Following on from the success of one of my previous posts, How to Lose the Baby Weight, I want to share with you some tips to lose weight and improve your health in your late 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond. Once your children have all started school, those relaxed days of buggy walks, colouring, building […]
Category: Good Food
Recipes, cooking tips and advice, family food, meal ideas
Seven simple steps to swap ready-meals for home cooking
Horse meat and veterinary tranquilizers found in UK supermarket frozen beef burgers and beef Bolognese! This scandal in the food production chain this week has sparked a massive investigation in the UK, Ireland and Europe. Somehow, I feel that this may just be the tip of the iceberg; I’m sure it’s only a matter […]
10 Top Tips…to help your kids to LOVE food
Today I went along with the 66 kids which make up Beas reception (kindergarten) class to a local Chinese restaurant. They have all been learning about Chinese new year and brilliantly the teachers thought it would be a fun trip to take the kids to all taste some real Chinese food. Awesome! What struck me […]
Don’t forget the baking powder (and other mummy mishaps!)
One afternoon last week, in a whirlwind of floral-aproned domesticity and inspired by a new jar of luxury lemon curd I set about impressing my kids with not one, but two batches of lemon cakes. Undeterred by the lack of self-raising flour in my cupboard, I continued with plain flour, safe in the knowledge that […]
How to feed your kids well: A survival guide for dads
Single dad? Stay-at-home-dad? Granddad? Mum-works-long-shifts-dad? Step-dad? Whatever kind of daddy you are, one thing is true: You want the best for your kids. If you’re a mummy reading this, please pass it on to a daddy you feel needs a little inspiration.It’s a sad fact that many dads don’t see their kids much, not just […]
Season’s Eatings Giveaway
I am starting this wonderful online family cooking course on the 1st Feb and I am so excited to be able to offer this giveaway to all Mummyology readers! We have a special 20% discount off the cost, AND we are giving away a FREE place on this fantastic online class, Season’s Eatings from SkillIt. […]
10 ways to cook cabbage (and they’re all delicious!)
In today’s post I’ll show you ten different ways to prepare, cook and eat delicious winter cabbage. Cabbage is not just any vegetable of course, it’s super rich in various minerals, including iron for healthy blood, and it’s low in fat and calories yet full of fibre to keep you satisfied at dinner time.Many of […]
Take the one week no-shop challenge!
Happy New Year and welcome if you’re a new reader to Mummyology! Today’s blog will inspire you to cook from scratch, using up the dry ingredients in your cupboards and odd bits of leftovers to give you a week of healthy eating for very little money. The bonus – you’ll probably lose weight too! […]
Last minute Christmas bakes
SO this time next week we will have all eaten too much and our kids will be in hyper drive of enjoying their new toys and if they are anything like mine, there will be quite a few moments of madness when no one wants to share their new things but everyone wants to play […]
5 dairy-free, gluten-free, egg-free alternatives for breakfast
Are you stuck for breakfast ideas for your sensitive child?Does your child have dairy or egg allergies?Does anyone in your family suffer with Coeliac diease and require a gluten free diet?Are you a regular mummy with regular kids who are just bored of toast or cereal every morning?Do you want to improve your family’s health […]