To follow on from our previous post and giveaway of Annabel Karmel Quick & Easy Toddler Recipes We have been given the following video clips to share ...
The first one is the recipe for the Mini Muffin Pizza, very simple and easy to follow with a delicious tasty meal for the whole family ... The second video clip is for the Meatball goulash one of my personal favourites.
I'm the first to admit that I'm no whizz in the kitchen , but these both look tempting and easy to make and after watching the video its given me more confidence to give it a go !
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Annabel Karmel ~ Quick & Easy Toddler Recipes
Friday, 7 June 2013
Pregnancy:~ Psoriasis doesn't always follow the rules!
Since becoming pregnant I had to come off some of my medication for my psoriatic arthritis and although the medication I'm referring to (enbrel) was given to me for the arthritis it actually really helped with my psoriasis .
I'm now almost 25 weeks pregnant and for the last couple of month my skin has flared really bad. Including patches on my face as well as all the usual lovely places that us folk blessed with this condition will know very well .
At clinic a few weeks back they decided to prescribe me dithro cream again , which I've had before and worked well so i was happy to give it another shot, for the first couple of days i did see some relief and was quite pleased but then the lovely weather came and along did the agony .....from photo-sensitivity from the cream ...grrrrr! You cant win !
Any way the point of today's post is to show you ... That when they tell you 'in pregnancy it usually gets better' , some folks aren't so lucky !
Today i am starting on a new cream called Dermalex Repair ~ Psoriasis , which has been sent to me to try out ... I'm not expecting miracles but will let you know about any improvements i see :) I'm quite excited !
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Cut The Rope ~ merchandise review
The last two weeks have been full of grouchy children
suffering with chicken pox , Dan got them just before the school holiday and
over the weekend Jake's emerged .
Cheering the little tykes up while they have been here has
been a task i've not envied . The lovely PR people over at Cut the rope time travel got in touch to ask if we'd like
to review some of their goodies and of course, we jumped at the chance .
Zeptolab’s Cut the Rope: Time Travel, the sequel to its phenomenally
successful Cut the Rope, a game which has been downloaded over 300 million
times to date. The new game sees the much loved monster character, OmNom,
stumble upon a Time Travel Machine, which he then uses to go back in time and
discover his roots, teaming up with his candy-chomping kin along the way.
The box arrived yesterday
and I'm not too sure who the most excited was ..... the kids or my hubby !
On opening our parcel we found some fantastic books, toys
and a comic , and each item was quickly claimed!
The items we recieved to review were :~
1 x Plush OmNom
1 x Packet of mini figures
6 x OmNom magnets
1 x Cut The Rope comic
1 x Cut The Rope Joke Book
1 x Cut The Rope super doodle book
Jake loves reading so of course he jumped in and took the joke book and comic , leaving Dan with the doodle book. Jake really enjoyed the joke book , which has been written in small chunks making it excellent for children who dont concentrate for too long or who get fed up with large paragraphs . The jokes were quite amusing , and i did find myself having a little chuckle when Jake read them to me ! The Joke book RRP is £4.99 and has 64 pages of fab jokes for young and old to enjoy !
The comic is on sale for £3.99 and comes out monthly , we were given the April issue which came with some fab stickers and a little cut the rope book and pen , which were a hit with both boys . Inside the comic is full of puzzles , posters, experiments, things to make and do as well as a competition page, and is great value overall. Jake is 6 and really enjoyed the little comic strips . His favourite was the experiment page!!
Next up was the doodle book priced at £5.99 Daniel took a shine to this book and although he's only 4 and this is probably aimed at children more Jake's age he had a good go at joining in with the activities in the book. The pages are crammed with mazes, word searches, doodles, dot the dots , spot the difference and other fab puzzles all featuring your favourite Cut The Rope characters. Both Boys had lots of fun completing the puzzles.
We were also given some magnets featuring 6 different OmNoms Jake was extremely excited abut the magnets and couldnt decide where he was going to put them .....He finally decided to place them n the freezer. We also had a little packet of mini figures. These come in packs of two with 16 to collect. Next up was the item that made Dan the giddiest...... a plush OmNom ,which makes sounds. I must say all the toys and the magnets went down a storm especially when Daniel discovered that OmNom made noises ! He was so excited! The soft toy is available in several different styles . Over all both boys were absolutely delighted with the entire range of cut the rope goodies ....and so was i !
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Annabel Karmel ~ Quick & Easy toddler recipes ~ review & giveaway
My sister swore by Annabel Karmel and her fantastic fuss
free toddler food that when i was offered a copy to review and further copies
to give away to my lovely readers i just couldn't say no and with 'mealtime
meltdowns' a daily occurrence in thousands of busy family homes across the UK
the book looked quite tempting!
I was quite shocked to discover that research has deemed
that British toddlers are the fussiest in Europe, and what really had me
thinking was that 42% of parents admitted to a repertoire of just 7 meals they
cook for their children..... i must admit i am not very creative in the kitchen
and i probably fall in with the 42% too
Annabels New book , Quick & easy toddler recipes is due
for release in June , but Ive been lucky enough to get hold of a copy today and
have a read through the recipes.
The book has 130 new healthy toddler dinner ideas in it that
can be made in minutes . With chapters
including Breakfast snacks, pasta, fish,
poultry , meat , vegetables and fruit
there is a wide variety that no toddler will bore of.
Some of my personal favourite recipes from the book are:~
prawn stir fry in a
sweet and sour sauce
roasted red pepper and tomato pasta
scrambled eggs with tomato salsa on English muffin
lemon sole goujons
spinach and ricotta pancakes
she adds: 'The UK's toddlers are the toughest food critics
in Europe , and its so easy to feel frustrated and powerless when your child
simply refuses to eat certain foods. But the key is not to give in or give up-
persist with new foods, new recipes and creative ways to hide the good bits'
I used to be an expert at hiding veggies in my son's food as
he really wasn't keen, in fact he still isn't but he does at least try veg now.
I was worried at first that the book might contain foods that might not appeal to toddlers or ingredients that normal Mums wouldn't buy , but i can honestly say these recipes don't have fussy exotic ingredients and they are all meals that i would cook for the family anyway . Making them an ideal choice, as toddlers wont feel left out when they are having the same foods as older siblings or their parents.
As i said earlier , i have been offered a few copies to give away on the blog so if you would like to win a copy of this fab new book all you have to do is leave a comment below telling me your toddlers favourite dinner and A WAY TO CONTACT YOU , so i can contact you if you're a lucky winner. Good luck.
This giveaway is open to UK only , there will be 3 winners and will close on the 20th june , when the book is launched.
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