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Category Archives: Food

Baking with kids: Chocolate chip and orange biscuits

19/07/201718/07/2017
Chocolate chip and orange biscuits on a tray and in a hand-painted jar

With the end of the school year rapidly approaching, we’ve been busy baking to create thank you presents for Jessica’s teachers. These chocolate chip and orange biscuits are easy for children to make with a little help from an adult.     Preparation time: 10-20 minutes Cooking time: 10-15 minutes Makes approximately 70 biscuits Ingredients… Read More

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#30DaysWild – Dandelion flower tea

28/06/201703/06/2019
A pot of dandelion flower tea on a tray with a dandelion flower

#30DaysWild has helped encouraged me to take a closer look at the things growing in my garden. I’ve been thinking more about what I can harvest and eat from my garden. Not just the raspberries, the lettuces and the radishes that are growing there, but some of the weeds too. Earlier in the month, I… Read More

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#30DaysWild – Home-made cherry lemonade

27/06/201703/06/2019
A glass of home-made cherry lemonade with half a lemon and some cherries

The girls have been enjoying the cherries that we picked recently at Grandma’s house. It took a few days before they were really ripe enough to eat. Once they had ripened though, it wasn’t too long before they then started to become a little overripe! We had picked quite a lot from the tree –… Read More

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#30DaysWild – Making nettle crisps

04/06/201703/06/2019
The seasoned nettle leaves on a baking sheet ready to go in the oven

The stinging nettles have been running riot in one corner of my garden. I’ve never thought about doing anything with them before now. Normally, I would just pull them up and throw them in the garden waste. However, a recent blog post from Craft Invaders sharing her recipe for stinging nettle crisps inspired me to… Read More

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Baking with kids: yummy Easter biscuits with no refined sugar

11/04/201726/04/2017
Seven shaped biscuits decorated with dried fruit on a baking sheet

I love baking with my girls. With Jessica at school, we don’t always have time to do much baking together. Now that the Easter holidays are here though, we’ve been enjoying getting our aprons on and baking again. We were recently sent a recipe from Organix for some fab Easter biscuits which are free from… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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