The Rustlers Burger Hack Challenge

There are days when I don’t feel like cooking at all. And I don’t really want to pens a whole lot on a takeaway. These are the days I look for quick meals that I can serve in minutes that the whole family can enjoy. I was recently invited to join the Rustlers challenge with BritMums where I had to show how I hack a Rustlers meal. A little more about Rustlers – Rustlers brings families the ultimate tasty and quick burgers. Rustlers Southern Fried Chicken Burgers Twin Pack contain marinated chicken with a southern fried breadcrumb bringing out an …

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Dolmio #ThankGoodness Challenge

The school week is always busy. Besides the school work, there’s swimming and tennis. And there’s always something else to do everyday. While I cook the children a meal everyday, some days I just don’t feel like it. On those days #ThankGoodness for Dolmio! I was thrilled to be chosen to take part in the Dolmio challenge with Britmums and to do so I was sent a hamper of goodies to prepare a mid week meal. The hamper was enough to feed us for at least 3 meals and then some so the children were happy that they’d be having …

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Boo! Pumpkin Carving with Asda

We’re always up to a challenge and when it involves carving pumpkins and a Halloween treat as a prize, we’ll never say ‘no’! Asda sent us some pretty cool carving kits to make give them a good scare and we’re hoping that we’ve succeeded. First up is this rather cool Fire’s Friend which Jadyn carved all on her own and she’s pretty proud of it. We had the cool stencil from the Petrifying Party Kit which also had some great tools to help us carve the perfect pumpkin.   Ethan has some help from yours truly and carved this Ghost …

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Our #GreenGiantsMinions Easy Peasy Bites

We love the minions and we can’t wait for the new Minions movie. The children also love sweetcorn. In the run up to the movie, we were challenged by Green Giant to come up with a Minion inspired meal preparation. The kids were very enthusiastic and offered all sorts of ideas. So many ideas, so little time. In the end we decided on something simple that the kids could potentially make on their own. Sweetcorn and tuna spread ciabatta bites It’s so easy to do. And you probably have all the ingredients at hand. You will need – Ciabatta bread …

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Magic Squares and Tips for a Magical Playdate

Playdates – love them or hate them, if you have children you have them. I,for one, enjoy having my children’s friends over. We’ve had ordinary playdates – impromptu ones. And then we’ve been very fortunate to be chosen to host some Twitter parties where we’ve had more elaborate playdates. We live in a flat so we don’t have have garden space but there are tons of things that we can still do to make our playdates magical so that the children who come never want to leave. My top 10 tips for a successful playdate  – Have snacks ready – …

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I’m up for the Dirty 30 Challenge with Appliances Online

This is one blogging campaign that the husband is sure to be happy with – Cleaning. And not just any cleaning but a ceiling to floor clean – evening the skirting!! Ok, lets face it. I’m not in the running for the Tidy Home Trophy. The house most times has toys on the floor and things out of place. It’s not that I like it that way. It’s just that sometimes there is so much more to do. Cleaning also takes a back seat. I vacuum of course but those hidden away things are pushed to the back of my …

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