Articles Tagged: tea

Fussy eaters keep mums chained to kitchen by demanding three meals a night

By Keith Kendrick, May 23, 2012

Fussy-eating families are keeping stressed mums chained to the kitchen stove – by making them cook up to three different meals a night.

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Surviving Teenagers: Trying to impress a French one

By Marianne Kavanagh, Apr 23, 2012

We have a teenage French girl staying with us. My daughter went off to France last term, and this is the exchange visit.

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5 quick-to-make family meals for busy parents

By Katie Bryson, Oct 15, 2011

Get in the express lane to the dinner table with these simple supper ideas for every day of the working week.

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Bun fight at the class tea

By Keith Kendrick, Jun 24, 2011

Anyone who looks down their nose at stay-at-home mums should get along to a school Class Tea or Cake Day.

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Achtung Baby or Fancy a brew?

By Suze Nowak, Feb 24, 2011

I do love a decent cuppa. One negative aspect of living in Germany is the lack of a decent tea bag, which is rather ironic ...

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Why do some sponging parents take and never give?

By Marianne Kavanagh, Oct 11, 2010

Why are there some parents who walk all over us, who take and never give? Who simply sponge. Generally, it all works fine. ...

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Tip of the Day: A Father's Day gift you can knit

By Joanne Mallon, Jun 2, 2010

It used to be a rule of family law that all dads had to possess a tie knitted by their offspring. Seriously, in the 1970's ...

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Would you let your child make a cup of tea?

By Joanne Mallon, Mar 17, 2010

So how was your Mothering Sunday? Mine started a bit earlier than I wanted it to, as my daughter woke me up at 7am ...

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