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Life: What’s In My Kitchen

November 5, 2019 by Shari

Crickey joe! November already? I feel like we will blink and Christmas will be over. That’s why we have decided to embrace Christmas a little earlier this year. I am going to put up my Christmas tree in late November and we shall even attempt to get our Christmas photos with Santa in late November.

I feel like everyone gets a little crazy in December. People kinda forget the whole meaning of Christmas and there is almost like Christmas rage going on at the shops – so I’m bowing out early this year and we will just focus on making Christmas memories at home.

One of my favourite Christmas memories is swimming in my grandparents’ pool and eating all the summer stone fruits – so I’ll be picking up lots of cherries and nectarines as they come into season.

What are your thoughts on embracing Christmas early? Oh come, all ye faithful and check out what’s in my kitchen! And 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 November kitchen…

We are powering through a box of mangoes a week. We are also enjoying pineapple, strawberries and cherries packed and stored nicely in ziploc freezer bags. The boys love a handful of cherries in their lunchbox. Some people might think they are an expensive treat, but I’d rather they be eating cherries than chocolate.

In my November kitchen…

I was inspired to create my own spring rolls. These were super tasty and I will definitely share the recipe, because they were definitely worth making. The boys even took some of the leftovers for school the next day.

In my November kitchen…

My father-inlaw got me a Croatian cookbook, as we have been cooking a few of his recipes of late. My husband is learning how to make brudet. Brudet, brodet or brodeto is a fish stew made in Croatian regions of Dalmatia, Kvarner and Istria, as well as along the coast of Montenegro. All my boys love it (even the Little Dude, who thinks everything is ‘too spicy’) – so we want to keep the recipe going.

In my November kitchen…

I’ve been cooking a few recipes from Every Night of the Week. This was a seriously good one – especially for Meatless Monday (which we are trying to stick to in our house). If you love food and whit then head on over and check her out.

In my November kitchen…

I’m trying my best to get through to the end of the year with lunchboxes…I feel like everyone is getting pickier – and they’ll eat something one week and then decide they don’t like it the next. Is this happening to anyone else?

And it’s not even like I am at the end of my school lunch box journey… Next year I up the ante and I’ll have two lunchboxes go five days a week and one lunchbox go three days a week. Fingers crossed for no lunchbox for daycare.

So what’s been in your kitchen of late? Are you planning school lunchboxes? Are you planning to celebrate Christmas earlier this year? 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? Do you love tacos? Are you a breast feeding Mama? Do you love Australian stone fruit?

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