by admin.maria | Feb 21, 2018 | Carnival, Chinese New Year, Diversity, Family Meals, Family Recreation, Festivals, Lifestyle, London
Chinese New Year fell on the week of school half-term this year. I seized to opportunity for us to mark the occasion with family days out, as well as arts and crafts. In a previous post, I talked about the challenge of celebrating our cultural heritage in February....
by admin.maria | Oct 31, 2017 | Expat, Family Meals, Lifestyle, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
The last time I visited Trinidad I was 5 months pregnant with Angelo. Flights are expensive and I knew it would be quite a while before I saw my family again. I went after the carnival season in June June 2010. I sent mum a list of things I wanted to eat, before I...
by Maria Tumolo | Jul 16, 2015 | Callaloo Cooking, Family Meals
Every once in a while I miss my Trini curry. I experience serious curry tabanca1. If you know me, my weakness is a good curry chicken dhalpuri roti, or GOAT, yeah curry goat too! Anyway, hubby and I got our hands on some Mauritian dhal puri roti skins. The Mauritian...
by Maria Tumolo | May 25, 2015 | Family Holidays, Family Meals, Family Recreation, Outdoor Activities, Pembrokeshire
For the past four years my family and I have been holidaying in May. We usually visit Centre Parcs, because we have the joy of the outdoors and the best creature comforts. This year we decided to shake this up and try a new destination. We went to Bluestone National...
by Maria Tumolo | Feb 9, 2015 | Family Meals, Family Nutrition, Product Review, Product Review: Food
A few weeks ago, on 23rd January, it was National Pie Day. I totally missed the boat. I didn’t bake a pie of any sort. Shame! Shame! Right?! On the rare occasion when I bake a pie it’s usually a macaroni pie (Trini style) or Shepherd’s Pie. Last week there was...
by Maria Tumolo | Jan 28, 2015 | Competitions, Family Meals, Product Review, Product Review: Food
I love eggs! Can have them morning noon and night in various ways. So I’m thrilled to be a part of the Happy Egg Co #happyeggtastemakers crew. I recently received a voucher which gave money off my purchase of Happy Eggs. I got to work ASAP to trial the eggs. I keep my...
