On Thursday afternoon’s school run I couldn’t believe how cold it was, I could tell that snow was on the way. We’ve had a fair bit of snow lately I really didn’t expect more. In fact when clearing out the understairs cupboard the other day I was tempted to box up and pack away the…
Chocolate Mochi
I may have mentioned in previous posts that I like Japanese food and that I often lunch out with Eldest Daughter at Yo Sushi, well, one of the dishes we always end on is chocolate mochi. This is a delicious rice pastry dessert filled with soft chocolate and it just melts in your mouth in a…
Painting a Cross on the Door
That’s right, keep out, we’re all sick in here! That’s one of the problems when you have such a big family when illness strikes it gets us all, knocking us all down like pins at a bowling alley. Last week Boo came home from church and fell asleep on the settee, she was burning up…
Easter Marshmallow Bark – A Sweet Treat
This months Center Parcs challenge is all about chocolate and sweets, particularly as it’s Easter soon. I’ve got my kids to work and together we’ve made some delicious Marshmallow bark and cut it out using Easter shaped cookie cutters. We had lots of messy fun as you will see. First up, our recipe: Ingredients: 200g…
Straight Bananas I’m a MAD blog Award finalist!!
WARNING: this blog post is shameless! Last Thursday evening I was waiting for my lives to replenish on Candy Crush Saga when I decided to check my Twitter feed. That’s when I spotted the announcement that the Mad blog award finalists had been announced. I resisted the temptation to look, I’d really expected the announcement…