A few weeks ago, my daughter celebrated her eighth birthday with a party. If I'm a bit of an indulgent mother from time to time, it comes to the fore here. You see, I thought it would be nice if her own birthday party would be the one occasion at which she could walk up to a table of food and choose anything to eat. You know, choose anything to eat without first having to ask whether it's … [Read more...]
Time to face facts … I’m 40
There's been some kind of freak-of-nature accident which has resulted in my being transported forward in time to my 40th birthday. Because I'm actually only 25 years old. … [Read more...]
Gluten-free wicked chocolate balls
As the Christmas season is almost upon us, this blog will take a different direction over the next few weeks, focussing on festive fare. This will especially be the case because we are now on our long summer school break and so I won't be packing too many lunchboxes for the time being. But before we get to these wicked chocolate balls, it was my very great honour this week to be nominated for the … [Read more...]
The best ever tip for icing a birthday cake
I'm just going to say it. Shocking but true, when it comes to gluten-free kids' birthday cakes, I am an out-and-proud packet cake user. There. The sky hasn't fallen in ... yet. … [Read more...]