If you had told me a few weeks ago that oatcakes would become a staple of my family’s diet I would have laughed at you. It was one of those foods that I occasionally came across and ate, but never bought. To be blunt, I thought the kids would find them dry and unappealing. Out
As the end of the school year has neared, I’ve been getting reflective about my parenting skills. Like most mums and dads, I’ve maybe got a bit lazy about one or two things as I gear up for the summer holidays. I’ve come up with a list of things that I think I need to
If you have school-aged children, where do you sit in the Great School Dinners Debate? Do you send your kids in with a packed-lunch or rely on school dinners?
Former French president and World War II leader Charles de Gaulle was once quoted as saying; “How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” I’m not interested in governing a nation, but I am interested in cheese or, more precisely, how to get my six year old daughter eating it.
I always try to provide my children with healthy drinks; water, fruit juices and the like. Offering the kids a healthy option and them actually drinking it, however, are two different things. I have, however, just been introduced to Vita Coco. It’s a very simple drink; essentially it’s just flavoured coconut water and boasts no
