TIME TO MAKE IT COUNT

Day 4 of our "Hello fresh"recipe box, and I thought I was chancing my arm a bit with this one... I LOVE coconut milk but wasn't sure hubby n Charlie would..plus the spices for charlie -but I needn't have worried -we have another hit 👍, so much so that when I said hubby could have the rest for lunch tomorrow Charlie was most upset that he was missing out lol.  Luckily there was enough left for both.  The photo shows the leftovers, so we are in fact getting 3 adult and 2 child servings from recipes suggested for just TWO 😍.  This was Fragrant Caribbean beef and the rice part was cooked in coconut milk with sweetcorn and turtle beans,  there was a fair bit of kick in the meat spice mix (ground coriander, cumin, peppercorns amongst others) BUT there was some mango chutney that balanced it out really well (should have been chopped apricots too but I know hubby hates those -so I will eat them).  Charlie is really amazing me, even though I know he is a good eater and w

Well it has been a rough few days (and not set to improve any time soon 😞) But as it is all out my control I have decided that it's "positive head on, chin up and keep on going"... I received my first Recipe box yesterday.... this one was from HELLO FRESH ...with the discount it came in at £22.50 (although I should get and extra £6 back in cash back 😉).  I have gone for the 2 person box as we are cutting down portions and the only other option is 4 persons which will create waste I'm trying to stop.  I did see some reviews saying that the portions were far too small - well baring in mind I don't eat like a sparrow, I have been left wondering just how much some people can eat as we are finding them more than enough for the 3 of us 👏. The first one was CREAMY GNOCCHI WITH MUSHROOMS AND BROCCOLI As you can see this made 4 servings and I actually struggled to finish mine -the other is in the fridge and I will have that as a quick lunch tomorrow.  It went dow

Day 1 and not a bad day at all, The weather has been gusty and wet as forecast but thankfully we got off lightly around here and no damage (well unless the allotment got hit). Determined to see all the small things I should be glad for -today started off with little sir asking to climb in with us for a cuddle, so a nice 10 minute snuggle before we came downstairs and left daddy to get the rest of his sleep (he crawls into bed about 3am  😓). Best of all today and the thing to be most thankful for today is that despite our 5 year old being diagnosed with shingles yesterday -so far he seems totally unaffected by it 😊. Tomorrow looks set to be the day to pack away Christmas for another year, so I'm going to combine this with having a good fettle and sort out.  Only 5 days until school starts again, so little sir has karate on Saturday and then to Mammas n uncle Marks for the day

2018 will bring what it brings but I'm determined to get as much as I can out of it! I have decided to run a blog to encourage me to find the positives in each day, to push me to do more and to do what I enjoy. This year my goals are to get myself healthier and my family too.... some lbs to be lost, more exercise needed, no fads, no crash diets, no gimmicks... healthy eating, exercise found not through the gym but by moving more.  So the allotment is really going to be coming into play this year -providing LOTS of exercise and if we do as well as last year LOTS N LOTS of lovely fruit and veg 😍.  I love to cook so there will be lots of foody photos and hopefully lots of recipes, photos of the allotment and growing hints n tips -although we are learning as we go 😊. In our house there is myself my hubby and our nearly 6 year old boy so its rarely quiet so this will be my place to switch off once little sir is in bed and hubby is at work -he recently started new hours 6pm - 2: