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The girls love playing with Num Noms, and loved opening up the new smells in series too.


Inspired by the new flavours and in particular the 'Freezie Pops' range we headed in to the kitchen.  The girls soon began matching the Num Noms to ingredients in the kitchen.



They put on their chef hat and told me they were going to make their very own Freezie pops inspired by the new Num Noms flavours.


Keep an eye out on my YouTube channel as the girls will be talking you through how they made their Num Noms freezie Pops!

The girls both had lots of fun creating their Freezie pops inspired by the new Num Noms flavours, what would you create?


The girls received some Num Noms for this post, all words are my own opinion. 
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The best way to feel better and to cheer yourself up has to be with chocolate. What better way than to play with chocolate and to create your very own Easter eggs. The girls were delighted with their gift from Stay in Cornwall to make their very own Easter eggs.

chocolate egg kit

The kits contained everything we needed, chocolate to melt, sweets to decorate, egg moulds and of course chef hats. The girls wasted no time in getting their hats on and greasing the egg moulds ready for the melted chocolate. The girls did really well pouring the chocolate and not eating it all, it was very tempting. They made swirly patterns and loved pouring the chocolate into the moulds.

making chocolate eggs

We left the chocolate to set so we could decorate it with the sweets later. It didn't take long and soon the girls could stick their sweets onto the eggs to make a funny face. The girls had lots of fun making their chocolate eggs and it was great fun, it certainly helped the girls feel much better after being ill for so long.

pouring in the chocolate

After making our chocolate eggs I needed a much deserved rest as standing was beginning to take its toll and I still was not feeling too well. We all had a cuddle in the sofa and the girls ate their chocolate eggs. The only thing that could have made us feel even better would have been to have been sat in the sunshine in one of our favourite places, Cornwall. Hopefully soon. In the meantime chocolate really does appear to have been the best medicine.

This day I love Chocolate is the best medicine
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I was recently sent the Hotpoint Ovenspace electric single oven to review.  I was looking for an oven the size of a single oven but with a large capacity.  Having always had an electric oven I also wanted to stick with what was familiar.  


The Hotpoint Ovenspace electric single oven has a 70l capacity.  In comparison to others this is quite large, yet it has the same dimensions as an electric single oven and so fitted perfectly in the space of the previous oven.  There was nothing complicated about installation, although I would recommend at least two people as it is a little heavy.


It has a beautiful mirrored finish which adds a touch of class into the kitchen.  The majority of controls, including on and off, are touch buttons meaning the oven front is easy to wipe clean.  Upon switching the oven on you hear a beep and the panel illuminates in a soft orange.


I found the panel very user friendly, by using the control to the left I can scroll through menu options.  I like that there is an auto cook function for meat, bread and cakes.  I haven't yet tried these out but love the recipe included in the instruction book for bread.


Other than looking sleek, modern and stylish the Hotpoint ovenspace electric single oven is rather clever.  It features a rather clever divider.


The divider allows you to separate the oven into two, creating two smaller cooking spaces.  You can choose to cook with or without the divider in place.  This means you save on heating the whole oven, if you only wanted to cook one dish.  This saves time, for pre heating, and also money.  The divider is much smarter than this.  It also prevents smells crossing it.  This means you can cook both a savoury dish and a desert at the same time.  Each section within the divider can be set to different temperatures.  Which means no more waiting for one thing to cook before cooking the next.

There are also some great safety features including audible beeps to alert when switched on, and if the divider unit is in place.  The trays feature grooves so that they do not keep sliding and fall out the oven, there is a gentle lift to them.


I have been really impressed with the Hotpoint Ovenspace Electric single oven.  It not only looks fantastic but in my opinion is fantastic.  I am still trying to figure out how they can make a single oven do so much without taking up more space.



Whilst I was sent a Hotpoint Ovenspace to review, all words and opinions are my own.

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It was a rather wet weekend this week.  Lots of thunder storms and showers.  The girls are not ones for sitting still and were desperate to go outside.  The rain did give us the opportunity to get crafty and do some baking, but the girls love the outdoors and so every opportunity we took and got outside.


The great thing about rain is that it makes puddles and mud.  My girls love nothing more than splashing in puddles or squelching in mud.  I secretly love it too.  It is a great way to encourage them to play outside and get active by going on a walk to find muddy puddles.


We always manage to get out and get active no matter what the weather, we just make sure we wear appropriate clothes.  Although playing in the sunshine is much better.  On our exploration walk to find our mud we came across some beautiful horses, one came right up to say hello


I think it was secretly glad for some company.  The girls did manage to find their mud and some puddles, its funny how they always can.  Lucky for us the sunshine stayed out long enough for us to have a lovely walk together.


This day I love when the sun comes out again
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Lurpak have recently launched their new Lurpak Slow churned butter, which is inspired by traditional production methods.  It is made by slowly churning cream over five hours in small batches.  Lurpak claims this results in a fuller tasting flavour, well we had to put this to the test!

Lurpak Slow churned butter

The girls and I made two batches of cookies, well I can't think of anything better really.  Once batch used Lurpak slow churned and the other used a supermarket own brand butter.  We followed the following recipe, after I managed to convince my daughter it was a bowl and not a hat!

hat or bowl?

Ingredients

250g Plain flour
1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp salt
170g unsalted butter
200g Brown sugar
100g Caster sugar
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
2 Eggs
325g Chocolate chips

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 170C, Gas mark 3.  Grease baking trays
2. Stir together flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.

mixing cookie dough

3. In a separate bowl mix melted butter, brown sugar and caster sugar. 
4. Beat in Vanilla and the eggs until creamy.

yummy cookie dough

5.  Mix both bowls together and stir in the chocolate chips.

adding the chocolate

6. Place cookie dough onto baking trays to make your cookies.

empty mixture

7. Bake for 15-17 minutes until golden.  Allow to cool.

cookies in oven

After the cookies had cooled down it was time to put them to the taste test.  Each batch was placed on a different plate and sure enough one plate disappeared much faster than the other

supermarket butter cookiesLurpak slow churned butter cookies

The result of the Lurpak bake off was 

Lurpak slow churned butter really does make a difference in cookies and gives them a much fuller taste!  I can't wait to try some on my toast!

I have 10 vouchers to give away to 5 winners [each winner receives 2 vouchers], for a pack of Lurpak slow churned butter.  Entry is open to UK only, follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter below and good luck!  Giveaway closes 30th April at Midnight.

a Rafflecopter giveaway





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It might be horrible weather outside but that can't stop the girls and I having some fun.

My eldest and I love to bake together and I recently came across a new website, Baking Mad, when looking for some easy baking recipes.  The rainy weather gave us the perfect opportunity to try some of the recipes.  First up my eldest wanted to bake some Monster Inc cakes we had bought. 

girls spoon cake batter eldest mixing cake

The girls love to eat all the mixture before it gets to the cake case, but they did rather well and managed to get a few of the cases filled.

With the cakes in the oven, we searched baking mad for something else to bake.  We wanted to find something quick and easy and settled upon Easy Scone.  It was really easy to find a recipe to bake and the website was clearly set out, our only problem was choosing what to make.

My youngest was a little upset as she wanted to do all the mixing, and when she finally got her turn she cheered up.

Youngest mixing

After all the baking there was only one thing my eldest wanted to do, and that was to be Snow White

Eldest as snow white

The rain most certainly could not stop our play!

This day I love the rain can't stop play. 

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My name is Leyla, also known as Mum to my 3 humans and dog Mum to J. I have a passion for the outdoors and love to run. I can often be found off road exploring the trails and fells and covering distances all the way up to 50 miles. As a family we love travelling and discovering new adventures, as I try and run around the world!

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