RECIPES
Smoothie Ice Lollies
These ice lollies are an absolute summer essential. Kids love to help you make them and it's a great way to get them involved and experimenting with different flavours. Whatever combinations you choose, these lollies are packed full of amazing nutrients and purely natural sugars. You can even add some veggies -- carrot and mango, ...
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RECIPES
Crispy Thai spring rolls, crunchy Vietnamese spring rolls and fried shrimp rolls: A spring roll fiesta!
We were recently invited for dinner at one of my friends, where we were spoiled with the most delicious and fresh crispy Thai spring rolls. They were made by my friend's nanny, who is from the Philippines, and I was intrigued! I never thought of making my own crispy spring rolls, but now I saw ...
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RECIPES
Banana Bread -- the yummiest, moistest recipe ever!
This has been our family recipe for over 50 years. It is a winning recipe, and really is the moistest banana bread I have ever had, and I am a big banana bread fan! So I have decided to share the treasured family favourite, and hope you will try it soon. Often, I double or ...
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RECIPES
The Simplest and Healthiest Fruit Ice Lollies!
Sometimes the simplest things are often over looked, and these whole fruit banana and watermelon ice lollies are the perfect example. I was recently told by my friend that these are ingenious. (I tend to agree!) They are a game changer! Simple and sweet. These ice lollies are a staple in our freezer and are ...
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RECIPES
The perfect grain-free granola recipe
Once the colder months are over, I instantly shift my breakfast menu! Suddenly, I want to leave the hot porridge or hardboiled eggs, and instead eat cold, crunchy, and usually fruity breakfasts. Enter delicious homemade granola! This granola is perfect year-round, but we make a super big batch during spring and summer months. I really ...
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RECIPES
Snowy Lime Cookies -- so pretty!
It has been snowing a lot in many parts of the globe, but here in London we are longing for a winter wonderland moment to happen. Ok, we may be the only ones waiting, and we know the snow had been relentless in much of the US this winter, but that should not stop anyone ...
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FOOD
Baked Portobello Mushrooms -- a simple, delicious meal
I love this time of year when the autumn produce is showing itself in the markets. The apples are golden, the pears are ripe and the abundance of mushrooms are being picked from the land. We've been enjoying the mushrooms so much lately. Last week we made a gorgeous mushroom soup from the prettiest of ...
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RECIPES
Cherry Pit Whipped Cream
We adore cherries! And we can seriously eat a lot of them (punnets and punnets in fact) in our house. So when we came across a super easy recipe for cherry pit whipped cream, well, we absolutely had to try it. It consists of 'leftover' cherry pits sitting in a bowl of cream overnight. Then ...
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RECIPES
Banana Pancakes... the Best Breakfast! (and only 4 ingredients)
Ok, we actually call these 'banana MAN-cakes' in our house, since it was one of the first phrases my daughter said, and it made us chuckle, and now it has stuck... so that is what we really call them. But whatever you call them, they are super delicious, quick to make, fuss free, healthy, and ...
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BOOKS
Gingerbread Wonderland by Mima Sinclair
We've had such a cosy winter holiday spending our days with the fire lit, reading books and baking in the kitchen. We've made our favourite chocolate brownies, delicious soups and even roasted chestnuts on the fire - delicious! We also made gingerbread (for the first time ever). Helena was gifted Gingerbread Wonderland for her birthday and we really enjoyed ...
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FOOD
Foraging (or collecting edible weeds)
Have you ever gone to your local park, forest or garden to collect edible weeds? My kids and I love to go out and pick our dinner in 'the wild'. It's fun, and I think it teaches them something about food and nature. Also, it motivates them to help prepare dinner (and eat it). We've been making ...
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FOOD
The Little Things... baking Pepernoten!
This week for The Little Things, Ava and her cute little friend Juul are showing you how easy and fun it is to make your own pepernoten, and how tasty they are to eat afterwards! Pepernoten (the literal translation is 'peppernuts') are a typically Dutch delicacy that traditionally is eaten this time of year, when Sinterklaas ...
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FOOD
Vietnamese style Rice Paper rolls
My kids and I are really into making rice paper rolls these days -- a very fun and healthy cooking activity, which they love! Dried rice paper is available from the Japanese store (you get about one hundred sheets for a few euros). The fillings can vary -- we've tried cucumber, carrot, avocado, celery and ...
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DINNER WITH
Dinner with Esther from Babyccino Kids
Dinner time usually occurs around 6.30 pm in our house, because that's when my husband comes home from work. Cooking is my thing -- my husband usually takes care of breakfast (I'm worthless in the morning!), but dinner-time cooking is my task and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love to cook, I ...
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BOOKS
Mommy, let's cook!
Our daughter Sara (6) still wants to become a chef, and I couldn't be more over the moon with her current career choice. Imagine a daughter who's a chef ! (She's also secretly in love with Courtney's son Easton so if all goes to plan, Courtney can consider herself a lucky mother-in-law too.) Anyway, I ...
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CELEBRATIONS
Jamie at Winter Wonderland
As children are starting to break up from nurseries, kindergartens and schools for the Christmas holidays, a typical London holiday attraction to visit is Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We went last weekend and whilst crazy busy I was really impressed with the fairground -- lots of really beautiful old-fashioned fairground rides, mixed up with ...
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FOOD
Sand Cookies
I'm not sure where the name 'sand cookies' comes from, but my mum used to bake these cookies when I was little; I remember sitting on the kitchen counter helping her decorate the cookies with almonds and raisins... and making sure the dough was tasty, of course! Yesterday I tried making them with my kids ...
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Cooking by kids, no kidding!
Although she says she´ll be a princess, I think my 4-year-old daughter might become a chef. She loves going to the supermarket, she loves helping me prepare the food, and she loves to eat (most of) it. When I brought home a few items from the Berghoff children's cooking line the other day I must have nurtured ...
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FOOD
Pizza atelier
How do you entertain kids on a rainy afternoon, teach them to cook, and at the same time have dinner prepared for you by your own personal chef? Let them make pizzas!! My friend Carla organised a pizza atelier the other day and it was a success beyond any expectations. She prepared lots of fresh ...
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FOOD
Snickerdoodles
Whenever I mention the word 'snickerdoodle' to my friends in Europe, they think I must be talking about some rare breed of dog, or an exotic flower. So, either it's just an American thing, or possibly something specific to my family... In any case, snickerdoodles are delicious cookies that go over especially well with kids! ...
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