*This post is written in collaboration with Royal Canin sharing about the challenge of keeping your pet at a healthy weight as part of being a responsible pet owner. All words are our own and images are used with permission* If you read our blog you know we have two cats. They are part of […]
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Meal Plan Monday – Winter warming meals
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and working our way through the last week of January 2021 and winter warming meals to get us through. Because we are in lockdown and living with life in the time of Corona, we are trying to only do one grocery shop a week and stay away from too much […]
READ MOREMy Sunday Photo – frosty but where is the snow?
We have had a lot of cold weather recently, as the temperature has dropped and it’s been very frosty as you can see from our very “furry” car this week. I am sure the neighbours thought we were nuts, being out so early (I prefer our supermarket run very early to avoid people where I […]
READ MOREIt’s ok to not be ok – what Covid has taught me…
What Covid has taught me? That it’s ok to put me and mine first. As someone who has spent most of their life serving others, caring for others, putting the needs of others first, this time has shown me that it’s actually ok to give myself to those closest to me. That not everyone who […]
READ MOREDating and romance when life isn’t quite normal.
*This is a collaborative post sharing some tips for dating and romance during lockdown life* I don’t write a lot about dating and romance on our blog, but we have been married for nearly twenty years, and still quite like each other, and there are things we have learned that work for us. During this […]
READ MOREMy Sunday Photo – Richmond Hill, Turner’s View
I am not an artist but I can appreciate art and Turner’s view, or the paintings he painted from the viewpoint of Richmond Hill in London are some of my favorites. It’s famous both in its painting form and he painted many studies of the view. I have been to see this one at the […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – quick, cheap, and easy meals
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and we land in January 2021 and this week I am all about quick, cheap and easy meals. Meal plan Monday is sharing what we are eating, and how I go about meal planning and cooking for my family with food allergies and food preferences. We are also in Tier […]
READ MOREBasic bread making kit – what you need
This is part one of my Basic Bread Making series. I will also be sharing about how to make your own simple sour dough starter, a basic sour dough bread loaf, a slicing toast loaf and how to add sour dough starter to other baking recipes to add life, taste and texture. *This post does […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – Veganuary and lockdown wellbeing.
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and we land in January 2021 sharing about lockdown wellbeing, what we are eating, and how I go about meal planning and cooking for my family with food allergies and food preferences. We are also in Tier 4 lockdown life at home which means I am less out and about […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday and Twixmas week eating
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and this week it’s Twixmas which apparently is the word used to describe the week between Christmas and New Year. I had no idea it was a word until recently. Sounds like a chocolate bar to me. We are working on using up some leftovers and trying to slide back […]
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