Food is always a big part of Christmas yet you don’t have to blow your budget or spend a lot to have a tasty and festive meal.

Try out this 3-ingredient Christmas cake. It is incredibly easy to create and very light on the wallet.  Make a day ahead.

Combine the mixed dried fruit and cranberry juice in a bowl.   Stir well so it is really mixed.

Allow to soak for 24 hours, stirring every 6-8 hours.

Stir flour into the mixture and combine well.
      o   If a little dry you can add up to another cup of cranberry juice.

Spoon mixture into a tin or patty pans and bake for 25-35 minutes.

Check with a skewer into the middle of cake until it comes away clean

You could use a muffin tin or a pie maker with the recipe. Experiment and let us know how you went.

3 ingredient Christmas  Cake

Part of the Tesco range. A perfect substitution for normal or dark brown sugar, to get a lighter taste. Less caramel, more lightly sweetened. Grab a bag today for all your sweet baking needs. Cinnamon rolls anyone?

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Malteasers are the malty chocolate treat you think of when you’re having a movie night. Now they’re in a bigger bag for bigger value! Grab some today.

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Traditional Christmas cakes are rich and fruity and very delicious. The Christmas cake we’re showing you today is lighter and tastes like chocolate malty awesomeness. It is a little different and very original. Surprise your family with this Malteasers cake on Christmas day or any of the feasts you have during the holidays.

Grease the inside of your pudding steamer with butter.
          a.       If you don’t have a pudding steamer, a large Pyrex bowl, or something similar and heatproof, will do. Just be aware you may have a different shaped pudding at the end.

Mix the dry ingredients together –flours and cocoa. Then whisk the eggs into the mix.

When all ingredients are combined pour into your pudding steamer. Put steamer into the oven with no lid, for 40 minutes. Check on the pudding after 40 minutes and turn the heat down to 170.

Cook for another 10 minutes or so. Check with a skewer until no cake comes out. Let the pudding cool down completely before adding the ganache.

GANACHE! Melt your dark chocolate, butter and cream together. You can do this in a saucepan or the microwave. Let it sit for about 15 minutes to thicken.

Cut the bumpy top off your pudding so you can flip it and decorate it.

Cover your cake with your ganache. Feel free to lick the spoon afterwards.

Before the ganache cools and sets, begin decorating with Malteasers. You can make patterns or designs, or completely cover your cake with Malteasers.

Let the cake chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

Once the cake is chilled, time to work on the white chocolate. Melt your white chocolate in a bowl. Let the white chocolate cool down a little bit. If you pour the white chocolate on when it is too hot, the Malteasers will melt.

When your white chocolate is at room temperature, pour it over the cake so it looks like traditional custard topping.

Finish with 2 jaffas and 2 spearmint leaves for holly.

Enjoy your Staycation these summer holidays. All the best from The Reject Shop.

A delicoius alternative to a Christmas Pudding, this Malteasers Cake is light and crunchy and a blast to bake.

Malteasers Christmas Cake

Pets give us a lot of love and affection and health benefits to you and your family. Cuddling your pet is vital for health and happiness, but exercising them is also very important. You don’t want them to become lazy and overweight. This article is going to help you understand the fitness needs of your furry friends and what you can do to inspire and help them exercise and be happier members of your family. Plus, how to make exercise fun and not boring!

There are health benefits to exercising your dog, but there are also behavioural and bonding benefits too.

Walking your dog, and other exercise routines keep your dog fit and healthy. It helps to keep their blood pressure low and build muscle, keeping them lean and of a good weight for their size.

Walking your dog, especially if they are trained to not go toilet inside the house, helps keep them regular. If your dog is holding on because they’re inside too much, they run the risk of constipation or a urinary tract infection.

Another side benefit of you exercising your dog is that you get exercise too. You can get fit and healthy while bonding with your pet! 

Plus, if your dog enjoys walks, they can quite easily motivate you to take them. Imagine them bringing you their walking lead, tail wagging madly? How could you say no?

Emotional Benefits of exercising your dogs.

Your dogs will connect the joys of getting outside with you. They will create a stronger bond with you. This helps your dog, and you, emotionally. It promotes the happy hormones in your brain.

If dogs are left indoors all the time, they get depressed. They know their own home, the sights, the sounds and smells. And it bores them.

Take them outside to the world, with new sights and a load of new smells, and you’re the one taking them? You will increase your dog’s happiness and friendliness and build a stronger bond between you and your dog.

Behavioural Benefits of Exercising your Dog.

Exercise prevents your dog from getting bored. Left alone at home, or in the yard, they will get depressed and anxious and act out in bad ways. They can take their frustration out by grabbing clothes off the line or digging holes in the garden. Indoors they could chew on things they shouldn’t, just because they have nervous energy they need to get rid of, and they want to get out and exercise.

Exercising them releases this nervous energy. Have them running around off-lead and all that twitchy behavioural issues will be solved.

Let’s begin with what you can do with your cats and dogs outside.

Cats do love the great outdoors. They are natural hunters and quite adept at catching wildlife, so if you’re going to exercise your cat outdoors make sure they are under supervision or contained.

Outdoor Playpen – you can fence off a certain area of your backyard, which can include a tree and other climbing equipment. That way your cat can climb trees, laze in the sun, but within a contained space without the risk of getting out and harming native species.

Walking and hiking- with the right training and a good cat harness, you can take your feline with you on walks and hikes into the wilderness. Cats are curious and not only will they get great exercise with walking, but you can also satisfy their need to discover new things.

Traditionally cats are indoors creatures and love nothing more than taking a nap in a sunbeam. Or running madly around the house at 3 am. There are things you can do with your cat to keep them busy and fit indoors.

A Cat Tower- this helps them with their climbing and agility. It also gives them somewhere to scratch and mark their territory.

Toys- Cats are natural predators and will leap and pounce on many things. Giving them a lot of toys to play with will keep them entertained and alert. Ping pong balls are a good idea. They can’t get their claws into it, so it will keep popping out and rolling away, making them chase and hunt it down again.

Laser pointer- you’ve seen the funny videos. Cats will instinctively hunt and chase that crazy red moving dot. Just don’t shine the laser into the cat’s eyes as it will damage them.

Wand Toys- a feather or ball on the end of a wand you can flick around and make your cat leap and pounce for it. A lot of fun and short burst energy exercise for your cat.

Dogs love being outdoors. Well, most dogs. Running after sticks, jumping into puddles and roughhousing with other dogs, they can’t get enough of it.

Walking and Jogging- possibly the simplest and most common form of outdoors exercise for your dog, and for yourself. Grab a lead and a harness and take them with you. Train your dog to stop at the edge of a road, and to obey your commands. This makes it a more enjoyable time for you both.

Off-lead parks- this is a lot of fun for your dog. Being off-lead in the great outdoors so they can run around, get the ‘zoomies’, will get them fit and tire them out.

Fetch- throwing the stick, or the ball, and having them fetch and bring it back is enjoyable. It’s a good idea to have a glove to pick up the ball, or a ball throwing apparatus, so if the dog is a little drooly you won’t get your hands dirty.

Swimming- this is awesome aerobic exercise for dogs, and low impact. Good for the older dogs.

Sometimes you can’t take your dog outside to play. You have to learn to entertain them in the house. That’s cool, there are plenty of ways to do that.

Stairs- having your dog running up and downstairs is a great workout for them. Chasie, hide-and-seek or hunting treats are all ways you can have them running the stairs.

Tug-of-war- Get yourself a tug-of-war toy and help build their muscle mass and bond with you.

Agility training- you can set up an obstacle course, winding through table legs, jumping over couch cushions and more. Lead your dog through it so their leaping and jumping and improving their agility.

The general rule of thumb says that the younger your pet, the more energy they have so the more exercise they need.

Puppies have a lot of energy to burn, but only in short bursts. A long walk will tire a puppy out very quickly. But some short zoomies around the backyard and a few goes of fetch will have them satisfied.

Adolescent and mature dogs can go for longer walks, and older dogs not so much.

Also, the breed of the dog will help determine how much exercise they can handle. Border Collies can go on almost forever chasing sticks and tennis balls. Basset hounds? Not so much.

Understanding the age of your dog, and the breed will help determine how much exercise they need and can handle.

Puppies- Exercise in short bursts. 
o   Short walks, short play times, many times a day.

Adolescent dogs- Long walks twice a day if you can. 
o   Off lead in a park.
o   A session of swimming once a week.
o   Playing fetch and tug of war every day.

Older dogs- One walk a day if you can.
o   Some gentle agility games inside the home.
o   Fetch if you can but at a slower rate.

Energetic breeds – e.g. Terriers, Border Collies, Australian Sheep Dogs.
o   Need a lot of exercise as they have a lot of energy. Understand this before owning a dog such as these.

Lower energy dogs- e.g. Basset Hounds, Maltese, French Bulldogs, Pugs
o   Still need exercise, but not as much. They have smaller engines and can’t do as much.

It is the same with cats. Kittens are bundles of energy and will playfight and pounce and then suddenly drop to nap time.

Adolescent cats are always up for some pouncing fun. Older cats prefer a bit more of a lazy relaxed lifestyle.

Also, the breeds of cats have varying energy levels, and you need to consider this when choosing your feline companion.

Kittens have energetic bursts. Short sprints of play before they need to nap.
o   Playfighting with other kittens, pouncing with a wand, or chasing a laser pointer when they are awake is good.

Adolescent cats
o   A lot of energy and a big desire to nap during the day.
o  Get them outside exercising at least once a day.
o  Grab the laser pointer or the wand three or four times a day.

Senior Cats
o   Not much exercise for the senior felines.
o   Get them walking when you can, following you around. Bribe them with treats to get moving.
o   Watch their diet. With little activity, they may eat and get a bit overweight.

Energetic breeds of cat- these can include- Devon Rex, Abyssinian, Burmese, Bengal

Lower energy breeds of cat- Himalayan Short Hair, Ragdolls, Persian, British Shorthair.

Exercising with your pets is a wonderful way to bond and become closer to them. Plus, a fit and healthy pet will live a longer and happier life with you. 

Check out our great priced pet accessories to help you and your pet be active. The Reject Shop sells what you need for the best pets ever.

Here are some great ways to keep your pets fit and healithy and yourself health at the same time.

Exercise Tips for your Dog or Cat

Pets can keep you mentally healthy and happy. They can also help you keep phyiscally healthy too. And in return you need to keep your pets fit and active. We have some easy ways to keep your pets fit and healthy and loving you for years.

Top Exercise Tips to Keep your Cat or Dog Fit and Healthy.

Often the best part of a roast chicken, or a roast turkey, is the stuffing.   Try this stuffing recipe for a delicious traditional and homely Christmas meal.

8 heaped cups of plain white bread, the crust still on, cut roughly into 3 cm cubes

500g sausage - ideally pork sausage, or feel free to experiment with other kinds of sausages to suit your tastes

1 large granny smith apple- skin on and finely diced

Spread the bread out on a tray and bake for 8 minutes until lightly toasted.    Transfer into a large bowl.

While the bread is baking, place a nub of butter into a large skillet or pan on high heat. Once melted add your sausage and cook. Break the sausage up while cooking.

Once the sausages are cooked, pour the sausage and fats onto the bread.

Return pan to the heat and turn the heat down to medium. Add the rest of the butter and then sauté the onions for 2 minutes.

Add the celery and apple and cook for 3 more minutes.

Now add the pecans, the chicken stock, cream, sage, thyme, salt & pepper.

Pour into the bowl and mix so all the bread and sausages are well covered.

Transfer mixture to a good-sized baking dish. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes

Uncover. Brush with more melted butter. Grill on high for 4 minutes until top is nice and golden brown.

Serve warm.   Sprinkle fresh parsley or fresh thyme.

You can use this as a stand-alone warm salad, not just as stuffing if you like. It's an interesting alternative to all the cold salads on the dining table.

Hit us up on our socials and tell us how you went with this recipe. 

Make Your own Stuffing for Christmas

get creative in the kitchen and make your own stuffing for roast chicken or turkey. Delicious and well worth the time.

make your own stuffing

5 Fun ways to clean the toys in your kid’s room.

Keeping your children entertained during this time of isolation and during the holidays can be a challenge. Having them play in their rooms with their toys is fantastic, but at the end of the day, it can be a challenge to tidy up. Why should they tidy up when they're going to play with them again tomorrow? Who hasn’t heard that before? The Reject Shop is going to give you 5 ways to make cleaning the toys up into the toy boxes fun.

Gamifying tasks, which is turning chores or educational activities into games, is great for productivity and getting people to participate and learn things without realising it. Turning the tidying up of the toys into a game, a fun activity could have your children looking forward to the task. And with more than one way to do it, they won’t tire of the same game every day.

We’ve all heard of the game about how the floor is lava. You need to get around the room without touching the ground. If you did, you’d burn up in the lava. OH NO!!

This same game can be played with tidying up. You can place towels on the floor, cushions as well. These are islands and are safe. Your kids have to jump from island to island and save their toys.

EXTRA CHALLENGE – there is a ticking clock. Every 30 seconds, or every 60 seconds, the Lava Monster (mum or dad) will appear and eat one of the islands.

Any toy that is not tidied up before all the islands are gone is eaten by the lava and the kids don’t get to play with them tomorrow. This is an optional rule of course.

Divide the room into halves, as best as you can. Try and make the teams fair. Or, you can have parents versus children.

You start the timer, and the first side to clean all their toys from the floor into the toy storage box is the winner and gets the prize!

We do encourage the parents to be competitive, but just that little bit slower than their kids, of course.

The parent starts in the corner of the room. Every five seconds, or ten seconds, they take a step. The children must tidy up the toys around the monster. If the monster manages to reach and grab a child, they’re out.

If the kids manage to clean their toys without getting caught by the monster they win a prize!

Parents, you can be as scary as you want to be. We also encourage you to be a tickle monster.

You need to find a fun and upbeat song to play, one with a lot of energy. The challenge is to get all the toys into the toy box before the song is finished. If they do this, they get a prize! Yay!  IF they miss some toys then these toys are gone for a day. Optional, of course.

This is a fun game, and we encourage dancing and singing along to the music as well. Perhaps the kids get to choose the music?

This is for 2 or more players. All children start outside the room. The first child comes in and tidies up one toy. The other children have to come in and guess which toy was tidied up.

If they can’t guess in a time limit, the child who tidied up gets a point.

If they DO guess the toy which was tidied, they get a point, and it is their turn to tidy up a toy when everyone is out of the room.

Continue until all toys are tidied up. Of course, it gets easier to guess the fewer toys are left to tidy up.

This one is a simple little game. As long as the toys aren’t breakable, then the aim of the game is to throw the toys into the toy box to score points. The further away from the box you are, the more points it is worth.

The winner is the child with the most points, and they win a prize!

Gamifying and making the task of cleaning up the toys fun, with rewards for the winner, is a great way to have your kids clean up at the end of the day and even look forward to the job tomorrow.

If you have any other ideas for cleaning the toy room which is fun, let us know in the comments below or through our social media - @therejectshop on Facebook and Instagram.

We are here to save you money on everyday items, such as storage solutions. Check out our range of storage boxes for your toys by visiting our website or in-store today.

5 Easy ways to Clean up the Children’s Room

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