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It was a wet and windy day yesterday so the kids were pestering me to do some baking. In fact, I love baking with them on Sundays as... Read More »
I watched a very interesting programme on the Irish TV channel RTE1 recently about children’s breakfast cereals. The programme, ‘The Consumer Show’ with Eddie Hobbs, investigated Ireland’s unhealthy... Read More »
Lebkuchen are spicy German biscuits (not that spicy!) associated with Christmas and are decorated with icing. So get out there and buy the ingredients and make them before... Read More »
Stage two of making a traditional Christmas Cake is our house, is the Almond Icing or the Marzipan as some people like to call it. Like or loathe... Read More »
If you only ever buy ready made mince pies from the shop then you really must try this. This mince pie recipe is incredibly easy, the pastry is... Read More »
We’re delighted to have been selected as a finalist in the EduBlog Awards 2012 in the ‘Best New Education Blog‘ category. It’s a real honour to have even... Read More »
Well it’s that time again when we need to make the Christmas cake. This traditional Christmas cake recipe has been handed down the generations in my family, it’s... Read More »
I know, I know, it isn’t Pancake Tuesday but pancakes are a fantastic breakfast/lunch or tea any time in the year. They can be savoury as well as... Read More »
This Irish barmbrack tea cake recipe is often baked for Hallowe’en. I call it a cake but it really falls between cake and bread. Previously we’ve bought one... Read More »
These toffee apples are simple to make, fun to decorate and rather tasty too. Along with apple bobbing and the flour game* these are ideally for a Hallowe’en... Read More »
In the next installment of our top tips video we show you the safe way for your kids to peel a carrot.
I learned this bacon and rice recipe from my Mum. It’s very quick to make and really delicious so Mum often made it when when we’d been out for... Read More »
With the kids back at school now, all talk seems to be about homework and getting kids to focus on it and settle into getting it done and... Read More »
The kids have been getting into Blue Peter recently (remember that??) and got an Annual out of the library where they found this Whoopie Pie recipe. They were... Read More »
Have you ever thought about trying to grow some vegetables in your garden? You honestly don’t need to be an expert gardener, have ever watched a gardening programme... Read More »
James and I are delighted that Saucepan Kids has been nominated for a Blog Awards Ireland 2012 award! Saucepan Kids has been nominated in the following five categories... Read More »
These tortilla pizzas are so simple, really quick and delicious. Replacing the usual pizza dough with flour tortillas makes this a really easy lunch option for the family.... Read More »
This courgette tortilla recipe came about when my son and I we were hunting around the cupboards and fridge for something to cook for tea. We found a... Read More »
One of the most fun cooking to do with the kids is baking, and near the top of that list is baking bread. This brown soda bread recipe... Read More »
In this top cooking tip we are going to show you a really quick and easy way of making sure your cakes and loaves of bread don’t stick... Read More »
This tomato and mozzarella tart recipe came about the other day when I was hunting around for something to make for lunch and found some puff pastry in... Read More »
We made this rhubarb crumble recipe having been spurred on by the success of our gooseberry crumble recipe. The rhubarb growing in the garden took off like a... Read More »
I talked in our roast chicken recipe about how we always make a chicken stock whenever we cook a roast chicken. This is for a number of reasons; it’s... Read More »
I don’t know about you but if on the rare occasion we get a chance to go out for a bite to eat with the kids there seems... Read More »
These scones are tasty and easy to make! Us kids love making and eating them! Kids like me can do most of it except for putting in and... Read More »
I used to use Bisto as a gravy browner and thickener in my gravy until I found out how easy it was to make proper gravy. The difference... Read More »
When we do manage to get strawberries from the garden, or buy them in, here’s a really quick, easy pudding to make. Our friend gave us a box... Read More »
About 2 months ago we did a Cooking with Kids demonstration at the Só Sligo food festival. The day after the event I was mowing the lawn and a... Read More »
We love a roast chicken and this recipe is makes for a delicious meal. There are a fair few ingredients listed here but we just tend to use... Read More »
We are letting the kids have their own raised vegetable bed this year for them to plant, grow, cook and eat whatever they like. The first thing they... Read More »
When the kids were eating, sorry looking, for strawberries, they came back with a bowl of gooseberries from the bush in our fruit patch. They asked if we... Read More »
We came across this lemon drizzle cake recipe watching the brilliant River Cottage Bites programmes. I’m recovering from a recent serious accident involving my eye and in the early... Read More »
We have a fairly decent sized strawberry patch with a good number of plants in it. We don’t do massive amounts of looking after it (other than Granny’s... Read More »
Birthdays are like buses in our house, we have none for ages and then loads come along at the same time. Eight days after the twins’ birthday our... Read More »
We have been celebrating the twins’ birthday over the weekend and they choose, baked, designed and decorated their own birthday cakes. This one was loosely based on a Victoria sponge cake... Read More »
It was the twins’ birthday over the weekend so we let them choose, bake, design and decorate their own birthday cakes. Baking your own cakes is far more... Read More »
Thank you to all of you who attended our “Cooking with Kids” demonstration today at the Source Sligo Cookery School as part of the 2012 Só Sligo Food Festival. Eithna... Read More »
This tomato sauce recipe is ideal for putting on pizza bases, using in pasta dishes and putting in soups. It is very easy to make and is much... Read More »
This Focaccia bread recipe is, as it’s name suggests, a really quick and easy Italian bread recipe that is perfect then time is limited (when isn’t it!). It... Read More »
This fresh herb pesto recipe is really easy to make, really tasty and a great alternative to expensive shop-bought pesto. You don’t have to be precise and scientific... Read More »
Following my post a week or so ago about our new pig he duly arrived last Wednesday evening. I went to our friends’ field to see him and his... Read More »
Following on from the exciting news about our new pig, another fantastic announcement is that we are going to be running an event at this year’s So Sligo... Read More »
It’s a classic… The kids can do literally everything here. If you have very little ones, they could even help by putting the bun cases into the baking... Read More »
There are a few exciting things happing at Saucepan Kids at the moment and the first one we are revealing is that we are going to be keeping... Read More »
I saw these sausage and apple sandwiches on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage programme in an episode where he was trying to get a chap to eat cooked apples.... Read More »
I watched a very interesting programme on the Irish TV channel RTE1 recently about children’s breakfast cereals. The programme, The Consumer Show with consumer champion Eddie Hobbs, investigated... Read More »
