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Peanut Butter Squares

Peanut Butter Squares

Peanut Butter Squares! Why not peanut butter cups?  That’s simple; Everyone makes peanut butter cups.  No in all honestly all my other moulds were full the first time I made these.  Now the kids recognise them as being square.  Why mess with something that works? 

Avocado and Banana Mousse

Avocado and Banana Mousse

Avocado and Banana Mousse. Chocolate mousse has always been my absolute favourite dessert.  Little did I know before having kids, that it doesn’t have to be loaded with sugar, cream and chocolate. This Avocado and Banana Mousse has no added sugar in it at all. 

Cooking with Herbs Outside

Cooking with Herbs Outside

Cooking with Herbs Outside. People sometimes ask me what I do to keep the kids entertained when I’m cooking.  I try to mix it up and give them new things to do.   They love when I’m able to include them in what I’m doing.  We 

Hummus

Hummus

Thank goodness for Hummus! When Norah is having a few days where she really isn’t interested in food,  I always make a big batch of hummus.  9 times out of 10 she will happily eat a few tablespoons of the stuff.  She’ll use the cracker 

Banana and Peanut Butter Smoothie

Banana and Peanut Butter Smoothie

Banana and Peanut Butter Smoothie. I have been buying so many bananas recently, the kids love them as a quick snack and they’re easy to chuck in the bag when we go out.  I used to hate seeing the bananas go brown on the bench 

Chickpea Cookie Dough

Chickpea Cookie Dough

Chickpea Cookie Dough. Who doesn’t love cookie dough?  I remember as a kid, one of the best bits about helping in the kitchen was eating the raw batter.  This chickpea cookie dough is brilliant because you don’t have to cook it, which means the kids 

Banana, Chocolate and Avocado Smoothie

Banana, Chocolate and Avocado Smoothie

Banana, Chocolate and Avocado Smoothie ‘Tasty Chocolate Milk’ I used to make smoothies for the kids and it would be really hit and miss as to whether or not they’d drink them.  I have since learnt not to call them ‘smoothies’.  When I make this 

Banana Pancakes with ‘sweet sauce’

Banana Pancakes with ‘sweet sauce’

My Very First Post (Yay!) So let’s get real for a minute.  I am new to being a Mother and I am new to the life that is Cystic Fibrosis, but I am even newer at sharing my ideas publicly.  I am not a food