(or Vegetarian Shepherd’s pie) This is a lovely one-pot meal (though you can add a light salad on the side, too), especially in winter months, as it’s very warming and filling. Note that this is a pretty salty recipe, so might need adapting/avoiding if you need to keep to low …
Chris and I both work from home – together. We run (or fail to run) the home – together. We bring up our children – together. Yes, of course, there are things we disagree on and areas where one of us would like the other to do better – I …
It’s my birthday today, and to celebrate I have two giveaways for you. I have five boxes of Ariel Stain Remover Additive Powder to give away. It’s first-come-first-serve, so the first five comments that say they want a box will get a box. I’ve been using it for a while …
This recipe is generally very popular with children (though it failed on Sunday, probably due to Rosemary and her two friends having far too much fun to sit down and eat food). The magic ingredient is probably the shaped pasta, which we get from our local healthfood shop, Sunshine Health. …
I’ve been collecting together photos of some of our staple meals to start a new recipe series – ones I really like, ones Chris really likes and ones Rosemary really likes (not always the same thing). Eleanor? She’ll eat anything. As will the dog – unless it contains egg or …
I have just found an understanding and empathy with the whole concept of spring cleaning. Chris had just strimmed the lawn, while I was getting the girls ready for bed and before reading Rosemary her bedtime stories. The kitchen window was open, with the heat floating into the room, bringing …
After making Nixdminx’s Grandma’s Cheese Flapjacks a couple of days ago and not eating a single digestive biscuit since then, not to mention having considerably more energy, I thought I would have a go at adapting them to make a sweet version, to satisfy any sweet cravings. This is what …
We ran out of nappies. Had one for last night – phew! But none whatsoever after that. So R has been forced to go out with just knickers (and tights, trousers, T-shirt, vest, shoes and coat, of course) on, along with a bag full of changes of clothes and the …
