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Life: What’s in my kitchen

June 4, 2019 by Shari

Baby, it’s cold outside! We had such a good run with the weather, it seemed like we had summer forever which made the cold snap even colder. I was sleeping on top of the bedding with the fan on the week that my fourth son arrived. And then a couple of weeks later, I was changing the bedding over to flannelette sheets and our winter doona.

So with the winter weather brings, winter warmer dinners and lots of baked treats – as I use my oven to warm the house (frugal living/environmentally friendly living). Everyone is hungry – including me – so we seem to be powering through the baked treats, dinners and desserts (oh and our fruit box from Marley Spoon).

Oh and trips to the snow… I just ordered new snow gear for our eldest. The two older boys can’t wait to hit the slopes this season. I don’t know whether or not we will rent skis for our second youngest to have a little play or stick to the tube and building snowmen.

If you are interested in seeing what other lovely bloggers have in their kitchen this month, then head over to Sherry Mackay, from Sherry’s Pickings .

In my June kitchen…

I’ve got tray bakes or sheet pan dinners. They are especially great for warming the house and allowing the cooker to multi-task (feed a newborn, help out with homework, prepare an after school snack or two or fifty, read a book to a moody toddler, whip through some washing up, hang out that extra load of washing on the indoor dryer – because we avoid using the dryer, get through a quick blog post or scroll through instagram), oh and there is limited washing up at the end!

I’ll be sharing the recipe for this Mexican tray bake this month. But you can find other tray bake recipes here like: CHICKEN AND LEEK TRAY BAKE,  ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SEASONAL VEGGIES TRAY BAKE, BAKED BARRAMUNDI WITH POTATOES AND CHERRY TOMATOES, SPICY CHICKEN ‘SHEET PAN’ DINNER, BARRAMUNDI AND KALE ‘SHEET PAN’ DINNER or CHICKEN AND CHICK PEA ‘SHEET-PAN’ DINNER

In my June kitchen…

There is soup! We love soup – hence our business in Bondi (Mr Perkins). One of my favourite winter soups is pea and ham soup. I save the ham bone from our Christmas dinner and whip it up as soon as the weather gets cold. Tell me I am not the only person who is still doing this like my Mum and my Nana.

In my June kitchen…

I picked up some of the Master Origin coffee pods from Nespresso. Did you know that the capsules are recyclable? Nespresso coffee capsules are made from aluminium – the best material to protect the freshness and quality of the Grands Crus, which has the additional benefit of being infinitely recyclable. 

Nespresso has been investing in its dedicated recycling scheme for more than 25 years. And are committed to making it as simple and convenient for their customers to recycle their Nespresso capsules.

In my June kitchen…

We are having seriously good meat. If you live near Rockdale, I would highly recommend it! Their schnitzels are amazing and they have the best service around.

In my June kitchen…

I’ve got a copy of Bec Lloyd’s ‘The Flawsome Family Mealbook’. I met up with Bec the other day at Son of a Baker, and I was lucky enough for her to gift me a copy. In which she explains how you can change your meals mindset and start enjoying mealtime with your flawsome tribe.

I’m so lucky to love cooking for my family, and we currently don’t have any fussy eaters (touch wood). But I know that this always isn’t the case – so if this is you, I highly recommend checking out the book and Bec on Instagram.

So what’s been in your kitchen of late? Are you planning school lunchboxes? Will you be heading down to the snow this season? Do you meal plan? Are you interested in trying Marley Spoon? Do you shop the sales? Do you have a food budget? Do you prepare meals for a large family? Are you a big porridge fan? Are you a breast feeding Mama? What’s your favourite recipe for winter?

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