March 25, 2010 - Posted by laura- 3 Comments
For some strange reason I have had a longing to make one of these for ages. Maybe because the school has FINALLY started up school dinners, and the tales of what-they-ate-today has brought all sorts of memories back (but they have no pink or brown or white custard? What’s with that?). On chatting to various [...]
November 12, 2009 - Posted by laura- 2 Comments
When my daughter is a little under the weather (by that I mainly mean teething) she, like her brother before her, seems to prefer blander, ‘comfy’ food. Spaghetti bolognese and shepherd’s pie seemed to be too much for her this week, so today, instead of resorting to eggy bread (again), I decided to try her [...]
November 4, 2009 - Posted by laura- 2 Comments
So I finally got around to making Helen’s rice pudding. Kind of. I thought there was only one way to make rice pudding. So I didn’t think I needed to bother making the arduous trek from the kitchen to the computer (about ten feet) to look up Helen’s recipe. How different could it be from [...]
October 15, 2009 - Posted by Katy- 1 Comment
Our culinary-genius Helen has rustled up another yum-scrum recipe for us… Bread & Butter Pudding I have found this to be a great way to fill my daughter up. It can be eaten by the whole family but I blend my daughter’s with a little extra milk. It looks like bland mush but it still [...]
September 24, 2009 - Posted by laura- 5 Comments
(Okay, I cheated on this one. It was begged requested from Helen by ME . I have fond memories of eggy bread – under the guise of ‘Gypsy Toast’ in 70′s Essex – but have never made it for my own children… oh the shame). Eggy Bread has been Eggy Bread to me all my [...]