Yay! You survived Christmas 🎉 with your own Wildlings, cheers to that 🥂. Christmas was of course wonderful but it did (at times) feel like an SAS selection task: – At Stockeld Park we arrived minus one of Queen I’s shoes; Nono tried stealing the fake presents on the display at the ‘Elf Workshop’; Queen…
Saturday Night Fake-Away
At the weekend, we resort to takeaways because we want something effortless and tasty (and maybe don’t care as much about the calories 🎉). But they can be expensive, especially if you’re trying some of your Wildlings with something new and there’s a chance they could waste it. And if the calories DO matter, take-aways…
No rest for the wicked.
The weekend was perfect- much needed p*#s up weekend with the girl gang, before hot-footing it out of there with a bottle of fizz for the last train home on Saturday night. Sunday equalled a jolly romp around Sherwood Pines, timing it perfectly to end up in the snug cafe as the showers started. But…
Garlic, pasta and Parmesan- two ten-minute recipes with these cupboard essentials.
Carbs have become a bit of a dirty word these days. But a bowl of pasta is just what I need when I want something quick and soulful when after a day being run-ragged by The Tag Team…or to soak up a Prosecco-induced hangover 😬🤦♀️. These two recipes are super fast and only need a…
Ragu and Stew: big family pots that won’t stretch the budget or your waistband!
Meals times can be one of the most stressful times, for me- pulling them away from the TV, getting them to sit still on their chair as well as the ‘I don’t like that’ fiasco 😫. You bloody do! You absolutely woofed it down last week. 🤬. Both of these recipes are great because they…
Ch-eat your way slim.
Low-calorie eating can be boring if you’re living off ready meals, but cooking from scratch every evening can be a bind. Here are my recipes using some fresh ingredients as well as some convenient packets from the supermarket shelves. Semi-home-made (to quote a phrase coined by Antoni off of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy…
Wine Mum 2.0: Going back to my roots- an intro to cooking like a pro…or something like that.
I’ve decided to go back to my roots of blogging: posting recipes. This is for a few reasons: A) I have got many bonkers, new adventures to write about, but not the time. B) This is because I am back working again! I used to do recipes before I was a ‘Wine Mum’ and merely…
We’re all going on a summer holiday!
Having been back for just over a week, I’ve finally conquered the mountain of washing from our recent jollies, and am down to the usual four loads of washing a day 😫. The ironing pile is another matter: it looms over us in the living room, a foe that taunts me when the iron’s plugged…
Bye Bye Baby
It appears my baby has been replaced with The Fonze… This week, I had to finally admit that my ginormous three year old ‘baby’, was not a baby anymore (believe it or not). He started attending our primary school’s pre-school, with a uniform and everything 😩. Granted, he only goes for the morning, except for…
Before You Reach for the Wine on Those Wicked Half-Term Days….
As the half-term holidays loom and the average daily intake of wine looks set to increase, here are a few activities you could try (rather than another trip to the wine aisle). Hopefully they don’t break the bank either, so you’ll have pennies left over for the wine when it’s needed. Elmwood Farm Elmwood Farm…
The Adventures of Wine Mum 