Tuesday.

Yesterday we heard that friends are going through every parent's worst nightmare. Their week old baby (their first and born on Mothers Day) has been rushed via Air Ambulance to the Royal Children's Hospital after suffering fits. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as they await answers. XXXX

With my mind elsewhere I decided to spend this morning cooking up a couple of meals for the freezer & fridge. The weather has definitely turned towards winter-so I chose to use the ham hock left from Christmas to cook a batch of pea & ham soup (our daughter had cooked up a pot when we visited last weekend and I've been craving it ever since!).

Plus, a pack of split peas ( pre-soaked), a couple of chicken fillets and sautéed vegetables  thrown together has given me a huge pan of savoury split peas.

Both dishes are incredibly frugal and hearty..to say nothing of downright delicious! :) I also threw a loaf of sourdough bread in the oven ( it had been left to rise overnight)-so we will have fresh bread with our pea & ham soup.

What are your favourite comfort foods?

 
 
 

 

 

Friday's fridge...

It's a lean scene in the fridge this Friday!

There's leftover pasta, bacon, cheese, eggs, cream, yoghurt, sourdough starter, assorted spreads, carrots & some greenery!

Hmmm..... tonight the leftover pasta, tomorrow night Impossible Pie, Sunday Roast Chicken (chicken from the freezer & vegies from the backyard), sourdough Pancakes topped with maple syrup & whipped cream for breakfast and sourdough rolls for lunch-weekend food sorted!

I should make note here that I have done NO grocery shopping this week other than milk-we have been munching our way through the meals created from last Saturday's big dinner!

On my mind......

This morning for some reason I bought the AWW- a magazine I purchase rarely! The story which caught my eye was about Rhonda Hetzel and her husband-people who has chosen a frugal way of life; people after my own heart!

There was a link to Rhonda's blog  http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/ and I immediately went over for a looksee! I can see that I'll be popping in there more often! :-)