I was lucky enough to be given Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom from a friend for my birthday. I have to …
Menu Plan Monday – School Holidays Week 1
School holidays finally start this Monday which I have been looking forward to. School holidays tends to make planning the weekly menu easier if anything, as I don’t have the after school …
Menu Plan Monday – Unplanned Purchases
One of the reasons why I love to menu plan is that it really helps to limit the unplanned purchases that occur at the supermarket, compared to when I go without a …
Menu Plan Monday – Not That Again!
As you can probably tell by the number of very familiar meals in the menu plan this week, the children chose all of the meals. They normally contribute in some way to …
Menu Plan Monday – A Favourite Dessert
On the weekend we were lucky enough to be invited to a friend’s house in Barwon Heads with another family from school. We had a fantastic time. There were nine children in …
Menu Plan Monday – Cooking In Bulk
Cooking in bulk so I can freeze portions for later, is something that I always talk about doing, but in reality don’t do very often. But from looking at our calendar, I …
Menu Plan Monday – The Favourites
Don’t forget the ickle kids activity pack giveaway ends on Wednesday 21st May at 9am Australian EST if you haven’t entered yet! We have a pretty basic menu plan this week. The …
Menu Plan Monday And ickle kids Activity Pack Give Away
I have a fantastic give away to announce today. I am going to give away one ickle kids activity pack to a reader up to the value of $45. A great friend …
Menu Plan Monday – Short Week
We leave Friday morning for Mildura to attend a family wedding, so I escape cooking for a few nights which will be fun! It will hopefully give me a little more time …
10 Quick Ways to Feed Unexpected Lovely Visitors
As you may have noticed, I do love to plan and have things very much ordered and organised. However too much of this can make life a little dull , so I …
Menu Planner – Input From The Husband
I have written previously about how I try to get the children’s input into the family menu planning process, but I have not yet mentioned Mr Infrastructure’s contributions to this. To be …
Menu Planning – Back to Basics
Last week we tried out two great new recipes Roast Chicken and Vegetables and Picklebum’s Easy Beef and Veggie Triangles. Both were easy to make, incredibly tasty and most importantly very popular …
Menu Plan Monday – Autumn Is Here
Cold and rainy weather has hit Melbourne, so I thought I would throw in a a salad with one of our meals, while we can still get the last remains of the …
In Memory Of Rach
We made it back safely last night from our holiday. However not everyone we camped with over Easter did. To my dear friend “Tayls” who is now mourning the death of her …
Menu Planner – Easter Week And Shopping List
It was a very easy to plan the family meals for this week, as we head off for our Easter Holidays on Thursday morning, which left me only three meals for to …
Shopping List For Our Family Menu Plan
I have to firstly thank my very kind eldest sister who looked after my children (yes all 4!) from 10.30am Sunday until midday Monday. And she didn’t take it easy either and …
“Preparing Food Is An Act Of Love”
When it comes to radio, I am definitely a FM girl in the car. Mr Infrastructure on the other hand is AM (particular of the Radio National Variety). I normally like to …
Menu Planning – Back On Track!
I have had some technical issues (hard drive died 🙁 ) with my laptop over the last couple of weeks, so it was great to get back my laptop on Friday and …