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Does your family get enough Omega-3 in their diet?
You may remember from your home economics days at school that Omega-3 fatty acids are the most important building blocks of the brain. Everyone needs them and we can only get these critical fatty acids from diet or supplementation. It’s especially important for growing children as without these important fats, it can become difficult for […]
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Holiday Packing Tips for Busy Mums and Dads
When it comes to holiday packing as a parent, gone are the days when you could throw caution to the wind, pack a few clothes and toiletries in the bag and be gone. With kids in tow, the concept of creating lists has never sounded so appealing! (Oh, how life has changed). Along with that, […]
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The Finest Family-Friendly Accommodation in Edinburgh – Staycity Aparthotels Review
As a family of five we often find it hard to find suitable and affordable accommodation when we visit a city. Many hotels seem to think that all families have only one or two children. When you have three kids or more, hotel accommodation can become a real challenge and very expensive. This is why […]
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A Family City Break in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is an amazing place to bring the kids on a city break. It’s not too far away from Ireland, it’s a small enough city that you can walk everywhere and there’s loads of family friendly things to do. If you’re going to be spending 48 hours in Scotland’s capital, here is a list of […]
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Top 9 Things To Do In Chicago With Kids
If you’re looking to take your kids to visit North America, where do you go? It’s a big continent. I’ll be honest, Chicago wouldn’t have the first place to jump into my head as a family holiday destination so when I was invited by the lovely people at Choose Chicago to visit their city to […]
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Unique Christmas Markets in Portugal
When you think of European Christmas villages and markets, you’d be forgiven for automatically thinking of countries like Germany and Austria. I’ll be honest, Portugal would not have been a potential Christmas destination in my mind however, having spent a few days exploring the Christmas villages of Portugal, I now know I wrong not to […]
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Teen Christmas Gift Ideas 2018
Anyone else find teenagers hard to buy Christmas gifts for? What music are they into? What books haven’t they read? What cool gadget would they like? As a parent, it’s hard enough knowing the answer to some of these questions but imagine if you’re an Aunt or a Grandparent looking for that perfect festive present. Well […]
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Neven Maguire’s ‘Home Economics For Life’ Cookbook – Review and Giveaway
We’ve always been fans of Neven Maguire here at Saucepan Kids. I had a fun day cooking at his cookery school in Blacklion with Fraser and we have all his cookbooks, complete with sticky notes and oil splashes. So when Gill Books sent us a copy of his latest cookbook ‘Home Economics For Life’ to […]
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United Polaris Business Class Review
Many people have a list of things that they would like to try to achieve at some point in their life, for some it’s swimming with dolphins, for some it’s skydiving. For me, I have always wanted to turn left on a plane. I have always wondered what it would be like to fly business […]
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