Ginger & Cinnamon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Finally.
I've mastered it.
After some trial and errors involving maple sugar and too high temperatures on the oven I have found the perfect mix of spices and crunch to roast your leftover pumpkin seeds.

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Recipe:

seeds from a medium pumpkin - washed and dried.
a glug of olive oil
1 tsp of ground cinnamon
1 tsp of ground ginger
dessert spoon of sugar

In a large bowl mix all of the above.
Pre heat the oven to 150c.
Spread the seeds out on a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray.
Roast for 30 minutes.
Give the seeds and jiggle.
Roast for a further 10 minutes.

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I challenge you to make them last!

 

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My Dream Garden

On Tuesday we enjoyed the break in the dismal weather and spent a sun filled day at the lovely Organic Gardens at Yeo Valley.
I have basically found my dream garden.

Space for the children - and the chickens - to run free, pumpkins, acers, tea crab apples, beehives, landscaped gardens, a hidden heart in a bespoke bench, purple flowers of which I do not know the name, a rather befitting sunflower and of course, an upcycled Mini.

What more could you wish for?

I continue to dream...

But for now I'm linking up with the lovely Annie...

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Papar iPad Cover from Beatrix New York {review}

Meet Papar - a bird who is fond of getting her own way with quite specific demands and a need for 8 hours sleep.
She sounds very familiar.

Papar has arrived at a very good time. My current much loved - handmade by me - iPad cover has seen better days and the fact it is more of a dust cover, rather than giving my device any real protection, it is time to move on. It is time to accept the children will be increasingly borrowing my iPad, carrying it carefully running manically with it around the house. It is time to accept that without proper protection there will be tears and tantrums if my beloved iPad gets damaged. Mostly from me.

So step up Papar - one of four designs from Beatrix New York - an iPad cover that is water resistant, padded and lined for kid-proof protection.

 

Don't fancy a feisty bird? Then choose from Pixel, JuJu and Percival...

   

Also in the Beatrix New York product range are Backpacks,  Lunchboxes and Trollies...

 

 

So, if like me, you have a love of all things owl and want to have the iPad cover for your own device there are plenty of other fantastic products to keep the children happy and looking rather fantastically accessorised!

 

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Disclaimer: I was sent the Papar Beatrix New York iPad cover for review purposes. As always words and opinions are my own and are honest.



Yeo Valley {National Trust - 50 things to do before you're 11 3/4}

We have not long returned from one of the most beautiful corners of England having spent a lovely day with the kind folk of Yeo Valley and The National Trust. A collection of bloggers and their families had free rein of the Organic Gardens and Tea Rooms to explore and carry out activities - and get started with the 50 things list. The weather was pure English Autumn - a bit of a nip in the air with clear blue skies.

The day was designed perfectly for the children to run, explore, find pumpkins, hunt for art materials, hunt for minibeasts, build mini dens, blow a grass trumpet, meet the happiest hay bale I've ever seen, try not to fall off the ha-ha and eat the delicious lunch provided by the Yeo Valley kitchen - it was hard work but someone's children had to devour the serving plate of macaroni cheese. Then the children were ready to get creative; reunited with their pumpkins they decorated and filled their heads with cress seeds and got artistic with a piece of paper and a plethora of natural materials scavenged earlier in the morning.

Finally, we were dragged back to the tea rooms where we spotted a great use for your spare teacups and to be plied with more deliciousness, this time tea and cake - orange, almond and polenta anyone? Just perfect.

We were invited as part of the Trust's promotion of 50 things to do before you're 11 3/4 and their partnership with Yeo Valley giving shoppers a chance to win one of ten relaxing cottage breaks - just check the lid of your next Yeo Valley purchase (see packs for details).

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Disclaimer: We were invited to spend the day at Yeo Valley with the National Trust. As always, all words and opinions are honest and are mine.