Just a pre-warning, this recipe requires ripe avocados, but not ones that are too ripe. You know the kind, the ones that are slightly soft but still firmish and about as hard to find as a pot of gold being guarded by a unicorn. I have however learnt a little avocado selecting trick. If you… Continue reading Crispy avocado slices
We have a first birthday fast approaching and I for one cannot stop thinking about cakes. For the actual cake I am going to make a sugar free vanilla sponge, double layer, sandwiched together with an apple and pear compote. For the icing I think I have settled on using just a thin layer of… Continue reading Natural hundreds & thousands
The baby is seriously deep into a berry obsession. I tried to sneak some extra fruit into the diet this week in the form of mango….big mistake, although I think the dog appreciated the new flavors being thrown at him. In an attempt to ease the mum “my baby will only eat a single food… Continue reading Baked egg frittatas with popped quinoa
The mum struggle has been real today. The baby woke up with a warm brow, nothing too feverish but enough to make her clingy, cranky and determined to stay firmly attached to my breast. Part of me, really selfishly, wondered if she was well enough to go to nursery…for a few hours? I had six… Continue reading Busy day lunches
Today I noticed how much of a trooper the mini foodie is. It always hits me when we travel. Somehow inspite of car journeys, the rigmarole that is airport security, delays, taxis with new car seats, traffic, getting home past bedtime, makeshift ‘the fridge is bare’ tea, somehow through all this she stays cool. There… Continue reading Coconut water teething ice lollies
I had to take a break from cake baking…mainly because it’s been too hot to turn the oven on. We have had some serious heat in Munich, the kind that seems so welcome & beautiful when you wake up, but soon has you wondering if you can wear a bikini in public (the answer is… Continue reading Ice cream baby
Is this the third baby cake in the series? We have had chocolate cake, carrot cake and now this, lemon polenta cake.I feel like I have been baking a lot lately which is so lovely. The mini foodie has started nursery a few mornings a week and somehow all the stars and moons and fairies… Continue reading Baby lemon polenta cake
So there has been a definite shift in the mini foodie over the last couple of weeks. Spoon fed anything is out (it has always been a struggle) and self feeding is in. She has always been happy to feed herself but now that her pincer grip is even better (mini mum boast) she is… Continue reading Pea, spinach and mint baby ravioli
In a world of mumsnet arguments and bitchy trolls, it would be easy to imagine that mums are all set to be pitted against each other. That somehow we are a set of tribes governed by the choices that we make on raising our babies. The media would have you believe that these choices are… Continue reading Homemade salmon fishfingers
The mini foodie has four teeth. How did this happen so quickly? One minute she was a tiny toothless wonder and the next she is content to gnaw on a chicken drumstick. She has certainly been flexing her chomping muscles this week, on me, on carrots, on the dogs ears. All in all I think… Continue reading Baby banana ice-cream
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