Its been a while.

I have been a busy lady, with a lot of things getting in the way of my new blog.   So this year, after a lovely holiday with my family over Christmas and New Year, I'm back on board.

I am going to do things a little different in 2012.  I will write more about our weekly mean plans and the recipes we put together in them.  

My husband and I work full time and we have Mr. 4 year old keeping us on our toes as well.   About 2 years ago a friend mentioned that she meal planned and I thought it was way too much hard work.  But we tried it and now love it.  We would be lost without doing it.  It fits perfectly with our schedules and we don’t have the hassle of trying to figure out what to cook on a daily basis and spending a large amount of money during the week buying extra stuff. 

We both enjoy the variety of meals, we eat what's in season and we have a large vegetable garden with plenty in season veg and many herbs.  Every Saturday we walk down to markets and do our weekly shop, it’s something that we do as a family.

We have a monthly budget of $600, which includes everything!!!

I hope these entries show that you don’t need a massive budget to feed your family well and healthily with a wide variety of food.  


Our up coming Menu Plan.


Due to the up coming hot weather in Melbourne this week, our meal plan will include a lot of dishes that can be cooked on the BBQ , wok burner on the BBQ or on the stove top.  But because its Australia Day on the 26th, we will be enjoying a roast leg of lamb.  Yum !!