When it is cold outside and I have a full schedule the slow cooker is pretty much my BFF because the last thing I am going to want to do is stand over a hot cokker all evening. One meal I know will fill my lot up and keep them warm is a good chilli con carne. It is cheap as chips, will go with jackets, rice, soft tacos, chips, pretty much anything! I don’t use a jar of sauce for this as I find making it from scratch pretty quick and with the right spice mix you get a much better flavour whilst being in control of the heat.
My youngest and I are always on the lookout for yummy dairy free treats, but they are usually so expensive in the supermarkets that it’s cheaper for me to just make something at home. I haven’t had brownies in forever, and around that ‘special time of the month’ all I want is chocolate. The boy also craves cake, for which he would happily eat his own body weight of the stuff, and let’s face it a little chunk of brownie goes a long way with a 5 year old!
Now I have said it before and I will say it again, meal planning saves time and more importantly money! You can eat like kings on a relatively modest amount of money. The main reason you will save money on a weekly meal plan is because you aren’t having to think of a weeks worth of dinners whilst cruising the supermarket aisles, and you won’t have to make several further trips through the week to get the stuff you ‘forgot’.
So this is my first tagged post and I was quite looking forward to getting stuck in to it. I was tagged by Alana over at Burnished Chaos to complete the following 100 questions as truthfully as possible and I think I have achieved that. So without further a do here are my 100 Truths for the Blogger Tag.
I have shared previously how we do our meal planning. To be honest this is one area we saved the most money over the course of a month. We set a budget of approximately £120 per week, which may seem a lot but trust me when it comes to being ‘free from’ it is not come cheap! We also make most of our meals from scratch, because my hubby is allergic to MSG. You would be amazed at how many foods contain it in some form or another.
Now ordinarily a pre-child Valentine’s Day would have been dinner out with candles, fizz and a huge bouquet of red roses. Once parenthood hits you may get the odd date night out if it happens to fall near the weekend, otherwise you pretty much have to make do at home. All too often that means the night for romance gets shelved until a later date …
As a ‘fixer’ I am the first one making action plans in a crisis and whilst that is a gift in and of itself, it can also be a bit of a curse. Ultimately it leaves me feeling drained, empty and not in a good way. I am so busy fixing for everyone else that I forget myself
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Hi, my name is Sophie, welcome to my blog. I use this space to share little snippets of our life here in the beautiful county of Worcestershire. We often have mini adventures here and there too, which are often shared over on my Instagram and Facebook accounts. We also love a tasty treat too! I try not to over share, but somethimes I throw caution to the wind and completely wing it. We are also beginning our toxic chemical free journey, so I share lots of knowledge I have gathered along the way. Stick, around, have fun and feel free to contact me if you want to talk more x
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