http://www.happyparent.com.au Keep sane and enjoy the rewards Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:39:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The two of us were reminiscing about Xmas desserts in the 1980's. The topic of flummery came up as my dear grandmother used to make flummery and it was superb. After some googling I've come across a recipe on an Australian site called Best Recipes Here's the basics but check their ... http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/12/23/flummery-recipe-ahh-the-good-old-days/ This article from The Harvard Medical School Family Guide is worth a read - it puts to bed a few urban myths whilst telling you what to actually look out for. http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/10/31/microwaving-plastic-containers-is-it-safe/ There no simpler gift than a letter from someone you love. The Gave That blog has written a beautiful article on the power and value of letters from grandparents to grandchildren. Read it in full here. I still have postcards from my grandparents I treasure and my kids love getting ... http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/10/25/writing-letters-to-grandchildren/ Over the past month, if you buy Coon cheese, you may have seen promotions around 'Win a million dollars'. We buy their cheese and so have been going to the competition website to enter barcodes. I was about to enter my fourth when I thought to click on the tiny ... http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/10/11/im-sick-of-competitions-masquerading-as-rorts/ I'm a bit of a geek but even I find this story a little ridiculous. A guy called Matt Cutts has posted about using a spreadsheet and Google calendar to work out the time between haircuts. The obvious question is: why??? http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/05/19/track-your-haircuts/ Smart Marriages has an interesting quiz on relationships - try it out. http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/05/17/whats-your-relationship-iq/ I came across a fairly useful article on not sending yourself broke paying for alcohol when you go out for dinner or entertain. It needs an Australian slant though - what's good cheap wine or spirits that you'd recommend over the more expensive brands? http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/04/14/drinking-on-the-cheap/ The New York Times of all places has an excellent article on using your microwave more effectively. I tend to use it to start to pre-cook potatoes before I throw them into a wok but don't do a lot else with the microwave except to defrost things - I may have ... http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/04/07/microwave-versus-stove/ I'm far from an accomplished cook but I try to cook at least once a week, twice if bringing home takeaway counts as 'cooking' (we'll cover health takeaway in a future post - I'm not claiming we don't bring home junk food sometimes but we try to minimise it). Anyway, I ... http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/04/04/my-turn-to-cook/ Lifehacker are asking for tips for commuters wanting healthy food options and it got me thinking about the whole food thing on lengthy road trips. I think it's fair to say that you need something more than McDonalds to cover a six to eight hour road trip. We've certainly stop at ... http://www.happyparent.com.au/2008/03/31/food-on-road-trips-with-the-kids/