and the WINNER is...

Thankyou to everyone who entered our competition for VIP tickets to this weekends Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival in the Poeple's Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is great to welcome a few new followers to the blog.

Today all the entries went into a hat and the Hubby lent a hand to pick our six lucky winners. Congratulations to all of our winners who will recieve 2 x VIP passes to the Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival. A big thankyou to the organisers of the Festival for donating the prize to the blog, we are looking forward to getting dressed up on Saturday and enjoying the fesival. See you there;

Jean Lambert

Suzanne Whitelegg

Victoria Mcgrath

Angie Canavan

Gemma Williams-Dardis

Jo Pentson

For details on how to claim your prize please drop me a quick e-mail at jetsettingbabies@gmail.com I will send you the info you need so you can pick up your tickets on the day you wish to attend the festival.

The Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival will be held in the People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire from the 25^th to the 28^th August from 12noon to 10pm daily, with food, music , fashion and family fun.

The line-up of Chefs is nothing short of dazzling and has my taste buds dancing already! Amongst the list are chefs from Dalkey’s Guinea Pig restaurant and Dun Laoghaire’s Alexis restaurant both of which are personal favourites. Celebrity Chef's will be giving demonstrations and holding workshops throughout the weekend.

Saturday the 27^th of August is when you want to look your best as there will be Taste Fest undercover judges searching for the best dressed. Hmm what to wear?

Saturday 27^th and Sunday 28^th of August from 12noon to 4pm will be family fun days at the festival. There will be tasty menu items prepared just for them, face painting, bubble blowing and Coca-Cola sports stacking performances.  The first 50 children through the gates will receive a special festival goodie bag.

All weekend there will be some brilliant musical performances so be sure to check out the schedule for the line up so you don’t miss a thing. I am most looking forward to the blues rock and soul of Grainne Duffy which promises ‘to leave festival goers begging for more.’

For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.tasteandmusic.com

We have another great competition coming next week... we have a €50 voucher for one of our reviewed restaurants. I don't want to give away all the details now so keep reading and stay posted.


Love the Yummy Mumies and the Jetsetting Babies

xxx

Recipe time!

Hello Everyone,

Angi here, remember our competition to win:

VIP tickets to the Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival

Entries close today and I will draw the winner at 8pm and announce the winners on the blog, so hurry with your entries. Just like our Facebook page and tell us your favourite food, simple. We have 6 pairs of VIP tickets to get away. We will have other great competitions to come soon so watch this spacea dn keep reading.

I have not written a blog in a long time, I have been slugging away at an assignment on the social and emotional development of pre-school children. It was the hardest assignment I have had yet in college but definitely the most interesting. I am thinking of doing some posts called what I learnt today; to share some of the most interesting things I have learnt so far but I don’t know if I can find the time really juggling ‘Mummy’, ‘Wifey,’ ‘Chef,’ ‘Cleaner’ and now ‘Student’ is proving very difficult. Quick dinners are something that have helped me to create a little more time in my evenings as I just don’t have time to throw those complex gourmet meals together the way I used to. Ok who am I kidding I have always always been lazy in the kitchen and the quicker something is to make the better.

In the lead up of the Dublin Bay taste and music festival I have been thinking a lot about food. My hubby recently had a birthday and I got him this great book Jamie Oliver 30-minute Meals. I figured it was a double present he could enjoy cooking from it but also enjoy my cooking from it; I tend to stick to the same four or five recipes and rotate them.

There is a great Jamie Oliver recipe that I use all the time; I have replicated it here as I remember it so it may be slightly different to the original. It is such an easy and tasty meal that I cook at least once a week. If you are a sea food fan this in one for you, if you are looking for some really tasty recipes checkout Jamie Oliver online, he is a bit of a genius when it comes to food. http://www.jamieoliver.com/  

Easy Fish Pie

Ingredients:

}  1 x Carrot

}  2 x Sticks of Celery

}  1 x Lemon

}  500g Fish pie mix

}  200g Cheddar Cheese

}  Handful of Spinach

}  Chilli Flakes

}  Olive Oil

}  Salt and Pepper

Method

1.       Preheat the oven to 200®C/ 400C®F and bring a large pan of salted water to the boil

2.       Cut the potatoes into 2cm chunks and cook for 12minutes in boiling water

3.       Put the fish into bite sized pieces, place in a baking dish and sprinkle the salt, pepper and lemon juice over the top.

4.       Grate the carrot, celery and cheese into a deep baking dish

5.       Zest the lemon and sprinkle on the chilli, parsley, salt and pepper

6.       Cut the fish mix into bite sized pieces and add to dish

7.       Add spinach and mix everything together really well

8.       Drizzle boiled potatoes with a good bit of olive oil and add a pinch of salt and pepper

9.       Mash potatoes and put on top of your pie

10.   Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes

11.   Serve with reggae-reggae sauce and a rocket and pine nut salad

Hope you enjoy this one, more recipes to come soon.

The Yummy Mummies and The Jetsetting Babies

Win VIP tickets to the Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival.

Win VIP tickets to the Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival.

Simply follow our blog or 'like' our  face book page and leave us a comment with your favourite food, too easy!

My favourite food is my Uncle Dale’s Blueberry Muffins; he even gave me his secret recipe so I can make them here in Ireland too. Yum!

We have 12 passes and 6 lucky winners will win 2 tickets each!

The Dublin Bay Taste and Music Festival will be held in the People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire from the 25^th to the 28^th August from 12noon to 10pm daily, with food, music , fashion and family fun.

The line-up of Chefs is nothing short of dazzling and has my taste buds dancing already! Amongst the list are chefs from Dalkey’s Guinea Pig restaurant and Dun Laoghaire’s Alexis restaurant both of which are personal favourites. Celebrity Chef's will be giving demonstrations and holding workshops throughout the weekend.

Saturday the 27^th of August is when you want to look your best as there will be Taste Fest undercover judges searching for the best dressed. Hmm what to wear?

Saturday 27^th and Sunday 28^th of August from 12noon to 4pm will be family fun days at the festival. There will be tasty menu items prepared just for them, face painting, bubble blowing and Coca-Cola sports stacking performances.  The first 50 children through the gates will receive a special festival goodie bag.

All weekend there will be some brilliant musical performances so be sure to check out the schedule for the line up so you don’t miss a thing. I am most looking forward to the blues rock and soul of Grainne Duffy which promises ‘to leave festival goers begging for more.’

For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.tasteandmusic.com

Don't forget to enter our competition We have 12 passes and 6 lucky winners will win 2 tickets each!

Simply follow our blog or 'like' our  face book page and leave us a comment with your favourite food, too easy!

The VIP winners will be picked on Wednesday 23nd August, plenty of time to plan your festival outfit.

Love the Yummy Mummies and the Jetsetting Babies

xxx

Review # 22 Samba Swirl, Northcote RD, Clapham,UK

This weeks review (Yes I am one day early as apposed to a few days late hooray)  is one for the kids! Ok who am I kidding here, its for the Mama's and the Papas too. In fact more so for us.
Frozen yoghurt has taken the US, Uk and now Ireland by storm. Its our (almost) guilt free treat! You don't feel so bad giving frozen yoghurt to your little ones as you do ice cream, and to be honest they don't know the difference. Mama's 1 - Babies 0

I have to be many frozen yoghurt place's in the US and London but I have found my perfect one. Samba Swirl on the Northcote road. Unlike other places who do it for you, in Samba you can do it your self. So if like me you like a little bit more fudge  brownie on it, or a little more strawberry you can have as much as you want. Its all priced on weight so if your letting your little one help him/herself just make sure they don't go over board with the smarties. You may end up walking out of there with a much lighter wallet.

There are different kinds of flavors you can choose from, the kids love the "Do it your self " thing, as they feel like they are in control. You can put as much, little, different no toppings on as you like.

There isnt any changing tables, but they are breast feeding friendly. They have most of the tables out side and a few benches in side. Its not a place where you want to go and sit for hours and have a good chin wag. But if you want to entertain the kids for a bit and get a yummy treat I defiantly recommend Samba Swirl.

Enjoy

Love the Jet setting babies and the Yummy Mummies

One O'clock Club

For any new mum, one of the most challenging things to get used to is what to with your day. Your now at home with your little one be it for a few months or full time. Your days whittle away with feeding, cleaning, bathing and caring for your little one. It very hard to actually get the motivation to get out and to do anything. One of the reasons Angi and I started this blog was to update mums on where to go with there little ones. Where they had changing rooms and a place where you could go with a toddler and feed them lunch. Getting out of the house is so important for your sanity and to interact with other mums who are in the same situation as you.
So this brings me to this weeks review
THE ONE O'CLOCK CLUB

The one o'clock club is a state funded activities center for children from 0-5
They have them located all over London just check their website to see where the nearest one to you is.

They have a big out door area with water tables and sand pits, swings cars, push chairs and on really hot days paddling pools. They also have indoor rooms with indoor activities for those rainy days. Most of them have sensory rooms for little babies as well.

They are fully equipped with toilets for mummies and toddlers and changing rooms for the little ones. its a really lovely safe environment for you and your little one to hang out in. They are on weekdays from 1-4pm. you can come and go as you please.

For a bit more information on the One O'clock Club and how it started you can go the Battersea Park Website

Lots of love The Jetsetting babies and The Yummy Mummies
xoxo

Airfield Farm Dundrum, Take 2

Amelie and her little mate Hugo and the Mummies had a fabulous day out at Airfield Farm in Dundrum. I have blogged about the farm before but thought I would do another in case anyone missed it. Airfield Farm is an amazing day out for children of all ages. The spring and summer is the best time to go as the baby animals are being born. We saw new born piglets and calves yesterday.  In my opinion it is the best value for money activity to do with your babies and children in Dublin, Adults are €6, children €3 and babies are free.  Hugo pointing at the cows and saying bot-bot was just brilliant it is so important that these little guys understand that chickens lay the eggs and that milk comes from cows and goats. 

We packed a picnic and spread out a rug in the magical gardens under the shade of some very hugs and old trees. You really forget that you are two minutes from Dundrum shopping Centre and a half hour from home; it is so relaxing and earthy that you never want to leave!

The trees themselves provided about an hour’s entertainment for the kids, climbing, sliding and hiding abound the huge roots that protrude from the ground. We spent a good bit of time searching for Koalas in the giant Eucalypt trees that made me super home sick and smelt beautiful. We collected a huge pile of leaves from the old gum tree and Amelie has had some fun creating masterpieces with nature and re-used materials. 

Amelie and Hugo found some little mud puddles, and we though, what’s the harm? Well it seems the harm is that some of these mud puddles were shin deep and both babies ended up covered in mud from head to toe, but their giggles and smiles were worth it. As I always say a messy baby is a baby who has had a lot of fun!

At the farm in the old farm house/mansion there is a lovely café, called Overends. We posted a review on Overends a while back so pop over and have a read. As we took a picnic this time we didn’t eat here but a take away latte really hit the spot. 

On the last Saturday of every month the Vintage and Craft markets is held at Airfield. Admission to the market is free but we suggest you do what we did yesterday… completely tire the babies out so they have a nap in the buggies then you are free to have a browse of the markets. There are some lovely stalls at the market. My favourites; Jewellery by Emma she does some stunning sliver work with that hammered effect, it’s my favourite (Dal if you are reading hint hint) and Our Little BowTique, they have some of the most unique and oh so pretty baby bows and boutique clothing.

 The Yummy Mummies and the Jetsetting Babies

xxx