Author: polly

Tomato Soup for the Soul

Rainy days call for comfort food, movies and board games. Miss Kiki took a nasty tumble on Friday night, we’d spent the evening watching a band in our local park,...

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Things I Love

one // two // three four // five // six Happy Friday! This week has been a great one, don’t you love it when things go smoothly? A few things...

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Lime Cheesecake bites

Weekends are for cakes, right? We have a little more time, and often have friends round, so for us, the weekend is the time to bake and have fun! This...

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Growing Wild

My kiddos love to help out in the garden, digging, planting, watering, even a little weeding, they’re always happy to help out! I remember being little and helping my Dad...

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Organic Muffins

The recipe for this weekends cakes came from EcoMarket.com‘s blog. They have some great DIY ideas on there. Miss Lola whipped up a batch for our picnic dinner by the...

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Chocolate Brownies

Kiddos favourites – chocolate brownies! Miss Lola made these and they lasted, um, about five minutes!! SO good! Warm with ice-cream or cold with a cup of tea – perfect!...

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Cinnamon Swirl Cake

Another long bank holiday weekend here. we made the most of a couple days beautiful sunshine. Playdates, BBQ’s, gardening, park trips, art clubs, movie night, discos and a long afternoon...

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Carrot Cake

Weekends in our house are about relaxing, gardening, family time, but mostly cake… I’ve posted a recipe for carrot cake before, but I got handed this one by a friend,...

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Relaxing Bath Teas

Bath Teas are another of my favourite ways to relax, and a great way to get herbs into your bath! All these recipes, you can steep them in a small...

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Kitchen Love >>>>

I’m planning on redecorating our kitchen soon, so I’ve been gathering inspiration. Our kitchen is pretty tiny, and being a rental, I can’t complety re-do it.. .as much as I’d...

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Homemade digestive biscuits

the good ol’ digestive… plain, un-fancy maybe… but they taste so good! i’ve tried to make them once before, but they didn’t come out great… this time? oh boy were...

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Slow roasted tomatoes

i love slow roasted tomatoes, in a wrap or a salad, or added to homemade soup for some depth. they’re easy and inexpensive to make, i try and keep a...

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goals for a new year >>>>

i realised that i never shared the list of goals i made for this year. i don’t make resolutions…. i find that i have a tendancy to break them straight...

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Trust

last years word was ‘brave‘. it was a perfect word. i fought my fears and put myself out there. when i was tempted to say no, instead i said yes....

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