Monthly Archives: September 2010

Book Review: Under The Skin-Michel Faber

Under The Skin

Under the Skin by Michel Faber My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was the September book choice for Bloggy Book Club, hosted by All About the boys. To see everybody else’s take on it, hop over to the Under The Skin discussion. Any pre-conceived ideas you may have from reading the blurb or the more »

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The Gallery: Food – Welsh Lamb Patties

5 Lamb Patties Mmm

We were kindly sent the ingredients to make Welsh Lamb Patties yesterday, which was a great coincidence as this weeks Gallery prompt from Tara at Sticky Fingers is Food! The campaign from Eat Welsh Lamb is to promote Welsh lamb, in conjunction with a great Cool2Cook children’s cookery book, all about simple, healthy easy to more »

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September Bake It! Club: Apple Crumble Cupcakes

2 Apple cakes

This months Bake It! Club recipe from Amy Lane really appealed and as we had some baking apples, and all the other ingredients in the house. If you would like to try these out for yourself the apple crumble cupcakes recipe is here. It was really easy recipe to follow, I did halve the quantities more »

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Yummy Cheap & cheerful chicken risotto

Risotto 1

We’ve all become a lot more conscious of how much we are spending these days. The credit crunch has turned us into post-war households of frugality (well maybe not, we haven’t been issued with ration books-yet). QHowever, cheap, easy & tasty meals are always welcome to the family repertoire. As I’m typing this You and more »

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The Gallery: (Please don’t) Smile

Gallery Smile

This weeks gallery prompt from Tara at Sticky Fingers is Smile. The milestones for your children get fewer and fewer when they have got beyond the baby/toddler phase. Beyond starting school, it becomes things like learning to ride a bike, whistle & swim. Then there is the losing teeth! We know it’s got to happen, more »

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