Usually on a Saturday I post my Simple Meal Plan for the upcoming week - spot the deliberate mistake Guys - this week it's Sunday! Each week I plan for 6 days of meals, with Friday as my free day where I take part in The Frugal Girls Food Waste Friday and my very own No Waste Tastes Great Challenge. Because I'm a simple gal, I order my groceries on-line for ...
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No Waste Tastes Great Plus Conscious Spending
It's Friday! Time for No Waste Tastes Great! Those who follow the blog know that on Friday I follow my Friday Routine and also take part in Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl. I have some news... for the first time since starting my No Waste Tastes Great Challenge, the fridge and cupboard are bare of any potential food waste...which means the Hubby ...
No Waste Tastes Great – 4 Feb 2011
It's Friday Guys! It's No Waste Tastes Great at Chez Wright! This Friday however is a special Friday as it's the Hubby's Birthday. As a special treat I am taking him out for a Balti and a Beer (you can see why he married me) :-) Birthday or not, I still take food waste seriously and take part in Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl, so have been ...
Simple Meal Plan 29 Jan 2011 Plus Some Great Reading
As usual on a Saturday I post my Simple Meal Plan for the upcoming week. I plan for 6 days of meals, with Friday as my free day where I take part in The Frugal Girls Food Waste Friday and my very own No Waste Tastes Great Challenge. Because I'm a simple gal, I order my groceries on-line for the week ahead and they are delivered. This also means I do not ...
No Waste Tastes Great – 28 Jan 2011
It's Friday Guys! Time to take part in The Frugal Girl's Food Waste Friday and my very own No Waste Tastes Great Challenge. Each Friday I follow my Routine, which means that by the time I type this post I will have stripped my fridge/perishables cupboard down, cleaned it , noted down any food stuffs required, popped a few things back in, and left on the ...
Simple Meal Plan 22 Jan 2011 and some great reading
It's time for you to meet simplybeingmum's Menu Board! Each week I plan 6 days of meals Saturday-Thursday with a Free Day on Friday. I also write it on our Menu Board we hang in the kitchen (I have a feeling I may be a frustrated chef...) ...
No Waste Tastes Great – 21 Jan 2011
It's Friday! Time for No Waste Tastes Great Those who follow the blog know that on Friday I follow my Friday Routine and also take part in Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl. This week what potential foodwaste delights do I have sitting on my counter in anticipation? ...
My First Simple Meal Plan of 2011 and some great reading
The holidays are well and truly behind us, and I am back to my usual routine of meal planning. This weeks meal plan is designed to be: Simple (I've got a busy week with one thing and another) Frugal (Not cheap food - quality dishes with only the necessary ingredients in order to keep waste at bay) Healthy (this is subjective I know - what I class as ...
No Waste Tastes Great – 14 Jan 2011
Friday is No Waste Tastes Great over at simplybeingmum. As part of my simple family life, I try to ensure that there is very little, if any food waste. I've always been a meal planner, even before I started on my journey toward a simpler family life (almost two years now). So when I stumbled across Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl (an excellent ...
Slow Cooked Chicken and Vegetables in Beer Stew
In January 2004 I won an international beer drinking competition at the bottom of a beautiful mountain in Whistler BC. I'm not sure it would be 'the' international beer drinking competition (speed not quantity to clarify) if there is such a thing - but I was still quite proud of my achievement. I was young - what can I say? Miss Japan shook my hand in awe ...