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Christmas Food

11 Great Festive Food Recipes for Christmas | Delicious Holiday Dishe

One of my favorite things about Christmas is festive food.  It is the perfect time to enjoy food with your family that you do not have for the rest of the year.  I love how food cements family traditions and that we all love getting together in the kitchen to enjoy great food at Christmas.

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10 Tips for cooking with Siblings

10 Tips for Cooking with Siblings | Fun and Stress-Free Kitchen Time

One of the biggest challenges of cooking with your children apart from finding the time is balancing the needs of siblings.  Cooking with more than one child can be challenging and dealing with the dynamics of siblings can be offputting.  But there are ways that you can make cooking with siblings easier.

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Homemade Pizza Recipe - Cooking with Kids

Homemade Pizza Recipe | Fun Cooking with Kids

Do you have pizza nights?  We do and have done since the boys were little .  This homemade pizza recipe certainly is tried and tested as it has been our failsafe recipe which has been used since before the boys were born so for around 15 years!  I have learned that kids love pizza and

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Creamy Leek and Mustard Chicken

Creamy Leek and Mustard Chicken | Fun Cooking with Kids

One of the most monotonous bits of parenting is feeding.  I swear I spend hours thinking about what to prepare, shop for and cook that we will all eat as a family.  You see, I want to prepare something healthy, scrummy and delicious and to see empty plates at the end of the meal.  Our

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Veggie Taco Bowls | Fun and Healthy Cooking with Kids

I am passionate about the fact that I want my boys to grow up with great skills in the kitchen and instill in them a love of cooking and also provide them with some fabulous staple meals.  These Veggie Taco Bowls are so simple to make and are really filling and nutritious. We are working with

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Cook with your Grandkids

Cook with Your Grandkids | Fun and Memorable Family Recipes

As you know I am passionate about cooking with kids and one of the things that make me sad is that my boys can not learn to cook and bake with my mum like I did, especially as this coming Sunday 2nd October is Grandparents Day.  But I am delighted to be working on this fab #CookSomethingGrand

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Chicken Tikka Masala - Cooking with Kids

Chicken Tikka Masala – Cooking with Kids

This Chicken Tikka Masala was cooked by Mini aged ten from scratch and I can tell you it was absolutely delicious.  I am delighted to have teamed up with Uncle Ben’s to highlight their fantastic Ben’s Beginners cooking hub on the lead up to International Cook With Your Kids Day on 15th October 2016.

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Kids in the Kitchen with Ben's Beginner's

Tips for Getting Your Kids in the Kitchen | Fun and Engaging Cooking Ideas

I am a really big advocate of cooking with children and getting kids in the kitchen from an early age.  Some of my happiest memories are of helping my mum bake and cook, but more than just happy memories, she left me with the legacy of being pretty handy in the kitchen and this is

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