Recipes

Pancake Day recipe by TV Chef Marcus Bean - Light and Fluffy Blueberry Pancake

Here is a great recipe for Pancake Day by TV chef Marcus Bean – Light and Fluffy Blueberry Pancake seems simply delicious. Good looking and self-taught chef, Marcus Bean, won Iron chef UK in 2010 on Channel 4. Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 5 minutes Ingredients: 135g Self Raising flour 2 tbsp Caster sugar 1 tsp Baking Powder 130ml Milk 1 medium egg Small punnet of blueberries…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 5 bundles of World Book Day books

Win the ultimate feast of literary fun in celebration with the return of World Book Day! World Book Day is back with a bang on 6th March 2014, offering a brand new line up of ten brilliant titles from some of the nation’s top children’s and Young Adult authors and illustrators. The biggest and best annual celebration of reading and books for young people returns for its 17th year with…
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Newsletter

March 2014 Newsletter - Mother's Day & Spring activities!

Dear London Mums This newsletter includes lots of tips for Mother’s Day & Spring activities. Our Spring magazine issue is here! It’s filled with exclusive celebrity interviews including British TV star Holly Matthews, new children’s author Sally Green and iconic baby photographer Anne Geddes. Enjoy! March is so exciting because it’s not just an important change of…
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Recipes

Pancake recipes for all occasions

Pancakes are easy to prepare and can be used for recipes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and beyond. Here is a collection of our favourite Pancake recipes. Just click on the pink links or on the images to be redirected to the recipes. Enjoy! London Mums own easy recipes can be found in the chat forum about Pancake Day. Pear and Vanilla Pancakes BASIC PANCAKE RECIPE If you fancy making…
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Books

Mother's Day books

Here is a selection of our favourite Mother’s Day books: some you can read with the kids and some to yourself. My favourite Mother’s Day books for kids are published this year by Little Tiger Press. They are so beautifully illustrated it is a pleasure to flip through the pages with the children in total admiration. I cannot see the Kindle taking over the art of making paper books as…
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Great Indoors

Indoor activities for families in NW7

With school holidays always being a challenge for busy families sporting activities are always a great way to keep kids busy, entertained while having fun. Here are suggested Indoor activities for families in NW7. Families in NW7 are lucky enough to have the Mill Hill School Sports Centre nearby which offers Camp Beaumont day camps, Theatre tribe, Lifeguard courses, cricket lessons, swimming…
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Books

Winnie the Pooh revival with exclusive story & sneak peak at Jamie Theakston's interview

Winnie The Pooh revival with a new exclusive story! My son and I were star-struck when we met Jamie Theakston, Natalie Cassidy, Julia Bradbury and Tina Hobley at the event announcing the winner of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Laureate competition, which was held at Disney’s flagship Oxford Street Store on Wednesday 26th March 2014. The event saw the campaign ambassador, presenter and dad of two…
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Tested & Recommended

To Lego or to Mixels? That is the question...

If you want to understand which toys are trendy for school kids ask your children. This is exactly what I recently did with a new Lego mini figures series i.e. new constructible collectibles linked to a TV programme, which puzzled me a bit initially until I read what my 7 year old son wrote about them. It’s here for you to read. It makes sense and it is only fair to leave this review to…
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South West London

Local SW London kids' football teams looking for new recruits

Roehampton Rangers FC Club are an established London kids’ football teams in all age groups. My son’s under 8 team is currently recruiting for boys and girls interested in joining the team and play in the local championships. It is great fun for the kids who can learn social skills on top of a brilliant sport. The coach is very good too! RRFC is an independent, non-profit making…
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Fashion & Beauty

London Fashion made easy - Tips to get the glam look of your favourite film actress

London Fashion Week is over for 2014 and I ponder what is really ‘edible’ in the real world for real women of all the clothes shown by such amazing looking but often skinny models. Realistically none of the quirky fashion shown is suitable for mums on the go so I decide to rely on the advice of Natalie Hartley, Fashion Director at Glamour magazine, who has has teamed up with Netflix…
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