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Recipe: Meatballs with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Sauce

Super easy one but guaranteed wow factor with your guests and kids alike. Cooking Time: 30 – 45 mins Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 500g minced beef 100g wholemeal breadcrumbs 2 eggs, beaten 3 tbsp Sun-dried Tomato Pesto (the best on the market and the one I use all the time is by Italian brand Sacla’) fresh chopped parsley 3 tbsp oil 1 small brown onion, chopped 350g jar of…
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Sylvester and the New Year

The legend of Sylvester and his annual journey to Earth with the New Year comes to life in this wonderful fairytale. This beautifully illustrated story will become a family favourite for every New Year. Children under 8 find it hard to understand the perception of time. For them tomorrow or in two years it’s the same concept, as they mainly understand the present, the NOW. School teachers…
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Win 1 of 10 books 'The Answer Tree' by Claire Bulman

When a young boy uncovers a talking tree that can magically grant his every wish, he soon begins to encounter the pitfalls of getting everything he asks for. When ten year old Henry Marcus Blunt learns that his sister Beth has been involved in an accident, he asks anyone and anything for help in making her better. When someone finally offers to grant his desperate wish, Henry is completely…
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'Send Prime Minister David Cameron and Simon Cowell on LONG and DANGEROUS space voyage’ say GB kids

Kids are so spontaneous, aren’t they? Well, they usually speak common sense. Or don’t they? Fun new research from toy company, MGA Entertainment, has revealed that from our list almost a quarter of British children (24%) would most like to send the Prime Minister David Cameron off on a long and dangerous space voyage, closely followed by Simon Cowell (23%). The research, which was…
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Recipe: Oven-Baked Cod with Organic Tomato Crust

Brilliant recipe which you can have all year round. Cooking Time: 15 – 30 mins Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 450g of cod fillet, skinned and cut into 4 pieces 4 tbsp of Organic Tomato Pesto (we used Italian Pesto from brand Sacla’) 75g of fresh white breadcrumbs finely grated lemon zest* 3 tbsp of mixed chopped…
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London Mums Christmas party Round-up

On 23 November 2012 London Mums had an amazing Christmas party! Most certainly our best so far. A lot of people have asked me to post images from the event so here is my round-up. The reason for being so different is that it was bigger and better. We had over 200 people enjoying themselves at Eddie Catz Putney, double power entertainment, Christmas storytelling and a special visit from Santa in…
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This little Piggy went to Bobbi Brown...

This little Piggy went to Bobbi Brown, This little Piggy went to MAC, This little Piggy went to Chanel, And this little Piggy Bare Minerals, And this little Piggy went ‘”Wee wee wee wee!” Because she’d been a naughty Piggy this year! What’s on your Christmas list, or have you been too busy to make one yet? Here’s my guide/impartial view of this years most touted products, perfect…
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Feel-good books for children

Here is a selection of lovely books for children that parents will find entertaining and quite unique. Pets in Pants [Paperback] Children as well as adults giggle when it comes to pants’ jokes and chats. Well, not surprisingly it is very funny seeing all these cats, dogs or goldfish wearing colourful underwear in secret. This book is truly pants-tastic and very well illustrated by Omri…
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Recipe: Christmas Biscuits

This recipe is taken from the Sara’s Cooking Class app which is available to download now. Children will love to make and decorate these festive treats. Baking is the perfect activity for the Christmas holidays when the weather is uninviting. Serves 35 Prep Time: 10 minutes (including 30 minutes for chilling) Cook Time: 15 minutes (including 10 minutes for cooling) Total Time: 25…
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The Rap British Mum: is this you?

Check this Mum singing a rap song about the realities of being a mum. I am sure dads can relate to that too… I love the ‘I don’t give a s***’ look on her face – it’s what we should all have. She is surrounded by kids with runny noses, nits, she complains about post-baby body, vomit, expressing milk and all other everyday challenges a parent faces. I can…
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