BlogFeeding the FamilyRecipes

Recipe: Wild Mushroom Risotto with Chicken, Crispy Pancetta and Spinach

Some of my friends call me the Queen of Risottos… Well, I love risotto and my favourite risotto recipes are the Milanese (yellow) risotto with saffron and the wild mushroom risotto (Risotto coi funghi). Here is an unusual risotto recipe that is mouth watering. Serves 2 lucky people Ingredients: 2 x 175g chicken breasts 1 tblsp olive oil 100g pancetta cubes 1 x 190g jar Sacla’ Wild…
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Scooter Aid - Giving 3rd World Children A Chance Through Play

Finally a story I really enjoyed reading. What a brilliant idea to recycle all our kids’ micro scooters once kids have outgrown them. I love Anna and Philippa, they aren’t just two brilliant mumpreneurs but inspirational women who give back to their communities! With nearly 1 million Micro Scooters having been sold in the UK in the last five years, the little three-wheelers have…
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BlogFeeding the FamilyRecipes

Recipe: Parmesan-Pesto Cheese Straws

A great easy recipe for Italian food lovers. It’s a great recipe idea for all those parents who are volunteering to help at the school for the cookery classes. Cooking Time: 30 – 45 mins Serves: 12 Ingredients 1 x pack ready-made all butter puff pastry (approx 375g) plain flour, for dusting You can make your own pesto or use 2 rounded tbsp Sacla’ Classic or Organic Basil Pesto…
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BlogFashion & BeautyMums Tips

50 shades of grey hair

Grey hair. When you need it the least, you get more than ever. I barely have time to dry my hair these days let alone style it. Dying the grey out, well not only is that restricted to very special occasions, birthday’s, Christmas, it’s now become an event in itself. I have to schedule it in! By the time the kids are in bed, the washing up & baby’s bottles prepared, dinner cooked (albeit…
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BlogMumpreneurs & Mums at work

Mumpreneurs' testimonial: Business inspiration from Provence to London

Watch this amazing testimonial from Sam & Sam, two London mumpreneurs who found inspiration for their business in Provence. I recently met my former colleague and friend Sam Sost at her exclusive Christmas Gifts and Homewares Show & Tell Party in Barnes where her business partner and friend Sam showcased me an amazing range of unique and beautiful objects / gifts and met some of our…
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Christmas Gift Guide 2012: Gifts for Babies & toddlers

Here is London Mums’ selection of cute pressies for babies and toddlers that mums will love! Sleeping Bags The personalised baby and toddler sleeping bags from SlumberSac make a great gift for Christmas for babies and toddlers. SlumberSac embroideres their sleeping bags with the child’s name for only 5.95 GBP. You can choose from different colours and designs. All sleeping bags are…
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BlogFitness & Health

What a night at the First Aid Awards!

Over the years my editorial contributors and I have interviewed lots of celebrities and attended lots of interesting press events but nothing prepared myself and Rita Kobrak for an evening so intensely charged with emotions such as the First Aid Awards for St John Ambulance. Celebrities are great and when you meet them in person you understand why they are famous, they always have something…
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BlogSchooling

OVER A QUARTER OF CHILDREN WANT TO STUDY SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY

27% of children would most like to study a STEM subject at university. A degree in Technology, Engineering or Physics appeals to just 3% of girls – vs 23% of boys. PROFESSOR BRIAN COX said, “If the Government really does want to make Britain the best place in the world to do science, then we need to open up the doors of our universities to the many thousands of kids who want to study STEM…
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BlogParenting Skills

Resist commercial pressures this Christmas!

A Mothers’ Union survey into Christmas pressures on families, shows that 72% of parents have bought their children a gift that was on their Christmas list which they really couldn’t afford, while 59% admit they have bought a gift which was unsuitable for their child’s age. As we enter the most commercialised time of the year, with family finances under pressure, Mothers’ Union is…
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Should kids play chess? Research suggests that they should! Don't miss the London Chess Classic (1-10 December 2012)

There are studies that suggest that introducing pupils to chess at a young age offers them a host of educational and social benefits that are not engendered by other team and individual sports. Numerous research studies have shown the positive impact chess has on students’ academic performance, especially in maths, reading, problem solving and attendance levels. Chess is a universal game and…
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