I recently came across a lovely resource for home cooks while looking for ideas for Pancake Tuesday. The parenting site MummyPages.ie has a very comprehensive recipes section, with recipes put together by MummyPages and tested by their team of mums.
I took my tiny sidekick to the Sunday Brunch Club in the Odeon on Harcourt St a few weeks back, when filthy rain put paid to our plans to go to the park. It turned out to be a really pleasant thing to do with small ones on a Sunday afternoon – …
Guzzle Puzzle is for kids, right? So when, oddly, a few packets of The Natural Confectionary Company’s new product arrived in my letterbox from a PR company, I figured I’d ask my nephew for his opinion. Here’s his view: Guzzle Puzzle …
The parenting site Mummy Pages currently has a hair-raising example of being overcharged for a kid’s meal. Kid’s meals are often very poor both in terms of choice and value, but this one is really something. In short, a child-size bowl of…
Don’t forget that CheapEats readers can still avail of a 10% discount at the online shop EarthMother.ie until the end of August. EarthMother.ie sells all natural and organic baby products, so it’s the perfect place to stock up on nappies,…
MyKidsTime.ie, a free online resource for parents, recently launched the MyKidsTime 2010 Awards.
The family friendly website is looking to find the most child-friendly businesses or organisations in Ireland. They want to hear about your favourite venue…
EarthMother.ie is a new Irish online shop that sells a wide range of baby products – from baby food to soft toys to nappies to skincare products. All products are organic and natural, and there are some great bargains to be had.
For example, EarthMot…
The good people at MyKidsTime.ie have got in touch with us with their annual list of their favourite kid-friendly restaurants around Ireland. The list has been updated to include Cork, Sligo, Clare, Meath and Cavan. Click into the full post to read the…
I’ve seen a sneak preview of Jamie’s Food Revolution in the US (watch the trailer here) and already I am fascinated and horrified in equal parts.
I think Jamie is fantastic, you can see that he really cares about what children are eating. …
This great recipe comes from Hazel McFadden, cookery tutor at The Kitchen in the Castle in Howth. A couple of years ago, Hazel taught me on a month-long professional cookery course, and she is a brilliant teacher – patient, precise, caring and fantasti…
Breakfast bars are handy when you are in a rush and you need a quick burst of energy without caving into another coffee. Rather than going out and buying them, why not bake your own. They are so simple to make, the basic ingredients are really cheap an…
In the last of our series on feeding the family, Garth McColgan, resident chef at Aldi and the brains behind the Food Active summer camp, has a great family recipe. And check out his top five tips for establishing good eating habits in the toddler year…
We’re joined again today by Garth McColgan – Aldi’s resident chef and the brains behind the Food Active summer camp – with his top tips for feeding kids and winning over funny eaters.
Recipe: Gorgeous Green Puree
Serves 6 (Baby…
My sister Barbara was pondering what foods to give her four-month-old son Dylan, and how best to wean him onto solids, so she asked me for some advice. But what do I know? Thankfully, our regular guest columnist Garth McColgan – he of Aldi and Food Act…
Whether you’re in Dublin, Limerick, Galway, or Wexford, it can be hard to find child-friendly eateries. Today, we’ve joined by Jill Holtz of mykidstime.ie with this very handy guide.
www.mykidstime.ie is a free resource for families. With a…
If your kids are fed up with ham sandwiches, Aldi’s resident chef, Garth McColgan of Food Active, has some handy tips and tricks for a healthy school lunchbox, exclusively for CheapEats. They’re not bad as snacks for adults either!
By Garth…
An aunt of mine only drinks Coke. One of my 10 billion nephews refuses to drink anything but “juice”, which is actually just a sugary diluted drink like Kia-Ora, Ribena or Robinson’s.
Like all the tastiest stuff, these are little more…
