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Recipe: Chocolate and salted caramel stacked pudding

Easy and unusual recipe to make for parties or picnics: chocolate and salted caramel stacked pudding using pancakes. You would not expect that so your guests or kids will be surprised! Serves 8 1 pack Sweet Pancakes (we used Abra-ca-Debora Sweet Dutch Pancakes for this recipe) 300ml double cream 1 pack toasted, flaked almonds For the chocolate ganache 400ml double cream 3 tbsp golden syrup 2…
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RECIPE: ANNABEL KARMEL’S YUMMY YOGURT LOLLIES FOR TEETHING TOTS

Mum of three, Annabel Karmel MBE is a modern day ‘mumpreneur’. As the UK’s number one parenting author and expert on devising delicious and nutritious meals for babies, toddlers and children, Annabel knows how important it is to give teething tots something to chew and suck on during their teething troubles. Annabel Karmel comments: “Teething is a difficult and painful process for most…
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Recipe: ANNABEL KARMEL’S BABY BISCOTTI FOR TEETHING TOTS

Ease teething tots with ANNABEL KARMEL’S BABY BISCOTTI. Mum of three, Annabel Karmel MBE is a modern day ‘mumpreneur’. As the UK’s number one parenting author and expert on devising delicious and nutritious meals for babies, toddlers and children, Annabel knows how important it is to give teething tots something to chew and suck on during their teething troubles. Annabel Karmel comments…
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Recipe: Garlic Bread

This is an easy and heart-healthy recipe for Garlic Bread. It’s great both for cold and the warm months. Garlic is an herb with remarkable medicinal properties and it tastes great too. It lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels and inhibits blood clotting. It’s also a powerful germicide and can protect against some carcinogens. It’s better for you in its natural state…
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Recipes: Healthy Ways to Eat Pasta

London Mums recommendations for easy and healthy ways to Eat Pasta. Quality carbohydrates are an essential part of a balanced, healthful diet. If pasta is your go-to carb, there are ways to take advantage of this low-cost food to make it even healthier: Choose organic pasta, rice noodles, bean thread noodles and noodles such as Japanese udon and soba, which are part whole wheat and…
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Recipe: Mini Carrot Cakes

Try this recipe for Mini Carrot Cakes. We absolutely loved making them and eating them. So easy to make with the kids. And husbands will love them too. Perfect for Mother’s Day baking and beyond! Serves: 14 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 200 g self raising flour 1 tsp cinnamon 225 g grated carrots 200 ml oil (sunflower or groundnut oil) 100 g brown sugar 85 g…
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Recipe: RIGATONI ALLA VESUVIANA

This Recipe: RIGATONI ALLA VESUVIANA – With A Name Like This, Direct From Vesuvius, It Can Only Be Hot And Fiery! It Will Warm Up A Winter Evening. SERVES 4 350g rigatoni extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 4 tomatoes, diced 2 red chillies, finely chopped 3 tbsp capers, drained 24 whole small black olives 2 tbsp sliced green olives 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp caster…
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Recipe: Crostata di Frutta Fresca - FRESH FRUIT TART

This Italian Recipe: Crostata di Frutta Fresca – FRESH FRUIT TART reminds me of the cakes that my Italian Grandmother used to make me when I visited. Really delicious! Just try it. SERVES 8 Definitely one of my five a day! This is a great tart for dinner parties as the arrangement of fruits can always be changed depending on what’s available. For example, grapes and melon work well…
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Recipe for your Valentine Menu - Lobster Bisque

This Lobster Bisque Recipe for your Valentine Menu is really unique! Anyone who has lovingly prepared food for another knows its potential power. Silky-smooth and sensually-satisfying is the way to go for a hot Valentines night this year and Lobster Bisque is hard to beat, say nutritionist and author, Fiona Kirk. As far back as the late 1800s, the aphrodisiac powers of seafood were championed…
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Recipe: Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies

This amazing Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies Recipe was kindly donated by Dean and Sarah Gough, authors of the book ‘Recipes For Life – Fighting Back With Food’, a recipe book with a difference. Each individual recipe was eaten by their two-year-old son Alfie when he was battling Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. Sadly, little Alfie died in 2010, however, Dean and Sarah believe the nutritional diet…
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