Drinking milk is a healthy way to get some of the essential vitamins growing kids need. At our #EpicStraws Twitter party we shared tips on how to encourage children to drink milk. This Twitter Party was sponsored by Cravendale, the people behind the Epic Straws promotion. Register at epicstraws.co.uk, then collect 10 codes from two-litre [...]
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Guest post: How to make a fairy castle cake
On Crumbs, two sisters – Claire and Lucy – blog about feeding their family. They have different approaches: Claire is the ‘Queen of Cobble’. She pulls things together from locally sourced ingredients and whatever she can find in her cupboard. Lucy is all organisation, with meal plans, but there is the occasional off-piste dinner. [...]
Are you a whiz at creating menus? Join our #HalfTermFood Linky Challenge!
Preparing quick and easy meals is essential for all families. During half-term, when the kids are out of school but mum and dad are as busy as ever, that becomes even more important. Our Half-Term Family Food Ideas Linky challenges you to put together a meal plan using items from the convenient, tasty favourites made [...]
39 ways to eat eggs #BritishEggWeek
Boiled? Scrambled? Poached? That might be how we think about eggs first thing in the morning but there are so many more easy ways to cook with them. At the #BritishEggWeek Twitter party BritMums bloggers talked eggs and shared favourite recipes, discovering diverse ways you can enjoy eggs whilst watching your health and your budget. Thanks to British [...]
Getting a fussy toddler to eat fruit and veg
Celia Anderson is a mother, stepmother, wife, copywriter and blogger (amongst other things). Here she talks about how to coerce a fussy toddler into enjoying food and eating her 5 a day. My niece, Lily is a human Hoover. She will eat anything and everything at any time and in any order (though she informs [...]
Foodie round-up: Time savers
Just as we all begin to get back into our routines after the summer holidays, we can take some time out to put our feet up, stare across our quiet, tidy houses and think to ourselves “where the hell did that go?”. Yes, in less than a blink of an eye, it’s gone, and summer [...]
Back to School: Lunch box dilemmas
Caroline Job is back with a post to solve all of your lunch box worries, to help make sure you get the 5-a-day in and that your child will grow healthy and strong, read on to make sure you are preparing top packed lunches for your students. The summer holidays are coming to an end, [...]
Guest post: Packing a picnic fit for Princes and Princesses!
Caroline Job is back with a post to keep your princes and princesses smiling all the way to the start of school, have fun and make some cloudy lemonade too. This year has been a cracker of a year for Great Britain and for celebrating in style! With the Diamond Jubilee we’ve learned more about [...]
Foodie Round-up: Peanut Butter Pie, Pimientos De Padron and Pesto Chicken
As promised, August is pot luck month, no theme to speak of, just good recipes, amazing food blogs and yet more recipes… There may well be cake too, if you’re lucky… First up Plus2point4 - always a great point of call for vegetarian and slow cooker recipes, Aly makes good use of one of the [...]
Olympic picnic fun by the Lunch Box Lady
She’s back with another gold medal post that we can all enjoy and take advantage of over the next couple of months, the Lunch Box Lady aka Caroline Job brings us her second great picnic post for all BritMums. Go find that rug and take the kids out for a picnic Any budding Olympians in [...]
BritMums Live 2013
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