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Amy October 24, 2014

Angel Delight Moments

Angel delight is one of those puddings that instantly takes me back to childhood, we’d always have it as a special treat and shock horror I always had chocolate flavour – being a self confessed chocoholic since the age of around 5. But I’ve not had it in years! My children had never tried it, so I jumped at he chance to try out the new bubblegum flavour. The packet instructions are for either a milkshake or the more traditional whip. Maisy was so excited when it arrived particularly as it was in a pink box that she’s still playing with a…

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Amy September 23, 2014

Fruity Buns

Last week I made these really simple fruity buns, they were really quick to make and use simple ingredients your bound to have lurking in the cupboards so I thought I’d share the recipe. Ingredients (makes 12) 225g self raising flour 100g butter 100g caster sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon milk 50g jam (any flavour) Method Firstly you’ll need to grease and line a baking tray. Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl, cut the butter into small chunks and add to the flour. Using fingers, rub the butter into the flour until it looks like bread crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Separately whisk the egg…

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Amy August 16, 2014

Disastrous scones

If you’ve stumbled upon this post looking for fantastic pictures of delicious looking scones with a fool proof recipe for them I’m affraid you’re going to be disappointed these scones went wrong big time but were still to my suprise very tasty. I got the baking bug yesterday but was due a food shop so had limited options after rumaging throught the cupboards and a children’s cook book me an the girls decided to try make some scones. I think where I go wrong is I don’t follow the recipe I change bits to suit what is in the cupboards…

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Amy July 28, 2014

banana and chia bites

Needed some yummy healthy snacks for us today to counter act the amount of ice cream that has been consumed by us all recently. so i made some Banana and chia seed bites, they are super easy to make and make a good snack to grab on the go and are a nice alternative to cereal bars. So all you need is: 2 bananas 1 1/2 cups of plain porridge oats handful of chia seeds So start by mashing the bananas really well, the riper the bananas the better. Add the chia seeds and oats and give it all a…

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Amy July 20, 2014

Easy peasy fairy cakes

Friday we had our end of term play group party! I had previously said I would make some cakes so on Friday morning when I remembered (sh*t) I had to think of something I could make fast that I already had the ingredients for lurking in the cupboards. We went for Fairy cakes with butter cream icing so here’s the easy peasy recipe we use for some yummy cakes! Ingredients(makes 12):110g unsalted butter – softened at room temperature 110g caster sugar2 medium eggs 110g flour1 teaspoon vanilla essence 2-5 drops food colouring (optional) 2 eager little helpers Method: Preheat the oven to 180°c/350°F/Gas Mark4 and line a fairy…

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Amy June 28, 2014

Chocolate fudge brownies

We made chocolate fudge brownies!Now I am the first to admit when I bake it can be very hit and miss. I often find a recipe start by following it to the letter then get abit bored and do my own thing, this does not always have a good outcome. But the kids love it so we try and this week we made some brownies for the first time. chocolate brownies I know they don’t look all that great but presentation has never been my strong point trust me they taste sooooo much better than they look. So good…

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Amy June 22, 2014

Greek yogurt ice lollies

I, like most parents am always thinking about what is going into my children’s bodies, they do like a treat but I’m always looking for different ways I can make that treat just a bit more healthy. We decided to give Greek yogurt ice lollies a go. My girls love an ice lolly and especially with this hot weather I thought this would be great to make with them for nice cold afternoon snack. And how simple was is to make! I mean even i didn’t manage to fluff this one up so it must be. Strawberry greek yogurt icelolliesYou’ll need; ice lolly moulds (I got mine from…

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