Mid Week Treat- One Minute Choc Cake

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp & 2 tsp cocoa powder
• 3 tbsp flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp & 2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 2-3 tsp vegetable or cocnut oil
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Method

• Combine dry ingredients and mix very well
• Add liquid and stir through then transfer to ramekin or even a coffee mug and microwave for 30-40 seconds

And if your feeling like you need a extra hit of chocolaty goodness...

Chocolate Fudge Frosting- serves 10 so plenty left over!

Ingredients

• 80g butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

• In saucepan melt butter and dissolve brown sugar over medium heat then add the milk and bring to the boil, remove from heat
• Sift cocoa and icing sugar and blend into butter mixture and add vanilla

Note- if too stiff add more milk

SYL wk 11- Grattitude

Perfect timing with starting Thankful Tuesday on my fb page. I'm a big believer in a gratitude journal, even if it is in bullet points about what went right that day.

When Ashton is old enough I think we will start to share three things we are grateful for before bed, sounds like a great part of a bedtime ritual.

The following is taken from Week 11- there are some excellent ideas.


Practical ideas for developing a gratitude and 


kindness practice

Send out thank you’s / say thanks to people you deal with in your life

• great service you received
• a family member you appreciate
• a teacher you had or one your child has/had
• someone who helps with your child (a tutor/ instructor,  care giver/babysitter)

Give your partner acts of service without any expectations of reciprocity

• massages
• chores they normally handle
• letting them choose (restaurant, DVD, date night)
• offer to be the designated driver even if it is not your “turn”
• pack them a lunch (and include a note)

Volunteer or participate in your community

• donate children’s books to waiting rooms at doctor’s offices, hospitals, dentists, etc
• visit a nursing home with your children
• deliver coffee and treats to your local school administration office
• offer up your skills and services for free to teach someone else or assist them
• help a local teacher with “busy work” (copying, sorting etc) or provide extra supplies they need
• mow your neighbour’s front lawn while you are already out there

Slow down

• let someone go ahead of you in line at the shops or in traffic
• give up a parking space or stop to let someone know you are heading to you car so they can have your space
• stop to give directions to someone who seems lost
• check on someone you see get hurt
• help an elderly person load their groceries into their car
• write a letter or make a phone call to someone important to you

Be supportive of others

• babysit for friends
• bring food to a new mother and stop to help with her laundry or whatever she really needs
• cheer on a friend in a race
• give your friend a book you know she will love or that will help her
• comment on every blog post you read today and show that person they are being heard
• let someone else win the argument this time

Challenge for week 11: Incorporate this into your daily life. Start a gratitude journal, express thanks to others, set out to do random acts of kindness, look for a volunteer role in your community, or buy nice cards and write a whole heap of thank you letters- maybe start with your nearest and dearest , choose to be kinder every day and let things go.

Organising Photos

I'm lazy- i'll admit it, if there is a easier way to do something i'll take it! This week i'm in the office, laundry and bathroom. And I wanted to share how I organise my photos, honestly i thought i had a lot of photos before Master A lol what a shock!

Trying to organise my photos was mind-numbing, going through each and every one was taking forever and I would stop and reminisce every third or fourth photo.

1. In views I turned the photos to "details" it turned them into a stock photo and brought up when they were taken.

2. I then sorted them into years, then each year I sorted into month. All the big experiences I put into their own folder, titled: Cruise 09, Wedding etc. For my son I made a folder titled Ashton, then in Ashton, I have folders for each month titled 0 June 11, 1 July 11, etc etc so from birth they would be in order. Same for the pets, I have 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. Then in each year the months, 1 Jan, 2 Feb, 3 March etc. I have one titled Internet for all my screen grabs and downloaded photos, put into Funny, Inspirational, Weekday, Weekend, Parenting, Crafts

3. Now this one takes a little longer but its now broken into a manageable size, I go through each month and decide on the best photos to keep and any I want printed are copied and go into a special "To Print" album.

SYL wk 10- How to face your fears

Week 10 is all about fears this is a hard one for me its not something I give a lot of thought too, mostly I listen to my body it will tell me when I'm fearful I have a physical reaction, my body tenses, my tummy does somersaults, I sweat.

The most recent time this happened was when I was contemplating going heart and soul into blogging about sustainability and being a SAHM, none of this wiffal-waffle blogging I had done before. And it scared the pants off of me! I remember my mum always said if its not scaring your pants off its not worth doing. I had to think about why I was so nervous.

Putting myself out there for judgement, what if I wasn't "good" enough? There are so many great bloggers already! I countered with it doesn't matter, I'm doing this for myself. If people don't like what I have to say, what of it? They will just click next. Of course I don't know what I'm doing, how can i if I've never done it before? Jump in give it a go and if it doesn't work out move onto something else.

And I'm so glad I did

SYL wk 9- Go easier on yourself

Simplify Your Life wk 9 challenge is all about being kinder to yourself. I love this as it is something Flylady constantly brings up,

"The voices that you hear in your head...We are going to quiet those negative voices that are beating you up constantly and replace them with a loving, gentle voice...Everything we do is going to help you replace those voices that put you down."

The mantra I love is

SYL wk 8- Happiness

Week 8 is all about Happiness, What makes you happy? What takes away from your happiness?

1. Think about what makes you happy, and what are the hurdles that come between you and happiness.
2. Create a happiness list,  or I have a Pick-Me Up Jar which I suppose is a happiness list in 3D. If you're having a mind blank a gratitude journal is a great way to focus on your happiness. every night jot down the things that day that you are grateful for, what made you happy and what went right. 
3. Do one thing from your list a day

SYL wk 7- Create a vision board

This weeks challenge was to create a vision board for how you want 2012 to look like, I also added some longer term goals like my dream house and dream car.

I created mine by using images I found on Pinterest, then uploaded them to Oprah dreamboard you will need to sign up but it is free I can't wait to explore the website. I set my vision board as my computer backdrop and uploaded a private photo to my Facebook as I didn't want everyone seeing my photo, then saved it on my phone and used it as my screen saver on my iPhone, now its the first thing I see in the morning and usually the last thing I see when I go to bed, what a great way to keep my goals in focus!

SYL- wk 6 Setting Goals

This weeks challange was to Set Goals for the rest of 2012, perfect timing since half the year is nearly gone.

Health- Drink 2L/dy and walk 3x/wk

Try one new thing a month

Family- Board game, pizza and movie night once a week and pencil in date night with hubby once a month for dinner

Sustainability- Work on the garden and put chook pen up

Finance- Save $50/wk

Community- Find things to be involved in that include Master A, for instance the morning tea this week is at my house, so he can still be a part of it

I realised that all these goals are things I can put into my daily or weekly routine, feeling pretty good about that!

SYL wk 4- The Wheel Of Life

I have been a little slack in keeping up with Simplify Your Life Challenges but ready to jump back in.

This week I am on Week 4- Assessing Your Life Balance using the wheel of life

I feel as I've continued to blog and use my Facebook page to work through my home my areas have lifted somewhat, so yay! go me!

My 8 Categories are and how I rate them at the moment:

My marriage                                            4
my family (me, hubby and Master A)           3
my extended family                                    3
my friends                                                3
my home                                                  3
my health                                                 3
the community                                           2
creativity                                                  3

I'm pretty happy with how everything is balancing I would like to work on "community" a bit more. I've started by being a host for The Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds for the Cancer Council, which is exciting because so many people I know have been hurt from cancer, my grand father in law passed away last year and my step mother is fighting cancer since last year, they found out the day after Master A was born which is a little difficult it's not something you like to associate with the birth of a new family member.
And my health is another one I need to work on, I've been sick for most of the year, or recovering from being sick, nothing major just the coughs, sniffles or other annoying thing. I think its some sort of sickness payback for being sickness free when I was pregnant.

Trust your instincts

Trust your instincts, too often we push down that little voice inside of us or that feeling in our tummy. Today, I had one of those feelings.

Poor Ashton was busy screaming his little lungs out this morning and I was a little frazzled when Cleo started to growl and yap madly too, then I heard a lady out the front knocking, I answered the door to a lady asking if a Tracy Jones (names have been changed) lived here, I replied " no, sorry. I've lived here for three years". A little odd I thought someone asking for someone after so long. She apologised and left, but I saw her car and husband still in the driveway.

She came back 5-10 minutes later and asked to use my phone and that she had money to pay for using it, that she had been up the road to a neighbour who was this lady's relative and gotten this "Tracy's" phone number, she explained that she was a relative and was going to family reunion, my tummy felt a bit funny, Why hadn't you used this relatives phone? I thought. But replied over the top of Cleo yapping madly that, "sorry, my phone has been disconnected". She continued to explain that she had been travelling for two days and was desperate. I repeated that I was very sorry, but my phone was out of order again and she left.
I made sure the doors were dead bolted and thanked my lucky stars we had put security mesh on all our front windows and front door so no one could see in.

I feel a little guilty, so often we hear how no one is nice to any one these days, was I also one of these mean people now? What if my feeling was wrong? If my husband had just been home I would have let them use my phone on the front step. But then I hugged my son tight and remembered all those nice people that do the right thing and get taken advantage of. My poor little dog knows I'm nervous and keeps wanting to go outside to check the yard to make sure we're safe. It's funny how our pets know when we're upset :)

Have you ever trusted your instinct? Did it turn out to be right?

Mid Week Treat- Brownie Cake

Ingredients

• 2 heaped cups of SR flour
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup mixed fruit and nuts

Method

• Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
• grease and line a loaf tin
• sift together flour, spice and cinnamon
• rub in butter and add sugar
• mix with milk
• add fruit and nuts 
• pour into greased loaf tin and bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean

Weekly Goals

Each Sunday night I try to write down at least 10-12 To-Dos or goals I want to accomplish for the following week, writing them down and blogging about them I'm hoping it will make a little more accountable and give me the extra motivation to tick them off my list. And I'm also hoping that if I at least try to have a plan I might end the week knowing I've been productive rather than letting the small things fill up my days.

GARDEN

• re-pot baby succulents

• plant chokos

• buy wood, concrete, chicken wire, gate & star pickets for chook shed

• Move chook shed to back corner of yard

• secure tin onto side of shed for extra protection

• find bunk bed ladder for roosting

• sink tin around perimeter so rabbits wont escape- they've already escaped a few times!

HOUSE

• install dishwasher- i found one on ebay I can't wait to try it out, does anyone else have a dishwasher? any tips or hints I should know about?

• Pick up bed for spare room & visit nanna

BLOG

• Blog 3x a week

• SYL post 1x week

ORGANISATION

• buy a diary

• organise phone and photos- almost done!

CRAFT

• organise craft ideas

PROCRASTINATION

• dry clean wedding dress

HEALTH

• book in Master As swim lessons.... also should be in PROCRASTINATION list I've been meaning to do this for months Oops

• walk 3x a week

MASTER As FIRST BIRTHDAY (3 weeks to go!)

• pick up Kota the dinosaur

• Shindigs & Ebay party supplies

• print party invites

• clean toys

Plastic bags re-use and recycle ideas

So I posted this on facebook tonight but it was still bugging me so I decided to write down all the ideas to re-use these nasty plastic bags. I'm sure I'll keep adding to it so make sure you check back! I'm also adding labels to group like things together to make it easier for you to search for things. Just because I love you. 

Attempting to clean out my inbox and I came across this statistic from BabyWeekly and it shocked me!
Plastic bags - In each year from 1980 to 1987, 15 children under five years old suffocated to death from plastic bags.
How do you store your plastic bags? I have them in the laundry in a fabric holder except they've kind of had babies and exploded into three other bags :/

Feeling a little crafty? 



1.  Try a fused plastic bag! 

2.  Make pom poms

3.  Make mini-ghosts by taking a white plastic bag, roll another into a ball, place it (inside) at the far end of the other bag, make a tie piece by cutting a thin strip of plastic from another bag and tie around the ball, this makes a head or what will be a ghost. Use black felt market to draw a spooky face on the head. Trim the bottom of the outer bag to make it flowing. Save your rubber bands from newspapers and use them to attach to trees in the front yard. You can make as many of these as you want and cover an entire tree with ghosts.

4.  Make parachutes for action figures to heighten the adventure at playtime. Cut out a square from a bag, and poke a hole in each corner. Cut four pieces of string (or dental floss) at least a foot long and loop one through each hole, tying a knot to secure it; tie the other end of each string around the toy.

5.  Sew a fabric tube and stuff it with bags—then keep it next to exterior doors to stop drafts.

6.  Make a kite. Punch a hole in each corner of the open end of a bag. Tie a long piece of string in each hole, gather the ends, and glue some streamers onto the open end. The natural shape of the bag will catch the wind, which will lift it into the air

7.  cut into strips and braid into braclets

8.  cut into strips for holiday wreaths, use pinks and reds for valentine. Green, white and red for christmas. Tie strips onto coat hanger stretched out and hang on door with hook.

9.  Crochet a rug for the front or back door, take a plastic bag and cut it circularly about 5cm thick (like you're peeling an apple). It becomes one long piece. Using a LARGE plastic crochet hook, crochet a rug with this "yarn." Tie on a new piece when you get to the end. The plastic has a bit of a "nap" to it when done up this way and you can easily remove move, etc., from shoes. Then, when it looks ratty, toss it.

10.  Use for puzzles or other items that have small pieces when their box wears out

11.  Donate bags to food pantries, used book stores, libraries, thrift shops, pre-schools or other organizations. Instead of stuffing all the bags into one bag, flatten the plastic bags, fold them in half, and place in another plastic bag before donating

12.  Pop them into the Coles recycle bin (A great idea from Fiona) Although i'd love to know what Coles does with them exactly?

Kitchen

13.  If something is stinky put it in a plastic bag and pop in the freezer till garbage day, For example: my mum has koi and she rescued one from a bird but it died from its injuries...after chasing my sister around the yard with it (insert evil laugh) we froze it in a plastic bag till garbage day. Just don't forget it is in the freezer!

14.  Place frozen ice paks in plastic bage before putting them in your lunchbox, keeping condensation from getting everything wet.

15.  Instead of buying a salad spinner, put wet lettuce in a plastic bag with a paper towel and spin it around to dry it

16.  Put defrosting meats in plastic bags to contain the mess.

17.  Double or tripple line bags with other plastic bags, in order to dispose of broken items such as glass, light bulbs, dishes, etc. This is not only safer for your family but for the waste disposal workers as well.

18.  I use my plastic bags to bin nappys, cat and dog poop and to hold dirty clothes when out and about

19.  I use my plastic bags for small bins around my house

20.  Place unripe fruits or green tomatoes in plastic bags. The bag traps ethylene, the natural gas released by ripening fruit while still providing ventilation that helps fruit ripen faster.

21.  Moving soon? Wrap fragile items in plastic bags before placing in boxes

Painting

22.  Put wet paint brushes in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator when stopping mid-project. This keeps the paint wet, so you can pick up where you left off the next morning or after your lunch break without having to rinse the brushes first.

23.  A popular painting technique that has come about is bagging. You paint them use a thinned paint of the same color or lighter color that is thinned with glaze and use a very wrinkled up plastic grocery bag to blot on paint, it ends up looking like Venetian wall treatment, it is very pretty

Out and About- I like to keep a container of bags in the car

24.  Bring them with you to garage sales.

25.  Put wet swimmers in from swim lessons

26.  use as umbrealla holders on rainy days, I like to use the bags the free community papers come in for this

27.  Carry a plastic bag with you on evening walks and pick up litter along the way

Garden and Outside

28.  Protect small plants from frost by covering them with plastic bags in the winter.

29.  Hang a bag on the wall or your garage or shed to keep soiled work gloves or rags in.

30.  Wrap one around each shoe to keep your entryway mud-free when coming inside on rainy days.

31.  Keep your feet dry in bad weather by wearing bags on your feet between your socks and boots. 

32.  Keep manuals for your lawnmower, whipper-snipper, and leafblower handy by storing them in a plastic bag that hangs in the garage

33.  Stuff one in the bottom of a plant pot to fill up space between the bottom and the dirt

Corned Beef Pie

Great recipe for using left over corned beef, or if your household is like mine. You need to cook one especially for this recipe because there is never any left overs. LOL

Ingredients

• 3-4 cups cold corned beef, diced
• 1/2 cup sliced green beans
• 1/2 cup corn
• 1/2 cup pickles
• 4 cups mashed potato
• 2 tsp melted butter

Method

• Mix beef, corn and pickles. Place in greased pie dish
• Mash potatoes, don't add milk or butter! Spread over top of mixture in pie dish and brush top with butter
• Cook in 180 degree oven for 20 minutes until potato is golden

Slow Cooker Chicken Soup

Ingredients

• 4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 4 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 brown onions, diced
• 4 sticks of celery, sliced
• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2L chicken stock
• 1 packet French onion soup
• 6 chicken thighs whole and trimmed of all fat 

Method

• Place all vegetables into pot in order of list
• Mix soup mix into chicken stock and pour over vegetables
• Push chicken thighs under liquid
• Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low
• Remove chicken from cooker and using two forks shred chicken, Return to pot and stir

Slow Cooker Corned Beef

Ingredients

• 1.5-2kg corned silver side
• 10 peppercorns
• 1/2 cup malt vinegar
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 onion
• 10 cloves
• 1 roughly chopped carrot
• 2 roughly chopped celery sticks

Method

• Place meat in cooker, add all ingredients except for onion and cloves.
• Peel onion leaving root intact, slice in half and push five cloves into each half, place in cooker.
• Pour enough hot water in to cover meat and cook for 4-5 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low.
• Serve with potatoes, cauliflower and white sauce.

Slow Cooker Lasagna

Cheese Sauce


Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup grated cheese
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 1 chicken stock cube

Method

• place butter and flour in a microwave proof container and microwave for 30 seconds.
• Whisk in milk, cheese, cube and season to taste. Microwave in 30 second increments until mixture is smooth and has a slightly thickened consistency.

Lasagna

Ingredients

• 500g mince
• 1 brown onion, diced
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 tbsp crushed garlic or two cloves crushed finely
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp sugar
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1 tsp oregano & basil
• 1 pack lasagna sheets

Method

• turn slow cooker on low and spray with canola spray
• in bowl mix all ingredients well, except for lasagna sheets
• cover bottom of cooker with cheese mixture, then layer with sheets make sure not to overlap the sheets.
• spoon cheese sauce over sheets, not to thick.
• repeat layers till all used up, sprinkle cheese on top and cook on low for 8hrs

Menu Plan Monday

Mon- Tacos

Tues- Slow cooker lasagna

Wed- Meat pie or chicken kiev with vegetables and mash

Thur- Slow cooker corned beef

Fri- Slow cooker chicken soup

Sat- Corned beef pie

Sun- Slow cooker roast chicken

Slow Cooker Roast Chicken

Ingredients

• 1.2-1.5kg whole chicken
• 1 halved lemon
• few garlic cloves
• 1 onion, peeled and quartered
• 1 tbsp paprika
• freshly ground black pepper and salt

Method

• Wash chicken inside and out, place halved lemon, onion and cloves inside cavity
• Rub paprika all over bird and give liberal sprinkling of salt and pepper.
• Ball up 6 balls of aluminium foil and place in bottom of cooker
• Pour water around balls. Place bird on top of foil so it isn't touching bottom
• Cook on high for 1hr and then reduce to low for 8-10 hours or leave on high for 5-6 hours.

Chicken Pot Pie

This one is my all time favourite, and you can add whatever vegetables you have in the fridge- YUM!

Ingredients

• 2 Sheets puff pastry
• 1 chicken breast fillet or left over chicken
• 1 onion diced
• 1 small carrot diced
• 1 stick celery diced
• 1 tin of cream of chicken soup

Method

• Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees. 
• Cook chicken and set aside to cool if using left over chicken skip this step.
• Saute onion, carrot and celery in pan chicken was cooked in.
• Shred meat, add back to pan and stir in soup.
• Grease pie plate. Line base with one sheet of pastry, add filings and top with second pastry sheet. I like to use left over pastry to write on the top :)
• Trim and crimp edges, add 4-5 vents in top to let steam escape. brush with water.
• cook in oven for 25-30 minutes until golden brown

Pizza Base

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 packet (8g) dry yeast 
• 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3/4 cup warm water

Method

• Combine dry ingredients in large bowl, add oil and water.
• Mix into soft dough, knead on a floured surface until soft and pliable, return to bowl and cover with cling wrap. Place in a warm spot for 30 mins, the dough should double in size.
• 'Punch' dough to get rid of air bubbles, remove from bowl and knead gently for one minute, roll dough out to desired size and thickness and add toppings, cook for 10-15 minutes but keep a eye on it as it depends on how thick and the size of the pizza.

Toppings you might like

• tomato sauce 
• Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese
• feta cheese
• mushrooms, thinly sliced
• Italian sausage, cooked ahead of time
• chopped fresh basil
• Pesto
• Pepperoni, thinly sliced
• onion, thinly sliced
• sliced ham
• pineapple- my favourite! Although hubby can't stand it on pizza he says i'm so Australian  to like it lol

Slow Cooker Meatloaf

Ingredients

• 2 lightly beaten eggs
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 1 tbsp mixed herbs
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 grated carrot
• 1 brown onion grated
• 1kg mince beef
• Grated zucchini, make sure to squeeze out liquid
• 6 slices cheddar cheese

Method

• Cut four 60 cm pieces of foil, fold over to create long strips. Lay strips in bottom of slow cooker, will use these to lift meatloaf out.
• In bowl combine eggs, tomato paste, herbs garlic, salt, pepper, carrot, onion and zucchini, place beef on top and using hands combine well.
• tip mixture onto foil and form a loaf using hands, place lid on and cook 3-4 hours on high and 6-8 hours on low
• When there is 10 mins remaining, lay cheese over top and replace lid.

Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 500g mince
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 400g tin diced tomatoes
• 140g tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup water

Method

• Heat oil on medium heat and add garlic and onion fry until soft.
• Add mince and brown, pour into slow cooker, and add remaining ingredients.
• Put lid on and cook 6-7 hours on high
• Cook pasta and serve with cheese

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Ingredients

• BBQ Chook (I got hubby to grab one on his way home)
• 2L chicken stock
• 1 can of corn, drained
• 1 can of kidney beans, drained
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• 1 packet of taco seasoning or 2 tbsp of Home Made Taco Mix
• 1 onion, sliced and diced
• a corriander bunch
• Plain corn chips, hubby accidently picked up the cheese ones but it still tasted great
• Sour cream

Method

• Saute onion with a bit of olive oil
• Strip chicken and dice meat, throw into slow cooker with onion. I just stripped the chicken meat right into the pan I had the cooked onion in.
• Add corn, beans, tomato, seasoning and stock to cooker
• Stir and cook for 4 hours on high or 6-8hrs on low
• Stir coriander in just before serving
• Serve with bowl of corn chips and sour cream on the side for dipping.

Can also top with cubes of avocado, chopped spring onions, grated cheese or sliced jalapenos

Menu Plan Monday

I have decided to try and get more organised and plan my meals (haha!) instead of rushing around at 5pm like a chook without her head. I love slow cooker and one pot meals, I'm not one of those people that live to eat honestly if I didn't get hungry and hubby wasn't complaining he was starving I wouldn't cook at all. My goal would be to only shop once a month and go to the farmers market on a Sunday for fresh food hmm can i do it? I'm willing to give it a go!

Monday- Chicken Enchilada Soup
Tuesday- Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese
Wednesday- Shirley Six Layer Casserole
Thursday- Slow Cooker Meatloaf
Friday- Pizza
Saturday- Chicken Pot Pie
Sunday- Slow Cooker Roast Chicken