As a perfectionist, it can be easy to cast a disparaging eye over someone else's trolley in the checkout queue and think "I'm way too awesome to eat lean cuisine". Hell, I've done it. (Sorry). Well you aren't so awesome when it's 9:00pm on a Tuesday night, you're starving and you end up in a [...]
Tomorrow I am hosting the family Christmas do (again). Surprisingly (for anyone who has ever met me or read one of my blog posts) I'm rather relaxed. I'm keeping it simple. Ok, so we don't have an elegant matching decoration theme (unless you count half-chewed-by-cats tinsel strewn across the floorboards with baubles and other christmas [...]
I have previously posted about how planning meals and writing shopping lists save me money, time and stress. I use free digital tools to do this (although a pen and paper will work too). The important bit is consistency and not wasting too much time stuffing around setting up a system. You will need to [...]
The whole point of being organised is so that not all is lost when something unexpected happens. The beauty of planning and preparedness is that (believe it or not) it gives you a lot of flexibility later. Oops... Case in point: in an act of complete stupidity last week I fell over and landed entirely [...]
The gift of taking joy in eating and cooking is one of the best things you can give a child. Encouraging the natural curiosity and urge to touch, smell and take pleasure in food is a gift that will be lifelong. The power and beauty in a healthy understanding of where food comes from and [...]
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