Now that the baby could arrive at any time, I thought it would be fun to list a few things that I'll really miss about pregnancy after the past nine months, along with some things I'm looking forward to again once it's over. Pregnancy for me has been such an incredible, special time that I've felt so lucky to really enjoy and really hope that I'll experience again in the future. Would love to hear what you'd add to these lists...

On my list of things to organise before the baby arrives was some batch cooking. Filling the freezer with nutritious meals to get out, and throw together with some quick microwave brown rice and fresh salad/veg when we’re sleep deprived and hopefully be grateful that we made the effort now whilst we still had lots of time on our hands. I still have no idea really how we’ll feel with a new baby, I don’t think anything can really prepare you? And all babies are so different. So we might have gone overboard and not end up using some of this until autumn if we’re feeling up to cooking or if friends/family take care of us with some meals too. But I can kind of imagine me being stuck under a feeding baby and starving and this making Ben’s life a bit easier. And even if you don’t have a baby coming, it’s so great to get ahead once in a while and batch cook and have all these healthy goodies in the freezer for when you're short on time.

All of these recipes are suitable for freezing {aside from the granola}, just label them with the date you've made them and keep a note of what you’ve made to remind yourself. I’ve also included some snacks/energy bar kind of things as I’ve heard that if you’re breastfeeding you’re starving hungry and just can’t eat enough. So I don’t want to be reaching for rubbish, instead I can just turn to the freezer! {we’ve got a big chest freezer to store these in}.

- update, I typed out so many recipes then realised a couple are copy-righted as they only appear in the books! So have had to remove, so sorry. But most are here or linked, or details of the book they're in.

It's that time of year again, BBQ season! From around May to September, we live for cooking outside as much as possible. I feel like cooking anything on the BBQ makes it taste better, and doesn't really feel as much as a chore as cooking inside can sometimes feel like? It's summer, the evenings are light and balmy, you can throw together some salads and then grill whatever meat/fish/veggies that you feel like. There's less to clear up and having people over for BBQs, and all sitting out in the garden, is definitely easier {and more fun} than serving a big roast dinner. I think I got my love of BBQing from my parents, they've always loved to BBQ whatever the weather! I share a lot of BBQ photos on Instagram and recently a few of you asked for a blog post with some inspiration for this summer so I thought I'd put together a quick post before I finish up for maternity leave. {A lot of these recipes were already on the blog but scattered across different posts over the last couple of years so thought I'd collate them here to make it easier to find}.