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Our everyday life: week 14

It has been so bitterly cold, but on Easter Monday we dragged ourselves out for a visit to The Sustainability Centre. We love it here.

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The beautiful Woodland Classroom designed and built by the amazing Ben Law

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This is where once upon a time Shake proposed :)

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Love the details around this place

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Much needed hot drink after a chilly walk

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The café has a lovely children’s area with wonderful toys. C was happily amused for quite a while

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You can’t really see it, but there was snow falling…

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C found his nanny’s stash of wool and dragged it all around. Oops – he knows Daddy is not amused!

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Falling asleep during lunch, poor thing!

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After visiting my Grandma we went out to this cute place – love the lightshades!

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My perfect kind of meal – lots of things to dip and pick at :) (and share with C too!)

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Ended the week with some yummy cookies

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Salmon, coconut and dill muffins

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I know, I know. These aren’t exactly beautiful muffins, but I can promise they are tasty!

We are still staying at Shake’s parents’ house and I am trying to keep food shopping to a minimum – ha!

Whilst clearing out the cupboard I found a tin of salmon (MSC, hooray) and decided to bake some baby-friendly muffins. There was some coconut milk lurking in the fridge from our morning smoothies and I thought these would make a nice combination.

I am regretting leaving my lovely Persian dill in France, but what we had here was just fine. Fresh would be better, no doubt.

Salmon, coconut and dill muffins

Makes approximately 12 small muffins

Ingredients

2 cups self-raising flour
2 teaspoons dill
Black pepper, optional
1 egg
1 cup coconut milk
80g melted butter
1 tablespoon plain yoghurt
1 tin salmon (213g)
Method

Preheat oven to 170degC

Melt butter and leave to cool slightly

In a large bowl, combine the flour and dill, season with black pepper as desired

In another bowl or jug, beat the egg with the coconut milk and yoghurt. Add the melted butter and beat again until just combined

Pour the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture and stir thoroughly. Add more yoghurt or milk if mixture seems too dry

Add the tinned salmon and stir through until evenly distributed

Spoon into muffin trays and bake for approximately 15 – 20 minutes. An inserted skewer or knife should come out clean

Best eaten warm or at least on the day made

C recommends them topped with cream cheese :)

Enjoy!

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xoxo

 

Favourite posts this week

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:: I am a big fan of Louisa and was fascinated to read a little more about her cooking style and favourite cookbooks. Can’t wait for her latest book :)

:: Another book I am eager to read. It’ll be a long wait until 2015…

:: This open lasagne looks super and simple, perfect.

:: Drooling over these apples. What a yummy breakfast!

:: We’ve been enjoying our morning smoothies, but this one looks delicious too. Not many of your 5-a-day in here though!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy weekend.

Bake

xoxo

Our everyday life: week 13

Trying something new with my knitting. Currently failing ;)

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Shake’s KitchenAid bread

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Pretty pink house with pretty pink blossom

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Play Planet! Baby heaven

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Falling asleep on our walk home

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Grateful to be 30 seconds from a park

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C moved this chair and not long after climbed onto the sofa. Sneaky!

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Baking an Easter fudge cake

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Covering EVERYTHING with icing sugar

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Shake’s masterpiece…

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Where C has spent most of this week. Hello clingy!

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Enjoying some rare sunshine on the swings

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Apple Jalousie for Easter

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Happy Easter :)

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Favourite posts this week

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:: Even more inspired to make this salad now

:: Gorgeous beetroot burgers. So excited about Louisa’s new cookbook.

:: Love these “inspiration notes”. How lucky to have been there to take them.

:: 25 simple ways to eat better

:: Heartbreaking (sorry)

Wishing you a Happy Easter. Hope you are enjoying some time with loved ones, and maybe a little chocolate.

Bake

xoxo

Our everyday life: week 12

Baby Led Weaning = Constant Cleaning. Plus, turns out C is not a fan of mango.

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New routine of breakfast smoothies. Really enjoying it so far, Shake is coming up with some awesome combinations.

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Tastes much better than it looks, honest!

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If you know me you know I am a messy cook. It was about time I bought an apron.

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Baking Baharat - smelling delicious.

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Sweet potato fries, C’s new favourite food.

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Treated myself to something beautiful. So happy!

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Favourite posts this week

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:: Creativity quotes, for a little inspiration

:: This mushroom pasta sounds delicious

:: Photos of children with their most prized possessions. Wow.

:: Simply gorgeous videoteeny tiny bit wishing we still lived in the french countryside…

:: Looking forward to testing out these fermented foods that kids love. This week our kid isn’t loving ANYTHING…

:: Really useful recipes and tips for healthy food when travelling

:: Delighted but also cringing that my jigsaw piece seems to be in so many of these photos (can you spot it?!). Did you get involved too?

Wishing you a happy weekend!

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xoxo

Looking back, looking forwards

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us ~ Helen Keller

Things I will miss about being in France (in no particular order!)

  • My parents
  • Stepping outside the front door and into mountains
  • Incredible fresh air
  • Peace and quiet
  • Our cats
  • Spending so much quality time with my husband
  • French produce
  • Beautiful scenery
  • An amazing baby club with like-minded, kind, generous mamas and their sweet babies

Things I am looking forward to:

  • Access to more people, more activities, more choice
  • Being nearer to my brother
  • My dear friends being nearby
  • Understanding what people are saying to me
  • The NHS!
  • Realistic work opportunities
  • C seeing his cousins
  • Being walking distance from the park
  • Public transport`
  • Finding a pilates class
  • Abel and Cole

Thanks for humouring me. Sometimes I just need to write these things down.

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xoxo

Our everyday life: week 11

I realised as I was tidying the other night that by my side of the bed is an empty glass of whiskey, red wine, coffee and (fortunately) some water…healthy!

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C loving his birthday cleaning set. He does a better job than his Mama ;)

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When he is quiet you know he is doing something pickly, like getting stuck under his cot.

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Luckily for us C slept for a fair bit of our journey back to the UK. Angel, right?

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Dinner! Surprisingly tasty sandwich (and maybe a mini-doughnut).

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Stupid hotel didn’t provide a cot. Stupid parents didn’t fit one in the car. C slept between two single beds on a mattress surrounded by luggage. Eventually, that is…

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Ah Paris! You are so beautiful. Hmm. Can you spot the Eiffel Tower?

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The charms of the périphérique

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Another service station meal – roast chicken, ratatouille, carrots and some of Shake’s aligot.  Not bad, not bad at all.

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Weird photo, but it was such a novelty to have a lovely, clean baby-changing room!

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Snow! Miserable weather! Must be nearer to England now!

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Waiting to board our train, admiring the turbines.

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Favourite posts this week

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Love this baby club action shot!

:: Gutted that Google Reader is going to retire 1 July – what will you use instead?

:: I love everything about this cheesecake

:: C&Z’s series on Parents Who Cook has been fab, this post is no exception.

:: Muffins galore!

:: Beautiful post followed by beautiful soup. I’d quite like to move away to a little cabin also.

We are moving tonight, wish us luck…

Bake

xoxo