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25/10/2026

Just a mum of two little ones in the need of a break 🤪

I honestly can’t remember what I did pre-kids on an evening / weekend 🫠

18/10/2026

🍽️ SCHOOL DINNERS… WHAT DOES A DIETITIAN REALLY THINK?! 👀

This week I got to experience school lunch with my 4-year-old, and it was lovely to see what the children are offered (and what they actually choose to eat!).

As both a mum and a registered dietitian, I know that what’s on the menu and what ends up in little tummies can be two very different things! 😅

Overall, I was impressed with the variety available, but it also got me thinking about how we can encourage children to make more balanced choices without putting pressure on them.

🥦 A few of my thoughts:

🍎 Choice is important! A cheese sandwich or jacket potato isn’t a bad lunch, but ideally we’d like children to enjoy a variety of foods across the week, including vegetables, fruit, protein and fibre-rich carbohydrates.

🥕 Make vegetables the norm. I’d love to see more gentle encouragement to add something from the salad bar. Even a little cucumber or carrot on the plate is a positive step, whether they eat it or not!

💚 Keep it positive. Children often need repeated opportunities to explore unfamiliar foods. Encouragement, role modelling and a relaxed environment can be much more helpful than pressure to finish everything.

📚 School food is changing! The government has announced updated school food standards for England, with a greater focus on fruit, vegetables, fibre and balanced meals, alongside reducing sugar and foods high in salt and saturated fat. Most changes are planned for September 2027, subject to parliamentary approval.

👏 And finally, a big thank you to our school and catering team! Feeding lots of children every day, while juggling different preferences, dietary needs and allergies, is no small task.

For me, the goal isn’t a perfect plate every lunchtime. It’s helping children build positive relationships with food, explore different tastes and gradually develop healthy habits that last.

💬 I’d love to know - does your child eat the main school dinners, or do they stick to the same safe options every day?! 😅

RegisteredDietitian

13/10/2026

Not sure who invented this word, but I’ve never felt more understood 😳 Anyone else?!

12/10/2026

🎃 IS THIS THE BEST PUMPKIN PATCH IN NORTH YORKSHIRE?! 🍂🧡

We had the loveliest autumn family day out at Birchfield Farm this weekend and I had to share it with you!

🎃 HUGE pumpkin fields to explore
🌈 Pumpkins in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours
📸 SO many gorgeous autumn photo opportunities
🚜 A tractor ride for a little extra fun
🧡 And best of all… it’s FREE to enter!

You can wander around, take some lovely family photos and choose your favourite pumpkins to take home (pumpkins and some activities cost extra!).

There’s something so lovely about these simple autumn traditions, isn’t there? 🥹🍁

SAVE this for an autumn family day out and TAG someone you’d love to go pumpkin picking with! 🎃

Have you been to Birchfield Farm before? Or is there another pumpkin patch we need to visit?! 👇

(We didn’t visit their farm but plan to in strawberry picking season next year!) 🍓 🐑

MummyNutrition

08/10/2026

If you haven’t already tried padel, take this as your sign 🎾💙

It’s super fun, sociable, not too hard to pick up… and doesn’t take up nearly as much time as golf!! 😂

Have you tried it yet?!

06/10/2026

POV: You get to see where one of your family’s favourite fruits is grown! 🍇☀️🇪🇸 ad

I recently visited sunny Murcia in Spain to see where red berry grapes begin their journey - from growing on the vine to arriving on UK supermarket shelves.

What makes them so different?

They’re red on the inside as well as the outside ❤️ The colour runs from the skin right through to the centre thanks to naturally occurring pigments called anthocyanins.

They’re juicy, crunchy, seedless and full of flavour - making them a brilliant addition to lunchboxes*, snack plates or family picnics - and they’re also partnering with (look out for the Heart Research UK logo on pack!).

BOOMBITES red berry grapes are only available for a few weeks of the year, so look out for them in , and - and let me know what your family think if you try them! ❤️🍇

*Important safety reminder: For babies and young children, always cut grapes length-ways and then into quarters, make sure they’re sitting safely and supervise them while eating.

FamilyFood

30/08/2026

Yorkshire Dales Aug ‘26 ~ photo dump 🌿🤍

We had such a lovely time at Penny Rose Cottage 🌹 last week and what I realised afterwards was that the kids (hardly!) moaned 😂. It just goes to show that a change of scenery really can make such a difference - and you definitely don’t need to go abroad for that.

We had the loveliest time visiting Malham Cove (playing by the river), Austwick (fab park + amazing pizzas at The Rind 🍕), Settle (so many lovely little shops!) and, of course, playing on the wonderful village green in Langcliffe. On previous stays we’ve also visited Clapham (for the nature trail & cave), and we’re planning to do the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and at least one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks in the future! ⛰️

Anyway, I hope you’ve had a lovely summer and GOOD LUCK with the back-to-school prep 😅 P currently has no school shoes and our house is still upside down!! Bring on getting some normality back 🥲

And do let me know if you’d ever like to stay at Penny Rose Cottage or The Yorkshire Dales Chapel too - so many lovely followers stayed this month, which was so amazing!! 🥹🤍 xx

21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day Oliver! And to all the dads, stepdads, grandads and father figures ❤️

To the ones who read bedtime stories even when they’re exhausted. Who build Lego, fix broken toys, carry sleeping children from the car, and somehow become the very best monsters, superheroes and imaginary characters at a moment’s notice ✨

Our children may not remember every school run or bedtime story, but they will remember how loved, safe and supported they felt ☀️

Happy Father’s Day Oliver … Thank you for everything you do for our little family. The kids are lucky to have you 💙

05/06/2026

Bathroom Reno Part 1 .. any tips for me?!

For context we moved to this house at the end of March, just over 2 months ago and have a lot of work ahead of us!

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