Like most people these days I’m keen on loving the leftovers and reducing food wastage. These amazing Sizzling Beef Fajitas are made using leftover roast beef and pack in the veggies too making it a great easy family recipe. Get loads more easy dinner recipes here Browse all our meat recipes here Get more Mexican recipes here Get more quick and easy meals here...
After seeing the campaign for January to become Veganuary I wanted to try to get involved. I’m not going to pretend for one minute I could become vegan for a month, I just don’t think I could. But what I can do is ensure we throw some proper vegan meals into our menu where there...
I really like making brownies - they're so simple and tray bakes are brilliant when you have children with huge appetites! It's nice to cook a easy tray full of cakes for simply dividing into portions. A great lunchbox recipe. Love cake? Get loads more easy cakes and bakes recipes here! These Soft, chewy gooey...
Just the CUTEST EVER Valentine's Day craft for kids - help your toddler create this gorgeous little heart craft ladybird. Ladybirds and children just go together so well! They are such bright happy little creatures and children always delight in finding one and letting it crawl up upon their finger. The Ladybird Valentine craft is...
Grab our step by step instructions to make and erupt your own paper mâché volcano! How to make an erupting volcano Making a real erupting volcano is a brilliant activity for kids, not only does it incorporate art with the designing and making a paper mâché volcano but it finishes off with a bit of scientific...
This recipe was created as part of a challenge by Sainsbury’s to cook great family food using their Basics range. The slow cooker vegetable biriyani is a great economical and easy family recipe. I made this into a mildly spiced vegetable biriyani so it would be suitable for my young children.The biriyani is loaded with...
I love prawn jambalaya but as a midweek meal it often takes too long to make. This is a really quick prawn jambalaya recipe, so there are cheats. Firstly I used the Tilda wholegrain pilau steamed basmati rice which you microwave in 2 minutes so there’s no slow cooking of the rice with the vegetables...
A delicious, filling, easy slow cooker vegetarian chilli recipe that's bursting with flavour, healthy and really easy to prepare and cook! Slow cooker vegetarian chilli is a very economical, filling easy family recipe. It’s a great way to get kids to eat loads of veggies - even my reluctant vegetable eater always seems happy to...
Mini fruit kebabs are a fab little make for getting kids involved in the kitchen, and eating more fruit. They love to make up their own little kebab sticks! You can store these in the fridge for a few days as a go-to snack. Feel free to use whatever fruit your kids like. What You'll...
Making a homemade DIY bird feeder for the garden is a really lovely activity to do with children. This bird feeder is really simple to make and looks great in the garden. We are trying to make our garden much more wildlife friendly and will be looking at all sorts of ways to do this...
Another economical and easy family recipe - perfect for January cooking when it’s nice to have things easy, good value and organised... I use a slow cooker that has a pan you can use on the hob to get things started so there is no transferring food from a pan to the slow cooker. Mmmm real...
Give the humble sprout and little festive Italian twist and cook up a panful of delicious spicy sprout and bacon spaghetti - so easy and oh so tasty. Sprout And Bacon Spaghetti Ingredients Get loads more delicious easy pasta dishes here How To Make Sprout And Bacon Spaghetti Browse all our meat recipes here Get loads more easy dinner recipes here...
For those days when only fish fingers will do! Throw together our ultimate fish finger sandwich with oven baked wedges and a creamy pesto pea dip. Quick and easy family dinner. Our ultimate fish finger sandwich is a quick and easy dinner the kids will just LOVE. In fact... you'll probably love it too! Simply...
Autumn is a totally brilliant time to get out and about collecting bits and bobs, which you can use to make nature art animal pictures You can make animals or patterns or anything you like really and when your done - compost it! This is a really lovely art activity to do with children -...
Decorate your home for Halloween with our super cute Halloween bunting for kids to make. Easy Halloween crafts for kids. Easy Halloween Craft For Kids Our super easy Halloween craft for kids is a brilliant low cost way to decorate your home for Halloween. With our DIY Halloween decorations you can fill your home with...
This is really cool stuff for kids! Impress your Halloween party guests with fab icy hands to keep the drinks chilled. These icy hands are so simple to make and look really spooky hanging out of the top of black lemonade or bobbing around in a vat of red cocktail witches brew... So fun for...
The kids will just LOVE making these super easy Halloween bat mobiles. Perfect for decorating your home with this Halloween. Welcome your Halloween party guests with a spooky bat mobile hanging by the front door. These bat mobiles are super simple to make and look so good hung where it casts a spooky shadow upon...
A super easy Halloween craft for kids - brighten up the kids lunchboxes with a cute little jack'o'lantern tangerine. So simple and sweet! There is no easier Halloween craft (or recipe) than our super cute little Halloween tangerine craft decorated to look like mini jack-o'-lanterns. They only take a couple of minutes to make and...
Let the kids get creative with this super easy Halloween craft for kids. Our cute spider craft is perfect for preschoolers. Let the kids get really messy and creative and make black handprint spiders for Halloween. This quirky Halloween handprint craft is messy and great fun to make! The kids have just the best time...
Halloween Milk Bottle Lanterns are a super easy and cheap Halloween kids craft. Line these ghost lanterns up to create a spooky entrance to your Halloween party! This Halloween get crafting with the kids and try making these super cute milk bottle ghost lanterns! Our scary plastic milk bottle lanterns look spookily cool all lined up...
A lovely easy homemade toffee apples recipe that's perfect for Halloween or Bonfire Night. We always used to make shiny red toffee apples at home when we were kids. Standing in the kitchen dipping the apples in lovely sticky hot toffee was a total treat. We would make a big tray full for our little...
If you're looking for places to visit in the North West of England then Sunderland Point is like stumbling upon a secret, it’s beautiful and its history intriguing. This tiny village is situated only a couple of miles outside Lancaster on the peninsular by the River Lune Estuary. The village can only be reached by...
Fancy making fully loaded burgers at home? Our homemade gourmet burger recipe with side of smoky potato wedges and dip is a total FEAST to eat! Sometimes you just crave a big dirty burger! A fully loaded burger with cheese, onions, crispy bacon and burger sauce. And you want that burger with proper homemade chunky...
A camping sleepover in the garden is almost a right of passage! It's a brilliant way for friends to bond and have fun together and experience the excitement of a night out under the stars. A camping sleepover is a great outdoors activity for kids - it's good for them to be free range kids...
Super easy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe, these cookies are ready to eat in 20 minutes, they make the perfect lunchbox snack for kids. Why You'll Love This Easy Kids Snack Delicious oat biscuits with raisins and cinnamon often pop back up in my kitchen as soon as we hit September and the children go back...