Recipes

Recipe: Open-Top Filo Pie with Spicy Tomato Chutney

To celebrate British Pie Week, MAKE YOUR SWITCH have donated London Mums exclusive recipes. Open-Top Filo Pie with Spicy Tomato Chutney is our third recipe. Watch this space for more pie recipes this week. Enjoy!  Recipe Summary Switch Category: Steady Cooking For: 4 Courses: Dinner Spice rating: Mild Complexity: Easy Ready In: 40mins Ingredients List Open-Top Filo Pie with…
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Recipes

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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Recipes

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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Schooling

How to choose the right school for your child

This article aims to shed some light on one of the biggest dilemmas for parents: How to choose the right school for your child. The homework Choosing a school for your child at any stage can be daunting and bewildering. This true whether it’s a change in school driven by a family relocation, or the move from primary to secondary education.  However, armed with the right information and your…
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Parenting Skills

Parenting Goals for Happy Families

What’s the secret of happy families? Parenthood is no easy task and many parents find that raising their children can sometimes be a matter of trial and error. Everybody wants the absolute best for their children, but each child is an individual and it can sometimes be difficult to know if you’re doing things right. Here are some great goals to set for yourself this year, to improve your…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

TV star Carrie Grant talks to London Mums about Red Nose Day and life as a busy mum of 4

It’s a real honour to have interviewed Carrie Grant, a British vocal coach, TV presenter and singer. You may remember her from a Cbeebies show Carrie and David’s Popshop where she gave singing tips to kids with her husband and a fluffy doggy as a DJ. Carrie is supporting Comic Relief and I have caught up with her to talk Red Nose Day and her life as a busy mum of 4. A whole host of comedians…
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Recipes

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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Get Creative

How to come up with great ideas for blog posts

So many people are blogging nowadays, that one of the questions I hear very often, freelancing in digital marketing,is how to come up with the right ideas for blog posts. So, I thought it could be useful to discuss blog posts, how to have great ones, how to make sure that the topics that you are covering in your blog actually accomplish the goals that you want and how do you not run…
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Parenting Skills

Motivating your child

To work hard and sustain their efforts, children need to feel confident of their success. They need to be able to manage their anxieties, frustrations and feelings of discouragement or anger. If they cannot, they will give up trying to succeed. Children need to be encouraged and inspired. They need to see the relevance of learning. If they are criticised for lack of effort, it is likely they will…
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Fashion & Beauty

Ski Fashion essentials for family skiing holiday

Is there such a thing as Ski Fashion for mums and kids? Well, of course there is. No matter where I go, I love wearing good looking clothes that are flattering for my not perfect, round figure and I also want my son to feel comfortable while doing sport. It’s been a couple of years since my last skiing holiday so now it’s time to get my heads round to prepare the right equipment and…
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