This recipe makes a quick easy midweek meal for the whole family. It can be eaten as a main course or as a smaller side dish. I used whatever veg we had in but you can change it to suit you. Ingredients (serves 4 as a main dish) 2 bags of boil in bag rice (the cheats option) 1 tbsp oil (or you can use spray oil. none is needed if you use a ceramic or stone pan) 2 chicken breasts, diced 200 g mushrooms, sliced or quartered 4 large spring onions 100 g garden peas (tinned or frozen) 2 …
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{Guest post} Sarah – Surviving with two under two
Today’s guest post comes from a fellow blogger who I ‘met’ on Twitter. Sarah is mum to Daniel and Emma – both are under two years old (a 16 month age gap). She blogs at Let them be small about life with two under two and shares some of the activities they do. She can also be found on twitter – @MsSBurns Surviving with two under two…. Having two children is challenging, no matter the age gap, but having two under two presents its own challenges. There’s 16 months between Daniel and Emma, and it’s hard sometimes to remember that Daniel …
{Guest post} Louise – Cleft palate
Today’s guest post comes from one of my online friends, Louise. We always knew that when we started our family, we didn’t want a huge gap between the children so were thrilled when we found out we were expecting number 2 (D2) when Will was 13 months old. The pregnancy progressed exactly like my first but was under consultant lead care as I delivered via emergency section the last time. We have no serious health issues in our families and I don’t know about anyone else but you don’t go into the scan expecting to be told anything apart from …
The depressing truth | In the media
I recently came across an article that a couple of friends posted on social media recently. The headline caught my eye simply because I related to it – The depressing truth behind mums ‘unable’ to breastfeed. I put together three of the words – depressing, unable, breastfeed – and immediately thought of myself. If you have read my blog before you will know that I really struggled to breastfeed both J & N. The months after J was born were some of the worst of my life because I was unable to breastfeed. I blamed myself, my body didn’t work properly, I couldn’t provide for …
Foodie Penpals – August reveal
This month my parcel came from Jemma in Wales. I always love trying local goods from other areas in other countries so I was excited to see what I would receive. First up, some local goodies: lamb & mint welsh potato crisps. My first thought on finding these was ‘Yum!’. I’ve been saving these for our car journey today. local Welshcakes. These are delicious, on their own or with butter and/or jam. Jemma lives in a multicultural area so I also received: harissa paste. I’ve wanted to try some kind of recipe with this for ages so it was …