Having had our Christmas fayre at school yesterday, I have decided to face up to the fact that Christmas is really not that far away now. For me the 1st December marks the start of my own official countdown to Christmas, and is of course the start of advent.
This Cauliflower Hummus is a great way of getting some extra veg into your diet, and this has all the flavour of a regular hummus but its made with cauliflower instead of chickpeas. With Christmas now looming on the not so distant horizon now, I have been thinking about what food to make and buy … [Read more…]
Since the boys returned to school after half term, I have kind of lost my cake baking mojo. I think it is because I had a big gain at my slimming world that same week, and I did not want to make anything which I would be tempted to eat!! The good news is I … [Read more…]
You cannot beat playing a game to keep children entertained, and it is a great way to get a family to interact with one another and have some fun. My two boys love playing board games and guessing games with their Daddy and I, and when the weather is wet outside (much like it has … [Read more…]
When I was a girl a popular dessert for my brother and I was a slice of arctic roll. It is a very simple pudding really, a vanilla swiss roll containing jam and vanilla ice cream, and yet it was quite a threat to have a slice! Nowadays artic roll is still available in the … [Read more…]