White Chocolate Fudge Buns Tiny bubbles of caramelized white chocolate fudge incased in light, airy buns. A slightly modified fudge recipe that results in beautifully balanced sweetness and an unexpected twist, delicious with your tea and coffee at any time of day. Miss 5 say’s it’s always best to serve them right after she’s come home! White Chocolate Fudge…
Silent Sunday, week 39 – 2015
Pregnancy Feels Like… You know what I couldn’t believe when I finally did get pregnant… A pregnancy confirmed by 12 pregnancy tests before I even told Mr M, never mind contacting a midwife: Pregnancy is FORTY WEEKS! Forty weeks! In my quick calculation, a month was 4 weeks. Forty weeks, that’s ten months! Isn’t it supposed to…
Red Currant Meringue Cake A Swedish, old school, classic. You’ll have been served this sweet, thin, slice of meringue topped cake by your grandma, the recipe hand scribbled in an old notebook with a few egg and flour stains scattered over it. The slight cake base is a heavy sponge, just enough to hold a topping of whipped…
First Day Back at School There are moments that catch me by surprise. Rare moments when out of nowhere my chain of thought is completely thrown of course and I’m stood, as if naked. Suddenly exposed. Suddenly put on trial. Suddenly judged. The judge, is me. Miss 7 has been trying on clothes for tomorrow. Piecing together an…
The Definition of a Grown-Up Miss 7 has been frustrated. I’m trying to take a step back and understand. She has reasons. Obvious ones. Obscure ones. Hormonal ones. ‘Who knows what’ ones. This is her list. All the things a grown-up can do that in her mind she’s not. All that’s unfair. There’s a solution, she…
Complete Guide to Positive Potty Training I’m just going to be honest, this might be our third time around, but every child is different, and to add to that, this one’s a boy. I need this post as much as anyone! Tip 1. Setting the scene: You’ve been prepping your little one about what’s…
I Have a Dream… I Believe The MisplacedBrit Manifesto: I have a dream… That children will be brought up in families and in community. That parents will not be alone in investing in and loving on their children. That supporting and caring about each other and each others children would be as obvious as loving and looking out for ourselves and…
Easy Delicious Fool Proof Chicken Sushi Rolls Easy, delicious, fool-proof chicken sushi you can make at home. These rolls are absolutely perfect for a light lunch on a hot day, a picnic, lunchbox, starter or hors d’oeuvre. No raw fish to deal with; strips of juicy chicken, avocado, cucumber, red and yellow peppers. A great…
5 Lessons in Surviving Desert Heat with Children From 18ºC (64ºF) in Sweden, to 41ºC (105ºF) in California. There are a few things we could have done differently, and certainly a few ‘incidents’ that could have been avoided! You live and learn. OR you read up about it in advance 😉 Those ‘oh so cute’ swimsuits?…
Maple Glazed Pecan Scones. Our first decent coffee of a 6 week stay in California, Temple Coffee, Sacramento (a great stop for any European who finds themselves in the Sac, you won’t be disappointed). Let’s not get into what’s typically served at motels. Sufficient to say, we stopped drinking it! Back at Temple, there were some mean…
A Summer Without Toys Why You Should Loose All The Toys for a Week This Summer! What happens when your little ones have hundreds of toys to play with? When they’re literally surrounded by them. When every shelf, every draw and the walls of their rooms are covered in them? They don’t see them anymore.…
Hi, i'm Steph, blogger and mama to three. When I'm not writing about family life and food, I'm passionate about social media strategies, entrepreneurship, chocolate and church.
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I’ve sent Mr M off to scout camp with #Miss7 ...It looks FANTASTIC!!! Almost tropical!! And I can’t believe everything they’re getting up to!!
CELEBRATING #Miss7 school project presentation 😍🎉 If you haven’t heard of the Nebra Sky Disc I can write you a white paper 😂
Stunning illustrations of 'Us' by Jordin Wiklund! Absolutely beautiful. Book added to Amazon basket directly! 😍
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