Recipes

Recipe: Lemon Drizzle Cake

Easy recipe for Lemon Drizzle Cake donated by Tonia George you can bake for Mother’s day or for Easter lunch. It is a Springy cake! By combining tart flavours with sweet, and a fluffy sponge with a satisfying crust, Tonia George’s version of this classic treat offers the best of all worlds. Luxurious lemon drizzle cake with Mascarpone & lemon curd filling, sweet, buttery sponge…
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Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Kids

For many parents, it’s much too easy to simply provide a box of sugar and starch-filled cereal for the children in the morning. While these cereals may taste good, the body needs more than what a lot of these breakfasts can provide. What kind of breakfasts can you give the children that are healthy as well as tasty? 1. Adding Berries to Pancakes – Pancakes can be a great way to start…
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Mums Tips

Aneliese’s latest column: Spring cleaning before or after renovations?

March is one of my favourite times of the year because it heralds the start of spring which, for me, is all about change and exciting new ventures and projects. I cheated a little bit this year and started early by giving my daughter’s room a cheap and easy DIY makeover, and the project has got me pumped for even more creative DIY projects and cleaning exercises. But I’m not the only one…
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Fitness & Health

Postnatal Depression And Me

In the past few days something amazing has happened to me, I shared my story. I shared the story of my battle with postnatal depression on social media. I shared it on twitter and on Facebook. In just over 48 hours my story was read by over 240 people in 13 countries. Sharing my story was a very daunting task. I knew that all my family, friends, school friends, work friends and many people that I…
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Get Creative

Easy craft idea: create your book and TV character

Try out this easy craft idea that you can do with your family before or after you read the book and watch the film (as suggested in the post here). Personalise your child’s room with book pages from his or her favorite story. Materials you’ll need Favorite book (we have used Thomas the Tank for this craft) Craft block letters (available at any craft shop or online on ebay) PVA Glue White…
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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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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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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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Fitness & Health

IMPORTANT! OVARIAN CANCER PREVENTION NEWS

Last year’s news of Angelina Jolie receiving an elective preventative mastectomy was quite shocking but is not the only way to prevent women’s genetic cancers. Let’s not overlook the power of prevention. A lot of lives could be saved by simply getting properly tested. Here we are shedding some light on Ovarian Cancer, for which there’s currently no screening tool and symptoms…
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Mums Tips

Credit Card Rejection Hotspots

Credit cards have become a feature of modern society, convenient to use and offering various benefits, many of us could not imagine being without one. However, credit card acceptance and rejection rates do vary throughout the country with many factors coming into play in the decision making process. In addition, how you apply and the type of credit card you apply for can also make a significant…
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