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Welcome to The Bear & The Fox, my little corner of the web where I share family friendly recipes, craft ideas, travel tips and my reflections on parenting.
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3d ago
This past weekend, we visited Edinburgh’s Anatomical Museum. We’ve visited before, but that was almost ten years ago when youngest child was only a baby so he couldn’t remember any of it. He’s quite interested now in anatomy and how ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3d ago
It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week this week (29 April – 5 May). It’s been thirteen and a half years since I first became a mother, and seven years since I first shared my story of how I struggled to ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
1w ago
Wild garlic season is coming to an end. Sob. But there’s one easy way to preserve some of that green goodness for the rest of the year – wild garlic butter! It freezes surprisingly easy, and if you freeze it ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3w ago
My love for wild garlic knows no bounds, but this simple recipe combines two of my favourite foraged spring greens – wild garlic (ramsons) and ground elder – together with some parsley. This cheese spread is delicious on oatcakes or ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3w ago
As I’ve said before, one thing I love about living in Edinburgh is how close we are to nature and lots of great walks, such as the Hermitage of Braid or Buckstone Woods & Seven Acre Park. A bit further ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3w ago
Wild garlic season is short. Even shorter is the window of opportunity to harvest wild garlic buds, before they bloom in to flowers. Pickled wild garlic bulbs are crunchy and aromatic, and taste delicious on thick slices of butter bread ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3w ago
Let’s talk about edible weeds. Last year, I share my recipe for soup made with ground elder – an incredibly invasive plant that is notoriously difficult to remove but actually used to be cultivated as a vegetable and was introduced ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
1M ago
I’ve got another Edinburgh ‘hidden gem’ to share with you today. Earlier this week I shared our visit to the Trinity House Maritime Museum, but that wasn’t the only new museum we discovered in Edinburgh over the Easter holidays. We ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
1M ago
It’s the peak season for wild garlic, both ramsons and few-flowered leek, so I simply must share our wild garlic & cheddar biscuits with you. There are absolutely more-ish! Ingredients 150g gluten free plain flour blend (I use Dove’s Farm ..read more
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1M ago
Forget the whole “there’s no bad weather, just wrong clothing” thing – today was just miserable! But I needed an excuse to get the kids out the house, and as fate has it, just yesterday a post popped up on ..read more