Tala recently challenged Isla to bake scones and she jumped for joy. She loves scones and she loves baking. We filmed her baking and talking about the ingredients, Isla chose a fruit scone recipe. She does make me laugh with her funny actions with the spatula and silly voices. I think she was in her element. She might have found her calling: Baking with Isla. Check out my IGTV for Isla's baking video. VIEW the POST
To celebrate Independence Day in the UK, I couldn't think of a better way than to celebrate with the USA’s famous SKIPPY®Peanut Butter. We made an American themed lunch and incorporated it into our homeschooling. We have some good friends from America and we love discussing the different holidays celebrated in the USA and UK. We made our very own #SKIPPY4July. VIEW the POST
We love baking with peanut butter, Easter is usually a celebration for baking in our house. This year we have been baking everyday since March 23rd and so we are finding fun recipes that we haven’t tried before. You may have seen our peanut butter and jam cupcake recipe, well this one is peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes. Yummy.
I am a huge fan of waffles but we've never had them at home before, as we didn't have a waffle maker - but now we have this fabulous VonShef rotating one, we will never look back. Breakfast at the weekends are now complete with waffles for all the family. Delicious. Here are our favourite waffle ideas from bank holiday weekend. VIEW the POST
I love this VonShef Boston Cocktail set, it's stylish in the brushed gold look and it comes with a recipe book that has some delicious cocktails in it. As Gin is my favourite tipple, I chose the Cucumber Cooler cocktail recipe and it is delicious. It's the perfect drink to rustle up on Mother's Day. VIEW the POST
Daddy has mastered the vegan gravy recipe by Jamie Oliver and this year he made a big batch up just before Christmas so that we could freeze it. It is the yummiest gravy I have ever tasted that I am confident even meat eaters would find it delicious. It's a win win as everyone can eat it. VIEW the POST
Vegan gravy for Christmas dinner - This is the most delicious vegan gravy, in fact gravy, I have ever eaten. You must try it! - onions, carrots, celery, dried porcini mushrooms, olive oil, bay leaves, rosemary, red wine / port, cranberry sauce, Plain flour, Marmite, Tomato puree, red wine vinegar, vegetable stock , Peel the onions, then roughly chop along with the carrots, celery and porcini. ; Place in a large pan over a medium heat with a splash of oil and the herbs. Fry for around 25 minutes, or until turning golden, stirring occasionally. ; Add the wine and cranberry sauce, and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes, or until sticky and caramelised. ; Stir in the flour, then add the Marmite, tomato purée and vinegar. ; Pour in the stock, then bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer for around 10 minutes, or until thickened and reduced.; Pass ...
SKIPPY® sent us two tubs of their yummy Peanut Butter: Extra Crunchy and Creamy. We love Peanut Butter cupcakes, funnily enough I can’t eat it out of the jar (unlike my husband). It is delicious in cupcakes and muffins. So, Hubby has been making Super Chunky toast, whilst I have been busy baking. This is my fun recipe with a surprise centre! Can you guess what is inside?
Peanut butter and surprise jam centre cupcakes A yummy cupcake will a jam centre 250 g Self raising flour250 g caster sugar1/2 tsp Bicarb of soda 270 g unsalted soft butter (left at room temperature)4 Eggs (Beaten)100 g Skippy Peanut Butter (Extra crunchy or Creamy is good)2 tbsp Milk (I always use Full Fat)3/4 jar Jam (Strawberry jam works best)Topping (if you fancy a bit extra)1 tub Chocolate icing30 peanuts, blitzed into dust CupcakesPreheat oven to 170 degrees, gas mark 5.Add all dry ingrediebts into a bowl.Add the butter, eggs and sugar.Add the peanut butter and mix. Add the milk and mix for a further minute. Give the bowl a scrape to get all the mixture.Sprinkle a little brown sugar on top (adds a bit of crunch). ; Bake these for around 20 minutes. Yummy!Cut a whole in the top of the cake and add the jam. ToppingAdd pre-made chocolate icing and ...
Kebab sticks and vegetable burger - - Kebab Sticks: an onion (chopped into big chunks), pepper (chopping into big chunks), courgette (chopping into big chunks), mushrooms (quartered ), Vegetable burger: brioche bun, Halloumi, aubergine (about 1 cm thick), mushrooms (sliced), tomato, rocket, Kebab sticks: Cut the courgettes, peppers, mushrooms and onions in sizeable pieces ; Add to the kebab sticks and drizzle with olive oil and season with sea salt and cracked pepper and oregano ; Grill in the ultimate grill, on high, for a few minutes until golden brown; Vegetable burger: Slice the halloumi and aubergine into 1cm thick slices and drizzle with a little olive oil and season ; Slice the mushrooms; Grill the vegetables for a few minutes, on high, until golden brown; Grill the Halloumi, on high, for about 45 seconds; Grill the Brioche bun, on high, for about 20-30 seconds; Stack it up, adding tomato and ...
I love quick and simple food, that can be cooked in minutes and tastes delicious. In a busy, working, family it is essential. So when I was asked to team up with Breville to create a tasty quick meal, I couldn’t resist. I cannot turn down a challenge and this one was a lot of fun – I was asked to make a one minute video showing you how to recreate my little indoor BBQ. So I thought of my favourite vegetarian burger and hey presto.
Andrew James has added a fabulous volcano waffle maker into his fabulous baking range. It literally makes the largest volcano shaped waffles, which are yummy! We love to break them up and cover them in fruit, syrup and cream. Delicious for breakfast and the maker is award winning, so why not tell the kids you're making an award winning breakfast? VIEW the POST
This is a fabulous batter mix recipe, perfect for waffle makers or those making waffles a different way. It is yummy! VIEW the POST
As many of you know I am not very creative in the kitchen. If you said to me can you cook "cottage pie", I would be able to do it. If you said to me "can you cook dinner tonight", I would panic. I wouldn't be able to think about what recipe to choose, what goes well with each other. That's where HelloFresh comes in and their extensive range of recipes. VIEW the POST
What better way to celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day (27th January) than to bake our very own chocolate cake. Inspired by Isla's love of Num Noms. We received a hamper of goodies to decorate our cakes and a Series 4 deluxe pack of Num Noms. Isla was very, very excited. Below is Isla's creation (one vegetarian and one not): VIEW the POST
I couldn’t help but sing have a Mary Berry Christmas to myself when I started writing this review. I have really missed Mary Berry in Great British Bake Off this year, so seeing this new range cheered me up. I Just Love It have a personalised Mary Berry collection with everything from mugs to bread bins. Everything for the bake off/baking fan this Christmas.
Wayfair challenged me to spruce up my kitchen ready for Autumn. I love a challenge and especially ones like this where you get to make a real difference to a room. Trending colours for Autumn are orange and teal, two of my favourite colours and that inspired the products I chose. Great products at great prices. Don't forget to check out my family friendly recipes below too... VIEW the POST
Did you know that the government recommends we eat 30g of fibre a day? One way to do this easily is to up the intake of Whole Grain. I am a big fan of overindulging at breakfast time, when I do eat breakfast that is. When I came across this hot cross bun loaf, I just couldn't resist it. It's a great family friendly breakfast recipe too. It is really yummy with margarine at breakfast, or a nice dollop of Jam. Don't forget the cup of tea too! VIEW the POST
I love cooking with the kiddies and when we were sent the new Ella’s Kitchen Easy Family Cookbook, we had to try out some fun recipes. Ella’s Kitchen challenged us to make our favourite recipe from the book and the kiddies found it so much fun. The orange cookbook is one of 4 in the range and they are brilliant for kids and people like me, who have no idea what to cook for dinner!
I was asked by belling.co.uk to think of a recipe that reflects my own unique cooking style. I love cooking recipes where it can be thrown into a stew pot or wok and left to simmer over hours, developing a tasty sauce that is perfect for dipping a tiger loaf into. So it didn't take me long to think about my new favourite vegetarian stew recipe, which you can put a Spring twist on too now that the weather is warming up a little. VIEW the POST
This is a brilliant recipe for adding a little spice and fruit to your Easter baking. I like the recipe as it's a subtle drop of spice and yummy currants, the decoration is fun for the children and you can have these finished off within the hour. Isla enjoyed decorating the biscuits and eating the chocolate icing too, who wouldn't? Dr Oetker have many Easter recipes online if you want to try some Easter baking with the children this weekend. VIEW the POST
This is a great recipe for a grown up alternative! The kiddies had chocolate spread, banana and also a little strawberry sauce. Mummy’s favourite is lemon and sugar. Daddy loves Bailey’s and I thought this recipe would be right up his street – especially with the added banana’s and walnuts. This is a fantastic recipe for any dessert, a great one to show off if you are hosting too.
This is an advertorial post with Quaker Oats. Quaker Oats recently sent us some fabulous oats, some of which had been all the way to space and back. We love porridge for breakfast, you can do a lot with it too. Like adding fruit or baking the oats to make breakfast flapjacks. One thing I love doing at the moment is making overnight oats, they are so easy to make and they taste gorgeous straight from the fridge. Perfect for the dash to work or before the school run. VIEW the POST
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