Being a lover of Italian food I was keen to see what authentic Italian brand Doria had to offer in the way of fine foods. I do love a bit of crunch to my food, so their crackers and biscuits looked like the ideal thing to fit in with my lifestyle and I couldn’t wait …
A New Year and Miss M’s 8th Birthday
It’s been a hectic start to the year to say the least, with trying to sell a house and job worries making it most stressful, but I musn’t forget the amazing event that really started off the year and that was Miss M’s 8th birthday on the 1st January! What an amazing eight years it …
The Snowman™ and The Snowdog Great Festive Bake Off Blog Tour
The animated film of The Snowman first graced our screens back in 1982 when I was just seven years old, although it is one of those films that I remember clearly and have watched many times over during it’s annual viewing each Christmas. The 20th anniversary film released in 2012 shares the snowman’s adventure with …
Thomas J Fudge’s Salted Caramel Florentines
Salted Caramel Florentines from Thomas J Fudge’s sounded like a perfect treat, so I couldn’t wait to taste them. I’ve always been a fan of Thomas J Fudge’s savoury biscuits but never really tried the sweet varieties. These florentines are a trio of chocolate, nuts and salted caramel and certainly didn’t disappoint. They look luxurious, …
Mornings with Belvita
Mornings for me consist of chaos, being a mad rush getting ready for work in the morning and get the children ready for nursery and school. Even leaving the children’s things laid out for nursery/school or on my days off, it still seems a mad dash to get the children up and out the door. So I’ve …
Brown Sugared Vanilla Shortbread
Baking Mad is a recipe database website with endless pages of scrumptious looking things to make, all alongside mouthwatering pictures to tempt you into a spot of baking. It really is the place to go if you are looking for something to bake and I do like the way you can search with just a …
42 days of Summer fun with BN biscuits
Six weeks of school summer holidays means 42 days to have fun with the children, days out, days at home, some in the garden having fun, others inside playing games, baking and making crafty pictures. So much to do, so much fun to have, where do we start. If it’s sunny and you want to …
Win a Case of Bahlsen Pick Up! Biscuits
Pick Up! are an exciting new biscuit from Bahlsen, consisting of a slab of chocolate sandwiched between two crisp biscuits. I know my two children would be eager to get their hands on these and they come in handy individually wrapped packets – perfect for snacks on the go! With a pack containing 5 wrapped …
Easter Baking ideas for children
We were challenged by izziwizzikids.co.uk to come up with an Easter activity video for children and decided we would love to do some baking as this is one of Miss M’s favourite pastimes. I wanted to keep the recipes really simple so that Miss M could really feel like she was baking on her own …
Baking biscuits with Miko Cat and Miss M!!
Miss M has been desperate to play with all her Xmas/birthday presents particularly the messy creative ones (e.g Moon Sand) that are really unsuitable around Mister B. So when Mister B had a nap yesterday afternoon I agreed we could try out her new ‘Miko Cat Make and Bake Gingerbread Baking Set’. It came in …