The winner of the 2014 Betta Living vegetarian recipe competiton is….

We had 64 entries to the Betta Living vegetarian recipe competition showing a diverse colourful and exciting range of vegetarian food. I have been a…

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Will you Join the No Junk Campaign ?

  Organix who make fabulous organic toddler and baby food are inviting us all to join their campaign this week. The No Junk Challenge aims…

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The No Junk Campaign is coming soon…

Next week Organix is launching the No Junk Campaign. As the name suggests, it’s all about healthy food – and healthy children, something I know…

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Cake Pop Chaos (aka behind the scenes food blogging)

Renshaw sent me some colour melts and suggested I make some cake pops using them. I’m not a particularly experienced baker but I have seen…

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The Story of The Clock Cake

  My 6 year old’s homework this week was to do some telling the time questions. She is finding learning to tell the time pretty…

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Caffe Cagliari Review

Caffe Cagliari Review   Caffe Cagliari is a new brand to me and one I was excited to try. It has a 100 year history…

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Creative Name Cakes

Recently my friend Helen’s beautiful daughter Cara was 5. Luckily for us they would be visiting on her birthday weekend. My children decided they wanted…

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Traditional Gingerbread

I was delighted to be asked by Oven Pride to take part in their pride of Oven Pride competition. Those that know me well will…

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Dr Oetker Cake Competition

Cooking is not my forte in life but I love to bake with the kids (useful/frugal/practical and fun it ticks all the boxes.) We were…

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Top 4 baby food combinations

Choosing what you feed your little one can be a confusing decision with so much available. Do you go for traditional recipes, organic products or…

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Review: Morrisons Cakes and Confectionery

Morrisons cakes and confectionery…..wow! Morrisons have some new cakes to add to their cake range and a new confectionery range out and  asked if I…

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Cadbury Dairy Milk Pebbles New Chocolate Alert!!!

Cadbury Dairy Milk Pebbles It’s a nice start to the day when you get asked to review some chocolate. Cadbury sent me two backs of…

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Nottingham’s favourite dish is ……

Nottingham’s favourite dish is… Good old Spaghetti Bolognese. Closely followed by Pizza, roast dinner, cottage pie and korma/fish pie. Over 55% of Nottingham parents say…

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Cool Cookery Competition – Homemade French Bread Pizza and Leftover Love

Leftover Love – This weeks food challenge…. The Challenge Cool Cookery challenged me to cook using ingredients from my freezer and that for me is very…

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Top 5 Tips for Losing Baby Weight

guest post As the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William recently debuted their new arrival (AKA the future King of Britain) to the world, the…

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Save time & money with a slow cooker

Save time & money with a slow cooker It can be difficult coming up with fresh and healthy meals when you’ve got an army of…

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Baby’s First Foods Tips and Ideas

Guest post Beginning to eat solid foods is an exciting time in the life of a baby. So much of our culture revolves around cooking,…

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Magpie Monday: Preloved

Preloved I have wanted a Nespresso machine for a long time but the price is out of my range. I have been keeping a little…

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Win a £25 JUST EAT voucher

Would you like to win a just eat voucher ? JUST EAT are trying to get feedback from as many mums as possible about using…

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Online Restaurant Ordering JUST EAT

Today – Online Restaurant Ordering JUST EAT   When we were invited to try Just Eat earlier this month I wasn’t particularly enthusiastic. I thought…

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