Happy lil ❤’s are baking #16 ~ and a giveaway

What did you bake or cook with your kids this week?

Below is a linky list so you can join in the fun and start sharing what you bake with your kids! Family favourites, new recipes, cultural or traditional recipes – you name it, we’d like to read about them, and if you include the details, try them out 🙂 

This week we made apple, plum and berry crumble for dessert *smile*
We used our new cookbook ~ Helpings: real food for young people by young people by Charlotte Wood and friends

{my copy ~ bookmark and all}

This is a great cookbook about using real food so we can remember what food should taste like.
Think fresh seasonal produce from your own garden, farmers market or your friend’s veggie patch.

The recipes are super easy to follow and have options for different budgets and dietary needs.

And there is even some good humour, and interesting facts and figures thrown in!
 For more about the book click here.


And I’m very excited because… I have a copy for one of you!!
(Thank you to The New Literacy Programme)
To enter, leave me a comment…
For extra entries:
– ‘like’ Helpings on facebook
– share this giveaway on facebook 
(just pop back to tell me you did)

{giveaway closes on 30 April}

For our crumble we used what we had on hand…
Apples, frozen raspberries and last season’s stewed plums.

After preparing the fruit we stirred it up over a low heat with some honey.

For the crumble we mixed flour, oats, coconut, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, together with some vanilla essence.

Put it all together and dollop some butter here and there *smile*

What a hit for dessert!!

{my camera battery ran out straight after this pic!}
I know we are going to use this cookbook all the time!
And I bet the kids will enjoy using it on their own as they get older too *smile*

We can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to in the kitchen with your kids!

~ Please link up
~ Use our button (from the sidebar) so others can join the fun
~ I’d also love for you to follow us, and why wouldn’t you want to 😉
~ And check out Kids in the Kitchen for more ideas and to link up

Happy baking, Kelly 

Happy Family Times #4 ~ cubby house building

Have you done something fun with your family? 

Carrie from Crafty Moms Share and I host  ~ Happy Family Times ~ so we can all share fun family ideas and hopefully inspire each other! So if you all danced one night, went for a walk, or enjoyed a special outing please link it up!

We’ve being working on a very special project *smile*
Who doesn’t love a great cubby house!
We can’t even wait until we get out of our pj’s some days (this is becoming a bit of a theme!)
We all enjoy time in the sunshine helping in the construction… or simply playing and exploring

This is going to sound rather mushy ~ but what a wonderful dad!
Building, building…
Mmmm, what’s this stuff?

A wonderful work-in-progress *smile*

We can’t wait to see what your family has been doing!

~ please link up (family time oriented giveaways are ok, but please no Etsy shops)
~ use our button so others can join the fun (from the sidebar)
~ we’d love for you to follow us {Crafty Moms Share} and {Happy Whimsical Hearts}
~ check out our Happy Family Times Pintrest board where we will be pinning some of our favourite ideas 
~ also check out the Outdoor Play Party at Mama Pea Pod

Warmly, Kelly