I try and make up some thing for the family to have for snacks once a week or so. I don't always manage it, but in the efforts to avoid everything that is w...

Seriously, how long are these holidays? These are some of the things that happened when I decided to make biscuits with the small people. I'd taken them all...

No, the other way around. Baking to keep me sane. I fall in and out of being a regular baker. I've been rather better at it over the last six months or so, ...

Sometimes I forget to tell my husband how excellent he is. Well, actually, I tell him quite a lot, but to draw a comparison from the last bits of year 10 wor...

And a day of two halves And he was such a happy birthday boy. He loves his new scooter - he pinches his sister's whenever he gets a chance, so it seemed the...

I got a new toy... I'm a woman with brand loyalties (my love of Apple Mac's is something my husband finds endlessly infuriating), and when it comes to kitche...

After last week's post, I looked around my kitchen and figured it was time to make some more changes. I've made a sort of pre-New Year's resolution: every c...

It seems to be somewhat of a topic at the moment - so here are some of the things we do to reduce how much of it we get through. I don't profess in any way t...

Tuesday seems to have become baking morning around here. Summer holidays are an odd beast. I very much love them, but you can also get a bit lost. There's ...

(It was courgettes. Husband does not like courgettes, hence the secret.) One of my best buddies has an allotment. Every year she grows way too many courgett...

Quick and so tasty. I've been struggling to write recently. It's not that there's nothing to write about - rather the opposite, there's been loads going on ...

Lots of being sociable and community spirited. Saturday was the street party - we've had one each summer for the last four years. It was initially inspired ...

Finally there are some things to eat from the garden! Sally was a very good helper with the podding of peas (I think her grandma has been training her). Thur...

This is the second of the promised tea posts. It is about my recently developed infatuation for Pukka teas. Look at all the pretty boxes in my cupboard! (Th...

This weekend, without a play to worry about, I got to spend time with my children - and the washing machine. Sally is generally a pretty nice daughter - to p...

Specifically the leaves. There are actually two posts I need to write about tea. This one is about leaves, the other one is about how I have rather suddenly ...

It actually wasn't that bad. Side note, migraine brain still seems to be in effect, I tried to spell cupboard cubpoard four times before I worked out what I w...

(WITH ADDED BACON) I haven't made this in a little while. It used to be a staple, cooked every week or so, but it fell off the radar - not sure why, it isn'...

Something miraculous happened. I discovered that Sally was actully helping me prepare dinner! Pip used to hate the noise the blender makes - I wish I had a p...

There were great plans to do all sort of wonderful crafts.... But then I was tired and we ran out of time and instead we just about managed to bake some bis...