Monday night. Swimming night. Dinner needs to be made ready in the time it takes the Ankle Biters to shower and change. So Monday is generally a slow cooker night in the colder months. I do all the prep on the Sunday night and pop it in the fridge ready to be put in the [...]
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Posted in Carnivorous on Dec 29th, 2008
I have a word document which is a series of urls. Recipes and crafty ideas that have taken my fancy and that I’ve not gottenĀ around to as yet. It’s a wonderful source of inspiration when I’m out of ideas. Today was one of those days. The end result was fantastic. The aroma of the [...]
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Posted in Breakfast on May 12th, 2008
Breakfast can be such a boring rut. Now the weather has turned colder I seem to have left muesli behind and I need something to break the weekday porridge monotony. So I was a very happy puppy when I was sorting through old cook books and found this little number. I used frozen berries, defrosted [...]
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Posted in Budget, Leftovers on Dec 21st, 2007
I did my supermarket Christmas shopping tonight. Just have the fruit and veg to go now. I seem to have spent a small fortune on food lately and the house really is very well stocked, Christmas notwithstanding. So I have decided that I am only allowed to restock on fruit and veg for the next [...]
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