How to Make Rice Krispie Christmas Trees 1
Celebrate the festive season with these fun Christmas tree rice Krispie treats which are perfect to make with kids and they will love eating too.
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10 Delicious and Simple Air fryer Recipes 3
I am a big airfryer fan. We have had one since 2011 (make sure you check out our chips) and my mum had an actifry before that. It has really revolutionised the way we cook and we have recently upgraded our air fryer to a double one. Not only are they a more cost-effective way of cooking, but they are also speedy, use less fats and the boys love cooking with them. Maxi makes some sort of chicken in the air fryer for lunch when he is at home most days. So I wanted to share our favorite air fryer receipes.
Cooking Oats in 5 Delicious Ways: A How-To Guide
If you’re looking to prepare something that’s healthy, delicious, yet fulfilling then you should definitely make oatmeal. This is for sure one of the simplest and most effective ways to start your day. Besides being very delicious and easy to make, oats are also loaded with plant-based protein and fibre and are going to keep you full throughout the day. Now, there are a lot of people who are not too fond of it, because to them they seem like they are too gooey.
4 Delicious Evening Snacks Your Kids Will Love (with Recipes)
Kids love to indulge in evening snacks when they get home from an exciting playing session or after a long day at school. As a mother, you can encounter difficulties if you try to give them those boring daily snacks.
Amazing Oreo Milkshake
This Oreo Milkshake is just delicious and so easy to make at home. Perfect for a weekend or movie night drink. As this is a special milkshake we go all out here with the full-fat milk, ice cream and whipped cream. It is decadent, delicious and oh so chocolaty without being overpowering thanks to using Oreos for flavouring rather than chocolate.
Perfect Pizza Dough even for Pizza Ovens 137
Perfect pizza dough – that seems like the dream doesn’t it or at least a bit of a brag, but I have been making homemade pizza weekly for the last 27 years and I stand by my pizza dough being pretty perfect. Homemade pizza was one of the first meals I made for the husbeast, yes I wooed him with my pizza making prowess. Since then I have continued to make pizza on a weekly basis and it is our Saturday night tradition.
The Ultimate Kinder Bueno Brownies
My teen has been begging to make Kinder Bueno Brownies since seeing them on Tik Tok, but he forgot to save the recipe, so we adapted our favourite brownie recipe and a week, a lot of chocolate and taste testing later we have perfected our recipe for Kinder Bueno Brownies.
Chicken Shawarma Recipe 1
I am not going to lie, this Chicken Shawarma Recipe is going to become a firm family favourite. I would go as far as saying it will lock your socks off. This is my eldest’s sons favourite chicken kebab recipe in the world and you know what all it takes is some store cupboard spices.
Savoury Cornbread Muffins with spring onions and Cheese 2
These Savoury Cornbread Muffins are made from scratch using polenta and flavoured with spring onions, mature cheddar, chilli and sweetcorn. The first time we had cornbread was at brunch when we visited Boston years ago and I have loved it ever since, but whenever I make it at home I find it too dense and not crispy enough. Then I had an epiphany when making dumplings for Sunday Dinner that I could make cornbread muffins, like dumplings for my chilli.
Szechuan Beef – A Chinese Fakeaway Recipe 10
This is my Sister in laws Szechuan Beef recipe and makes a fabulous Chinese fakeaway, that is simple to prepare and a real family pleaser
Serve with white rice or brown rice and if you like, you can complement it with a side of veg such as broccoli or crisp cool salad to make it a balanced meal for all the family.
Wild Alaska Salmon, Potato and Leek Frittata 2
Wild Alaska Salmon, Potato and Leek Frittata is a paid collaborative post with Alaska Seafood. We love Frittata or crustless quiche as some people call them. This Wild Alaska Salmon, Potato and Leek Frittata is great as a breakfast or main meal and also good for a picnic or packed lunches cold.
How to Meal Plan and stick with it 4
Do you meal plan? Do you love the sound of setting a menu for the week but when it comes to it you just can not stick to it. Well, I have been meal planning for the last 8 years and as a family we love it and better still we stick to it.
Chilli with Dips – A Perfect Family Dinner 3
Chilli with Dips – A Perfect Family Dinner is a paid collaboration with McCoy’s Muchos Tortilla Snacks. We love a family meal that brings everyone to the table and my simple chilli with dips served with crips or chips (as folks over the pond call them) is one of those meals. It is a real hands-on family favourite.
Tasty Tuna Non Sandwich Lunchbox ideas 11
Over the last two years Mini has moved on to have packed lunches for school and as he isn’t really a sandwich person we have been working with Flora looking at non-sandwich lunchbox ideas.
Spiked hot chocolate three ways 11
Anyone who knows me will confirm that I love hot chocolate season and do not need an excuse to make hot chocolate and I have passed my love on to the kids. However, these hot chocolates are strictly for the adults. So make the most of the dark, cold nights and try my spectacular spiked hot chocolate three ways or if you are feeling generous then leave out the booze and let the kids join in.
Cooking with kids – Pan-Fried Chicken Breast with Sweet Potato Mash & Peppercorn Sauce 12
One of the most monotonous and challenging parts of motherhood for me is feeding. Not the feeding per say, but thinking about meals, shopping for them, preparing them and all the rigmarole that comes with being a parent. It is the everyday NEED that can get me down, it is a thankless task, bit one that I take seriously as a Mum.
Melting Snowmen cookies – cooking with kids 14
Are you in the festive mood yet? We certainly are and these delicious melting snowmen cookies are going to become a festive family favorite here in The Mad House. They were super fun to make and are great for cooking with kids.
10 Kid friendly apple recipes – Cooking with kids 10
We live in a new build house, well I say new build, it was when we moved in eight years ago. One of the first things we did to our garden was plant an apple tree. We have watched that tree grow each year hoping for apples and finally this year we got more than the three we have previously had from it. The boys have been desperate to pick the apples for over a month and we have had to hold them back. Eventually they had a fun afternoon picking all the apples they could and eating a fair few too. MadDad had to hoist them up to pick them more »
Kid friendly slow cooker recipes and a giveaway 288
We are now over two weeks in to #Crocktober and we have been making the most of our slow cooker crockpot. As a busy mum I love my slow cooker and it is perfect for family meals. Slow cooker jacket potatoes
Encouraging picky eaters – kids in the kitchen 32
I am blessed to have kids that eat pretty much everything I put in front of them most of the time. However, we still have times when they are under the whether or just being kids when they refuse food. I find that a great way of getting them and me out of a funk it to bring them in to the kitchen and make things together. However, when that fails this is a failsafe way to encourage picky eaters!