We love pancakes all year round here. They are a great, quick dessert or snack at any time of the day and a lovely treat. Thankfully, having chickens, we always have a glut of eggs so the are also a good idea for using eggs up. So here are our five favourite pancake fillings. 1. … [Read more…]
After our Botched Christmas photo shoot, I almost didn’t even bother with Easter. Thankfully I did because my goodness, I got some crackers (pardon the pun). I particularly like this one above-look at G’s hand on the chick. Boo’s school hatched some eggs and I propelled myself forward to rehome them (I am sure I … [Read more…]
The Easter story is notoriously difficult to speak to young children about. I spend a lot of time shielding my children from many things on the news and other nasty things. My thinking behind this is that they will have to face the horridness of the world soon enough. Obviously living on a farm, Boo … [Read more…]
Easter is all about new life, renewal and re-birth. What other place on earth could you get that every day than on a farm? So here are my five things I love about Easter on the farm. 1.Chicks. We usually hatch chicks around this time of year. We didn’t last year because the baby was … [Read more…]
I have been thinking about this video for a while. We are brand ambassadors for Baker Ross and, in our latest box, for Easter, we were sent plastic eggs which are yellow and chicks painted on them. Like many other small children, Boo is completely obsessed with watching Surprise Eggs on YouTube. She loves them. … [Read more…]
Easter makes me think of chocolate and the colour yellow. It must be the Spring element. So for your Easter cake, how about combining chocolate with yellow? I think it would look lovely as your table centre piece on Easter Sunday. I love custard in baking-just think vanilla slice but with sponge rather than pastry. … [Read more…]
Easter and Spring are my favourite times of year. I especially like all of the Easter bunnies, chicks and lambs available to buy in the shops. Quite often, I buy in loads of Easter-themed napkins and other items in the sale because, quite frankly, on a farm, Easter theme goes all year round. I have never … [Read more…]
Our Easter holidays are at an end. Tomorrow Boo is back at nursery and, while I will be glad to have the house tidy for at least half a day, I have really enjoyed it. The difference between this break and the last when I was still recovering from the c-section and when we were … [Read more…]
Today was one of those mornings when I could have just stuck Peppa Pig on the TV and snoozed. I’d been up with Beb in the night, Boo was up early and we’re lambing. I looked at Boo’s little face though and, after the terrible weather we’ve had, I knew I had to take … [Read more…]
I love bread and butter pudding and have played around many times with brioche, raisin bread and even panettone for Christmas. Whatever the season or occasion, you can adapt your recipe and here is my Easter offering. Perfect for family get togethers on Easter Sunday. Print Hot Cross Bread and Butter Pudding Ingredients 6 hot … [Read more…]
