Spoons are utensils we all use on a daily basis. Even in Asian cultures, where people use quite different types of cutlery compared to us, you will find spoons. They are held differently than our spoons, and have a bit different shape but are, after all – spoons. In the present, we usually think about […]
Gnocchi and 2 sauces
Gnocchi is comfort food in it’s full glory, and honestly, in times like these, I think we need all the comfort we can get. Now I know that because of the Covid lockdown flour is in short supply (out of everything, whodda thought flour would the hardest thing to come by?) and you can easily […]
The Digger Birthday Cake
When I say Digger Birthday Cake I’m sure anyone with a toddler or a Pinterest account knows what I’m talking about. But for those without either, the digger birthday cake is simply… a birthday cake with diggers on it. Easy. Kids love it cause lets face it anything cake shaped with toys is amazing in […]
Garden how to…grow potatoes
It feels that growing our own food is a skill we’ve lost, most likely it’s because of the availability of cheap food, but I do think it is slowly making its way back into our lives. I know for many its intimidating to know where to start with growing food, particularly if you’ve no gardening […]
How to…garden on a budget
As much as I longed for a garden, when I did finally get one I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t completely overwhelmed with the whole thing. I’ll never forget standing in my garden 3 days after moving in, with a rough idea of what I wanted to achieve, and wondering how the heck […]
The Beginners Guide to Hogmanay
Hogmanay, or New Year’s Eve if you’re south of the border, is a BIG deal for us Scots. Some even proclaim it’s a bigger deal than Christmas (it’s something to do with the reformation and Christmas being a bit too, ya know, Catholic). Whether you agree or not, we Scots get an extra bank holiday […]
10 toddler meals
Feeding a toddler is tough work at any point in the day but I find teatime during the week the toughest. James is tired from nursery, I’m knackered from being at work all day and my commute home, and we’ve got a small window for quality time with one another before bedtime. So spending a […]
50 ways to save the planet
We’re finally in an age where caring for our environment is normal, perhaps even expected of us, and its amazing how far we’ve come in just a couple years. But it’s hard, and it’s overwhelming to think of how we can change our lifestyle to such a degree where it will make a difference, and […]
Flying with a toddler
Ok. Now that I’m on the other side of it, I can say with the utmost certainty that flying with a toddler is like childbirth. You can plan all you want and most likely it will go the opposite way you hoped for. But the upside is you will forget the pain and want to […]
Garden How To…grow a herb garden
In response to my previous post on how to grow sunflowers, a women on Instagram expressed a concern to me that she assumes there is more involved to gardening than just putting plants in the ground. Now I do not claim to be a gardening expert, far from it. My garden has been an experiment […]