I know what we will be doing this Bonfire night. We will be spending it with family as they put on their own annual fireworks show. It is something we look forward to every year and it would be the perfect time to have a winter BBQ and the people at Country Valley Foods have some brilliant […]
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As part of the Tefal innovation panel I was asked if I would take the fresh week pledge to commit to giving up processed food from Monday 13 May – Sunday 19 May 2013 in favour of fresh, unprocessed food. For me this is a bit of a no brainer as I cook from scratch most days.
Since getting cancer I have been wary of processed foods. I know that not everything processed is bad, but I make the effort to give myself and my family the best food I can and for me this means cooking from scratch.
As a perk of being a Tefal Innovator they sent me a Fresh Express and a riverford food box this week, so kick starting my menu planning for next week. So I am going to share with you my menu for this week and see if you would be willing to take the pledge. If you do there is a chance that you too could win a Fresh Express and a Vegetable Box.
Bank holiday Monday
Homemade pancakes and fruit
Salad Sandwiches with homemade bread
BBQ with Fish, fennel, salad and homemade flatbreads
Tuesday
Scrambled egg with chopped tomato
The boys are back at school so school lunch for them.
Lentil bolognese (diced peppers, onions, passata, herbs)
Wednesday
Dippy eggs
Spelt pizza bases with lentil sauce topping and vegetables, served with salad
Thursday
Banana Muffins
Chickpea daah and homemade naan bread
Friday
Fruit and yogurt
Boys are at a party, but me and MadDad will be having homemade fish and chips
Saturday
Pancakes with fruit and yogurt
Poached eggs with smoked haddock
Sunday
Breakfast Muffins
Roast Chicken with yorkshire puddings and vegetables
Homemade roast vegetables soup and homemade bread
Winter in the UK is a genuinely unpredictable season, meaning the cold weather can start as early as October and sometimes not depart until March. Whichever type of winter season we have, it is almost certain that at some point there will be the usual headlines about the wrong type of snow hitting train services
We are great lovers of Curry in The Mad House and even the boys love it too. Mostly I make one from scratch and you can find my Nice Easy Basic Curry recipe over at Frugalicious Food, butI am not adverse to using curry powder especially when I have less time and we have what has fondly become know as Fridge bottom curry. I have to admit that the inspiration for this curry comes from Chris at Thinly Spread and is based on her Baked Bean Curry.
Cool on a wire rack.
Hints and tips from the first time maker.
I put far too much sauce in and it bubbled out making the muffins rather sticky to eat, but they are delicious. Next time I will put less batter in the bottom and then less sauce and more batter on top.
MadDad’s mum doesn’t like mushrooms and tomatoes, neither does MadDad. When you ask him he puts it down to the fact that he had never tried them until he was older and he doesnt like the texture, he never learned to like them. In fact between me and MadDad we have quite a few food aversions, but we have always ensured that we try not to pass these on to our boys.
Growing up I didn’t like turnip, but was made to have a tea spoon each Sunday on my dinner and told to mix it with my carrot or potato and I was expected to eat it. Guess what I actually like turnip now. With regards to veg, both the boys will happily eat their way though the garden, to which I am so thankful and I put down to the fact that we grow a selection in the garden.
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My boys love fish. If we eat out it is what we order off the menu. In fact I would take fish over meat every day. Some thing the boys would too. When asked what they wanted to eat for their back to school feast they both chose sea bass, which made me happy and very sad at the same time. Why you may wonder, well seabass is £27 a kilo four times the price of steak and I was sure that I would ruin it whilst cooking it. This is one of the most comon reasons we do not eact fish, my fear of how to cook it and spoil it.
Today is Blog Action Day and this year it coincides with World Food Day.
I read somewhere and for the life of me I can not remember where something about parents who’s children eat everything shouldn’t be smug. Why? Why can I let people know about the crap sides of my life, but not the good things? I am a proud mum and yes I am somewhat smug, my
