Heinz Beanz Pack Rollie opens up.

Heinz Beanz Pack Rollie opens up.

Helping the country stay on track and offering even more choice when it comes to eating healthily the nation’s favourite beans brand is back, with a new twist on a classic favourite; the Reduced Salt and Sugar Heinz Beanz Fridge Pack.

As the latest must-have for your fridge, the Reduced Salt and Sugar Heinz Beanz Fridge Packs provide beans lovers with all the flexibility and advantages of a convenient re-sealable pack.

Containing no artificial sweeteners, colours, flavours or preservatives, 100g contains one of your five a day, giving you complete peace of mind when it comes to consuming the ultimate comfort food classic.

Containing the equivalent of nearly two and a half standard cans, the 1kg Reduced Salt and Sugar Heinz Beanz Fridge Packs are a quick and convenient solution that ensures no waste. Ideal for families and those with busy lives, the screw top pack can be re-sealed and popped back into the fridge, staying fresh for up to five days and allowing you to use as many beans as you like.

For those who want to keep an eye on how many beans they have left to feed the family, top their toast or cover a jacket potato, each pack features a handy see-through measure on the side to help you keep track.

Paul White, Heinz Beanz Marketing Manager, comments, “The Reduced Salt and Sugar Heinz Beanz Fridge Packs mean beans fans can now tuck into as many beans as they want, in portions that suit them, whilst helping to reduce their salt and sugar intake.

Ideal for busy families, the new packs offer a convenient mealtime solution with the added benefit of providing one of your 5 a Day.”

Heinz Beanz has been fuelling the nation for over one hundred years, with the much-loved range now including Heinz Beanz Snap Pots and Heinz Beanz Fridge Packs, for those seeking super convenience. And with Brits consuming over 442 million cans of Heinz Beanz in the past year alone, this popularity is set to continue.

Reduced Salt and Sugar Heinz Beanz Fridge Packs are available from major supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Co-op available now. RRP £1.93

Green and Blacks The Tasting Collection

I'm sure you're all familiar with the luxury chocolate brand. The Tasting Collection retails at £11.99 and consists of 24 (REALLY TWENTY FOUR cute little chocolate bars ) 15g bars of chocolate in the following flavours - white chocolate, milk chocolate, creamy milk, butterscotch, almond, raisin & hazelnut, cherry, ginger, hazelnut & currant, hazelnut, dark 70%, dark 85% plus a small bar of dark 70% and some tasting notes which includes some great recipes.  My personal favourite is  all of them - oh yummy!


This Chocolate is very rich so it a timely gift that will last days either for Christmas , Birthday and that special occasion when you want express  via a gift what words cannot.

It also tell you to limit  yourself to around six different chocolate varieties. Any more will give you tasting fatigue.


Another tip is to drink water between varieties to cleanse your palate.




Heaven comes in small packages believe me this was a really tough review but someone has to do it.


And as all palates vary your favourites will be different J's was the creamy milk chocolate. Mr T for him it was the Ginger one and for me all them I LOVE CHOCOLATE.... 




Oh and the Ginger one is NOT Amy pond off Doctor Who someone Mr T takes a little too much interest in...


For more info, products or to shop online please visit the Green & Black's website and keep up to date with current news on their twitter or Facebook page.


Disclosure ( I was sent these Chocolates to review and and I am sorry there are none left you will just have to buy your own so there !.)

Morphy Richards Slow Cooker review with Keevil and Keevil Wild Boar sauasges in a SCHWARTZ mix!

Yes I am going to burst your bubble,crush your dreams make you cry hopelessly destroy your childhood dreams . Please don't cry and I am sorry I don't do a counselling service.

Remember when we were a child and were really really excited when you lost your teeth and put them under your pillow at night. You went bananas when you woke up , it was like Christmas morning. Lifting up your pillow just to see what the tooth fairy brought. It usually was some coins  a sweet note hand written of course by the tooth fairy. As all little children as inspiring capitalist they are really more interested in the cash, I have yet to find out if Lord Sugar or that lot off Dragons Den started their business success in such a manner. I have always strongly believed and was totally convinced that the tooth fairy existed and I wasn't a believer in the Toe nail fairy until until my son J told me otherwise or conned me into it. Thanks J .

(copied with the owners permission)

When you are a children life is always so much simpler and magical days are endless and time doesn't exist. .Well its about the "Toe Nail Fairy" I am sorry it doesn't exist it was a clever ploy by J when he was 5 to con me out of cash on holiday.We were on holiday in Spain and one of his toenails had come off, he swore blind if there was a tooth fairy there had to be a toenail fairy.


He is 13 now and yes he is still conning me out of cash because he really really needs that avatar on his PS3.


All this of course lead to my believe in the slow cooker fairy who is a compete and utter well angel basically. I may not be blessed with culinary skills but I am learing fast and may give jamie Oliver a run for his money.

I am in love with my new Morphy Richards Slow Cooker.

Going into my Slow cooker was Keevil and Keevil Wild Boar and apple sausages.

I used a SCHWARTZ slow cooker Sausage and Bean casserole mix.

Jack Black doing his Oliver impression. No he didn't get any!.

I added the sachet to a can of chopped tomattos and also added some Pinto beans.

I added the sausages which I had browned into the slow cooker along with the onions.

The slow cooker was ready for me to serve up the meal.

The meal served up I will work on my potato!!!

And one blog that I will be definitely heading over to his the Madhouse where Cheryl the slow cooker fairy lives. She has a very extensive blog about many different things but if say you are looking for slow cooker recipes just type it into the search bar on her blog.




And who'd have thought you could make yogurt , yes yogurt in a slow cooker . Well head over to and you will find out how you can . A brilliant blog from a lovely Gran called Elaine with information on cooking with food if you have allergies her blog is a must read.




Disclosure( I was sent these item(Slow Cooker, Sauasges, mix) for review except for the toenail clippings those you provide yourself)

Talkng Buttons by SpaceKraft Ltd a review

This is an exciting new resource that records and plays back 10 seconds of sound. Why not use for talking displays, colour-coded question and answer games, reminders or taking messages.

They can be easily mounted so can be actively used in classroom displays.

All models have a loud and very clear sound output and have replaceable LR44 batteries included. Available as single, pack of 5 or pack of 30.
Size: 45mm diameter.

A brilliant resource for Speech and Language lessons . This also has a multitude of uses the only limitation is your imagination. Also I think this is a brilliant product to use with the teaching of autistic children such a when you are teaching them about emotions something which autistic children can have a hard time dealing with. You can buy them here individually or a set of five or even a 30 of them. Also a useful tool for parents to use at home to aid in the reinforcement, of the phonics lessons delivered from school beginning in reception.

Disclosure ( I was sent a pack of these button for review)

Rory's Story Cubes a review

Awarded the Dr. Toy’s ’10 Best Games’award, the original Rory’s Story Cubes® game contains nine 19mm cubes with iconic images to spark the imagination.

9 cubes 54 images 10 million combinations Unlimited stories

The visual and kinaesthetic nature of Rory’s Story Cubes®, along with the simplicity of design and gameplay make it accessible to engage with for all ages and abilities.

How it works… Rory’s Story Cubes are a remarkably simple and effective means for inspiring creative thinking and problem solving in all of us. Simply toss all the dice, examine each of the nine face-up images and let them guide your imagination through a story that begins with “Once upon a time…”.

The nine dice, each with an image on six sides, hold a total of 54 images. This means that with every roll, there are over 10 million combinations for you to use as the inspiration for your story. The uses for Rory’s Story Cubes are boundless. Whether it’s in a classroom or business, the process of creating and telling your own story can provide untold understanding of our language, of the world we live in and of ourselves.

The secret is not to think too deeply. Simply ‘gulp’ in the images and start talking. The story will reveal itself through the cubes and in so doing, will unleash creativity, freedom of expression and frequently, an insight to how to solve a seemingly intractable personal or business problem.

The quality cubes are moulded for durability and feel really good to hold. The take-anywhere box (60mmx60mmx25mm) is durable and popular with teachers and other professionals as a portable tool.

Rory's story cubes are available to buy here

A brilliant resource for any age or ability , a good icebreaker for those who have the ability and lack the confidence to speak. It is useful for those who are in the lower abilities groups to promote their ideas and self esteem. So there is not need for any parent to get hung up over ability groups when it comes to literacy as these are also a resource you can use at home.

I wish that had had these when my son was younger as he struggled for years with his literacy because of his glue ear and it took him years to catch up. Now he is top of his school year and a sporting success playing rugby for Derbyshire.

These are a brilliant resource that is not too expensive every classroom at Primary School should have a set or at least share one!.


Disclosure ( I was sent these for review)