So here we are. It is suddenly all seeming very real. Our little huge community allotment scheme is just about ready to open in Balbriggan. Continue reading
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Last Minute Christmas List
Well I never did get to do all the 12 days of Christmas blogposts.
New Christmas Traditions
This year is the first year that the 4 year old has been an active participant in preparing for Christmas. Not just enjoying the lights or the present unwrapping.
Cutting Back On Christmas Shopping
If, like me, you’ve got that slightly rising panicked feeling about Christmas Dinner and what the last shop before Christmas Day will cost, stop now and have a little read of the 5th in my 12 Days of Christmas posts.
Gift of Time Vouchers
I’ve been blogging and talking about Christmas on a budget a decent amount this week. Well okay, a lot! Here’s something that may make your Christmas gifting a bit easier. Continue reading
Lifeskills
For a change this isn’t a blogpost with a recipe. Call it a musing if you will, about the Ulster Bank issue and how our lives have changed.
Warming Chickpea Stew
I could write paragraphs & paragraphs about the rotten weather, how it’s meant to be warmer in June & give you masses of memories about sunkissed summer days and BBQ’s.
Instead today it’s a straight recipe for a store cupboard warming stew. It’s vegetarian (if you prefer), cheap and quick to make particularly if the weather is so bad you don’t want to be dragging yourself from your home to get to the shops. When I made the stew this week I used 1 batch of my Special Sauce (500ml) from the freezer to get some hidden veg into the kids and on chopping. Feel free to add vegetables if you like but if you want a smoother sauce just substitute my sauce for a tin of chopped tomatoes.
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Breakfast Muffins
Last Saturday morning we dragged ourselves out of bed along with the kids and into the car at 2.30am. This time is normally reserved for night-feeds (with which I’m all too familiar) and journeys to the Airport to catch a flight (that hasn’t happened in years). However on that morning we were joining thousands of other walkers and runners at the Phoenix Park in Dublin to walk 5km from darkness into light in order to raise funds and awareness for Pieta House. In fact the 5km wasn’t restricted to just Dublin and there were other locations all across Ireland where people came together to mark the occasion.
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Crispy Slice
If like me you’ve picked up a crispy slice made by a well known cereal company, eaten it and then thought afterwards it wasn’t that great then this is the slice for you. Personally I find the manufactured bar can be too sweet and compressed tightly to get it into the packet. The kids love them but they are hideously expensive to buy and if you have 2 children who like to eat them along with a husband who is partial to bringing them to work for a snack you could easily bankrupt yourself in no time trying to keep them in stock.
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Mammy’s Kitchen Guestpost
Today I’m delighted to welcome the wonderful and talented Mammy’s Kitchen to the blog. She tried, and tested my stocktaking system last week and here are her results. Since she sent this article to me I’ve been unable to get the image of a cheeky squirrel out of my head!
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