by Anne Murphy | Jun 15, 2018 | Food, H.O.M.E., Homemaking, Lunch/Snacks, Mains, One Pot, Pasta, Recipe, Rice, Slow Cooker, Tips/Hints
A lot of people are struggling these days and meat is one of the most expensive products out there. Ground meat is relatively cheap but when I see people asking for recipe ideas using ground meat, the same ones seem to get suggested. The usual savoury mince, spaghetti...
by Anne Murphy | May 29, 2018 | Baking, Dessert, Lunch/Snacks, Mains, One Pot, Pasta, Recipe, Salads/Vegetables, Slow Cooker, Soup, Tips/Hints
Sweet potato, or sometimes known as yams or kumara, depending where you are in the world, are one of those versatile vegetables that can be eaten in both sweet and savoury dishes. You can pick them up from the green grocers cheaply and they keep really well. Here are...
by Anne Murphy | Apr 27, 2018 | Food, Mains, Tips/Hints
Of all the Asian cuisines, I think Thai food has to be my favourite. That combination of sweet, salty, sour, bitter and hot. The aroma of steamed jasmine rice and coconut milk based sauces gets me every time. But Thai takeaway is a thing of the past for me. I’d...
by Anne Murphy | Nov 15, 2017 | Food, Mains, One Pot, Organising, Recipe, Slow Cooker, Tips/Hints
I’ve said it many times before but I don’t meal plan. I have standard pantry, fridge and freezer inventory lists full of the foods that I know my family will eat and I change up the menu, preparing them in different ways. Most times I plan what I’m...
by Anne Murphy | Jul 8, 2017 | Mains, Recipe, Salads/Vegetables
In addition to our crunchy crackling roast pork we had on Sunday night, we had my best ever crunchy roast potatoes which I serve with every roast meal. It’s pretty simple to get them crisp and crunchy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. Peel and...
by Anne Murphy | Jul 2, 2017 | Lunch/Snacks, Mains, One Pot, Pasta, Recipe
There’s no denying I love Italian food and am probably more partial to tomato based sauces but sometimes the ingredients you have on hand lend themselves to a creamy based sauce. But who’s always got cream on hand? Not me. (Probably a good thing.) This is...
