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November 16, 20202020, Activity, autumn, cooking, Creativity, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, pumpkin

Smashing Pumpkins

I had planned a beautifully photographed, step-by-step recipe, but I’m afraid life happened and I had to make and photograph whilst I […]

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020autumn, baking, blackberries, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fruit, mother, Outdoors, Parenting

Brambly hedge

As a kid, I have a fond memory of going blackberry picking with my mum the first weekend after school had started […]

May 7, 2020baking, cooking, Creativity, date, decoration, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fun, indoor, sea buckthorn, seasonal, self-care

Choux stopper

Last week I said that I’d share the recipe Daf and I created as one of our “date jar” activities, so to […]

April 28, 2020Activity, adventure, change, communication, cooking, Creativity, date, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, learning, love, mental health, mother, patience, perseverance, positivity, relationship, self-care

We never change

Daf and I have never been particularly good at “date night”. Early on the pressure to do something super original and fun […]

April 15, 2020baking, basic need, breakfast, cereal, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, fruit, mental health, morning, mother, self-care, Uncategorized

Morning has broken

I thought today it might be nice to write something which can draw us away from the topic that seems to dominate […]

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020baking, basic need, batch cooking, birthday, busyness, community, cooking, Creativity, expression, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fruit, fun, mother, Parenting, seasonal, self-care, vegetables, winter, work, work/life balance

Our daily bread

Creativity, experimentation, an awakening of senses, connections, celebrations, enjoyment, fun, laughter, family, necessity, daily, basic need…what do all these connotations have in […]

April 17, 2019April 15, 2019Creativity, Food, Health, Nutrition, mother, Parenting, self-care

More tea vicar?

Hands up who loves a good cup ‘a tea? Whatever the variety, sometimes there is not a lot that beats it. I […]

March 20, 2019March 21, 2019Creativity, Food, Health, Nutrition, Outdoors

For a limited time only

I thought I’d better get this recipe up quick before the key ingredient disappears from our river beds. Who out there loves […]