As a result of my blog post last week,  containing 10 recipes using squishy bananas, I had a go at making Caramel Banana Blondies. However I have renamed them Banoffee Brownies because I think it’s a more catchy name!   If you are looking for a more exciting use for your overripe bananas then I can’t recommend these highly enough. And I have a sneaky suspicion that they might prove popular with any small people in your house too! Chewy, squidgy, sweet, moist, crunchy, unctuous... (more...)

Working for yourself is certainly one way in which to take control of your working hours, be more flexible with childcare arrangements and, more importantly, spend more time with your children when they need you. However, nothing in life is for free: everything has a cost attached. So what is the cost for work at home mums? The house, the husband/partner/significant other and the children all continue to need you, and make demands on your time, but there is also a ‘New Kid on The Block’ – your... (more...)

In this guest blog Gabriella Howson, Managing Director of Tonicity Ltd, talks about the importance of exercising your hidden muscles. As women and mums our children come first. We make time for ourselves, our own health and a little TLC when we can. One thing that medical professionals tell us after we have our babies is to look after our core body and pelvic floor muscles. However that piece of advice is normally one we forget pretty quickly, concentrating more on the parts of us that we can... (more...)

Today, 8th March 2010, is a wonderful day to be a woman. Because today is International Women’s Day - a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. The United Nations theme for 2010 is Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for all which ties in with our 2010 Charity Challenge to raise enough money to train 52 businesswomen in developing countries. Today we are hosting a local event, with delegates attending presentations... (more...)

One thing you can guarantee about kids is that they are contrary. One week they love something, the next they won’t touch it with a barge-pole. Such is the case, in our house, with bananas. My girls always used to enjoy a banana or two, but now they are met with scorn and disdain. Trouble is, I keep buying them on autopilot, so every week or so I find myself lumbered with squishy, overripe bananas and a lack of ideas for what to do with them.   A few weeks ago I put out a cry for help... (more...)

Stuck on what to get your Mum for Mother’s day? Then why not try your luck at this amazing competition. Henri Lloyd have teamed up with the fabulous Marco Pierre White to bring you a fantastic meal for 4 at his Steak & Alehouse restaurant in London.  If that wasn’t enough Henri Lloyd are going to throw in an outfit worth £145! To be in with a chance of winning this amazing prize all you have to do is answer the following question: How old was Marco Pierre White when he arrived... (more...)

Where the Bright Women Are is a project with a simple aim – to find all of those bright, cool women we all used to know in our teens, 20s and 30s and discover more about the paths they’d taken, and the choices that they’d made. Fiona, one of the project founders, says “With backgrounds in research and journalism, and having worked in the communications industry for years, it constantly baffles us that so many women have ‘gone missing’. We know they’re somewhere –... (more...)

Guest blogger Naomi Richards is a Life Coach for Children. Here she explains how she organises her time with her own children and her clients. I don’t think it is possible to have it all when you are a working mum especially when you are very passionate about the work you do and even more so when it is your own business. Most women choose a job that fits in with the hours their children are at school or nursery. Me, I decided not to go down that route. I work when my children are asleep at night... (more...)

It’s that time again when we ask all you business mums to dig out your best business blog posts of the month.  The idea of the Business Mum’s Blog Carnival is to create traffic,  links and comments for our blogs as well as sharing expertise around the business mum community. We’re looking for posts that add value in some way, so maybe they inspire, inform or make us smile. It’s OK to talk a little about what you do (we’re all in business after all) but a post that’s just... (more...)

A month ago, if you had asked me what my dream job would be, I would probably have replied with something flippant like Johnny Depp’s personal secretary or a chocolate taste tester. Well, my friends, be careful what you wish for, because sometimes dreams do come true! Thanks to the magic of Twitter and the British Mummy Blogger community I heard that Green and Blacks were looking for blogging taste testers. Without hesitation I volunteered my services and several weeks later, quite unannounced,... (more...)