The Beesley Buzz: February 2015

Harissa Chicken recipe from The Mood Food Manual

Here is one of our favourite family meals from The Mood Food Manual. You can find out more about how we got on with 'eating our way to happiness' here. Ingredients 250g Tilda® Wholegrain and Quinoa Steamed Basmati rice pouch 4 skinless chicken breasts 2-3 tbsp harissa paste 1...

Berry Oat Smoothie Recipe: From The Mood Food Manual

I've been taking part in a project with Tilda to test out whether certain foods really can help to boost your mood. One of my favourite and simplest recipes was this speedy Berry Oat Smoothie which was a breakfast meal in The Mood Food Manual meal planner (but I think it doubles...

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." ― Virginia Woolf

A few weeks ago I took part in a project with Tilda to see if it was possible to 'eat your way to happiness'. This involved monitoring regular food intake for a week along with mood, energy, stress levels and happiness. Then for the second week, I followed a specific meal plan from...

Chocolate Pecan Macarons: Kids in the Kitchen

As I've probably mentioned once or twice before, I am a rubbish cook. I never even attempted to bake anything from scratch until my late twenties and even when Bake Off fever first hit Britain, I'd simply watch, shake my head in disbelief that it was possible to create such...

The NEW Nintendo 3DS: Our family's thoughts

As a family, we initially had mixed feelings when we were sent the New Nintendo 3DS to review. The boys were hugely excited because despite having a Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo 2DS, they have long wanted a 3DS too. Daddy groaned at the idea of a 3DS as his eyes have never worked...

Siblings - February 2015

I was determined to be a bit more timely with linking up to this months Siblings linky after leaving it all far too last minute for January so when the 3 kids hopped into bed with me this Sunday morning, it was a case of quickly grabbing the camera for a photo. Why oh why is...

The last thing I expected to hear

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. That's what the doctors believe is the reason for Miss T's swollen and painful foot. Having myself received a diagnosis of juvenile arthritis at the age of 10, I've spent my life frustrated at the lack of awareness that arthritis can and does affect...

The Deadly 7: Who needs friends when you've got monsters? By Garth Jennings (Book Review)

Nelson's school life was pretty naff; No mates and having to play the role of Hitler in a school play - could things get any more lame than this! At least he had a cool big sister who he was really close to. But little did he know that life was about to get a whole lot worse....

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