Good food for kids made from crumbs

SINCE you had children, has cooking changed? Sisters Claire and Lucy McDonald pose a question that will resonate with many parents.

“Instead of dinners à deux, glass of wine in hand, do you spend evenings chiselling porridge off the walls?” they ask.

Yes? Then raise a cheer, because you are not alone. Pre-children, Claire and Lucy would spend an afternoon hunting down spices in an Asian market to complete a long list of ingredients in a recipe cut from a Sunday supplement.