A few weeks ago I ordered a book about cleaning teeth after reading about it in a Sunday Supplement. I don't imagine I'm the only parent who has trouble getting my children to brush their teeth, so the concept of the book really appealed. Open Wide, What's Inside is written by a dentist who came up with the idea for a story about 'sugarbugs' as a way of encouraging children to keep their mouths clean. And it has enthralled my children. I imagine … [Read more...]
Banana, Fudge and White Chocolate cake
There are so many bananas in our fruit bowl that have been going over before The Girls can be persuaded to eat them, so I put a call out on twitter for a banana cake recipe and Camilla from Fab Food 4 All sent me to her delicious Banana Cake recipe. Obviously I made a couple of changes to what is her mum's banana cake recipe: the note that Golden Caster sugar made the cake more 'fudgey' made me think of how much DH loves fudge. So I dug … [Read more...]
How to make a rocking yacht from a paper plate
LBG's Show and Tell this week was 'Travel by Sea'. This was a challenge briefly until we took a better look at this month's Discovery Table, all of which was made from recycled materials, in honour of Earth Day. On the table was a rocking yacht we made from a paper plate earlier this year. To make it you need a paper plate, some old magazines, a brad and felt pens. First, you need to cut the wave shape from your paper plate, … [Read more...]
Leftover Chicken Taquitos with Peanut Dipping Sauce
I recently had the good fortune to attend a Chinese Cooking Masterclass given by Hannah Hayes from China Feast to celebrate the launch of Amoy Premium Soy Sauce. It was a busy class which covered everything from the best way to cook your Egg Fried Rice- you have to squish the egg in a plastic bag then add the rice and squish that too- to making your own Chili Oil. I also had an interesting lesson in the making of Soy Sauce- likened to … [Read more...]
{University of Life} Cooking and meal planning
If you look through my pages you will come across my manifesto for a University of Life - my plan to educate my Girls to be worldly-wise and chock-full of life-skills when they leave my full-time care. I put a call out to fellow bloggers- all as shocked as me that there are teenagers leaving home for the first time with no idea how to change a bed- to offer posts with suggestions for how to educate the latest generation. First up is Mary from … [Read more...]
Papier-mâché Hen Challenge
A while ago Molly Moo published a picture of the most fabulous Papier-mâché Chicken/Hen that she had made at her Papier-mâché course. This precipitated a Hen Craft Challenge which I agreed to take part in, although frankly I was never going to match up to Her Craftyness's high standards. I used a cereal packet to do most of the work for me. Firstly, I took off the top third, and put to one side for the 'bits' < that's a tchnical term, by … [Read more...]
Eric and Ernie Golden Syrup Cake #cbias
Have you noticed a big yellow hot thing in the sky lately? I'm told it's the 'sun'. I have discovered an allergy to this 'sun' which means I have been sneezing and sniffing all weekend long. To cheer my germ-ridden self up, and because #CBias asked me to take a trip to my local supermarket baking aisle- like I need an excuse-, I thought I would bake a cake. Shaped like this 'sun'. I popped to my local Waitrose to grab the … [Read more...]
