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Recipe: Big Puff Pie

To celebrate British Pie Week, MAKE YOUR SWITCH have donated London Mums exclusive recipes. Big Puff Pie is the second recipe. Watch this space for more pie recipes this week. Enjoy! A simple Big Puff Pie! Another pie that I tried from the veganuary site and I loved it. It was really easy to make and isn’t too pastry heavy, basically a puff pastry hat sits on top of a lovely veggie stew. I…
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Recipe: Mushroom & Potato Pie

To celebrate British Pie Week, MAKE YOUR SWITCH have donated London Mums exclusive recipes. Mushroom & Potato Pie is the first recipe. Watch this space for more pie recipes this week. Enjoy! Recipe Summary Cooking For: 4 Courses: Dinner Spice rating: Mild Complexity: Easy Ready In: 1h 10mins Ingredients List Strong Style Mushroom & Potato Pie By Faith Toogood 1kg potatoes…
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Valentines Healthy Recipes

Valentine meal do not need to be super fatty and calorie rich to be yummy. Here are London Mums favourite Valentines Healthy Recipes. Valentines Recipes – Blazingly Hot Tomato Soup (make 4 servings) Ingredients 1 tablespoon light olive oil 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed or finely sliced 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes or 8…
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Christmas Recipe: 17th century gingerbread biscuit

If you are missing Bake Off try to make this Christmas recipe for a 17th century gingerbread biscuit kindly donated by The Museum of London and Albion which have joined forces to create this yummy cookie commemorating 350 years since the Great Fire of London. People often have the misconception that food from around this time was dull and uninteresting however this isn’t the case at all.
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Recipe: Raw Carrot Cake Cookies

This recipe for raw Carrot Cake Cookies has been exclusively created by Livia’s Kitchen to celebrate Zootropolis out now on Blu-ray & DVD and donated to London Mums. Cookie: 7 squidgy medjool dates 150g carrot (peeled and with the ends chopped off) 3 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 tablespoon coconut oil 4 tablespoons ground flax 150g…
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Summer recipe: Strawberry Tiramisu

I love using seasonal ingredients for my cooking and we have tried to make Strawberry Tiramisu inspired by Lubera Strawberries. If you get to make it, please send us your images and ideas to adapt the recipe to the little ones’ taste. Wimbledon season is over now and now that we have seen a glimpse of Summer we can cool down with something a little different. Strawberries and Cream is last…
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Recipe: Apricot and pistachio power balls by Davina McCall

Here is an interesting and original recipe for Apricot and pistachio power balls courtesy of BBC Good Food Shows and designed by Davina McCall. Read my interview with Davina from our archives. This is what Davina said about her recipe: ‘Everyone loved the power balls in my first book so we just had to come up with a new version – these are fruity and fabulous. I like the touch of maple…
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Recipe: Quinoa Tabbouleh by Hemsley + Hemsley

We love this recipe for Quinoa Tabbouleh by  Hemsley + Hemsley courtesy of BBC Good Food Shows. It is very colourful and healthy, ideal for the Summer. Having lots of colours in each plate is important as the colours correspond to various vitamins and nutrients. Cooking Time: 30 minutes Servings: 2 The cool, sharp, sweet ingredients tick all the boxes. Ingredients FOR THE…
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Recipe: Raspberry Yogurt Ripples

Here is a fun and nutritious recipe for the weekend and for the Summer: Raspberry Yogurt Ripples – donated to London Mums by Onken. Children can easily make it and eat it as a snack or as ice lollies. It is much healthier than sugary snacks or even ice creams. Serves: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes 2-3 hours freezing Ingredients – 4 tablespoon  Fat Free Vanilla Yogurt – 2 tablespoon…
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Recipe: Roasties with a quick roast pork and Asian slaw

Here is a delicious and very nutritious recipe for Roasties with a quick roast pork and Asian slaw.   They are quick modern recipes featuring potatoes, 30 minute dishes shot in about a minute. The small bit of copy is below which is perfect for your target audience, and attached are the recipes and images. The links to the videos are: How-to-do-it video [youtube id=”6QBJI9O-Rx4&#8243…
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