The mum & the …mum

I started writing this blog 5 years ago when we moved from the UK to Vancouver Island with our four children, aged 6 and under. What a five years! Some pretty serious highs, some fairly…

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Smug and lazy quinoa cookies

I realised that in my last blogpost I sent you off to the original inspo recipe for quinoa cookies and yet I have been baking them here with increasing frequency and with increasing deviation from…

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Life around here

The days are long but the years are short? This was not written by someone homeschooling five children. THE DAYS ARE SHORT and so are the weeks – and also the months actually – and…

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Very Important Bread Update

Hello…is there anybody out there? Sorry, that was a longer Pink Floyd digression than I expected too. But, you know, sorry about the long hiatus here, and thanks for sticking around. Okay guys. Back to…

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Smug and lazy children’s suppers: vegetarian burrito edition

It’s been a full two years since I shared the first smug-and-lazy, four-children-approved supper: vegetarian tacos. A lot has changed around here since then but – for once – I’m not talking about the ‘strange…

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