Utensils Needed:  Frying Pan Oven-Proof Dish Cooking Method:  Oven Fry Ingredients:  1 1/2 Lbs/675g Cod cut into 6 pieces Pinch of salt if desired Pepper Juice of a Lemon 1 dessertspoon Water 1 Onion peeled and chopped 1 Teaspoon of vegetable oil 1 Carrot peeled and grated 4oz/120g Low-Fat Cheese Grated 4 potatoes cooked peeled and sliced Method:  Pre-heat the ... Read More »

Love Parenting’s Friday News Round up from 10th -16th December 2016  Parenting & Lifestyle  Toilet training our two-year-old is a bit of a strain Positive Parenting at Christmas – Get a free Star Chart for your child ‘Wellbeing’ A Christmas where mummy and daddy don’t argue is top of children’s wish list Family film Clinical psychologist David Coleman: How to ... Read More »

The Hidden Benefits of Having a Family Dog     For many years the benefits of guide dogs for the blind and assistance dogs has been recognised and well documented. Therapy dogs provide much joy and benefits to those they visit in hospitals and nursing home settings. The value of owning and caring for a family dog is, in my ... Read More »

Utensils Needed:  2 pint Pudding Bowl Large Pot Cooking Method:  Boil/Stew Ingredients:  3oz/85g Self-raising Flour 1/2 Level Teaspoon mixed spice 1/2 Level teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 Level Teaspoon ground cinnamon 4oz/110g white breadcrumbs 6oz/150g dark brown sugar 4oz/110g Margarine melted and cooled 1 grated apple 8oz/225g currants 4oz/110g raisins 4oz/110g Sultanas 2oz/50g cut mixed peel 2oz/50g cherries, halved, washed and ... Read More »

Love Parenting’s Friday News Round up from 3rd– 9th December 2016  Parenting & Lifestyle  Gaisce stars achieve gold standard Should I let my 17-year-old go on a holiday to Ibiza? Positive Parenting at Christmas – Get a free Star Chart for your child Where is girl power on the Late Late Toy Show? Empathy revolution… children can learn how to ... Read More »

Love Parenting’s Friday News Round up from 26th November – 2nd December 2016  Parenting & Lifestyle  Children of working mothers do better, new study shows  My seven-year-old son struggles to go to sleep  Taoiseach to discuss the Church’s World Meeting of Families in meeting with Pope How children’s anxieties have been brought to book by novel idea Grammar is hailed ... Read More »