Make a Stove from a Cardboard Box
The Little Man kept on at me that he wanted a stove and oven like Mummy’s so that he could do his own cooking. So I thought to my self, it can’t be that hard to make one. We just happened to finish a box of Nappy’s so we used the box to make the stove, but you could use any cardboard box that you can get your hands on. Easy peazy!
What you will need
- Cardboard Box
- Roll of paper (I can get rolls at Ikea) or you could use sheets but it may take a bit longer to stick it on.
- Glue Stick
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A Delicious Dessert!
Ok you are going to have to trust me that this is really really yummy, and that it looks fantastic. I made it the other night when friends came over for dinner, but of course got chatting and the like and completely forgot to take any pictures, so you will just have to use your imagination a bit with what it looks like.
Imagine you are at a classy restaurant and you choose sticky date pudding of the menu, it arrives in this fantastic bowl bigger than any bowl you have ever seen, it has this lovely, moist piece of pudding in the middle of the plate, drizzled all
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Mmmm Cookies
As I mentioned in a previous post, my Dad is a chef, well we spent the weekend with them last weekend, and The little man and his Grandad decided to do a spot of cooking, they made these pinwheel biscuits. The little man had a great time and I think Grandad might have had just as much fun.
Ingredients
4oz Butter or Margarine
4oz caster sugar
1 Egg, beaten
8oz flour
1/2 oz cocoa
Putting it all together
1. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. add the egg a little at a time, beating after each addition.
2. Stir in the flour and mix to a fairly firm dough.
3. Divide the mixture in half.
4. Knead
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Very Easy Paper Flowers
These are great little flowers to stick on the wall, you can put a bunch together and they look great.
Plus they are extremely easy, you can make one in no time, so a bunch of them wouldn’t take you long at all.
What you will need:
- Paper plates - I used white ones, but if you can get coloured ones that would look great too.
- Large Cake cups - coloured ones
- Small Cake cups - coloured ones
- Paddle pop stick (just any kind of wooden stick that you can find)
- Sticky tape or Glue
- Scissors
Here is what you will need to do to put them together:
- Cut the
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Meatloaf Makes a Comeback
I know that I normally do the recipe on a Friday but today was my brother-in-laws birthday, Happy Birthday.
He really loves meatloaf, so we invited them over to our house to celebrate his birthday this evening, and I made him a meatloaf.
Here is a great recipe that I have been using for a while now, so now you can give it a go.
Ingredients
1 brown onion, peeled
1 garlic clove, crushed, or you can use the already crushed garlic in a jar
130g rind less bacon, finely chopped
500 grams beef mince
380 grams pork mince
3 tablespoons tomato sauce/ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 egg
2 1/2 cups breadcrumbs
80 grams tasty cheese, finely grated
Putting it
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