Vegetarian menu planning for a meat eating man

My tremendous man likes his food but has us both worried about the minimal number of vegetables or fruit he eats voluntarily.

Most of the meals we have cooked and eaten for the last few years have catered to his tastes (pizzas,roast dinners,rich casseroles and hearty cooked breakfasts) instead of mine which would [...]

January 16th,2009 | Category:Menu Planning | 4 comments

Frugal yet rich and hearty broccoli and stilton soup

I found a large sad and bendy looking piece of broccoli at the back of the fridge drawer this morning and an even sadder neglected piece of stilton cheese from Christmas (when,oh when will we learn that we never do sit around eating mounds of cheese,crackers and pickled onions during the festive season [...]

January 15th,2009 | Category:Frugal living,Recipes | One comment

Using Baby Sign Language

My 11 month old baby girl is totally wonderful in so many ways but recently we are all marvelling at how she is able to communicate her thoughts and needs by using some of the signs we have shown her.

If she spots a cat outside the window or in a book she strokes [...]

January 11th,2009 | Category:Baby and Pregnancy | 6 comments

Back again

Hello all &sorry to those of you who have noticed that recent postings from this site had been rather thin on the ground. We moved house about four weeks ago,moved the offices of the family firm two weeks ago and quite frankly the move plus three young children (two starting a new school),[...]

January 11th,2009 | Category:Uncategorized | Leave a comment