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Q and A – What’s on Your Menu?

February 18, 2012

A few of my readers have asked what sort of things are on our monthly menu. Our monthly menu plan is a bit of a crazy balancing act. Trying to work around day and night shifts, school, kinder (preschool) and all the other things we have on makes things a little tricky at times, but [...]

Adventures in Cooking From Scratch – Bread Rolls

February 13, 2012

Sometimes a nice, fluffy, little bread roll really makes a meal. Sadly my attempts at cooking bread rolls from scratch have often led to hard, rock like, little bread rolls! I have not given up however, and recently my bread rolls have improved out of site! They are not quite perfect, but they still make [...]

Muddling Through a Food Budget.

February 6, 2012

Recently, while pondering where we shop for our food, I shared that our monthly grocery budget was $550. I got a lot of comments and emails from people asking me to share our budgeting secrets. I promised I would… but to be honest I’ve been putting off this post for a while. I am no [...]

Adventures in Cooking From Scratch – Back to School Snacks.

January 30, 2012

I’ve been living in denial for the last week or so, but there is no getting away from it… my girls go back to school on Thursday and my big boy has orientation at ‘grown-up kinder’ (ie 4 year old preschool). That means I am back making the dreaded school lunches, and this year I [...]

Adventures in Cooking From Scratch – Taco Seasoning and Tortillas!

January 23, 2012

My kids would eat tacos every night of the week and never tire of them. They like soft tortillas with their tacos… lots and lots of them, but those things are expensive, not to mention full of all kinds of crap. Speaking of crap… there is a lot of that in store bought taco seasoning [...]

Thinking About Food – Cooking From Scratch

January 16, 2012

We are all still enjoying the lazy days of summer holidays, and no one more so than me! No set bed times or getting up times, being able to plan as much or as little to do as we please, eating at whatever time suits our activities for the day, and long stretches swinging in [...]

Twelve Things to Cook This Christmas.

December 10, 2011

I don’t know why, but I always get the urge to bake things at this time of year. It’s a little crazy considering it has just started to get hot here, and we are crazy busy, so standing in front of a hot stove isn’t exactly relaxing, but still…. there is something about Christmas that [...]

2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.

December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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