Pimp my Pancake……the healthy way

I have a degree in pancakes at this stage in my life. There are possibilities are endless. Batter, toppings, degree of crispness or soft and spongy. The world, my friends, is our oyster! But where did it all come from???? Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday & was…

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Snack Differently with Snack a Jacks & Oven Baked Walkers

High Five all round everyone – we did it!! We survived January. Possibly the dreariest, least exciting time of the year….or is it? Maybe it’s just a frame of mind and January has been getting a bad rap all these years needlessly. Maybe January should be celebrated for what it…

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Cashew Cranberry & Choc Chip SmashBalls

4pm and I are simply not friends. We haven’t been for nigh on 8 and a half years. There was no major falling out, no Dallas style storming out of the room and slamming of doors in our wake. Our lives just changed trajectory and we lost the spark. You…

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The one the kids can’t stop eating…. Great Granola with a hint of lemon

These kids are quite literally eating me out of house and home. I can’t keep up. The plague of the locusts tearaways. And who actually made fruit so EXPENSIVE??!!  I am the mother who picks up stray blueberries from the floor and rinses them under the tap. I’ve even been know…

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But first coffee…. and chocolate ice-cream!

Unattended children will be given an espresso shot and a puppy. Yes we’ve all had a little giggle on seeing this one at various café’s around the country. Can you imagine the horror? Threats such as this are not to be taken lightly and are sure to bring any self-respecting…

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