Author Archive: Debbie
10 Family Travel Tips For Planning The Perfect Family Holiday
Thinking of planning a family holiday this year and not sure where to start, where to go or what to do? We think family holidays are vitally important. I read an interesting article recently where Britain’s leading child psychologist, Oliver James, said that ‘parents shouldn’t be wasting hundreds of pounds on toys, they should be […]
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Titanic Belfast – Family Travel Review
As far as a bucket list of things we want to do, a visit to Belfast to see the Titanic exhibition was always up there. However for one reason or another, we never made it up North. We were offered tickets for the first BBC Good Food Show in Belfast and thought, yes while we’re […]
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Japanese Hands-On Cooking Class with Fiona Uyema – Review
On a chilly Saturday morning I arrived at the Miele Gallery in CityWest Dublin 24 to learn all about Japanese food with cookbook author Fiona Uyema. After a quick nosy around the kitchen showroom and a much welcomed coffee and pastry, 16 eager participants made their way into the performance space where we met Fiona […]
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8 Reasons Why Every Woman Should Lift Weights
Six months in and my quest to become a healthier, stronger and fitter Mum is still going strong. I’m three stone down and (more importantly) have lost 26 inches from around my body (9 from my waist alone!) and I can honestly say that I have never felt better. I’m proud to say too that I’ve […]
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Is healthy eating worth it?
Everywhere you look these days, people are talking or blogging about sugar free, clean eating, plant based, vegan, vegetarian, organic food. Is it a fad or is any of it actually worth it? Real food can sometimes costs a little more than processed food however when you add it up and look at the consequences, you’ll […]
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Leading By Example – an update
For the last sixteen weeks, I’ve been working out at Avena Leisure Centre in Ballisodare, Sligo in a bid to become a healthier, stronger and fitter Mum. You can read about how I got on during the first two months of this journey so far. The results After four months the results are as follows: Weight […]
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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them – Review
Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them is the new movie from the pen of J.K. Rowling and the directorship of David Yates (Harry Potter). Harry Potter fans will already know that the script was inspired by the Hogwart’s textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Rowling’s character Newt Scamander. The film […]
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Neven Maguire’s ‘Complete Family Cookbook’ Review & Giveaway
Cooking together as a family is so important to us here in our house. We are always on the look out for new recipes that we can try out so you can imagine we were delighted to receive a review copy of Neven Maguire’s new cookbook ‘Complete Family Cookbook’ from Gill Books. The book was […]
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World Egg Day
Did you know that today is World Egg Day? We don’t normally celebrate these kind of things but we’re huge fans of eggs here at Saucepan Kids so we thought that they deserved a mention particularly as so many of our recipes feature eggs. Here’s some fascinating facts about eggs that you may not have […]
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