Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
It’s been one of those days… but hopefully after three disasters in a few short hours things are going to start looking up.
Easter is a bit different for us, in a household where the children are dairy-free, egg-free and nut-free.
So, with the lack of actual Easter Eggs in this house I decided to make some chocolate biscuits in the shape of eggs.
I’ve just downloaded masses of photos from my phone and come across a few birthday cake photos.
Not quite a flapjack, maybe seeming a little more healthy and a fail-safe filling snack.
I think that most people will agree that banana and chocolate is a fantastic combination – and this recipe can be thrown together at a moments notice from just five basic ingredients and then…
Ginger snaps are lovely biscuits, and while McVitie’s Ginger Nuts are a great dairy, egg and nut free standby, sometimes it’s nicer to have homemade.
Little S has a big school trip tomorrow – off to London to watch changing of the guard, see Buckingham Palace and picnic in a Royal Park.
As I mentioned, summer has suddenly arrived in the UK – at last, some might say! So thoughts turn to ice lollies, especially if you’re a child and especially if most ice creams are out …
So, it’s the Year 3 cake sale day at school today and even if I wasn’t very keen on baking, it would be important to provide some cupcakes that my girls can safely buy and eat.
You may have noticed that I’m quite a fan of chocolate and coconut! The biscuit tin was looking empty and Little S had a friend coming to play on Friday, so this is a concocted recipe that ke…
She’s home! Big S came home from her activity camp today and the family is again as it should be.
I was feeling a bit lost yesterday with Big S on her three night activity camp with school.
So I have a half pack of silken tofu left over from the chocolate cheesecake recipe – what to do with it? I could have made brownies with silken tofu, but I’m all out of ‘safeR…
We seem to have become reliant on ending a meal with a mint chocolate! Unfortunately, our usual Mint Chocolate Crisps from Sainsbury’s Free From range haven’t been available for a while…
This is my long-time fall back chunky chocolate chip cookie, enriched with oats and soft brown sugar.