Banana breakfast muffins

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Facing a long journey to France with the boys in the car is a daunting prospect. While Sam is happy to sit and watch DVDs on his little screen, Arlo cannot bear being in the car for very long and bellows in THE most distressing way. When you’re trapped in a fast moving vehicle with [...]

Is it wise to buy budget bacon?

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If there’s one thing we’re fond of in this house it’s a bacon sarnie. Crisp back bacon sandwiched between two slices of soft buttered white bread, with a smidgen of dijon mustard and lashings of ketchup. Sometimes nothing else will do. I don’t often splash out on expensive bacon, being on a budget I tend [...]

Indulgent Breakfast Granola

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Having bought some oats in already to make flapjacks, I decided to use them up by rustling up some home-made granola. What a quick and satisfying little number this is by the way! I’d never really thought to make my own cereal, and always thought it sounded a bit poncey, but my god was I [...]

The best pancake recipe and rainy day pizza

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After a Friday evening end-of-the-week meltdown from Sam that set us all on edge, I felt the need to improve the atmosphere and celebrate the opening morning of bank holiday weeeeeeekend with a batch of pancakes for breakfast. This is one of the boys’ favourite things, so I thought it’d be good to start the [...]