cultivating me

These past few weeks I’ve been struggling with keeping the house together.  It seems no matter how much I clean, the mess just does not seem to go away.  It got me thinking.  I know other families whose homes always seem so clean and more importantly so much cleaner than mine.  I know I have [...]

I’ve been having so much fun reading through the comments left on my crock pot giveaway!  It seems there are a couple of dominant answers to my question of what is your biggest challenge when it comes to getting dinner on the table during the week. Number one on the list seems to be having [...]

so i have this obsession love of all things cooking.  i have a fabulous cookbook collection, a slew of recipes bookmarked online, and even more that i have downloaded from the net.  i also have this habit of ripping recipes out of the magazines i subscribe to or out of the magazines i steal borrow [...]

Bonus points if you know what show that line is from ;O) My spring break is over so it is back to reality for me. Now more than ever, I am grateful for taking the time to plan my menu. It is one less thing I have to worry about in the midst of all [...]

Last week, I tried some new recipes and let me tell you how happy I was to have done so. Here’s a quick review: The Arroz con Pollo was fabulous. The recipe calls for a dry white wine but instead I substituted chicken broth and it come out just fine. My sweetie had leftovers for [...]

I am proud to announce those recipes that have made it into this weeks menu plan. While I have not been posting, I have been planning and menu planning continues to make my life so much easier. I am excited to try many new recipes this week. I have neglected my wonderful cook book collection [...]

One of my current obsessions, along with handbags and boots,  is cookbooks.  Imagine how happy I was to find a box full of them waiting for me when I returned home on Saturday night!  It certainly made planning dinners for the much more fun.  All the dinners this week are new recipes which I know [...]

At the moment, I sort of have no idea for this week. I didn’t get to making a plan yesterday and so am throwing one together this afternoon! EEEEK! The good news is that I have dinner for tonight in the fridge and can shop tomorrow for the rest. Last week, I had a plan [...]

Well, here we are back at the beginning of another week. Where or where does the time go? Perhaps if I wasted less time this week than I wouldn’t be so worried about what I need to accomplish for the upcoming week – but that is a whole other story!! At least I got some [...]

It has been too long since I have posted a menu plan. I have been planning but just lacking the time to sit and create a post. This week, my budget is very very slim and so we are back to the good old basics in this house which allow me to get more bang [...]