This isn’t a dish I cook for the children but I’m sharing it because it’s one of my favourites. The bright colours of the roasted vegetables make it an attractive meal, their sweetness is balanced by a balsamic vinegar dressing and as far as I’m concerned pretty much any meal can be improved by adding … Continue reading Roasted veg with goats cheese and couscous
Saturday morning is fast becoming baking time in our house. The kids look forward to it and it means that I set aside some time to spend with them rather than running round trying to do the housework while they follow me looking for attention. The girls even played pretend cooking while these biscuits were … Continue reading Star biscuits
I love the idea of slow cooker meals. Throwing a load of ingredients together in the morning then turning up at tea time to find a tasty meal ready to eat is cooking heaven as far as I’m concerned. I’ve got a large slow cooker at home, which means that I can cook a large … Continue reading Slow cooker beef goulash
Who needs mince pies when you can have mince cakes? Although this recipe calls for extra raisins and sugar these cakes aren’t as sweet as mince pies and are much lighter. The mincemeat gives them a richer taste than normal sponge cake. Continue reading Mince cakes
Garlic mushrooms in a thick, creamy sauce over pasta, all ready in 15 minutes. Continue reading Mushroom tagliatelle
It’s a damp, grey Saturday morning. Not even the kids fancy going outdoors today and while Will is happy playing with his Lego Jess and Vic are bored. Since starting this blog I’ve been making more of an effort to get all the children involved in cooking they are really enjoying it. Often one of … Continue reading Fabulous flapjacks
This was the surprise hit of my meal prep experiment. I’ve cooked it for myself in the past but haven’t given it to the kids because I didn’t think they liked chickpeas! Last weekend I sat with them and ate this meal while the rest of the family ate shepherd’s pie (although I’m happy to … Continue reading Chickpea and spinach curry
So yesterday afternoon I set aside two hours to do as much meal preparation for the week as I could. I’ve posted the ‘before’ picture above, even with trying to tidy as I went along the ‘after’ picture was carnage! I used every saucepan I own and ran out of work top way before I’d finished. … Continue reading My meal prep experiment
This fudge tastes amazing. I made it with the girls on Thursday evening while Will was out at Beavers and I (fairly successfully) used it to bribe them to behave all day Friday 😃. I used a mixture of milk chocolate and dark chocolate to make this but white chocolate would work too. The girls … Continue reading Five minute fudge
OK so the photo was taken in a bit of a rush – the kids were hitting meltdown point and needed feeding quickly. I’m adding this recipe now, though, because it was such a hit with them (well all of them except Sophie, she’s going through a fussy phase at the moment!). This was Friday … Continue reading Beef burgers and sweet potato mash
