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Antonia, half of KiddieBase, and her family love cooking and love the food of the Mediterranean, especially Greece. A favourite, and very easy, family recipe that works well indoors (grill) or outside (BBQ) is minced lamb kebabs with tzatziki. My boys love their yoghurt so tzatziki is a great way to sneak some crafty cucumber in! More...

I'm a simple cook. I hate following complex recipes and quite frankly I'm crap at baking. I tend to take ... More...

Lovely muffins and very, very easy to make. My 3yo did most of it! If you leave out the chocolate chips, these are also great for people with a dairy-intolerance as they do not have butter in (they do have eggs though!) More...

find that when I plan our menu, not only does it make life easier by not having to think about what I need to cook, but it save me money each week and I have less waste at the end of the week. So without further ado here is our menu for the week. More...

A good way of using up vegetables and getting your family to eat them in a different way! More...

My 2 boys (aged 9 & 10) take over the kitchen to prepare dinner and dessert! More...

This is one of my favourite family weekend entertaining recipes - it's great when you want to impress but are feeding children as well - the creamy ricotta and crunchy pastry make it fun for kids and the salmon and watercress provide lots of goodness. More...

Low fat and dairy free great for finger food and just to eat with a cup of tea! More...

Ever so naughty but ever so nice, this chocolate cake is mixed with peanut butter for something a bit different. More...

Scrummy recipe for lemon muffins - great to try with little helpers too! More...

Have you seen the Tiny Taste Team yet? Click on our new ‘Summer Ideas’ tab to view our mini tasters putting summer recipes through their paces. This week we’re judging who can make the scrummiest picnics! Download the recipes for some summer meal time inspiration, which dish would win the seal of approval in your house? Comment on the 'Summer Ideas' tab and let us know! More...

A quick and easy recipe that looks and tastes decadent, but really isn't. Can easily be varied to make it even healthier (or more decadent!) More...

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This recipe is my Mum's - it's a family favourite. I've yet to find a recipe with such a great ratio of taste to effort and have used it many a time when I've offered to host a coffee morning at short notice or when I've made a rash promise to contribute to a cake sale! More...

A good friend of mine made this for our evening meal while we at KiddieBase worked hard on our website. A wonderful way to end a great day More...

Making marshmallow twizzles More...

After a wonderful Friday afternoon with the post-natal gang my "cheating Millionaires Shortbread" made by my boys (with lots of help from me!) went down a storm. Only problem - there's none left ;( More...

A great initiative to help us all waste less food. Please read and click on a link to help the author with her quest to have this innovative product taken up by the major supermarkets. More...

Win a box of the new Weetabix Chocolate. More...

One of the many comments I got on my feeding a family of 4 for £50 post was that we must be green fingered or have a lot of room for growing vegetables. The truth is we don't and I am not, we have a small back garden, but in 2009 MadDad built me 3 raised beds, they are not large, they are 6 foot by approx 3 foot and we also have a couple of barrels that we fill with potatoes. More...

Feeding a family of four on £50 Zooarchaeologist (being a mummy) did a great post recently about shaving £200 off her monthly budget and I commented that I had got our weekly food shopping bill down to £50 for the four of us and she asked to see our Menu Plan, so I thought I would post one for you all to see, with prices too. I do a weekly shop at Aldi and if anything else is needed it tends to be the co-op in the village. More...

I love good food; check out my latest reccomendation. More...

Toast Pizzas : a quick and tasty lunch idea - ideal when the bread is a bit past it for sandwiches! More...

It would seem that Baby Girl’s milk and egg allergy comes from my mum’s side of the family. My mum’s cousin’s neice has written a book of Dairy and Egg free cake recipes, a copy of which was kindly sent to me. So, I set to and tried the flapjack recipe. More...

Truly scrumptious recipe (and easy peasy so good to make with little helpers!) I love this recipe as unlike so many double choc recipes, it is actually a really light muffin - perfect for little apetites :-) More...

Psychology, nutrition and cooking tips from last week's Nutella Brekkie at Legoland. More...

Healthy Lunch Box Ideas Lunch should supply approximately one third of the daily energy requirements your child needs, as well as a third of protein, carbohydrate, fats, fibre, vitamins and minerals. More...

I found a creative way to use Smarties to transform the top tier of our wedding cake into the Twins' first birthday cake. Have a look! More...

This is such an amazing recipe. The bread is beautifully moist and such a lovely flavour.  It uses less eggs than other recipes I’ve tried, and the addition of the coconut is unusual but brilliant. It’s also really quick to mix together, and fills the house with a subtle and warming fragrance. More...

Making jam is easy with this perfect recipe for blackberry and apple jam More...

What do your children eat for lunch at school and why? More...

A delicious family treat and easy enough for the kid's to make: homemde ice cream cornettos More...

Review of new Frusli bars More...

Inspired by our recent trip to the Nutella event at Legoland , Diary of a (not so) single mum held a challenge for us to cook something with Nutella. I'm not the best of cooks as you all know so I took a simple flapjack recipe that I usually use and merged Nutella into it. More...

A delicious recipe making the most of leftovers to bring a tasty family meal for under £2. More...

My two most favourite things - chorizo AND risotto! Yum! One of our favourite family dinners :-) More...

Home made macaroni cheese - cheap, frugal and most importantly, yummy. More...

The next challenge is live.... Come and join in ;-) More...

Yummy, cheap and easy - what more could you want.... More...

A delicious recipe for cheese and bacon muffins - great for breakfasts and lunchboxes. More...

Love the taste of homemade bread but can't be bothered with all the kneading? This is perfect easy recipe for you. More...

I'll be honest, I never know what to write about when I'm writing on someone else's blog and I spent ages trying to think of a suitably witty or clever subject, however, I failed miserably at that so I decided to stick to what I know and share a recipe for the most amazing biscuits you have ever tasted (if you don't count Jaffa cakes and Hobnobs that is)..... More...

I'll be honest, I never know what to write about when I'm writing on someone else's blog and I spent ages trying to think of a suitably witty or clever subject, however, I failed miserably at that so I decided to stick to what I know and share a recipe for the most amazing biscuits you have ever tasted (if you don't count Jaffa cakes and Hobnobs that is).... More...

Fantastic childrens cook book called cool2cook2 More...

September's bake it challenge from Cooking , Cakes & Children was Apple Crumble Cupcakes , as soon I saw Amy's picture I couldnt wait to make them. The fact I was staying at Vic's ( Glowstars ) house didnt even stop me , we edited the recipe to dairy free butter and set the boys to work.... More...

These are so simple to make , only take a few minutes to prepare and have just a 15 minutes baking time. More...

Come and join in the next cooking with kids challenge.... More...

Such a dull and dreary day here, some baking was needed to cheer. Behold a chocolate and blackberry cake. A classic chocolate cake: 8 oz sugar and 8oz butter More...

Don't throw away the seeds when you're carving your Halloween pumpkin - turn them into a yummy snack. More...

Fairy cakes with a jammy difference! Great one to make with the kids - they seem to love them! More...

Really basic receipes that children can make all by themselves More...

I have blogged in Frugaliscious (Frugal + Delicious) about my edible sparklers More...

You don't have to spend a fortune on Christmas Dinner.... More...

Jammy sponge pudding in less than 10 minutes More...

Yummy recipe for Nutella frosting. More...

Lovely Christmas spice biscuits - Great to share, give as a gift or even hang on the tree. More...

Easy Peasy, Cheesey straws More...

It's so important to teach our children to cook so come on over over and join in my cooking with kids challenge. More...

Cheap, yummy and easy to make - what more could you ask? More...

A gorgeous recipe for chilli and lime tomatoes - excellent for those on a New Year diet as it's free on both Weight Watchers and Slimming World. More...

My trusted Yorkshire Pudding Recipe. More...

I love this recipe I came across.... More...

Celebrate World Nutella Day - 5 February 2011 More...

We tend to make up a lot of what we’re cooking; throw some meat, veg, noodles and chillies together and you can usually make a decent meal, but one recipe we do loosely follow is this one for beef in oyster sauce. More...

Home made honey cake (gorgeous with choc spread on) More...

Come and join in with the next cooking challenge.... More...

The easiest Risotto Recipe every - no stirring needed! More...

We’ve had a slow cooker a couple of months now and although we started off just doing stews and casseroles I’m now getting a bit more adventurous. More...

C’s absolute favourite thing to eat are blueberries. I’m not so keen but add them to muffins and I’m happy! This weekend we decided to do some baking... More...

■Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in the pan; Fry the pancake, Toss the pancake, Catch it if you can! More...

We eat cheese a lot in our house but if we’re using it in cooking we tend to stick to cheddar or mozzarella. What I didn’t know was that Dutch Edam cheese has 25% less fat than cheddar and 14% more calcium, so great for healthy bones for children and adults. More...

A fun recipe to keep the kids quiet.... More...

Super easy sausage pie More...

Another super easy recipe.... More...

THis weeks meal plan and homemade wraps.... More...

Yummy and cheap. More...

What more can I say? Cake ;-) More...