Stacey in the Sticks

Salad in a Jar | Recipe (Slimming World friendly)

by StaceyUpdated on July 3, 2017April 16, 2016

I guess this one isn’t so much of a recipe, more a different way of doing something to make it more interesting, and a salad in a jar actually keeps a few days in the fridge*! This also makes it really handy for taking to work, or if you have a busy routine at home and don’t have time to stand chopping salad for making your lunch during the day, you can make 2 or 3 of these salad in a jar up on a night time, then they can be taken from the fridge and either enjoyed straight from …

Book review Review Toddler

The Cloudosaurus Rex | Book review

by StaceyUpdated on May 16, 2016April 15, 2016

If you have been reading my blog recently you may have noticed that I have two little boys who are quite into dinosaurs at the moment. Add to that our love of books, and the fact that Jacob is currently loving learning about the outdoors, and The Cloudosaurus Rex is a book that we are finding great right now! A fun rhyming action book, perfect for children aged 3 – 6 years who love to join in with the actions and the rhyming verse as they learn about other people’s feelings, the days of the week and the weather. Blurb: May, Adelle …

Health Lifestyle Slimming World Weight Loss

Slimming World weigh in #60 – the one where I’m grumpy…

by StaceyUpdated on May 16, 2016April 14, 2016

After last week’s weigh in and feeling like I was back in the zone, I was raring to go to get that 2lb loss to get into that next stone bracket. I was on it all week, though we did go out for a carvery on Sunday but I filled my plate with veg; a few syns were possibly used on gravy, and stuffing, and a Yorkshire pudding… oh. Oops! I kept my syns down after that though to try and balance it out. I’ve been eating a lot more speed food again too though I’m not properly back on it with meal planning …

Lifestyle Party

A dinosaur party | Birthdays

by StaceyUpdated on April 15, 2016April 11, 2016

Last month it was the boys’ 2nd and 4th birthdays and so I held a joint dinosaur party for them. As soon as I decided on the theme I was straight to Pinterest for ideas and I found some brilliant ones – I could have done so much more but I just didn’t have the time! Nonetheless, I was pretty pleased with how it all came together, especially after pretty much pushing blogging aside for the week prior, to concentrate on party preparation. This is how it all came together…

Health Review

Bioglan SmartKids vitamins | Review

by StaceyUpdated on April 18, 2016April 9, 2016

I try to give the boys a wide variety of foods so they receive all of the vitamins and minerals they need, without having to take a supplement. Jacob seems to go through phases where he will eat a lot of different foods but at other times he will just eat the same thing and refuse others he has tried previously. He does try and eat a huge variety of fruit, but vegetables not so much. For this reason, I do like to give him extra vitamins and recently he has been trying some products from the Bioglan SmartKids range. We …