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 [...]

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 [...]

Menu planning for kids

I had a busy week last week as took all three littles to stay with very special friends in London who made us very welcome despite the inevitable noise and chaos we bring with us wherever we go.

My good friend Deborah has a very busy time as has a high powered job as a [...]

Becoming a ‘locovore’by using local food and only when its seasonal

My poor little head is too full of too many things to do (an exciting dot com project with my beloved,administrative work for our small internet business,a small babe and two little kids on summer holidays to look after,a house to keep in order,tummies to feed,this blog to [...]

Using leftovers and other ways to cut food waste

I’m cheating writing this post tonight as am soooooo tired I can barely even keep my eyes open (and we have 20+ people coming to stay for an all-weekend mini-festival at our house tomorrow yikes better get some kip soon) but my dear friend Rach just sent me this via email so am doing nothing [...]

How to make a Lamb Hot Pot

My local butcher stocks really good quality meat but doesn’t supply chunks of stewing lamb as by the time he has taken all the cuts of meat from the animal there is very little left to cut into pieces worth selling. For some reason though the supermarket does sell stewing lamb and so when I [...]

Cheesey Lentil Bake

Mmm-mm. Whilst sorting out my cupboard I found 3 full bags of red lentils which is a lot for someone who only knows one recipe calling for red lentils. As we are keen to use up store cupboard supplies in light of my recent thoughts on food prices increasing but me being determined not to [...]

Top 10 ways to cope with rising household costs

I was a bit shocked to see that we had overspent by £175 on our Housekeeping account but it is not yet the end of the month. My initial reaction was to be cross with myself for not keeping on top of the spending,for not sticking to the budget and for [...]

Gluten free museli

Rice flakes Millet flakes Toasted coconut flakes Raisins Mixed nuts (brazil,hazelnuts,almonds,walnuts) Sunflower seeds Pumpkin seeds Chopped dried apricots Chopped dried dates

Mix together &enjoy with milk!

Menu planning with constraints

I love vegetables,Bealers isn’t so keen,he loves pasta &bread but I can’t eat gluten,I could eat rice every day and never get sick of it,he can’t abide the stuff,I rate fish and shellfish highly but Bealers doesn’t!

On top of all these likes/dislikes we’re trying to be healthier and [...]

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