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No Waste Tastes Great / The ‘Experience’ Winner Is…

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It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Firstly apologies for the not so great shot. My DSLR camera isn't charged (I've just discovered!) so I'm using my phone (not known for its quality images!)... ...

No Waste Tastes Great / Use What You Have

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It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Okay, so I've stepped it up a gear this week. All there is to use up are the grapes, and they'll be eaten over the weekend. In fact supplies are so low that I have just enough milk left for another coffee this morning ...

Simple (Partly Slow-Cooked) Chicken & Mushroom Pasty Recipe

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I'm not sure whether the word 'pasty' is one that would be recognised internationally, but for anyone living in the UK, it is probably most well-known for its Cornish roots. Pasties are different from pies, but how really I couldn't say for sure. All I know is I wouldn't walk along the English coast eating a pie, but I would a pasty! Pasties originally ...

Not Buying It – School Meals

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I would like to buy school meals. Really I would. And for almost the duration of an academic year I did, for my Daughter. The idea that I am supporting the local school and my child is receiving a hot, nutritious balanced meal sounds perfect to me. However there's always been a niggling doubt that if I sat down and costed it all out, that the maths ...

Making It – Simple Healthy Home-Made Pizza

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I am definitely one for building simple family traditions. One that we've been trying out at Chez Wright is cinema night. Saturday night is now Pizza and Popcorn in front of the box (in the wind down to bedtime). Yeah I know TV - shame on me ;-)! But those who follow my blog regularly know that I'm not convinced that TV Ruined Your Life. One for building ...