I recently saw some Christmas Wreath Biscuits made with the ‘stained glass’ method of crushed boiled sweets in cut outs in the biscuits. I thought they looked lovely but might be better for decorations rather than for eating so came up with a different way of getting the same look by layering two biscuits with […]
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Raspberry and Coconut Snowball Biscuits
These easy, tasty biscuits are the first of my Christmas treats for the year and kids will have fun getting involved making them. The same principle would work with any plain/vanilla biscuit base but I like to use a simple one I found a while ago on the BBC good food website. Biscuits 250g butter […]
Savoury Halloween Cheese Biscuits
Today – Savoury Cheese Biscuits – The perfect quick and easy bake E’s favourite part of baking is when he get to roll something out and use the shape cutters so he was very enthusiastic to help with these pumpkin shaped, flaky cheese biscuits. I’ve been making cheese biscuits for years but to stick with the […]
Halloween Pumpkin Patch Carrot Dippers
Today – Healthy Halloween Snacks – Pumpkin Patch Carrot Dippers E is a huge fan of finger food (he loved yesterday’s Witches Fingers) and anything that involves dipping so for lunch today I went for a Halloween pumpkin twist on crudites and humous. It only took five minutes and E thought they were hilarious. I can’t remember where […]
Witch Finger Pretzels (or soft Halloween pretzel dipping sticks)
Today – Witches Halloween Finger Recipe – Soft pretzel dipping sticks with a spooky Halloween look – witch finger pretzels I am getting just a little excited about Halloween. I have been obsessively ‘Pinteresting‘ all things pumpkiny and today I press ganged E into our first bit of spooky cooking courtesy of the Martha Stewart […]
Like it or lump it – The mean mummy approach to fussy eaters
Fussy eaters, is there anything more frustrating for a parent? I love providing my boys with healthy and tasty food. And that is one of the reasons why I got a water softener system installed at home, so that it helps to make the food taste better, which harsh water does not do. I’ve had […]