Christmas Traditions // Mince Pies

Christmas Traditions // Mince Pies

There are a few Christmas traditions from my own childhood that I’m eager to continue with my own children.  One of these is baking mince pies.  I can recall standing in the kitchen throughout the run-up to Christmas making batches of mince pies.  At times it seemed that we would never make enough as they seemed to disappear as soon as they came out of the oven.… View Post

Chocolate Chip and Orange Muffins {Recipe Inspiration}

Chocolate Chip and Orange Muffins {Recipe Inspiration}

Roo and Tigger had been flicking through recipe books and recipes I’d printed off from other bloggers that I saw throughout the year.  There was one particular recipe that Roo wanted to make chocolate orange fudge.  Now, this is the part where I have to confess to buying a Terry’s chocolate orange in preparation for our epic baking session, however, I appear to have eaten it whilst watching Game of Thrones earlier in the week… Bad mummy alert!… View Post

10 delicious Rapeseed Oil recipes

10 delicious Rapeseed Oil recipes

Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats such as rapeseed oil in the diet contributes to the maintenance of normal cholesterol levels, which may reduce the risk of heart disease. Rapeseed oil is widely available and public health advice encourages its use as a substitute for saturated fats as UK diet and nutrition surveys reveal we’re eating too much. … View Post