After last week's I'm again publishing the week's menu. Yes. it is Wednesday today, not Monday, but remember that I promote flexibility! Unfortunately I'm getting far more acquainted with my office than I'd like and the whole working for a living thing is getting in the way of blogging at times. So what are we [...]
Inspired by Amy at Feasibly Fit Mom, I decided to post this week's meal plan. I've previously mentioned how I use technology to plan my meals and write my shopping list. Of course, not everything is digital - I still have handwritten, scribbled notes and many favourite, sauce splattered and annotated cookbooks. Try something new [...]
It has been one of those weeks. The only possible cure of which is a new pair of shoes or a roast dinner. Apparently we're in the midst of a Global Financial Crisis so I went with the roast. Good thing too, because as it turns out husbands tend to be awfully forgiving of a [...]
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 [...]
There is something comforting about a roast dinner on a cold winter's night. However it is not altogether practical when you don't have time to spend all afternoon preparing and you don't have an army to feed. This is my "cheat's roast" which will be tonight's dinner. Smoosh a couple of cloves of chopped or [...]
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