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Empty Nest Mummy Were you a Baking Queen? A fan of donning your fave pinny and letting lose your creativity in the kitchen? And then you had kids, right? Yep, it happens, lady, it happens. It happens a lot. You’ve lost the Magic of Baking. (But, don’t worry. I have a solution for you. Or […]
Empty Nest Mummy In The Empty Nest Mummy household, we love a bit of a bake-off after school. Pizza is a surefire hit and we’re always looking for an opportunity to try out new recipes. So when I came across the Sweetpea Pantry Playful Dough Mix, I just couldn’t resist making pizza with kids. But, […]
Empty Nest Mummy With just 4 ingredients, these Chicken Nuggets are super-easy to make. They are much cheaper and healthier than takeaway ones, so what are you waiting for?! Get cooking! Or get the kids to roll up their sleeves and make them with you. Or for you! Print Recipe The Real Deal Chicken ‘Nuggets’ […]
Empty Nest Mummy Now, it has to be said that I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, but I do love making fun crafts and doing baking with the kids. And I love pink. So Valentine’s Day only really makes it to our house at all in the form of crafts and baking with […]
Empty Nest Mummy We’re not big pancake eaters in our house. In fact, we only make them once a year, then the kids try them, hate them and they end up in the bin. All change now though as we have discovered thicker, less eggy, American pancakes. And they are delicious! And, if you add […]
Empty Nest Mummy We were first introduce to Posh Fish Fingers at a playdate about 3 years ago and have been making them ever since. I’ll have to be honest, it is much quicker if you don’t let the kids get involved, and there’s far less mess to clear up. But, they do love helping […]
Empty Nest Mummy The kids and I first made this delicious tomato and bread salad in Italy last summer and it was divine! The sweet juicy tomatoes are just perfect with the vinegary dressing and the crunchy bread. You can also add cucumber chunks if you like, and even roughly chopped red peppers. With […]
Empty Nest Mummy After two delicious weeks of hanging out and chilling together, it had to come to an end – school starts again tomorrow. (And then I’ll be back to counting down the hours until 3.30 again, or rather to learning how to make my blog look good (and work properly), get rid […]