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Toddler Cookery Classes – Splat Cooking

I’m very proud to be launching Splat Cooking’s (@splatcooking) new toddler cooking club cookery classes.  The Splat Cooking team have put so much work into planning these new classes they promise to be educational, enjoyable, fun and inspirational for toddlers as well as their parents or carers. When my children were little there were a…

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50 Things to do before you’re 11 3/4

The National Trust have launched a campaign to get children outside, I’ve been through the list and I reckon mine have done 37 of them.  Definitely fossil hunts on Redcar and Saltburn beaches, skimming stones – last week in Saltburn, we have heaps of fossils around the surf shack in the garden, and discovering what’s…

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APP – Cupcakes, Muffins and Afternoon Tea

My new APP has it’s own Facebook page, please click and ‘like’ it.  The APP itself launches in June 2012 and will be available from that date on the APP store, if you ‘like’ it on facebook we’ll keep you updated on events, competitions and appearances plus heaps of extra recipes and tips. I’m really…

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Bellaverde Broccoli

This is amazing stuff, I’ve always thought the idea of eating ‘trees’ was cool but Bellaverde broccoli is even better than normal trees, they’re big trees and they’re sweet too. I’m really proud to say that I’m one of Bellaverde’s Celebrity Mums and have one of my favourite family recipes up on their website.  My…

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Interview with Peach Trees and Bumble Bees

The lovely Ashley Fryer interviewed me last week for Peach Trees and Bumblebees, Ashley’s fantastic recipe and foodie website blog.  It was one of those “should I give a proper grown up answer?” or “should I give a smart alec answer?”, so figured I’d do ‘honest’ answers. Click on the link above for the interview

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Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday is Pancake Day, it falls the day before Ash Wednesday and can be between the beginning of February and mid March depending on when Easter falls. Pancake Day’s proper name is Shrove Tuesday and this is the night before the beginning of Lent. Traditionally an evening when families used up flour and eggs…

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Chinese New Year

This year is the year of the Dragon, a very auspicious year in the Chinese calendar.  New Year starts on 23 January and the celebrations continue for the next 15 days.  We’re celebrating tomorrow evening with a Chinese Banquet and if you’d like some ideas then check out some of my recipes here or listen…

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Foodie Advent Calendar

Splat Cooking have just launched a Foodie Advent Calendar, from 1 December they’re going to be putting up a different recipe a day for the 24 days running up to Christmas. The recipes will be related to Christmas and could fall into the following categories: Edible Christmas presents Christmas tree decorations Nibbles and canapes for…

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Savoury Muffins in 11 minutes – Philips Airfryer

I’ve been testing out the Philips Airfryer, this fabulous kitchen applicance produces my healthy, amazing muffins in super quick time.  My Small Boy was off on a school trip and as usual I hadn’t got my act together to sort him out a packed lunch.  He hates sandwiches so it’s always a challenge, anyway, cheese…

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