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Cadbury Marvellous Creations expands

Sep 25 2014

CALLING ALL CHOCOLATE LOVERS!! Have you seen the new Cadbury Marvellous Creations? Or better yet tried them? Cadbury have added a few more delicious options to satisfy our sweet cravings. The Marvellous Creations now includes 3 special edition carnival inspired bars and blocks that are bound to get your taste buds doing somersaults and if that wasn’t enough they have also added 3 new bite size flavours to the range. Each contain the unique textures and ingredients we have come to expect from the Cadbury Marvellous Creations range. So what are these new varieties? Cola Popping Candy Fizz which is popping candy and fizzy crunch coated in Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate with a kick of Cola. I am personally not a huge fan of this flavour however a friend of mine LOVES IT!! It is a personal preference but lucky for me Cadbury has pleased me with many of their…

LeapBand – the fit band for kids

Sep 24 2014

Encouraging children to stay active is proving harder these days with so many gaming devices, smartphones, tablets, etc. enticing them to play games online and using the latest and ‘so-called’ greatest kids apps. LeapFrog have realised this issue and have released the LeapBand which is basically a fit band for kids. It isn’t over the top exercise based but it does encourage physical activity. Featuring 50 different activities and challenges the LeapBand is designed for kids to get them moving and having fun. Like we have all come to expect from LeapFrog the activity tracking LeapBand is educational in numeracy and literacy but it doesn’t end there. It also teaches children how to establish healthy habits and exercise through everyday play. B1 and B2 have been using their LeapBand for the past 2 weeks and have reported that they love it! By fulfilling the activity prompts they earn jewels (joules…

Meal Plan Week 39 – 2014

Sep 22 2014

This week we have enjoyed a lot of chicken, mainly because it takes minimal effort to make something hearty and full of flavour. But also because it was on special and you can’t complain with saving a few dollars. Last week I shared my homemade chunky steak pie recipe (just click the link if you want to check it out); it’s so easy to make and tastes amazing! Anyway I will get onto Meal Plan Week 39 – 2014 now so scroll down a little for this weeks menu. Meal Plan Week 39 – 2014 Week commencing (22/09/2014) Monday: Chicken Caesar salad Tuesday: Paella Wednesday: Spaghetti Bolognese Thursday: Chicken noodle soup with bread rolls Friday: Chicken stroganoff on rice with side vegetable Saturday: Chicken kebabs with mash and salad Sunday: Chicken curry pasta and vegetables This weeks menu (Meal Plan week 39 – 2014) is full of quick and easy but delicious dinner ideas. We have had…

Homemade chunky steak pie {recipe}

Sep 18 2014

If you enjoy delicious homemade tender steak pie than you will want to print this recipe out to try later! It is my own personal recipe that I whipped up one day when we had a whole lot of nothing left in the fridge. I can vouch this will become a favourite in your home once you’ve made it as it is simple, budget friendly and very tasty. Homemade chunky steak pie Ingredients: 1x onion – diced 2kg blade steak – diced 4x bacon rashers 2x tablespoons crushed garlic small amount of oil – to fry off ingredients above 200ml condensed tomato soup 600ml brown onion gravy (I used gravox) Puff pastry Instructions: 1. Fry off onion, garlic and bacon. 2. Add chopped steak and brown. 3. Turn heat to low and add gravy and tomato soup. 4. Cook/braise until meat is tender (a few hours usually). 5. Grease oven-proof…

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