Category Archive: Cooking

Nov 13 2012

Good Natured’s Splendid Spuds Winter Warmer Challange

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This competition ends tomorrow, if you our head over here and spare me a vote I would be eternally grateful! Before I knew the extent of my injuries I agreed to take part in the Good Natured‘s Splendid Spuds Winter Warmer challange. They challanged 10 bloggers to come up with the most creative, delicious recipe …

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Jun 04 2012

Meal Planning Monday – 04/06/2012

Last week I forgot to do a meal plan (oops!) and fell foul to the takeaways! So this week I intend to get back on track. After our trip to costco a few weeks ago I have a freezer full of meat & cupboards full of essentials. So what its store this week? Monday - Roast …

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Jun 04 2012

Sausage Casserole

I love this meal as it’s a one pot wonder however I tend to stick it in the slow cooker if I make it at the weekend! Ingredients 6 Sausages (Again adjust this to your family preference) 2 cans of cannellini beans (butter beans work just as well), drained. 1 jar of passata 1 onion chopped 2 Bay leaves …

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Jun 04 2012

Spicy Sausage

This is on of the family favourites that always appears on our meal planning posts! It is very simple & very quick to do too, which is probably why I love it! Ingredients: 6 Sausages (adapt this to your family but both myself & my other half have 2 each and the children have 1 …

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May 21 2012

Meal Planning Monday – 21/05/2012

Last week I noticed that my meals were pretty similar to the week before and safe to say uninspiring. So this week as well as our classics we always have I’ve added a few new ones to try out on the family. Monday – Home made burger & chips – This is from the My Daddy …

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May 14 2012

Meal Planning Monday – 14/05/2012

Last weeks meal plan pretty much went to plan apart from a couple of nights, this week I need to make sure I’m a bit more organised as tonight and Thursday see me studying from 5.45pm so that only gives me just over 1 1/2 hours to get in, cook dinner & spend time with the …

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May 07 2012

Meal Planning Monday – 07/05/2012

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This week is the first time I have taken part in At Home with Mrs M Meal Planning Monday! I used to be really good at planning ahead however the last few weeks it has fallen by the wayside then this ends up with us having crap to eat when the kids are in bed, so …

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Jan 13 2012

Simple, Best Kept Secrets

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When Simple heard I was going to be doing a new healthy eating regime in 2012 they got in touch to see if I would be interested in trying out some of their best kept secrets which Simple nutritionist Fiona Hunter has created to help keep you healthy and your skin glow as they packed full of nutrients …

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Jan 13 2012

Simple Snack Pack

A great snack pack from Simple packed full of healthy food which is great for your skin! Brazil Nuts – Brazil Nuts are packed with the mineral Selenium which can help to protect skin against sun damage. Dried Mango – Mangoes are rich in beta-carotene which can help to protect the skin from damage by …

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Jan 13 2012

Caramelised Pineapple with mango sauce – from Simple

ingredients: 1 Large ripe mango, peeled and stone removed 125ml Orange juice 1/2 tsp arrowroot 15g unsalted butter, melted 2 tbsp Demerara sugar 2 thick slices of fresh pineapple Seeds from one pomegranate to garnish To make the sauce place the mango and orange juice in a blender and puree until smooth. Place the puree …

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