There’s a sound we hear every day in our house, usually about half an hour before dinnertime. It’s a dreadful scraping that, according to every horror film, should signify something bad. But this sound makes my heart sing as it’s my youngest pulling a chair across the floor, accompanied by ‘Maxi help Mummy?’ One day, little Max will grow up and I will be without my very messy, slightly unpredictable and shouty sous chef.
This is one of his favourites and is a great way to get any child excited about eating fish and vegetables. The bonus is that it’s not expensive to make. To make things even cheaper, I buy fish fillets on offer, cut them into child-size portions and bag them up individually for the freezer. Just defrost before you use them.