I thought I would post a monthly (hopefully) blog post about the meals we have been eating. I always get asked for recipes on Instagram but always think what we eat isn't all that exciting, we do repeat meals we love, so a monthly installment seemed more achievable than weekly. I have been taking some … Continue reading #mealplanningwithlaura family favourites
It's cold and grey outside. The urge to hibernate is strong. I, like a lot of people, find this time of year tough. Call it Seasonal Affective Disorder, call it the January Blues, the grey days and poor weather mean I struggle to stay awake let alone get motivated. One thing I decided to do … Continue reading Meal planning for 2018
Well after a summer off I'm back to the meal planning! Thanks to all those who asked about it. This week is nothing massively inspirational. It's about avoiding the 4pm brain freeze about what to cook and a bit about stocking up the freezer and generally making life easier as the chaos of school routine … Continue reading Meal planning with Laura: first week back
It's day 8. My legs are tired, my arms are tired, my bags under my eyes are tired (and resemble suitcases) and my tired is... Um... tired. But a few years ago I said I would do this and frankly, I've run out of excuses so I'm doing it... and in a weird sadistic way, … Continue reading Every SODDING day in May…
It's been the Easter holidays here this week and we have been out and about enjoying the spectacular sunshine that we have been lucky enough to have in our corner of Kent. In the holidays the temptation is to plan more ambitious meals because I'm at home, but invariably we end up being out a … Continue reading Holiday meal planning
Happy new year!! It's fair to say that over Christmas formal meal planning went out of the window. We had lots of family over on a number of different days so I felt like I was perpetually putting out food on the table for people to dig into and in between we were winging it … Continue reading First meal plan of 2017
I don't know about you but once winter hits I like to start my day with something warm and cosy but I'm also mindful of warding off winter bugs so healthy is also key! Usually I have porridge with autumn compote which I blogged about here. this week though, I fancied a change. I raided the … Continue reading Winter Muesli
At the moment I'm really re-thinking how we eat as a family and am using half term to overhaul our diets. We generally eat quite well and everything is freshly cooked and home made but I think there's an over-reliance on carbs (don't get me wrong, carbs are not the devil!) and not enough variety … Continue reading Autumn warmers (& why there’s no board this week!)
Second week of October already?! We have had a good and productive week involving quite a bit of baking and cooking which has been lovely. This week I have my dad coming to stay on Tuesday so I've planned for a comforting chilli which can stay on the hob until he arrives! We're also having … Continue reading This week’s meal plan 9.10.16
Here's this week's meal plan including Sweet potato falafel and Guilt Free fish and chips from Dean Edward's book "Feelgood Family Food" which I really recommend. I'm trying to simplify our meals a lot and pack more seasonal veg in, hence the soup - we have a glut of tomatoes in our veg patch! I also thought I'd … Continue reading This week’s meal plan: 2.10.16
