CURLY AND CANDID

I’d heard of Trunki before and to be honest hadn’t really looked into them as I assumed they “just” did the travel cases. They aren’t something we’d use for our days out and short hols really so I never bothered looking on the website. When I was asked if I wanted to review something I had a quick nosy and was surprised to find Trunki make and sell much more than travel cases. I asked to give a Travel 4 in one toybox a go after seeing this video!

You can see why! GREAT fun! I have never known Kieran (5yrs) more keen to tidy up. You can see from the short video the four uses clearly. Kieran has taken this review and recreated these as accurately as possible, see….

sirkieran — Sir Kieran on his trusted Trunki horse!

In short, the Trunki 4 in one Toybox is a great toy, storage solution and tool for encouraging imaginative play. We will be buying another two to help organise Kieran’s room better and for extra fun!

The Toybox costs £19.99 and comes in either blue or pink. It has a useful carry handle, 25l of storage, is stackable and comes with a rubber tongue to make it into a train if you have more than one. I can’t recommend them highly enough.

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tk3lego — At last! Something that can store the Lego, saving my poor abused feet, which Kieran can move about easily!

*Trunki offered us a toybox in exchange for a review. That is where their input ended. This review is based soley on the experiences of myself and my family

I went a bit off tangent this week! I had planned on using the lovely Thai Tom Yum paste Worldfoods sent me to do May’s Tom Yum Seafood Rice. We didn’t fancy it so I used the paste in my own original way (this is why I love Worldfoods, so versatile!). You can find the suggested recipe below. This is my thrown-together version.

Nicki’s Beef Tom Yum Rice

Ingredients

Minced Beef
Courgette
Red pepper
Onion
Sweetcorn
Mushrooms
Oil
Thai Tom Yum Paste
White Rice

This is a quick and easy meal which is packed with flavour!

1. Cook off your rice

2. Slice your courgettes, and other vegetables.

3. Gently fry off your minced beef and onions together, adding the peppers, courgettes and lastly sweetcorn when the mince is cooked through.

4. Throw together your mince mixture and rice and add the Tom Yum paste, a teaspoon at a time. (We didn’t find the paste overly spicy but it would take over the other ingredients if you added too much. Add to taste).

5. Serve and enjoy!

Not a very technically clever meal but absolutely delicious. Roy took the left overs to work the next day and has asked already when we are having it again! Thanks again Worldfoods, yet another fantastic tool to help us create something yummy!

May’s Tom Yum Seafood Rice

Serves 2-4

1 tablespoon olive oil
300g (10.7 oz) cooked rice, cooked as per pack instructions
100g frozen mixed vegetables
6 fresh mushrooms (optional), halved
1 thin slice ginger, finely chopped
100g (3.5oz) raw prawns, shelled and deveined
1.5 tbsp WORLDFOODS Thai Tom Yum Paste

Heat the oil in a frying pan or wok. Add ginger and stir fry till fragrant.
Stir in the tom yum paste and fry for 1 minute until aromatic. Add mixed vegetables, mushrooms, prawns and stir for 2 minutes.
Stir in rice and cook for further 5 minutes until heated through.

*Rice for frying can be cooked at least 2 hours in advance or the night before – this ensures that it is slightly less moist and better for stir-frying.

To pad this soup out you could add cooked noodles, barley or rice.

Please pay attention to the paste ratio guidelines – it should be roughly one teaspoon per person. Taste it as you go and if it is not to your liking, add some more water, or more paste. You can also add more or less coconut milk to suit your taste.

Trunki 4-in-1Travel Toybox #review

Thai Tom Yum (urm) Concoction