The Way To A Man’s Heart

Valentines Steak dinner and hearts

What better way to treat your man this Valentine’s than with a Steak Dinner with home-made mushroom sauce, followed by heart cakes. I like to cook the mushrooms and tomatoes at the same time, and add some salad (and jacket potatoes). Fry the mushrooms in butter, then simply add milk and herbs.       … Read more

Chicken Jalfrezi

Making things at home is not only cheaper but better for you. This recipe fed the 6 of us. Heat some oil and fry some onion with a pinch of salt. Then add some chilli, ginger and garlic. Then add 1 tsp turmeric 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 cinnamon stick Cook for a few … Read more

Out and About – The Park

Getting Children Out and About it is very important. They need the exercise and fresh air. The Park is one way to achieve this. It can also give you new things to talk about – which will help increase their language abilities It doesn’t matter about the weather if you just wear appropriate clothesor take … Read more

15 kids and Counting Week 2 – with Linky

Below I’ll be examining  the TV Show 15kidsandcounting Shown on Channel 4  January 2012 9pm, all quotes mentioned below are as mentioned in the series on Channel 4 should you wish to watch this yourself. All non specific opinions given are my own. Tracy and Pete Lewis This week we saw the Lewis family from … Read more

Peanut Butter Biscuits

I always like to try a little variation in the kitchen with my children – something very similar to what they’ve previously made with a twist – as it helps them build up their confidence. So when I saw this peanut butter cookie recipe which basically means that I could get my son to put … Read more

15 kids and Counting – with Linky

Below I’ll be examining TV Show 15kidsandcounting Shown on Channel 4  January 2012 9pm, all quotes mentioned below are as mentioned in the series on Channel 4 should you wish to watch this yourself. All non specific opinions given are my own. Last night was the start of Channel 4s 3 Part Series 15 Kids … Read more

My First Time

I heard of Mooncups years ago – guess when you visit parenting forums it’s one of those things that come up. It was always something yukky – people don’t like change do they?! And so it was never something I had actually thought about using. When I think about it I’d not even looked at … Read more

One Born Every Minute #Pain

We all experience and deal with pain differently – there’s no two ways about it. Whilst some women quietly and easily give birth others of us feel like if we experience any more of this pain we will surely die! Some of us are happy to call for as many drugs as quickly as possible and … Read more

Meal on a Budget – Lasagne

Money can be a bit tight and especially in these tough times, and just in case you didn’t know how to do a lasagne on the cheap I thought I’d share. Brown the mince (I usually cook with onions at this point but we’d run out) Bulk out with some carrots – I boil these … Read more