My mum used to say “tidy room, tidy mind”. I would scoff, naturally. This was when I was a teenager and a complete slob – it literally didn’t occur to me to be any other way. There were so many…
The first few months of your baby’s life can be a real mixed bag of emotions. One minute you’re elated and buzzing with energy and love for this squidgy bundle you created, the next you feel sad and deflated, sure…
Pork is something we do eat, but not nearly often enough as mid-week meal. We eat quite a bit in Spain; I make a paella with spinach and chorizo that requires pork loin medallions, and Adam makes Pinchitos (like little…
So as I attempt to crawl back into real life after having Stanley and share some recipes with you I also have to accept that sometimes the photo won’t be so great. Yes, apologies about that. Seriously, my photos used…
Feel like I haven’t done a recipe post for so long! But winning an award (really! this one) recently kind of renewed my faith in myself. Yes it was for best cooking vlog but in reality quick snaps of my…
We were approached by Nintendo a few weeks’ back and asked if we’d like to try out a set of their Nintendo Labo. Labo is (oh God, excuse the very layman language about to unfold…) a box of stuff that…
This post is about something that has become a bit of a cliche: the fact that us mums need to treat ourselves. Listen – cliches apart – we actually, really do. Our role in life as mum is to put…
Yesterday my old (as in known her for 20 years, not old as in elderly) bessie and me went for some girly time in my old home town of Manchester. We lived there for 13 years, most of that pre-kids…
It’s a bit odd; but we don’t go to many weddings. We have lots of friends (honest!) but many of them have shunned traditional life plans, which normally involve getting hitched. So I don’t normally have that many weddings to…
I’m 27 weeks pregnant with my third child at the moment. This baby has taken 3 years to conceive as I had a medical condition that I only just discovered at the end of last year. Anyway the reason I…
I’m loving working on my blog so much again. I ignored it for too long, and you may have noticed if you’re a regular visitor, that I have a new layout – new logo and brand refresh coming very soon…
