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Showing posts from January, 2016

Lets get organised

I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and no I'm not tied to the oven or the sink. I work at the kitchen table, music & coffee machine on. We sit and chat in the kitchen, we eat all our meals at the table & it really is the heart and soul of our house. I often look at Pinteres…

Amazing transformations :)

I often talk about one of my members 'big John' and people ask me about him all the time. Well after 12 months I still refer to him as big John and that's because he's our gentle giant at 6.4. John has embraced Food optimising & loves cooking, making new recipes & …

Cheesy chicken

A huge favourite in our house is this meal of cheesy chicken wrapped in bacon. It looks fancy but very easy to prepare & tastes delicious. Ingredients 4 x Chicken Breasts 4 x Laughing cow triangles (I used low blue cheese) 4 X Lean pieces of bacon Seasoning Spiralised courgette P…

Sumptuous Sunday Chicken Tray Bake

It's Sunday, it's snowy and it's family day which means the boys are playing Lego and I'm busy with all the little jobs that need sorting. Sunday dinner today is an easy traybake served with rice & drizzle of mayonnaise. 1. Roughly peel (or not) and chop pot…

Get your oats

Easy breakfast today of porridge oats made with milk. Topped with a banana and custard Muller yogurt & mixed red fruits. So filling and tastes great.

Lazy lamb & bostin beef brisket

Up early this morning to get the lamb in the slow cooker ready to slice and freeze. Large leg of lamb is resting on handful of Chardonnay carrots, sliced potatoes, vegetable stock & garlic seasoning. Cook for 10 hours on low. I also cooked a beef brisket in the slow cooker. …

Kitchen chaos

It's the end day 3 Operation kitchen reorganise. My mom decided my cupboards were a mess and volunteered herself the massive task. It's took three days & 20 bin bags but wow it looks fabulous. The cupboards are organised and I can find anything. I no longer have 5 bottle of ba…

It's all about the quilt

Bit late posting but here is my labour of love Christmas chevron single cuddle quilt. It was intensive and lots of sewing but it's beautiful and I love it :)