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 | 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 | Jun 27, 2017 | Mains, One Pot, Recipe, Slow Cooker
Traditionally, Osso Buco is a Milanese dish and not made with tomatoes, contrary to popular belief. Tomatoes are not used in the cooking of northern Italy. The absence of the tomato flavour in Osso Buco allows the more delicate flavour of the gremolata to feature in...
by Anne Murphy | Aug 15, 2016 | Mains, One Pot, Recipe, Slow Cooker
I looove Indian food and before kids and when I was single, I would thing nothing of buying all the Indian whole spices and grinding them into a beautiful Indian curry paste. Now that I’m married and with kids and I’m still the only one who loves spicy...
by Anne Murphy | Jul 25, 2016 | Frugal Living, Miscellaneous, Pasta, Recipe, Rice, Slow Cooker
I have to say I’ve got one of those husbands that women only dream of. You send them to the store for one thing and they get that one thing or spot a bargain and bring it home. As was the case when I sent my husband to the supermarket and he spotted a 3 kilo bag...