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Bake in a Bag - toddler style

Mini-M is super keen to bake and cook, which is probably not that surprising since Mr E and I both spend a lot of time experimenting with new recipes, trying...

23rd November

Ice skating! No broken bones - phew. There was shameless bribery with sweets to get Mini-M to go back on the ice after a wobbly start (for us all). However, ...

22nd November

There was a bake sale at work to raise money for Movember. I contributed a chocolate orange loaf cake - with a glitzy gold moustache on top, to get into the ...

21st November

Christmas parties are on the horizon. Still fairly distant (although Mini-M is informing us on a daily basis that it is going to be Christmas soon) but now w...

20th November

Experimental Smartprice ketchup caramelised onions. All will become apparent in a future blog post!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: ...

19th November

Frosty car park at work - it didn’t defrost all day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

18th November

Mini-M has been telling us - normally as an alternative to going to sleep at the end of the day - that she has a sore tummy. When we ask her how long it has ...

Murtabak - Random Recipes #34

Time to squeeze in a quick pre-bed blog post, to attempt to create some sense of accomplishment for the evening, otherwise all I’ve done is bail from going t...

17th November

Rocking the shower cap / bath flute combo. The sort of activity you can only really pull off when you’re 3! (The recorder player in me has to point out that ...

16th November

At the Queen’s Hall again - twice in less than 12 hours! This time we took Mini-M to watch some of the Edinburgh Light Orchestra rehearsal that Auntie L was ...