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Trains, buses and eating out with a 18 month old ^_^

At 18 months old now, Alexander is a fantastic trooper when it comes to food. We won the lottery in that way! I often get told that Alex is awesome on outings in restaurants, etc. I was worried about getting out and about post baby, but my advice is to just give it a go. […]

Something I’m proud of (and baby food related I guess… lol!)

Something I want to share. Something I’m proud of. I still bf my 13mo son Alexander. He had formula by necessity in special care in his first week of life because my milk hadn’t come in yet; he was born 5 weeks early (and quite healthy luckily all things considered!). But from then on he […]

Birthday Cake…

Hello all! I have one cooking photo to share, a mini pudding for James’s 29th birthday :) No recipe but, it was mostly from a packet. I did substitute xanthan gum for egg though, a first! Worked fine :) Regards, Julieanne

Chinese with carrot figures! And (somewhat) related, memorials…

Okay, so strictly speaking this isn’t a recipe post. Or an about me post, either. But I came across these pictures on my computer and thought they were too cool NOT to put up here. They’re of edible carrot figurines that I photographed years ago at a 2008 dinner for my dear late Gran’s birthday. […]

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New Zealand Yoghurt with Toasted Pine Nuts… & Condolences

This isn’t really a recipe as it only involves plonking some toasted pine nuts in your favourite yoghurt, but hey! It was yum, so I’m sharing. Basically, I just realised it past midday and I hadn’t really eaten anything substantial yet and was VERY hungry all of a sudden. You may know the feeling I […]

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