tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post5373207225994335342..comments2024-01-31T09:14:00.523+00:00Comments on sustainablemum: Eatingsustainablemumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04099701194160334671noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-1950037578706003062014-09-19T01:06:17.419+01:002014-09-19T01:06:17.419+01:00Looks like a great recipe, thanks! I completely ag...Looks like a great recipe, thanks! I completely agree with the menu planning, the weeks I don't have our meals planned are almost always a disaster. xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959755932861954610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-81036002777887071992014-09-16T20:23:28.630+01:002014-09-16T20:23:28.630+01:00Definitely plan in our house otherwise it all just...Definitely plan in our house otherwise it all just sort of falls apart ie spend loads but still don't seem to have anything to eat! I shop online too which saves me from being seduced by products I don't need or want.Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104412226519227796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-39407258727495990622014-09-15T08:37:29.872+01:002014-09-15T08:37:29.872+01:00I'm so envious that you've got this sorted...I'm so envious that you've got this sorted! I struggle with meal planning because I'm not a spontaneous cook so end up making the same recipes often. Once in a way I get spurred on and go out and buy loads of new things to make and sadly, some of it gets wasted. This time around, living in close proximity to local produce, I hope I can remedy this to some extent. New life, new goals...I'd love for a day in our lives when we will savour our leftovers! :) xkanchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13967448542446083423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-68969261177275728972014-09-14T03:39:20.361+01:002014-09-14T03:39:20.361+01:00Sounds a lot like our home, but we don't do an...Sounds a lot like our home, but we don't do any meat. I am not really a planner; I decide that day what we'll have for dinner and lunch the next day is normally left overs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-84411261230863057442014-09-12T21:47:34.597+01:002014-09-12T21:47:34.597+01:00I really really need to try and plan our meals mor...I really really need to try and plan our meals more, I know it would help, especially as yo u say on the days when there isn't much time. I definitely need to put some more effort into good food for us all. CJ xxCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-58838746933823771402014-09-12T16:28:23.743+01:002014-09-12T16:28:23.743+01:00I'm in the same situation, I eat vegetarian (v...I'm in the same situation, I eat vegetarian (vegan now with Colm's food sensitivities) and I do all the cooking! I cook meat a few times a month, too. You sound so organized with your meal plans and lists. I need to start doing that!Tara Borinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965250772045956166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-21415137765483302002014-09-12T13:15:41.070+01:002014-09-12T13:15:41.070+01:00That sounds delicious. I'm a meal planner and...That sounds delicious. I'm a meal planner and shopping list type of gal, I always know on Monday morning what we will be eating for each day of the week. Like you I cook from scratch and I think this is definitely easier to do with a plan.EMMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900165967124695510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-60973978662077380522014-09-12T08:40:46.815+01:002014-09-12T08:40:46.815+01:00oh that sounds delicious. we've just eaten the...oh that sounds delicious. we've just eaten the last of our broad beans, must grow more next year. I would love to be a planner.driftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416170414524297337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-87299212184193174582014-09-12T08:39:40.734+01:002014-09-12T08:39:40.734+01:00The more I read of your posts the more I think tha...The more I read of your posts the more I think that you and I would get on well together as we so often seem to share the same ideas. Like you when I was first married and working full time I shopped in the supermarket - I would meet Mr M from the train on a Friday evening and we would do the supermarket shop together before catching the bus home with the carrier bags full. I did however shop for fresh veggies and meat during the lunch hour several times a week too. Gradually things have changed and now I shop less and less in the supermarket and more and more in farm shops and local independent ones as well. I do plan ahead though sometimes I just make a list of enough ideas for menus some quick to prepare and cook and some which will use up what veggies we have in the garden or things we already have in stock etc. I always always write a list and usually stick to it and am not persuaded to buy things just because they are on offer although if it is something I know we will use which can be stored I might take advantage of offers. But there is no such thing as a free lunch and if something is on offer then something must be more expensive to take into account the savings. I don't actually keep an account of what I spend and my mother used to ask me what I was paying for something such as butter and I never actually knew but I just know what I can afford and my bill is usually about what I expect - comes from all my years of shopping no doubt! I try to buy local foods and if not actually local then at least British produced rather than buying stuff flown from the other side of the world but we do occasionally buy a pineapple and bananas and oranges are never local of course! I also buy organic wherever possible. This topic is an interesting one and now I have started I could go on and on and ....!Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.com