »

Poo on my finger, again!

Prologue This maybe too much or close to just enough but my blog is about my life and the things that happen in it.  It isn’t all baking and making things with my well behaved, polite children(I wish) it’s about all day,s the pooie one’s included.  I am not  the demure, english rose I am … Continue reading »

Mud Pie Kitchen Stage 1 complete.

Mud Pie Kitchen Stage 1 complete.

I may have got a little over excited when a little glimmer of summer popped through the clouds, only to disappear behind a wet, gray one.  Matilda and I started stripping the doors of their beautiful(not) braid and million and one staples but soon got rained on so had to pack up and move inside. … Continue reading »

New Home card tutorial

It’s time for a bit of crafting. My lovely friend has finally finished the renovation on your new home and has been able to move in. Woo hoo!  And being to tight to spend the £4.00 it seems to cost to get a decent card I decided to make one.  Some times all it takes … Continue reading »

Pancakes are a hit.

We went for savoury spinach and cheese and then for pudding banana, honey and grated white chocolate. yum, yum. I hope you enjoyed your pancakes and enjoyed the recipe’s I have suggested xx

Pancake day, hurray!

I love, love, love pancakes. We have them at least once a week in our house. I have a number of recipe’s I use depending on the ingredients I have in the house and how long I have to feed my little monsters before they lose their minds. I love both american style pancakes, all … Continue reading »

Brunch Bread

Brunch Bread

This one is thanks to Jamie Oliver and on request from my lovely friend Ang.  I always feel somewhat smug when this comes out of the oven. Not only have you  made the bread it sits in but it tastes really good to. Great for pic nics bbq’s or just about when ever. It’s so … Continue reading »

Fish, fish, fish, fish,fish

My Ava is not only beautiful but on track to being a genius with her first real word uttered today. Fish, fish, fish. Or actually more like ish, ish, ish. But who’s going to be that picky when your only one. The fish Vic(the silver one) and Bob(the orange) have nearly found themselves flushed on … Continue reading »