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I wrote about Monday Night Dinner in our meal plan earlier this week and thought it deserved some explanation. Monday night dinner is a Wollangarra thing. When you run Monday to Friday programs for up to 32 weeks of the year, it’s easier if you eat the same things for dinner each of those nights.Continue reading “Monday Night Dinner”

You know when you can’t find the words? Well I can’t. I’m struggling to find the words to write about this year. The fact that one blow is followed by another. As of March 2020 18.9 millions hectares had been burnt, communities decimated and businesses and homes lost. Australian’s banded together to raise funds, andContinue reading “Opening My Eyes”

Our meal planning habits have changed a lot over the years. But we’ve settled on something that is working for us now. Every second Friday, grocery day, we sit down and come up with between 12-14 meals we would like to eat for dinner that fortnight. We look at what we have in the freezer,Continue reading “Meal Planning”

It’s been a long time since I wrote an In My Kitchen post and I’m glad to be back on the horse. I’ve filmed a video, so feel free to check that out. It was seriously raining when I was filming so that’s what you can hear in the background. Gosh I love that sound.Continue reading “In My Kitchen June 2020”

With the isolation restrictions easing and Elliot being back at school, I was inspired by Celia to do a little blog post every day in June. So here goes. Some may be longer, some just short little snippets but I’d love to get back into the habit of blogging. Hearing: I’m currently listening to Shameless podcastsContinue reading “A Cuppa With Clare”

We were offered our friends apartment in Melbourne, they weren’t using it and I said no. It felt too self indulgent to just take a weekend away but when I put two and two together and found that it was the weekend of our wedding anniversary, the timing was too perfect. So I accepted theContinue reading “A Night in Melbourne”

What a crazy time it is in the world right now. Where the right thing to do is stay at home, socially distance from each other, but we’re still allowed to see each other, stay 1.5m apart, go to the supermarket and go for a walk. Apart from the craziness of the world, people gettingContinue reading “Delicious, simple and hearty meals to cook while socially isolating”

My 5 tips on how to reduce what you put into landfill without breaking the bank. Buy things in bigger bags. This may seem expensive up front but it’ll definitely help your budget long term. If you can add a little into your budget once a month, or once a quarter to buy a biggerContinue reading “Zero Waste On A Zero Budget”

You know when you come across something at the exact right time you were meant to find it? Well, this happened to me yesterday. It was Boxing Day and I was lying in bed getting lost in YouTube (do you say in YouTube?) and I came across this video. This video changed the way thatContinue reading “How to save money when you’re not earning anything.”

Christmas Eve cocktails and seafood platters. Hilarity in the form of ‘Shout Out’. A delicious gin trifle. Returning home and wondering what the next day will bring. Waking early to the excited call that Santa had come. Unwrapping presents. Seeing our family walk up our drive way. Presents given in reusable brown bags. Kris KringleContinue reading “Christmas 2019”

I have a pocket advent calendar that my mum made when we were little and wanted to use it for Elliot this year. We’re trying to reduce the waste we produce and increase our kindness activities and try to teach Elliot how being kind can be fun. So I decided that in each pocket I’dContinue reading “Activity Advent Calendar”

I love music festivals. I’ve been to a lot over the years. One summer when I was at uni, I think I went to eight festivals. I’ve also always done everything on a tight budget. Last weekend, while enjoying the festival vibes at Queenscliff Music Festival I was marveling at how we were able toContinue reading “Music festivals on a budget”