. Fry, turning occasionally, until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.2 Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and add to the pan. Fry for 3-4 minutes until cooked through and leave to cool.3 Mix together all

children’s interior design, but a fantastic place for three- to eight-year-olds to spend a few hours when the sun is at its fiercest. Activities include arts and crafts, cooking and music sessions and there is an enclosed garden for bike riding, treasure

the Allium group of plants, which have excellent anti-inflammatory properties. Onions do seem to draw fever from the body. Once, a young patient of mine was brought to my office with onions ‘cooking’ on her feet. By the time she arrived, her high fever had

in the NME Awards) headlines, with former Razorlight member Andy Burrows and SixNationState also on the bill. For the kids Katy Ashworth from CBeebies’ I Can Cook will be performing songs and storytelling, alongside lots of family arts and crafts

on venerable guests! Grace and Joe also received a little personalised scroll highlighting some of the treats in store, including a treasure hunt for Joe and a Indian cooking class for Grace. There were more gifts in our room, including a bucket of Hot Wheels

of Caribbean touches in the architecture, too. Each house has a garden and a central clubhouse will provide babysitters, ready-to-cook meals (try ordering a barbecue), restaurant reservations and so on. There’s a small pool and a children’s club is being built

of exploring his own inner world. While older toddlers can spend vast amounts of time inventing anything from narratives to friends, even very young toddlers need next to no encouragement to turn the high chair into a microwave in which they cook their socks

run riot if his playtimeisn’t stage-managed, structured or rule-bound. To encourage imaginary play, choose simple toys that can be whatever your child wants them to be, such as a set of building blocks. Pretend tea sets and cooking equipment, or a

excellent English (even if he did think curly-locks Joe was a girl). The real comedy began when we tried to converse with our chef, Velma, who came to cook for us later that evening. There’s something glamorously decadent about having your own personal chef

favourite things to do as a family?We love to be together – inside or outside – whether it’s playing, taking part in sports, chilling, cooking or reading. And we love to travel. We’ve got very eclectic backgrounds, with Costa being half-Greek, born in South