Indulge yourself this weekend with this deliciously healthy desserts that won’t leave an ounce of guilt on your lips. Low-fat baked pears with amaretti Prep time: 5 mins Cooking time: 20 Ingredients: 4 ripe pears 100g ricotta ½ tsp cinnamon 4 tbsp clear honey, plus extra to serve 8 crisp amaretti biscuits Directions: 1. Cut…
4D scan of foetus of a mother who smoked up to 14 cigarettes a day (top) and foetus of a non-smoking mother (bottom) These 4D scans appear to show unborn babies grimace when their mother’s light up. Pregnant women have long been urged to give up smoking due to the huge affects it has on an…
Would you try this Ritmo pregnancy lifebelt? A new wearable device that lets expectant mothers listen in on their developing baby’s heartbeat and movements continuously, rather than just when she goes into the hospital for a scan, is soon to be released in Ireland. The device has a lightweight harness with sensor-laden straps that go…
Mum’s are forever multi-tasking, but this mother takes multi-tasking to new heights. “What if I told you I can pole dance and babywear at the same dang time?!” Wright wrote on her blog. “Well I can!” On her blog, Ms. Wright’s Way, Wright calls herself a “badass breastfeeding, babywearing, attachment parenting, pole dancing, yogi mama.”…
6 secrets dads want their sons to know about adulthood Staff over at Buzzfeed attended the Dad 2.0 Summit in San Francisco and captured 29 beautiful, funny and down-right practical secrets that Dad’s wanted their sons to know about adulthood. The full article is available here. We picked our six favourite from the bunch, but make…
Lemon water provides the body with electrolytes that hydrate your body. Lemons contain contain electrolytes such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. It helps digestion as lemon contains citric acid which interacts with other enzymes and acids and stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and digestion. The liver produces more enzymes from water with lemon…
Recipe: Irish apple crumble cake Ingredients: 4oz butter plus extra for greasing 5oz soft light brown sugar 2 large free range eggs 7oz plain flour, sifted 1 tablespoon baking powder pinch of salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 11oz peeled, cored and sliced cooking apple (Shouldn’t be more than one large one) For the crumble topping:…
