All three of my children are avid snackers; I have no idea where they get it from. She types while snacking on some humous and breadsticks! They are much happier having 5-6 small snacks meals throughout the day than just three large meals. That’s fine by me but it is tough to find new healthy snacks that they enjoy and wont leave them asking for more all the time. I was recently introduced to the new Punk’d bars from Organix; they are aimed at children ages 5-11 and come packed with real fruit and wholegrain oats – no junk in sight. I…

This half term the girls an were invited to take part in one of the Mini Ninja’s cooking classes put on by YO! Sushi. Considering neither I nor the kids had ever tried actually tried Sushi before; I knew it was going to be an interesting experience all round. If I am honest I wasn’t sure if it would be for us but I am always up for trying something new. We were greeted on arrival by non other than Darth Vader! He would be teaching the girls how to make some of YO! Sushi’s most popular dishes; they couldn’t…

I love to bake with the girls; I have done since they were really young. It seems like so long ago now that we made these delicious tripe chocolate muffins, I am finally getting round to sharing this super simple recipe with you! We also filmed the recipe so check out the video at the end of the post.. Ingredients 150g Dark Chocolate (melted) 60g Cocoa Powder 250g Self Raising Flour 100g Light Soft Brown Sugar 300ml Milk 100ml Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp Baking Powder 2 Eggs 2 tsp Vanilla Extract 150g White Chocolate (roughly chopped) 150g Milk Chocolate (roughly chopped)…

Cooking is a real love of mine; I feel relaxed in the kitchen and I really enjoy spending time creating a delicious meal for my family. Now that the girls are at school and nursery throughout the week I don’t always have an hour to spend prepping and cooking. My Panasonic microwave oven has become a real mid week saver for quick after school dishes. When you hear microwave meal everyone think’s of ready meals and assume it’s unhealthy I am going to share with you 5 very simple mid week microwave meals that are some of our favourites. Eggs;…