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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Delia’s braised bangers
I’m not always the biggest fan of Delia’s recipes, but sometimes she just gets it right. Today was one of those moments. Sam’s niggling behaviour at the dinner table vanished this evening. Maybe it was an imposter wolfing down his … Continue reading
The best pancake recipe and rainy day pizza
After a Friday evening end-of-the-week meltdown from Sam that set us all on edge, I felt the need to improve the atmosphere and celebrate the opening morning of bank holiday weeeeeeekend with a batch of pancakes for breakfast. This is … Continue reading
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Milkshakes and pasta – Sam’s food heaven
Sam’s lack of adventure at the dinner table has driven me crazy these past few weeks. But things have improved slightly on the back of his nursery doing a cookery theme this week. So I capitalised on this and we’ve … Continue reading
Weekend suppers
I tried out the last of the recipes I’d ripped out of June’s Good Food Magazine over the hot and sticky weekend. Should have been barbequing but poor Sam came down with a high temp and a cough that sounded … Continue reading
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Morrocan kofte with spicy tomato sauce
My fellow foodie friend of many years Jonny came round for dinner tonight so I wanted to give him a decent feed. When it comes to feeding men, I find you can’t go wrong with meat on a stick! The … Continue reading
Wrap tastic
Leafing through my monthly copy of BBC Good Food Magazine is like yoga for me. It centres me and calms me down – I’m sure it lowers my blood pressure. So as soon as I can, I rip out all … Continue reading
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Egg overload and a Good Food recipe bonanza begins
I don’t know about you but when I do my supermarket shop online I end up with things I either didn’t order or have absolutely no recollection ordering – we still have an epic amount of birdseye potato waffles lurking … Continue reading
Tasty pesto crusted salmon
I had an even bigger gaggle of boys to feed today when my friend Tara came over with her two – Rory and Jasper. It’s always an energetic play date when we put our boys together – but it’s a … Continue reading
Getting in a stew
My friend Alan has set up a business making heavenly pots of stew and I’m giving him a hand with the online side of things. He’s gone from selling his fragrant dishes at food markets to getting them on the … Continue reading
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Arlo’s Birthday Picnic
After much stressing about the impending downpours forecast in London on Saturday, I bit the bullet and decided to have Arlo’s birthday picnic in Kew Gardens anyway. It’s very British to have a picnic in all weather condidtions – I … Continue reading
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