Mediocre Mum

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  • 5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake!

    OMG this was so much fun and so easy! I was planning on doing a bit of baking today with Madame, but as usual I fell at the first hurdle as I didn’t have the ingredients I needed to make brownies. What the hell is Vanilla Sugar anyhow? Anyway, the lovely @jinks67 suggested I Google…

  • My Secret (Blogger) Santa Present

    I must admit that I did chuckle a wee bit when I opened my Secret (Blogger) Santa present and read the card, which said ‘I thought you would like this because you like to cook’.  This is not meant to be ungrateful or rude as I absolutely LOVE the present, which was an Oxfam Cookie…

  • Recipe: Shepherd’s Pie

    As you all know I’m not brilliant in the kitchen but there are two things I’m pretty good at cooking; Slow Cooker Lamb Curry and Shepherd’s Pie.  I know you purists will be screaming ‘it’s not a Shepherd’s Pie it’s a Cottage Pie’ as it is made with beef.   Luckily, I can’t hear you! The…

  • Chicken Myers Recipe

    Prior to meeting my husband I lived with someone for 6 years and this recipe is pretty much all I walked away with, thanks to the lack of common law legislation in this country! ;-) However, this is one of my favourite recipes.  Honestly, it tastes better than it looks. You will need: 1 small…

  • Easy Slow Cooker Lamb Curry

    Ingredients: 1 tbs of oil (whatever you have on hand) 1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 125 ml beef stock (half a stock cube) 1 400g tin of chopped tomatoes 1 Tbs of oil 500g of lamb (you could use pork or chicken), cut into bite size pieces 2 tbs Patak’s Mild Curry…