Lunch in London with Annabel Karmel
Little Miss approves of Annabel's cooking
How many of us can say we’ve had lunch with Annabel Karmel, doyenne of Children’s Cookbooks? Well, several parent bloggers got the opportunity to have lunch in London with Annabel Karmel last week, Little Miss and me included! Not only did we get treated to a lesson in Meatballs in Tagine Sauce and how to make your own Ravioli, but we had hands-on opportunites to make our own Annabel’s Pasta Salad with Marinated Chicken & Roasted Peppers as well as making our own ravioli. What a perfect way to spend a few hours! Little Miss was in seventh heaven as she got to play with the gorgeous twins belonging to our friend Young Mummy at Young & Younger, try some lovely chicken & pasta dishes and be doted on by the staff and PR at the event.
We have followed a lot of Annabel Karmel’s recipes in our adventures in eating in the Cafe Bebe household. We started Little Miss on various purees from the Baby and Toddler Food Diary and have frequently used the Top 100 Finger Foods book to tempt Little Miss into trying a few new dishes. Fluffy Pancakes is such a popular recipe that I no longer need the book as I know it by heart. I was really excited about receiving Annabel’s Top 100 Pasta Dishes book in our goody bag as pasta is the one item I know I can always get Little Miss to eat. We need some new inspiration and I’ve most definitely found it here.
My goal is to try a new recipe each night so here’s what’s on the cards for this week: Beef Stroganoff with Tagliatelle, Chicken Noodle Salad with peanut dressing and Caesar salad with chicken pasta and crispy bacon. I’ll report back on how we fare! I found it really inspiring to get a bit of hands on activity in the brilliant kitchen at La Cucina Caldesi which is really what I needed…I had lost some of my cooking mojo and Annabel Karmel and her recipes may have helped me find it! The lovely people at Ebury Publishing and WPR London made the afternoon ever so pleasant for mums and children alike and they deserve a big thanks for their extraordinary efforts.
Annabel Karmel meets the Cafe Bebe Mama & Little Miss
You can see that our time having lunch in London with Annabel Karmel was not wasted. We had an immensely successful journey down to London by train and a brilliant afternoon in our favourite city. What more could two Little Miss’ ask for? Tune in later this week for an update on our pasta recipes. I hope to get Little Miss in the kitchen with me for a bit of cooking…now if we only had an Annabel Karmel CHILDREN’S size apron to go with it all! 
Little Miss & the Nokia Booklet 3G on the train ride home!
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Sounds like a great time, wish i had went now.
Oh the cookbook is great, i use it for at least 3 meals a week. Just finished (as in was eating it while reading this post) the ceasar salad and it was yummy. Kids not seem to impressed though they are eating it fine now.
Looks like a great day out – i’m gutted I couldn’t make it ;-(
I love Annabel Karmel’s books and use the ones we’ve got all the time, I might have to get the pasta one though….
Awww little miss very cute
It was a great morning and well organised we had a fab time too, and it was very nice to meet you both too!
Thanks Nat!
It was a great day. Tonight I’m going to try the Beef Stroganof! Wish me luck!
Thanks Wendy…she is rather adorable, isn’t she??
If Annabel Karmel could now use her powers to make all of us thin lik she is, we’d be sorted. She’s WELL TINY!
It was a lovely event…I’m quite enjoying this PR thing. Little Miss will enjoy the pasta…
Just had time to read your post – lovely blog – thanks so much for coming to the event! A xxx
Thank you so much Annabel! We really enjoyed the event and your book & recipes have gone down a treat. We had beef stroganoff last week and it was a HIT! Feel free to invite us to your next book launch!
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