Rocky Road Chocolate Brownie Bites...

...in our house we are suckers for chocolate goodies...especially most variations of brownies...so as we are visiting friends this weekend, I thought some brownies would be a nice gift to take along...but I wanted to up the stakes slightly, I wanted a smaller bite-sized brownie...and possibly one with a topping (or two!!) I remembered a "hot brownie muffin" recipe form one of Small Ones cookbooks, but it was more of a hot pudding, but I was confident that I could 'tweak' away at it until it was what I wanted...

Rainbow Cookies...

...for the Small Ones, of course! These cookies have been on my "To Bake" list since February...which I know is only a couple of months, but that's  quite a while for something as fantastic looking as these...

Ice-Cream Cup Cone Cupcakes...

...I've been wanting to have a go at these for a while now, I bought the cup cones ages ago...(in fact they are going to need eating up soon!! That's how long ago it was!!)...


Well with the stormy weather we've been having here, I figured it was the perfect time to make some for the smallish people...

Pizzas...My Style...

 ...or yours or however we fancy them really...

Easter Treats #3...Kids in the Kitchen...

...this is the easiest of all Easter treats...the ubiquitous Easter Nests...and just look how great those guys look in their stripy little cases!!!


...We did mix it up a bit though...you know what we're like in the Sew Appetising House!!!

Sowing the seeds of love...

...So whilst the black beans were cooking for their 2 hour marathon...the smallish people found some time to get sowing the some of the seeds for our mini veg patch...

Children's Choice...

After Alex had the choice of what I would bake for the lunch boxes the other week, it was only fair that Emily got to choose something too...so the trusty "500 Cookies" came out to play...and this is what she chose....

Kids in the Kitchen...part 2...

...well one of them at least! Earlier this week Alex asked if he could borrow my nice new post-it notes that my good friend Jules had given to me...(she thought they would come in handy now that I'm blogging and marking many many recipes in books!!! How right she was)...what a great friend :-) 


When asked why he needed/wanted them he replied..."So I can look through your '500 Cookies' book and see which ones I want to help make." Well what was I supposed to say to that? He even colour coded them...green for the ones to make first!!

Kids in the kitchen...

As it is half-term break here in the Uk...I thought I'd post about getting your children involved in cooking...Mine are always pestering me to help with the cooking, and we're not just talking desserts and cookies...I've had mine peeling potatoes and helping to make cottage pie and spaghetti bolognese quite often.
My 2 started off chopping soft veggies using a normal table knife, things like mushrooms and courgettes, for pasta sauces, then as they've got older they have been taught how to use a kitchen knife safely, and will now help with pretty much anything (if they're in the mood that is) Their favourite savoury things to help with being Pizzas, Homemade burgers, My Bolognese Sauce, and mashed potato...there's nothing quite like smashing those potatoes to release after-school tensions! Sweet things include anything from cupcakes and cookies to pavlova and celebration cakes...Having them next to me in the kitchen is a nightmare great! No seriously, although I often curse having anyone in my kitchen...when they do come and ask to help or make something I will let them if humanly possible at that time...