Mister Baby’s nappy antics are particularly enjoyable at the moment because he has decided that changing time is the opportunity to squirm like a contortionist covered in fire ants. Despite that, and the fact he has learned to throw things, he is a complete joy to spend time with these days. Walking is coming on… Continue reading A serving suggestion: autumn hummus tart
Mister Baby walks. For months now he has demanded we help him totter round holding his hands. This week he took six steps completely unaided and was only foiled by a softplay wall. A new era in the reign of terror begins. These noodles are about as authentically Vietnamese as the Not Pasta dishes… Continue reading Vietnamese-ish noodles
Hurrah! Summer is over and autumn is here. Sort of. Anyway, I’m more than delighted to see the back of that blasted season. I know I’m meant to embrace my post-baby body and I sort of do, but there’s a limit to how much I wish to see my mum tum tumble gaily over my… Continue reading Sunday Bake: Apple Crumble
*not made of actual baby Last week continued to be a test of how far babies can degrade intelligent, patient human beings. Mister Baby decided to do an enormous sag aloo-style poop. No problem in and of itself, but more problematic when he decided he wanted to try and crawl mid-nappy change. Having narrowly averted… Continue reading Baby Pie*
Now that Mister Baby has finished laying waste to the West Country, I’m back in the kitchen. It’s a tiny kitchen so cooking tends to be a lot like one of those logic puzzles about how to get a baby, a fox, and a chicken across a river one at a time without those left… Continue reading Lemony Courgette Pasta
No recipe this week. Mister Baby is having far too much fun ruining the West Country with his grandparents.
Poor Mister Baby. Having such spectacular bowels isn’t always easy. The Patriarch has returned to work after a brief but delightful holibobs, so today we were back as a dynamic duo. After our usual jaunt to Costa, the morning continued well until one of Baby’s calamitous events. I had just started running his bath. To… Continue reading A serving suggestion: harissa tofu
