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Breakfast

Home Made Pancake Mix

I’m outta here! We’re off to a cottage for seven (fingers crossed) glorious days and I’m bringing this with me. I’ve been making my own pancake mix for cottage trips

Spices

Lisa’s Letters Home: Curry In a Hurry

One of the most quintessentially British dishes isn’t fish and chips, pie and mash, or toad in the hole – it’s a good ol’ curry. One of our son’s first foods was

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Chef Notes: Mussels

I came to love mussels when I moved to New England.  I started slowly, first I would only sop up whatever buttery, garlicky broth was left after my fiancé Al

Fruits

Eat a Rainbow Salad (or How to Get Kids to Feel Good About Eating Healthy)

Okay, here’s a recent dilemma of mine. Although I’m far from perfect (really, really so far) when it comes to what I feed my kids, it’s come up in several

Fruits

Blueberry Brownie Cookies

Well, we finally did it! We went blueberry picking. Scarlett and her friends rose early one morning and raided the local farm by our cottage. (You’ll actually see the whole field

Snacks & Desserts

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Summer is here! Summer is here!! Just in time for the school holidays, thank you very much. You never know how long the sun will stick around these parts, so

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Blueberry Clafouti

I’m up to my you-know-what in blueberries. Seriously. I’ve gone berry picking so many times in the last week that Scarlett now thinks everything we eat is suppose to be

Vegetables

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One of the greatest gifts my kids have received through going to daycare part time is the ability to eat soup. For real. (For real they have a hearty bowl

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Nutella Mug Cake

It’s no secret that I like cake. A lot. Unsurprisingly, my children also really like cake. (My husband doesn’t eat cake, but let’s not speak of him right now.) This

Dinner

Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes

There are quite a few people in my house  on a regular basis – I’ve given birth to most of them, so it’s no great surprise to me that our dinner