Creamy Bacon, Pea and Mushroom Pasta
A great meal if you forgot to defrost meat in the morning! A quick and easy family meal. Originally posted 2015-03-16 12:00:26.
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The Adventures Of Mr Crust
My children are becoming more independent every day. Master 6 and Miss 4 have been making their breakfast, with varying degrees of success, for about 6 months now. This is, I’ll admit, often a messy way to begin the morning but their skills have improved out of sight and the biggest issue we run
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Some Days It’s Hard, But…
We have recently been blessed with identical twin boys who are now 11 weeks old. That brings us to a total of five kids under five! Life is certainly busy and the house is perpetually noisy. The days go fleeting by filled with a lot of love, laughter, joy, and happiness but also accompanied by
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The Four Mothers
I have been a mum now for almost 7 years (where did that time go?) and I’ve met and spoken to a lot of mums, in those years in particular, and I’m beginning to wonder if there are four mothering styles. You see, we don’t all approach our role and vocation as mother in
Our Love Affair With Lego
Ok, I have a confession to make…I love Lego. As a learning tool and platform for unlimited creativity and imagination it is fantastic. It’s also durable and long lasting. We have found that each of our children, no matter their temperament or interest, all enjoy Lego. Master 6 is a choleric/melancholic on the autism
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Pumpkin And Beetroot Soup
Pumpkin and Beetroot soup! So, I got a tad ahead of myself last night and decided to mix it up a bit for my husband’s dinner! I began by making pumpkin soup which ended up as Beetroot soup! To my surprise my husband didn’t mind this meal at all and said although pumpkin
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St John of God ~ Saint of the Week
Feast: March 8th Patronage: Booksellers and firefighters St John of God, a man whom followed the promptings of the Holy Spirit, oppose to his own human temptations. At the young age of eight he ran away to join the priesthood. He travelled with travelling priests until he fell ill and was left with a
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I’ll Have That Gluten Free Thanks!
I have been eating predominantly gluten free for a couple of years now. I do have gluten occasionally; this can be due to being polite when I am out at a friends house and served gluten or if I slip up and take a bite of my husbands garlic bread! Yet I do try to
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The Importance Of Being Welcomed
In my late teens I was part of a ‘Catholics Returning Home’ program that was run out of my parish. The program is specifically designed to successfully reintroduce lapsed Catholics back into the fold. It is a five week program that helps guide their faith journey and prepares them by explaining important truths about
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Tips for moving house – with kids
We’ve recently moved house, in fact, it was only three weeks ago and I have to say it was probably our best move yet! Hubby and I have moved 4 times in 7 years of marriage and personally, I’ve moved, on average, once every 2-3 years of my life. Needless to say, I’ve packed
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