Category Archives: In the kitchen

Letter bread

Posted by Ailsa on 1 August, 2012 7 comments

This is an activity that we used to do all the time in Nursery when I was teaching full time, and I knew Annabelle would love it with her new found interest in letters. This is what we did – …

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Tiny harvest

Posted by Ailsa on 23 June, 2012 3 comments

I have a confession – the inspiration for this was a happy meal toy. Yes we go to McDonalds occasionaly but no chips for Annabelle (waaay too salty!) just chicken nuggets, fruit bag and water. Ok, guilt over, on with …

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Sweet potato brownies

Posted by Ailsa on 17 June, 2012 1 comments

I saw this recipe for sweet potato brownies in the current issue (#47) of The Green Parent Magazine and thought ‘yes, we need to try this’. As I have mentioned before we try not to give Annabelle sugar (apart from …

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Milkshake moustaches

Posted by Ailsa on 8 June, 2012 3 comments

Last weekend when we were in Buxton for my Birthday, Dave and I had some yummy milkshakes, but we didn’t let Annabelle have very much as we didn’t know how much sugar was in them. So I decided that we …

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Jubilations

Posted by Ailsa on 7 June, 2012 3 comments

This weekend we were in Preston to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a good old British tea party in the rain! After the beautiful weather last week, we were all looking forward to gathering in the garden for a …

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